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Brown faces flak on Afghanistan from top military brassThe commitment of the British government to the troops in Afghanistan has come under fire from three former chiefs of the defence staff. The…
Lebanon opposition agrees to form governmentOpposition parties, including Iranian backed Hezbollah, have reportedly agreed to form a national unity government in Lebanon. The deal…
Families fear for fate of captured fishermenThe families of 36 kidnapped Spanish fishermen, under threat of death by Somali pirates, have come together to urge their government to give in to…
Kosovo energy fears if power plant shuts downThe EU has called for the closure of a polluting power plant in Kosovo but it is feared a shut-down could mean energy shortages. The Kosovo …
Romania’s Basescu nominates PM but crisis goes onHe is Romania’s Prime Minister-designate but Bucharest district mayor Liviu Nogoita’s chances of actually getting the job appear slim. He is…
Pre-Copenhagen climate talks make little progressEnvironmental groups have scaled the heights of Barcelona’s Colombus Monument, hanging a banner ahead of the crucial Copenhagen climate summit…
Protesters breach Israel’s security barricadeIsrael’s high security wall in the occupied West Bank has been breached by Palestinian protesters. Using a hydraulic car jack, masked youths…
Berlin Wall: Train of Freedom, leaving East GermanyEven before the fall of the Berlin Wall the frontiers with the West were starting to crumble. 20 years ago at Shopron, in Hungary, on August 19…
Berlin Wall memoriesTwenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and in the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate two men meet. Gunter Ziehe and Peter Daube share common…
EU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana’s rights recordCuba will have to improve its record on human rights to help normalise relations with the European Union. The 27-nation bloc’s Humanitarian Aid…
EADS loses South African A400M orderEADS’s troubled Airbus A400M military transport project has suffered another blow. The South African government has dropped plans to buy eight…
Toyota’s profit surprisesToyota has reported an unexpected quarterly net profit of 162 million euros and slashed its forecast for annual losses by more than half. The…
ECB keeps borrowing costs unchangedThe euro rose against the dollar after the European Central Bank left it main interest rate unchanged at a record low of one percent…
