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Italian film director leaps to his death
Tributes are being paid to Italian film great Mario Monicelli, who killed himself after jumping from a hospital window in Rome. The filmmaker,…
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Students feel outlook is bleak
Students across Europe are taking to the streets; earlier this month British students surprised the authorities and the police alike with violent…
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Turkey takes stock of Wikileaks disclosures
The Wikileaks revelations have put international relationships on the line. But they have also sparked lively internal debates in the countries…
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Is China reconsidering relationship with Pyongyang?
The worldwide Wikileaks fallout continues. This time, China and North Korea are caught up in the web. They may be allies, but is Pyongyang pushing…
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Croatia's hidden village
Kruscica is where 70-year-old Mate Balenovic once called home. But his village in Croatia's central Lika region no longer exists. It was…
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Finnair cabin crew on strike over conditions
Cabin crew at Finnair have gone on an open-ended strike that management says will put the company in the red for the third year in a row. The…
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Regulator go-ahead puts Hochtief closer to takeover
Germany's biggest construction group Hochtief is a step closer to being bought out by Spanish rival ACS after German regulators gave the hostile…
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EU launches inquiry into Google
An EU investigation has begun into allegations that Google has abused a dominant position among online search service providers. It follows…
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Italian, British students protest education changes
Italian students have marched in Rome against planned education spending cuts. The protesters say it will starve Italy's university system of…
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Winter snow woes go on for northern Europe
Unseasonally heavy snowfall continued to wreak winter havoc across Europe on Tuesday. At Germany's busiest airport in Frankfurt, many flights…
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North Korea out of Chinese favour
On the surface, China is a staunch supporter of her neighbour North Korea. But it now appears that after the Chinese prime minister's visit to…
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Stuttgart 21 should go ahead: mediator
Germany's Stuttgart 21 rail project should go ahead without a referendum, its chief mediator said on Tuesday. Heiner Geissler was brought in to…
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Interpol puts WikiLeaks founder on wanted list
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is coming under legal pressure from several quarters as his whistle-blowing website continues to release sensitive…
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Report backs gays openly serving in US military
A majority within the US military support the lifting of a ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces. That's the finding of a Pentagon report…
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Snow and high winds batter much of Europe
Snow and freezing temperatures continue to take their toll on road, rail and air travel across Europe. Large parts of Poland have been covered in…
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EU opens formal investigation into Google
Internet giant Google is being investigated by the European Commission amid complaints that it has abused its dominant market position. A number…
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Italian students protest budget cuts
Thousands of students on Tuesday marched through Rome as part of nationwide protests against university budget cuts. Organisers said 50,000…
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Moroccan flooding kills 30 people
At least 30 people have been killed in Morocco after heavy flooding struck the north African country on Tuesday. Twenty-four of the victims were…
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OSCE meets in Kazakhstan
The first meeting of the international body monitoring democracy and security for more than ten years is being held in the Central Asian state of…
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Troops to remain in Rio after slum crackdown
After troops and local police recently launched a crack down on crime in Rio de Janeiro's slums, Brazilian soldiers are to stay in the worst of the…
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