europa

• Facists crow over two seat win

  As voting continues in the UK, the Conservatives are in the lead, followed by UKIP with the Labour… 07/06/09 23:49 CET

• Anti-Lisbon advances in Ireland

  Ireland’s ruling centre-left party Fianna Fail looks set to loose one seat in the elections for the… 07/06/09 23:47 CET

• Baltics : centre-right gains in Lithuania

  The ruling conservatives have won 26% of the vote in the elections for the European Parliament… 07/06/09 23:33 CET

• First projections for new EU Parliament

  Early projections show the centre right as an overall winner in the European Parliament elections… 07/06/09 23:14 CET

• Berlusconi holds his own

  Early exit polls show that Berlusconi has won between 39% and 43% of the vote in the elections for… 07/06/09 22:18 CET

• Sarkozy wins against the tide

  Whilst other national governments reel from a drubbing in the polls, Nicolas Sarkozy and his ruling… 07/06/09 21:33 CET

• Northern lights dimmed by rise of the far-right

  Scandanavian nations, for so long held up as examples of tolerant and successful left-leaning… 07/06/09 21:32 CET

• Spanish voters shift to the right

  the Spanish conservative party has narrowly beaten the ruling socialist party in the European… 07/06/09 21:10 CET

• Dutch animal-lovers and Swedish Pirates win parliament seats

  Dutch animal-lovers turned out to vote for the Dutch Animals Protection party in the European… 07/06/09 20:55 CET

• Benelux: extreme right advances in The Netherlands

  The extreme right party the PVV (The People’s Freedom Party), led by Geert Wilders, has polled 17%… 07/06/09 20:26 CET

• Sarkozy wins against the tide

  Whilst other national governments reel from a drubbing in the polls, Nicolas Sarkozy and his ruling… 07/06/09 20:13 CET

• Centre right and protest parties win

  Centre right parties are doing well in the EU elections, voters in France, Italy, Spain and Germany… 07/06/09 19:42 CET

• Germany votes centre right

  The Christian Democrats and the Bavarian Christian Democrats are celebrating having jointly won 38%… 07/06/09 19:26 CET

• EU’s two newest members vote with little enthusiasm

  Bulgaria’s European election was overshadowed by allegations of vote-buying, at 20 euros a pop… 07/06/09 18:57 CET

• Centre right wins in Austria

  The People’s Party (centre right) have polled 30.1% of the vote in the Austrian elections for the… 07/06/09 18:38 CET

• Germany votes centre right

  The Christian Democrats and the Bavarian Christian Democrats are celebrating having jointly won 38%… 07/06/09 18:13 CET

• Regional vote in Belgium set to change political scene

  As Belgium, too, goes to the polls to elect a new European parliament, it also faces regional… 07/06/09 13:23 CET

• Turnout key to German result

  The European election in Germany mobilises the EU’s biggest electorate returning the biggest number… 07/06/09 13:23 CET

• EU election: final day of voting

  It’s the final day of voting in Europe, where citizens are being called to elect their… 07/06/09 11:33 CET

• Europe decides in parliamentary poll

  European Parliamentary elections culminate today as the final 19 of the European Union’s 27… 07/06/09 07:21 CET

• Slow start in Italy’s European poll

  The second day of Italy’s two-day European ballot and candidates will be hoping for a better… 07/06/09 07:21 CET

• Bulgaria keeps one eye on domestic poll in EU vote

  Bulgarians are viewing today’s European elections as a dress rehearsal for the country’s own… 07/06/09 00:33 CET

world news

• EU election: low turnout confirmed in France

  As expected, turnout for the European vote has been low in France, with only an estimated one third… 07/06/09 19:58 CET

• Regional vote to change Belgium’s political scene

  As well as electing their representatives to the next European parliament, Belgians were also being… 07/06/09 19:56 CET

• Brazilian Army recovers more bodies from crashed Air France airbus

  The Brazilian army says it has recovered three more bodies from the Air France airbus crash, and… 07/06/09 16:43 CET

• Lebanon looks for a new balance of power

  The Lebanese are voting in parliamentary elections with the governing coalition awaiting the… 07/06/09 08:39 CET

• Lebanon votes on future political direction

  The polls have opened in Lebanon in the country’s crucial parliamentary elections. Shi’ite… 07/06/09 07:21 CET

• Two bodies recovered from doomed jet

  A huge air search in the Atlantic is continuing after two bodies from the crashed Air France flight… 07/06/09 07:21 CET

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