After the first wave of athletes arrived in Sochi ahead of the start of the Winter Olympics on Friday – it was the turn of the Olympic treasure chest

Twitter shares have fallen more than 11 percent on Wall Street after the microblogging site announced net losses of 645 million dollars for

The closure of factories and firms has sparked clashes in Bosnia, as economic and social woes deepen almost 20 years since the end of its

Two-time defending Olympics halfpipe champion Shaun White has pulled out of the slopestyle event due to safety concerns. The American snowboarding

Wolfgang Spindler from euronews interviews film director Fred Cavayé and the lead actors Vincent Lindon and Gilles Lellouche

There are renewed tensions over building work to expand the Panama Canal which has been the subject of a dispute over who should pay up for cost

China has issued a warning over a deadly new strain of bird flu that has claimed the life of one woman. The new virus, called H10N8, has so far

The first Rwandan genocide war crime trial to be judged in France is finally under way. Twenty years on, former intelligence chief Pascal

British artist, Emma Allen, specialises in body painting and her latest piece – entitled ‘Ruby’ – is a beautiful stop-motion video, encompassing more

‘Mea Culpa’ tells the story of a nine-year-old boy on the run from the mafia after he witnessed a mob-murder. A pair of police officers team up to

Above and Beyond are the DJ and production trio best known for their booming trance tracks and a loyal legion of festival-going fans the world over

Three former executives from Anglo Irish Bank have gone on trial in Dublin. It is the first such case since the financial crisis that forced the

The Christmas shopping season was a big disappointment for eurozone retailers. There was a sharp fall in demand. It was down 1.0 percent from

Soldiers in the Central African Republic lynched a man they believed to be an ex-rebel, minutes after hearing the new president pledge to restore

The Olympic flame has arrived in Sochi after a four-month journey that saw it travel more than 60,000 kilometres, taking in the North Pole and even a

A Harley Davidson belonging to Pope Francis is up for sale this week. It was given to him by the renowned American motorcycle manufacturer last year

As with all major sporting events security in the build up to and during the competition is high priority for organisers. After last June’s

Tens of thousands of homes are without power across Europe as storms and chilling temperatures wreak havoc. In northern France, gale force winds of

CCTV footage has been broadcast by police in Rochdale, UK of an arson attempt that backfired on the arsonist. According to the video description

George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of second-degree murder last year in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, plans to take up

MEPs have backed a move to bolster air passengers rights in the European Union. The new rules, once approved, will make it harder for airlines to

Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has called on international investors and financial institutions to help open up and diversify

Sir Bradley Wiggins began training with Team Sky for the 2014 season this week in Spain where he outlined his objectives for the year. The

Michael Laudrup has been sacked by Premier League side Cardiff after two-and-a-half years in charge. The Former Denmark International helped the

Google seems to have settled a competition investigation by European authorities, so avoiding a fine that could have been as much as 3.5 billion

Millions of Londoners had a difficult journey to and from work on Wednesday as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes. The

Eight miners trapped over a kilometre underground in a South African gold mine have been rescued. Emergency workers battled a through smoke and

Uke Rugova, a solicitor whose father was Kosovo’s late President Ibrahim Rugova, has been arrested by masked members of EULEX (European Union Rule of

Italy’s top public finance watchdog has said it is investigating cuts that were made to Rome’s sovereign debt ratings in 2011 and 2012 The ratings