2013-07-08

They are angry on the streets of Bolivia. Protesters outside the US embassy in La Paz called for it to be closed. There was a symbolic burning of the

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made his first political speech since his election defeat last year. The right-wing politician

Whilst Andy Murray was making history on centre court of Wimbledon on Sunday another Andy Murray, also from Scotland, began his own remarkable

Greek basketball player Vassilis Spanoulis has signed a three-year contract extension with Olympiacos worth 2 million euros per season. The

EU and US negotiators have started talks aimed at creating the world’s largest free trade zone. The opening of negotiations come after weeks of

Egypt’s army has been a powerful force in the country’s politics since the 1950s but today it faces a volatile challenge of perhaps unprecedented

It is a bitter challenge for Egypt’s leaders to talk politics when they disagree about so much, and while people are killing each other in the

Don’t waste the gains you already made. The message from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi as he updated the European Parliament’s

The protesters are back in Gezi Park in Istanbul so too is police action. The park was cleared shortly after it had been reopened. Beyond the

Images of Fred Perry winning his third and last Wimbledon title in 1936 have kept the pressure on many a British tennis player during almost eight

The traditional bickering over the America’s Cup rules marred the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup on Sunday. The Italians of Luna Rosa pulled out of

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the next payment of bailout aid to Greece. A European Commission spokesman says the

The twists and turns and general musical chairs of football transfers continued on Monday when it was announced Barcelona have reached an agreement

A group of mostly European retailers has finalised a plan for coordinated inspections of factories in Bangladesh. That follows a series of deadly

France has granted political asylum to leader of the Femen movement Inna Shevchenko. The Ukrainian faces prosecution in her native land after she

One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in a panic room in his Spanish villa, near Malaga. Mark Lilley from Warrington near

The granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips and her husband, former England rugby international Mike Tindall, have announced they are

Addressing a press conference in Cairo, Muslim Brotherhood spokesmen displayed bullets that they said were among those that had been used to fire on

Just over 330,000 people sought asylum in the EU last year, an increase of 11 percent from 2011, according to new figures from the European Asylum

“Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which a night is better than a thousand months; a month in which Allah has

Iurie Leanca, who has been prime minister of the Republic of Moldova since the end of May, spoke to euronews in Brussels. euronews: “Prime

Have the demonstrations in Egypt been an incitement to provoke the armed forces or a reaction to heavy handed military tactics? The street protests

One year after its silver anniversary, the Erasmus exchange programme has enjoyed its biggest year yet in terms of the number of students and

New data suggest Europe’s largest economy is struggling to regain traction. German exports – which are traditionally the backbone of the country’s

Thousands of public sector workers have taken to the streets of Athens to protest against planned job cuts. The Greek government has agreed to the

Iceland’s volcanic belt has 35 active volcanoes. In 2010 when just one of them, Eyjafjallajoküll, blew its top European air traffic was paralysed for

Rapper Mos Def, now known as Yasiin Bey, has subjected himself to force-feeding to highlight the treatment of Guantanamo bay inmates. The

Mario, Nintendo’s flagship character is celebrating his 32nd birthday. He first appeared in a videogame on July 9 1981, in the original Donkey Kong

Authorities in San Francisco are investigating a claim that one of the two 16-year-old passengers killed in a Boeing 777 crash may have been run over