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United Kingdom

May leads field as UK Conservatives vote for Cameron successor, but Fox fails

British Conservative MPs have begun the lengthy process of selecting David Cameron’s successor with a first round of voting.

France

France to shake up intelligence services following Paris failures

The French have published their official inquiry into last year’s January and November attacks in Paris in which 147 people died, and the main conclusion is to shake up the country’s intelligence serv

Cinema

Soccer for peace

The prime Minister of Israel and the chairman of the Palestinian Authority decide there is only one logical way to resolve the longest running conflict in modern history: a soccer…

Cult

Birdy takes wing and summer tours new album "Beautiful Lies"

Birdy seems to have been around forever, the British singer surging into the limelight at the tender age of 14 with a cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love”, and a voice that seemed especially well-suited

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Cinema

"Captain Fantastic" sees a father takes his kids into the woods, and out again

“Captain Fantastic” was, in the 1970s, a persona used by Elton John on a successful album, but now it is a completely unrelated movie starring Viggo Mortensen.

Economy

City and pound slide as Osborne fails to slay Brexit dragon

So much for the British finance minister’s calming words.

Economy

London faces loss of big names as businesses look to beat Brexit by going abroad

The City of London is bracing itself for big jobs losses if big international firms leave because of Brexit and set up their head offices elsewhere.

Economy

Brexit trims wings of Europe's budget airlines

Possible tougher travel regulations, renegotiation of international agreements and fears of an economic downturn have led to Europe’s two budget airline giants Easyjet and Ryanair to issue profits…

Economy

British finance minister breaks Brexit silence and markets shrug

British Finance Minister George Osborne looked nervous and less assured on Monday morning when he broke his post-Brexit silence to calm the markets.

United Kingdom

Brexit shatters British political order

The immediate effects of the Brexit vote are that there will be a change at the top of the governing Conservative party and a change of prime minister.

Musica

Diana Damrau wows Paris in Lucia di Lammermoor

Diana Damrau is at the pinnacle of Bel Canto, and the soprano has just stirred Paris with a memorable performance of the Donizetti classic, 'Lucia di Lammermoor'.

World

Spanish go to polls again but similar inconclusive result expected on Sunday

For six months the Spanish have struggled in vain to form a new government after two new parties smashed the two-party system back in December. Having failed, voters now have to try again to elect a n

Greece

Orthodox Council meeting staggers on as 1000-year quarrel continues

It is not the grand reunification gathering organisers had hoped for but the Great Pan-Orthodox Council, meeting in Crete since Sunday and until the 26th of June, is on a…

France

March climbdown adds humiliation to French Socialists' union worries

Paris will be the People's on Thursday as unions lead a march against new labour laws, but now the embattled Socialist government has alienated its union supporters by trying to ban the march, and ang

Sport

Wales roast Russia to romp to top of Euro 2016 Group B

With France and Switzerland already qualified from group A, Monday was the moment when group B’s fate was sealed, one of the most equal of groups.

Cult

Alkantara festival brings cream of performance arts to Lisbon

The world of performance arts comes to the Portuguese capital Lisbon for the annual Alkantara festival.

Musica

Rising maestro enchants Dresden

Dresden is a unique venue and has seen many a mesmerising concert.

Cinema

"Now You See Me 2" sequel no illusion at box office

2013’s “Now You See Me” did the business at the box office making over 350 million dollars, so the producers are hoping the formula does the trick again with the imaginatively titled “Now You See Me…

Sci-Tech

New 3D hologram allows Neurosurgeons to "walk through" our brains

Neuroscientists have completed a hologram which could one day allow doctors to peer into a complete 3D image of their patient’s brain.

Cult

Italian violin-making tunes up for a revival

It is one of the most erotic of instruments, central to Western classical music, and its finest examples can be hundreds of years old and worth…

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