interview

• What is Israel voting for?

  Elie Barnavi is an Israeli historian and political scientist based in Brussels. He is the former… 09/02/09 18:37 CET

questions for europe

• New deal on climate change

  This December the international community must agree on new climate protection measures. What is… 09/02/09 21:10 CET

• Taking the pulse of Europe’s consumers

  The European Union’s Annual Consumer Scoreboard Report checks out in which areas consumers are… 09/02/09 21:10 CET

science

• “Primordial soup” captured on camera

  Pictures from the famous Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson show what scientists from the… 09/02/09 16:55 CET

world news

• Woman in Italian right-to-die case dies

  Eluana Englaro, the woman at the centre of a right-to-die controversy in Italy, has died in… 09/02/09 21:12 CET

• Obama urges it’s now or never for stimulus

  President Barack Obama has held his first press conference since taking the White House. The… 09/02/09 20:42 CET

• German economy has a new man at the wheel

  Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is set to become the country’s youngest ever Economy Minister after… 09/02/09 20:01 CET

• Obama urges it’s now or never for stimulus

  President Barack Obama has held his first press conference since taking the White House. The… 09/02/09 19:54 CET

• ETA bomb protest at outlawing of two parties

  Although no-one was hurt in this morning’s ETA bombing of the Ferrovial headquarters in northern… 09/02/09 19:44 CET

• Israel gears up for cliff-hanger election

  In Israel, voting has started for the army on the eve of a general election, which is expected to… 09/02/09 19:35 CET

• Australia stunned by southern firestorm

  Australia is mourning victims of the worst wildfires the country has ever witnessed. On… 09/02/09 19:24 CET

• Euthanasia battle in Italy goes to the Senate

  The battle continues in Italy between those in favour and those against letting a woman, who has… 09/02/09 19:15 CET

• Israeli right dominates elections

  On the eve of Israel’s election, the new right is enjoying a surge in support. Much of that… 09/02/09 19:01 CET

• ETA blamed for latest Madrid bomb

  A car bomb has exploded in a business park in Madrid, without causing any casualties or injuries… 09/02/09 14:00 CET

• Aid organised for burned-out Victoria survivors

  Hundreds of former residents of the Melbourne suburb of Kingslake have gathered at refugee shelters… 09/02/09 14:00 CET

• Police say some fires in S.Australia “arson”

  Now officially Australia’s worst ever bushfire the flames have claimed over 130 lives, wreaked… 09/02/09 14:00 CET

• Merkel forced into economic reshuffle

  Germany has a new man at the helm of its economy after a forced cabinet reshuffle… 09/02/09 13:54 CET

• Swiss say ‘Yes’ to extending worker access

  It was a deeply divisive issue but in the end Swiss voters backed giving Romanian and Bulgarians… 09/02/09 07:49 CET

• Israeli election “too close to call”

  In the final run-up to the Israeli election on Tuesday, many analysts believe the race is too close… 09/02/09 07:49 CET

• Madagascar protests go on as death toll rises

  There is no let up in the flow of bodies to Madagascar’s mortuaries, and after two weeks of bloody… 09/02/09 07:49 CET

• Australia bush fires ease but death toll rises

  Firefighters in Australia are continuing to battle scores of blazes across a huge swathe of the… 09/02/09 07:49 CET

• Slum Dog triumphs at UK film awards

  There was a touch of Hollywood style glitz and glamour in London last night at the British film… 09/02/09 06:07 CET

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