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USA

New York hikes cigarette prices to 13 dollars per packet

A packet of cigarettes will now cost a minimum of 13 dollars, or arouund 10.80 euros.

29/08/2017

Tanzania

Tanzania charges 32 people with killing, burning five 'witches'

A Tanzanian court has charged 32 people with murder after five women suspected of witchcraft were beaten to death, and their corpses burned, in a move which could help to deter such killings.

24/08/2017

Chile

Chile court ends abortion ban

Milestone for women in Chile as constitutional court backs law easing abortion restrictions

22/08/2017

Venezuela

Venezuela's new constituent assembly votes to take parliament's powers

Venezuela's controversial new pro government constituant assembly votes to assume the powers of the opposition led parliament.

19/08/2017

World News

Australia plans 'postal vote' on same-sex marriage

08/08/2017

USA

Honolulu bans pedestrians from using mobile phones while crossing street

31/07/2017

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Charlie Gard shows cost of using law to settle 'human' questions: View

Expensive, slow but most of all painful - the case around a British baby's care teaches many lessons

28/07/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns amid corruption allegations

28/07/2017

Spain

Victory for anti-bullfighting advocates in Spain's Balearic Islands

A Spanish province yesterday come one step closer to banning bull fighting once and for all.

25/07/2017

Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda says he will veto controversial top court reform bill

Polish president caves in to people pressure over controversial Supreme Court bill

24/07/2017

Poland

Thousands protest as Poland's Senate passes contested judiciary bill

Tens of thousands of Poles gather to protest against the passing of a bill to overhaul the country's Supreme Court.

22/07/2017

Poland

Sheriff or undertaker, what role for Poland's justice minister?

The Supreme Court needs to be rebuilt because it is being “controlled by leftists and foreign forces.” - PiS leader, Jarosław Kaczyński

21/07/2017

Poland

Poland's lower house passes controversial judiciary reform bill

Poland's lower house has just passed a bill allowing the government to replace Supreme Court judges. The opposition says the law would erode the independence of the judiciary and undermine democracy as a whole.

20/07/2017

Malta

Malta says yes to same-sex marriage

The EU's smallest nation is the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage

13/07/2017

Business Series

Uber suffers fresh legal blow in France

EU court rules in favour of France against Uber

04/07/2017

United Kingdom

Trump offers support for terminally ill UK baby

President Trump offers to help parents of Baby Charlie Gard after they lose a court battle to take him to the US for treatment

03/07/2017

Germany

Will Germany vote on gay marriage this week?

SPD leader Martin Schulz says his party will push for a vote in parliament this week, before the start of the summer recess.

28/06/2017

World News

Google's record-breaking EU fine explained

The world’s most popular search engine, Google, faces a record-breaking €2.42 billion fine from the European Commission after a seven-year investigation found it violated EU anti-trust laws.

27/06/2017

USA

Yellowstone grizzlies lose endangered species protection

The US government's decision will allow limited bear hunts outside the park's boundaries. It's a controversial move, but also a sign the grizzly population has recovered.

23/06/2017

Europe News

Roaming fees to disappear

Mobile phone roaming fees disappear on Thursday.

14/06/2017