Italy’s technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti has confirmed that he would be prepared to head the government again if there is no outright winner in

Israel’s prime minister has told the United Nations General Assembly a “red line” must be drawn in Iran’s efforts to enrich uranium. And Benjamin

Coaches from 53 European national teams gathered in Warsaw Poland this week and one of the principle concerns raised at the UEFA conference was the

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appealed to the UN General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinian’s status at the global forum to

Spain can look forward to a new round of spending cuts and tax hikes after the government unveiled its 2013 budget. Public sector pay is to be

Sweden’s H&M missed the profit forecasts for its fiscal third quarter even though the world’s second-biggest clothing retailer slightly improved its

Sell, sell, sell is the cry echoing through the empty housing estates of Spain. The leftovers from the property boom and bust are on the block at

With Italy heading towards a spring General Election speculation about who could be the next prime minister is mounting. Until today the current

Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, may have received an official apology from New Zealand Prime minister after New Zealand’s secret services

For months Israel has been publicly preparing for possible action against Iran but is frustrated that it does not have Washington’s support for a

As President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN, Leila Shahid, the Palestinian Authorities’ representative to the EU spoke to euronews in Brussels

French Minister for Industrial Renewal Arnaud Montebourg travelled to the Lorraine region in a last ditch effort to avoid the partial closure of a

The Republic of Georgia will hold unexpectedly aggressive parliamentary elections on Monday. This has the ruling United National Movement (UNM)

Navigation on the Danube in Serbia has come to a halt after workers from a shipping company blocked the river in a dispute over unpaid wages. The

As Tibetan exiles held their second General Meeting in Dharmsala, India, the Dalai Lama has expressed hopes the naming of a new regime in Beijing

The French Interior Minister has issued a stark warning to Islamic extremists and radicals as he attended the inauguration of the biggest mosque in

After two months of tough talking the members of Greece’s coalition government have finally decided where to wield the axe over the next two

Chelsea captain John Terry has been banned for four domestic matches after being found guilty by the country’s football association of racial

Tim Burton’s new film Frankenweenie has been premiered in Los Angeles. The black and white animation is a re-make of a short film Burton made back in

Harry Potter fans have had five years to grow up since the last installment of the fantasy novel. Some commentators say they need to have matured

The “Biennale de la Danse” in Lyon includes dancers from all over the world. Choreographer Robyn Orlin from South Africa lives in Berlin but her

The European Union has asked the World Trade Organisation for the right to impose huge trade sanctions on the United States in retaliation for

It’s a structure that looks like an ordinary air balloon but in fact at the centre of the structure is a propeller which captures energy from the

Turkey is suffering from escalating violence. Each week dozens of security force personnel are being killed and sent home in coffins, further

Driving ahead in the face of falling sales, carmakers are unveiling over 100 new models at the Paris auto show. The European market is the world’s

The metro in the Portuguese capital ground to a halt for several hours on Thursday morning as workers staged an anti-austerity strike. The protest

Where will the axe fall? That’s the question on the Greeks’ minds today as their coalition government meets to decide how to share out the pain of an

German unemployment rose for a sixth month running in September as exports weakened amid the eurozone debt crisis. There was a fall in the jobless

In Brussels, the European parliament backed new plans this week to clamp down on so called food speculation. Ahead of the vote on Wednesday