europa
Barroso, centrist reformer and chameleonJosé Manuel Barroso, in his first five years in office as President of the European Commission… 07/02/10 17:33 CET
Commission less neo-liberal than before – expertPolitical expert Mario Telo, from the Institute for European Studies in Brussels, speaks to… 07/02/10 17:33 CET
Commissioners must convince MEPs they can do the jobTo become a European Commissioner means sitting a test. The European Parliament has power of… 07/02/10 17:33 CET
Workings of the European CommissionHeadquartered in the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the European Commission acts as an executive… 07/02/10 17:33 CET
world news
Viktor Yanukovich promises reformThe result is not official but the exit polls have Viktor Yanukovich as the winner of the run off… 07/02/10 23:24 CET
Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeatYulia Tymoshenko was the first of the two candidates to react to the exit polls, which have given… 07/02/10 23:24 CET
Huge blast rips US power plantA massive explosion has ripped through a power plant in the United States, causing serious damage… 07/02/10 23:24 CET
Dozens feared dead in US power plant blastDozens of people are feared dead in a huge explosion at a power plant in the United States… 07/02/10 21:36 CET
Portuguese police foil ‘massive’ attack on SpainSpanish authorities say a major disaster has been averted following the discovery of a massive… 07/02/10 19:41 CET
At least two dead in massive US energy plant blastTwo people have died and dozens more are believed to have been injured in a massive explosion at an… 07/02/10 19:39 CET
Karzai calls for end to civilian casualtiesPresident Hamid Karzai has appealed for an end to all civilian casualties caused by military raids… 07/02/10 19:39 CET
Air and sea search for ‘hazardous’ containersThe Swedish coastguard is searching for three containers filled with hazardous materials which have… 07/02/10 19:39 CET
Black box find could provide clue to Beirut jet crashSearch teams have retrieved one of the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane… 07/02/10 13:41 CET
Tense presidential run-off vote underway in UkraineUkrainians are going to the polls to choose a new president after a bitter election campaign with… 07/02/10 13:07 CET
Iran raises stakes in nuclear disputeIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told his country’s Atomic Energy Organisation to start… 07/02/10 13:06 CET
Sarah Palin has a pop at Barack ObamaShe is back. Pugnacious Republican Sarah Palin has made an appearance at the national convention of… 07/02/10 13:05 CET
Chinchilla favourite to win Costa Rican presidencyThe people of Costa Rica are going to the polls today to elect a new president. Laura Chinchilla is… 07/02/10 13:04 CET
US struggles to cope with “Snowmageddon”The United States is enjoying a brief respite after the worst snow storm in nine decades caused… 07/02/10 08:59 CET
Ukranians vote in Presidential run-offUkrainians are voting today in a run-off presidential election between pro-Russian Viktor… 07/02/10 08:58 CET
G7 clears Haiti’s debtsA two-day summit of G7 industrialised countries has culminated in a promise to erase Haiti’s debt… 07/02/10 08:56 CET
7-year-old samba queen row in BrazilShe has been dubbed the Shirley Temple of samba. But picking seven-year-old Julia Lira as a samba… 07/02/10 08:55 CET
