2013-06-28

Britain plans to offer parents at high risk of having children with severe disabilities a controversial form of IVF treatment. The potential

A US citizen has died in Alexandria as clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi turned violent on Friday, but

A hunger strike in central Munich by a group of refugees has entered its fourth day – but numbers have dwindled because several campaigners have been

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has said it would have been impossible for him to win the Tour de France without the help of performance enhancing

US President Barack Obama has arrived in Johannesburg on a visit set to be dominated by global concern about the health of Nelson Mandela. Obama

After a successful Irish EU presidency, which saw real steps taken on banking union and the bloc’s budget, euronews met with Lithuanian President

Nelson Mandela is respected and loved far and wide, well beyond South Africa’s borders, to a degree only ever enjoyed by a handful of leaders. His

Ali Larayedh, the head of the Tunisian government, was in Brussels on June 25, to see the European Commission and Council presidents, as well as the

Clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have left one man dead in Alexandria. Health officials are reporting at

The former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela Mandela, has said that the former president’s health has seen an improvement. She spoke to

The Cahuzac scandal involving the French former budget minister and evidence he committed fiscal fraud remain a thorn in the president’s side, as

French businessman Bernard Tapie has been charged with fraud over a 403 million euro payout he received from the state in 2008. Tapie, who denies

US economic growth was much slower than expected in the first quarter. The Commerce Department revealed its final estimate for GDP, which seemed to

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: As youth unemployment reaches crisis point in Europe, we visit Germany, the new Mecca for those seeking

The consortium developing Azerbaijan’s vast gas reserves officially announced on Friday that it has chosen the Trans Adriatic Pipeline – TAP – to

From May to August, the tentative dates suggested for Syria peace talks keep on slipping. Some Washington diplomats fear that the Geneva conference

A senior cleric in the Vatican has been arrested on suspicion of trying to help rich friends illegally bring millions of euros into Italy

Do final exam results really matter? Is a disappointing mark truly the end of the world? Obviously it is not, so what is the point? For many families

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has returned to training. The South African got back to the running track on Friday, weeks before he is due to

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic should be celebrating his country becoming the 28th EU member on Monday. But the occasion looks set to be

The summit: As youth unemployment hits 50% in some areas, leaders at the European Union summit in Brussels announced a series of measures and a

European Union leaders are aiming to agree on a bloc-wide mechanism for dealing with failing banks by the end of the year. Speaking at the close of

There were few signs of a long-promised turnaround from BlackBerry as it reported an unexpected net quarterly loss of $84 million. That was better

Fugitive Edward Snowden is raising the heat in already prickly relations between the US and Russia, China and Ecuador. As Russia rejected US calls

The US Senate has approved a landmark bill that could allow millions of undocumented immigrants to become citizens, although passage through the

Google is reportedly developing a videogame console and a wristwatch based on its Android operating system. The Wall Street Journal has spoken to

It seems the Bank of Japan’s stimulus measures have been having some effect as prices there stopped falling in May. Core consumer prices, which

Swedish artist Hilma af Klint has been honoured with a major exhibition of some 200 of her paintings in Berlin. Titled A Pioneer of Abstraction, it

After Milan, the men’s fashion season continued with the spring-summer 2014 collections on show in Paris. The house of Valentino looked to uniform