Today at 19:40:02 - Greece will use military vehicles to restore fuel supplies cut by a lorry drivers' strike, the government says.

Today at 18:34:58 - What could drive a mother to kill a child in first few minutes of life?

Today at 17:43:32 - A top Russian human rights campaigner resigns from her advisory position at the Kremlin amid reports of pressure from hardliners.

Today at 17:15:44 - Why nobody suspected French mother over baby deaths

Today at 16:28:41 - President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.

Today at 16:25:47 - Ukrainians see increasing signs of media harassment

Today at 15:34:30 - Why northern Cyprus is no longer a haven for fugitives

Today at 13:53:21 - Employees at the US embassy in Paris are receiving medical checks after a suspect package is found, reports say.

Today at 20:10:12 - The government's point man for the Gulf oil spill said there has been a delay in a procedure that will help stop the gusher for good, while BP's incoming CEO suggested cleanup efforts could be scaled ...

Today at 20:10:12 - Tycoon Li Ka-shing's $9.1 billion acquisition of three U.K. power grids from Electricite de France will give him control of about a quarter of the country's power distribution.

Today at 18:10:02 - Greek truckers decided to continue a crippling, five-day strike that has led to widespread fuel shortages and further dented the country's image in the midst of summer tourist season.

Today at 18:10:02 - Pakistan considered canceling a state visit by President Asif Ali Zardari to the U.K. after Prime Minister David Cameron made remarks during a trip to India this week about Pakistan's role in sponsori ...

Today at 18:10:02 - Italy's speaker of the lower house rejected a call by Prime Minister Berlusconi to resign, as the stand-off between the two former allies threw the government into crisis.

Today at 18:39:02 - Show spotlights etchings of his fictitious 'prison series'

Today at 18:46:00 - But House Speaker says his new caucus will vote on merit

Today at 18:31:00 - CAS rules agst Beijing silver medallist

Today at 17:40:00 - Producer prices also higher, unemployment dips

Today at 17:40:00 - Florence toasts the art and science of wine in civilisation

Today at 16:12:00 - Time trial to cap events for 150th anniversary of Italian unity

Today at 15:03:00 - Fini loyalists like Ronchi won't go says Berlusconi

Today at 13:52:00 - Break-up after months of bickering

29/07/2010 at 19:32:00 - Doctor swam 250km from Tunisia to Sardinia in seven days

29/07/2010 at 19:25:00 - 67th edition opens Sept 1 with world premiere of Black Swan

Today at 19:54:05 - A British schoolgirl has died in a rafting accident in Turkey, the Foreign Office has confirmed.Related StoriesUS Lockerbie committee want UK quizFugitive tycoon Nadir in bail bidSenators head to UK o ...

Today at 19:12:00 - Greek tanker drivers have vowed to continue with a strike that has halted supplies across the country and threatens to hit tourism, despite a legal order to return to work.Related StoriesMedical tests ...

Today at 18:42:00 - Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biological ...

Today at 18:02:00 - BP has confirmed it is hiring a former Clinton-era emergency management official and his consulting firm to help with the recovery from the massive Gulf oil spill.Related StoriesHomes evacuated as wil ...

Today at 18:02:00 - Canada's top court has upheld six murder convictions of a pig farmer accused of butchering women and feeding them to pigs in what police have referred to as the country's worst serial killer case.Rela ...

Today at 20:03:10 - DOCTORS told Jo Dowling meningitis rash was just a 'minor infection' as her life ebbed away.

Today at 13:06:49 - TWO young British women were jailed for the 'sadistic' kidnapping and torture of a friend they discovered slept with one of their ex-boyfriends.

Today at 12:24:38 - MOTHER who admitted killing eight newborn babies is 'relieved her secret is finally out in the open'.

Today at 03:26:00 - ORDINARY calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks.

Today at 02:00:51 - A SPANISH judge re-issues warrants for three US soldiers over the death of a TV cameraman in Iraq seven years ago.

Today at 01:10:46 - POLICE are investigating the death of baby who drowned in front of his parents when a baptism went horribly wrong in Modova.

Today at 19:39:01 - Brit dies in Turkey rafting tragedy

Today at 19:05:03 - Tanker strike to hit Greek tourism

Today at 18:40:02 - Cancer patients in windpipe swap op

Today at 18:00:03 - Court upholds killer's conviction

Today at 18:00:02 - BP confirms hiring former FEMA head

Today at 17:35:02 - Woman retells daughter's death call

Today at 16:45:02 - 'Immigrants' arrested at care home

Today at 16:25:02 - Copter crash 'accident' killed Brit

Today at 16:20:03 - 22 killers at large despite recall

Today at 16:10:03 - Homes evacuated as wildfire spreads

Today at 15:30:02 - Saudi and Syrian leaders in Lebanon

Today at 15:00:03 - Two British women killed in Jordan

Today at 19:15:00 - A man found guilty of indecently assaulting a girl and defiling another has been convicted for three years and six months. The man cannot be identified by court order. One of the victims' mothers re ...

Today at 18:20:00 - A man who had been jailed four years for injuring two men in a road rage frenzy today had his term reduced to three years on appeal. Black belt kung-fu fighter Tristan Scott Haynes, 41, had been conv ...

Today at 17:23:00 - A total 40 kilogrammes of cocaine were confiscated in the past two and a half years, the Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement. It said that this was confiscated together with 21 kilogrammes of h ...

Today at 17:17:00 - Malta needed 150 new beds each year for elderly care in homes to cover the needs of the aging population, Community Care parliamentary secretary Mario Galea said. Speaking during a press breakfast on ...

Today at 16:31:00 - British Airways plc has been ordered to pay over ?222,000 to its former sales manager by way of terminal benefits. James Stagno Navarra filed his claim for benefits in the First Hall of the Civil Cou ...

Today at 19:07:14 - Greece will use military trucks and navy vessels to restore fuel supplies cut by a strike that has hurt industry and tourism at the height of vacation season, a government spokesman said Friday. ...

Today at 14:21:40 - Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 20 people, including three firefighters, officials said. Wildfire - Russi ...

Today at 13:19:20 - A former Swedish police chief known for his lectures on gender equality and sexual harassment was convicted on Friday of rape and other sex crimes and sent to prison. Sex and the law - Sex ...

Today at 13:02:35 - Three employees of the U.S. embassy in Paris were being treated for poisoning Friday after opening mail, a police source told Reuters. Paris - Reuters - France - United States - Ile-de-Franc ...

Today at 11:33:27 - bullfight - Catalonia - Spain - Animal rights - Barcelona

Today at 18:52:50 - Kosovo: EU reacts with 'anger' over Serb UN resolution (30/07/2010 - 17:07:32)

Today at 16:50:18 - Afghanistan: Three American troops killed (30/07/2010 - 16:12:59)

Today at 16:50:18 - Italy: Unemployment decline 'gives encouragement' (30/07/2010 - 15:01:08)

Today at 14:47:24 - Yemen: Al-Qaeda message vows further attacks (30/07/2010 - 13:07:18)

Today at 14:47:24 - Italy: Bodies of Afghanistan bomb defusers return home (30/07/2010 - 12:24:21)

Today at 14:47:24 - Italy: Inflation rate his highest in 19 months (30/07/2010 - 14:21:35)

Today at 14:47:24 - Middle East: Assad and Abdullah to 'cooporate' on Lebanon (30/07/2010 - 12:00:11)

Today at 18:45:31 - New figures show the volume of retail sales rose by 1% in June compared to the same time last year, while there was a monthly decrease of 0.2%.

Today at 18:02:41 - Concern has been expressed over the level of household products involved in accidental poisoning cases in young children.

Today at 17:56:20 - Forest fires sweeping across Russia have killed 25 people and 2,178 people have had their homes destroyed.

Today at 17:37:46 - Striking Greek truck drivers defied a government order to get back to work today, escalating the stand-off over a reform to liberalise the debt-laden country's economy.

Today at 15:46:31 - Telecoms company Avaya is cutting 64 jobs at its operation in Sandyford in south Dublin.

Today at 15:19:16 - The DUP and Sinn Féin have reached agreement on proposals to develop the site of the former high security Maze prison site near Lisburn.

Today at 18:29:50 - Russia called in the army to combat fires sweeping across the drought-stricken European part of the country and forcing thousands of people to flee

Today at 16:51:42 - Rise partly reflects VAT increases in southern European countries hit by the crisis over public finances, with price pressures expected to remain moderate in the months ahead

Today at 15:03:43 - Economic expansion slowed in the second quarter of the year as a swelling trade deficit and weaker inventories proved a drag on the recovery

Today at 14:49:37 - Latest household employment survey reveals that 32,800 additional people had joined the dole queue in the three months to the end of June, taking the total to 4.65m, or 20.09 per cent of the active po ...

Today at 14:12:33 - Disney has sold film studio Miramax for more than $660m to Filmyard Holdings, ending months of talks between the media group and various bidders

Today at 18:19:45 - The Kyrgyz Ministry of Health has revised upward to 355 the officially-registered death toll for the conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan in June, noting that at least 2,326 were wounded. Yet NGOs continue ...

Today at 16:25:39 - Georgia may have reformed its police, rebooted its electricity supplies and cracked down on tax dodgers, but when it comes to Georgian drivers, the country faces of one its biggest reform challenges y ...

Today at 15:22:14 - Editors' Picks:  No syria19.jpg ...

29/07/2010 at 21:10:54 - Georgia has come knocking on separatist doors with a basket full of promised grants, investments and social welfare perks, but de facto Abkhaz and South Ossetian officials, wary of Georgians bearing g ...

29/07/2010 at 13:48:04 - The girls' high school under construction in Jabal Seraj could have turned out like any other development project in the area: crumbling and dangerous. Afghanistan is littered with poor-quality buildi ...

Today at 17:40:02 - Signandsight.com will be back with a spring in its step at the beginning of September after idling away the entire month of August. We have naturally reserved all the best spots by the pool!

Today at 17:10:11 - Some regard Christoph Schlingensief as a genius, for others he is a provocateur or merely a con artist. While still undergoing chemotherapy he travelled to Burkino Faso to oversee work on the opera vi ...

Today at 17:10:11 - Applause thunders in for the rats of Lohegrin, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Oedipus in Colonus, and Wolfgang Rihm's constructive irony. lovegermanbooks loved the German independent book fair. Liv Ullman r ...

Today at 01:40:02 - Apitchatpong Weeresathakul, the Thai film maker who has just won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, talks to Cristina Nord about the political situation in his country and his films.

Today at 01:40:02 - For more information on signandsight's partners...

Today at 17:31:41 - Government and society must have the guts to confront past wrongs in the North if the region is to look to a better future, a senior Catholic Church leader said today.

Today at 17:18:49 - Sport's highest court has upheld a FIFA ruling allowing players born in the Northern Ireland to play international football for the Republic of Ireland.

Today at 17:12:08 - A pair of vases left on a bedroom shelf have transformed a couple's retirement after selling for almost £500,000 at auction, it has been revealed.

Today at 17:10:53 - Irish online display advertising bucked the general advertising malaise and performed strongly during 2009, as reported by the first IAB Ireland (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) online adspend s ...

Today at 16:55:32 - iPad owners are rich, self-centred and unkind, a survey has suggested.

Today at 17:11:12 - One of the world's largest private yachts, owned by Microsoft co-founder Poul Allen, has arrived in Reykjavik Harbour and is expected to berth at the quayside early this evening. Allen's visit to Icel ...

Today at 13:07:03 - Icelandair, in cooperation with Alaska Airlines, is providing connecting flights to Canada from Seattle's Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, for those travelling from Scandinavia this summer. Icel ...

Today at 12:55:05 - As youth unemployment soars in Sweden, more youngsters are fleeing across the border to Norway in an attempt to find work. A quarter of Swedes aged between 15 and 24 now find themselves outside the la ...

Today at 12:13:40 - An anti-racism group in Denmark has criticised the government's latest progress report to the UN, saying it is glossing over the country's ongoing race issues. According to the Documentation and Advis ...

Today at 11:01:50 - An EU commissioner's assertion that there is no legal provision for state guarantees of bank deposits in the European Economic Area (EEA) could prove important for the Icelandic government in dealing ...

Today at 17:00:00 - The most difficult and longest trek available for tourists at the Icelandic Mountain Guides took place for the third time this year. The 30-day trek takes hikers almost 500 kilometers across the count ...

Today at 15:00:00 - Credit rating agency Moody's has lowered Iceland's credit rating to negative. Iceland is currently rated in the category Baa3, which is only one level above junk. The decision is based on the uncertai ...

Today at 12:30:00 - Droughts have been reported widely around Iceland, especially in the western part of the country. Water levels in the rivers are low compared to an average summer, except for glacial rivers which carr ...

Today at 01:00:00 - A skeleton from a person who suffered from the Paget's disease of bone was unearthed this week during an archeological excavation project at Skriduklaustur in east Iceland, where a monastery was once ...

29/07/2010 at 20:00:00 - The human being will be on display for the first time in its natural environment in the Reykjavík Family Park and Zoo next weekend. Visitors can observe three men and one woman in a cage after 10 am o ...

Today at 16:28:24 - The Government entrusted the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry with the task of creating the joint stock company Chisinau Agrifoood Center and identify the plot where to build this national ce ...

Today at 16:17:05 - The Ministry of Justice will issue free IDs to flood victims who lost their documents during the natural disaster, DECA-press informs.

Today at 15:04:00 - The current regime in Russia has a terrible record as a reliable partner, yet President Obama wants the nuclear treaty he negotiated with the Kremlin fast-tracked for Senate approval. That makes no se ...

Today at 13:50:20 - The Government approved Moldova's proposals for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. According to Minister of State Victor Bodiu, non-EU member states that can contribute to the region's development ...

Today at 11:35:51 - From September 1, the teachers will receive the average salary throughout the school year, including for the vacation period.

Today at 16:26:02 - Police questioned financial adviser to L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into his client's finances.

Today at 16:26:02 - Hamide Yeni is a woman on the hunt.

Today at 16:26:02 - A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period was secretive but always supportive of her family, two of her daughters said in a local newspaper repor ...

Today at 16:26:02 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday the army needs to help tackle wildfires that have left five people dead and around 100 injured in central Russia.

Today at 12:26:01 - A pair of false teeth worn by Winston Churchill have sold at auction for more than $23,000 -- on the same day that plans were announced to put the British wartime leader's archive papers online for th ...

Today at 16:25:00 - This week, shadowy organisation Wikileaks caused a sensation by publishing 92,000 classified US documents on the Afghanistan war. Berliner Daniel Schmitt is one of just two public faces to this myster ...

Today at 16:13:00 - German retail sales fell by 0.9 percent in June from the previous month, according to provisional figures published Friday by the National Statistics Office (Destatis), following a sharp rise the prev ...

Today at 15:48:00 - Warm summer weather will return to the country just in time for the weekend and stay until the work week begins again, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Friday.

Today at 15:24:00 - Prisoners have a right to protection against offensive symbols such as neo-Nazi graffiti and gross breaches of hygiene such as excrement smeared on their cell walls, Germany's constitutional court rul ...

Today at 14:51:00 - German luxury car maker Audi, owned by Volkswagen, said Friday it was aiming for record sales this year with help from China where a price war might be brewing with rivals BMW and Daimler.

Today at 16:17:28 - Striker Mounir El Hamdaoui finally signed to join Amsterdam club Ajax on Friday after days of 'will he or won't he' uncertainty.

Today at 16:14:21 - July was warm, wet and sunny, with an average temperature of 19.8 Celsius, the KNMI weather bureau said on Friday.

Today at 11:00:03 - People applying for a rent-controlled house in Arnhem now have to wait over 10 years, the Volkskrant reports on Friday.

Today at 10:33:23 - The smoking ban, economic crisis and rise of social media are taking their toll on the traditional discotheque, according to news agency ANP.

Today at 10:21:18 - Eelco Sintnicolaas has become the Netherlands' first medal winner at the European athletics championship in Barcelona with a silver medal in the decathlon.

Today at 10:09:08 - The works council at drugs company Organon in Oss is going to court in protest at the decision to shut down production and move some work to the US, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Friday.

Today at 16:10:03 - Peace for territories principle is not only unacceptable in Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process but is full of unpredictable consequences for the region, Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan said in an int ...

Today at 15:40:12 - Armenia and Russia are set to sign a protocol bringing in force changes into the agreement on deployment of a Russian military base in Armenia, Interfax reported. In addition to ...

Today at 15:10:03 - Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan received Friday the Ambassador of Canada, Ralph Lysyshyn, who is completing his diplomatic mission in our country. According to the MFA press service, ...

Today at 14:40:03 - Six Armenian army servicemen, including an officer and 5 soldiers, have been reportedly shot dead in an Armenian military unit July 28, defense ministry spokesman Felix Poghosyan told Panorama.am. Ar ...

Today at 14:40:03 - Fire broke out in the territory adjacent to Yerevan zoo. Firefighters are working at the scene now. The fire has been banked but not yet extinguished. The causes of the ...

Today at 16:00:00 - Women will retire at the same age as men by 2020 and early retirement will be penalised with lower pensions, according to government proposals for retirement law amendments sent to parliament yesterda ...

Today at 16:00:00 - A Zagreb couple is offering a "rich reward" to anyone who helps them find their pet dog Coco who disappeared during a storm on June 21 while the couple was on holiday.

Today at 12:00:00 - Zagreb officials have started removing tables and chairs from café terraces in the centre of the city after complaints from Zagreb's blind that they impaired their safety.

Today at 11:00:00 - Croatian singer Severina could be entering political waters soon, according to news portal Sarajevo-x.com.

29/07/2010 at 19:00:00 - Two prostitutes stabbed 62-year-old man Milan S. from Dugi Rat (near Split) on Wednesday evening.

Today at 15:36:49 - A probe into the derailment of a Swiss tourist train in which one person died has found it was caused by "human error", police have announced.

Today at 08:20:17 - Switzerland's recycling figures for plastic drink bottles are at an all-time high, but there is no nationwide system for recycling other types of plastic.

29/07/2010 at 21:30:06 - Difficult pupils and parents, ever-increasing duties and ongoing reforms are pushing some Swiss teachers to burnout.

29/07/2010 at 14:06:49 - A former Chinese police officer who says he witnessed organs being harvested from executed prisoners in his country cannot seek asylum in Switzerland.

29/07/2010 at 08:27:44 - Social networking website Facebook, which is highly popular in Switzerland, reached a milestone this month - 500 million users worldwide.

Today at 15:27:00 - After a short, sharp shock in recession-hit 2009, the German car industry seems now to be back in...

29/07/2010 at 16:53:00 - Visiting Turkey German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday (27 July) said he expected...

27/07/2010 at 16:19:00 - Conceptual artist Yoko Ono is to unveil a new show in Berlin this September on the subject of...

26/07/2010 at 18:48:00 - Seven European Union banks have failed the stress tests run by regulators on 91 lenders and will...

23/07/2010 at 16:14:00 - Swedish heavy-vehicle maker Scania AB said Thursday it is studying non brand-related collaboration...

23/07/2010 at 16:11:00 - Books for kids from Germany have become a hit on the international book market. Storybook heroes...

Today at 14:58:23 - 17 year old Grace Ford was on holiday at the time of the fall 13 days ago

Today at 11:54:23 - The construction company has not been paid by the Ministry for Development

Today at 09:46:02 - The 39 year old Polish man was being held in a villa in Manilva

Today at 09:34:53 - The 59 year old has not been named in reports

Today at 08:46:50 - As 5.1 million journeys are expected to be taken on Spanish roads this weekend, according to the DGT traffic authorities, as one holiday month ends and another begins, AEMET, the Spanish state meteo ...

29/07/2010 at 23:45:18 - The Málaga Provincial Court is supervising the sale of the assets of the man at the centre of the Malaya case

29/07/2010 at 21:31:36 - The Junta de Andalucía says the water is outside the limits as being apt for drinking

Today at 14:53:00 - A truth commission is one of the proposals the Delegation for Romani Affairs delivered to cabinet minister Nyamko Sabuni on Friday.

Today at 13:43:00 - The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), a European security body, has named Sweden's Knut Dreyer as the new head of its police unit (SPMU), the organisation announced on Frida ...

Today at 13:14:00 - A 102-year-old woman in Halmstad in southwestern Sweden wants to get rid of the legal guardian that the municipality arranged for her against her will when it mistakenly assumed she had no living rela ...

Today at 11:57:00 - Göran Lindberg, once one of Sweden's most senior police officers, has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for a string of sex crimes.

Today at 10:41:00 - A second Chinese government body had approved China's Zhejiang Geely Automobile's plan to buy Swedish automaker Volvo from Ford, the company announced on Thursday.

Today at 14:44:00 - Arab leaders on Thursday gave the Palestinian Authority approval for direct talks with Israel, but some analysts fear the two sides will fail to agree on the necessary concessions for peace.

Today at 14:11:00 - Russia's arms exporter denies selling S-300 air defense systems to Azerbaijan, as the contract on supplying such weapons to Iran remains in limbo.

Today at 13:37:00 - Russia have got their preparations for the upcoming Basketball World Championships off to a great start with a solid win over Latvia. David Blatt's side had few problems, cruising to an 89-68 win.

Today at 13:03:00 - The Youth Olympic Games are aimed at teaching athletes the Olympic values from a young age, Ambassador to Russia of host nation Singapore, Simon Tensing de Cruz, told RT.

Today at 12:17:00 - The World Orchestra for Peace, symbolizing unity and harmony and led by renowned Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, is set to give a rare concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Today at 14:00:00 - A PROFESSIONAL footballer yesterday pleaded guilty to affray during a nightclub fracas.

Today at 14:00:00 - JAPAN'S industry ministry has ordered Apple to report on measures it will take regarding cases of its iPod Nano music player catching fire.

Today at 14:00:00 - RESEARCHERS today announced proof that reptiles were the first vertebrates to conquer dry land with the discovery of 318-million-year-old footprints.

Today at 14:00:00 - A CELL that could be the "mother" of all prostate tumours has been identified by scientists.

Today at 14:00:00 - DRAMATIC effects have been seen from a weight loss recipe that combines anti-addiction drugs with dieting and exercise.

Today at 14:00:00 - FARMLAND bird numbers in England fell 5% last year to new record lows.

Today at 14:00:00 - ARIZONA is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge's ruling that put most of the state's immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight that may g ...

Today at 12:44:28 - A slew of legal challenges against austerity measures adopted by the government as part of an emergency loan agreement it signed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund were lodged ...

Today at 12:44:28 - The representatives of Greece's foreign creditors, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, were reportedly impressed during their visit to the Labor Min ...

Today at 12:44:28 - Yesterday's incident involving striking truck drivers revealed the complete lack of preparation of many state services to respond to a call for civil mobilization. According to every report made on t ...

Today at 12:44:28 - The declining course of the furniture industry in Greece continued in the first five months of this year, although losses are smaller compared to last year. Hellenic Statistical Authority data indicat ...

Today at 12:44:28 - The mayor of Piraeus, Panayiotis Fasoulas, informed municipal employees yesterday that City Hall would be stopping all payments following a central government decision to stop funding the debt-ridden ...

Today at 12:37:47 - DISSIDENT republicans engaged in a so-called "dirty protest" in Maghaberry prison have created "atrocious" conditions for prison staff over the last three mont

Today at 11:57:48 - FULL details regarding the funeral arrangements of Alex "Hurricane" Higgins will be made public on Friday, his former agent has confirmed.

Today at 11:34:32 - HUMAN remains have been found by teams searching for a man who disappeared near the border almost 30 years ago.

Today at 02:00:00 - LEADING age charities have welcomed plans by the government to scrap the default retirement age (DRA) in 2011.

Today at 02:00:00 - UNIONIST leaders have expressed doubt and anger over plans for a conflict resolution facility at the site of the former Maze prison.

Today at 02:00:00 - A MAN accused of a hit-and-run collision at an Eleventh Night bonfire feared he would be murdered by a mob he claims attacked his car, a court heard yesterday.

Today at 12:24:12 - Towns received a month's worth of rain in less than two days

Today at 12:21:48 - Large number of young people, bad economy add up to more hopefuls

Today at 12:20:13 - On hold since June, wait is over for Danish iPhone fans

29/07/2010 at 11:28:46 - A sunny and warm July did not quite crack the record books

28/07/2010 at 11:36:06 - Investigation comes after allegations child was killed during firefight

28/07/2010 at 11:22:58 - Annual Opera Festival turns city into a living concert hall

27/07/2010 at 15:21:52 - Effect of late planting season yet to be determined

27/07/2010 at 11:25:50 - Deaths in Duisberg put focus on festival crowd control

27/07/2010 at 11:19:27 - Association pushes for voluntary stress test for small banks

Today at 10:27:53 - A Vaud-based finance professional seeks to recover funds lost by investors in the Goldman Sachs Timberwolf affair that saw the investment bank settle 550 million dollars with a US regulatory body. Dav ...

Today at 08:55:10 - Environmentally friendly golf takes centre stage on August 20 at the Lavaux course in Puidoux, canton Vaud. The IGOLF international foundation, which promotes green practices and sustainable course ma ...

29/07/2010 at 11:43:53 - As the world grows increasingly aware of whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, the publisher of secret government and corporate documents uploaded by anonymous contributors, campaigning group Transparency In ...

29/07/2010 at 07:44:52 - Swissmedic issues another in a series of warnings about dangerous illegal medecine, highlighting a slimming drug - made in China - that is targetted to customers in Switzerland by a criminal organizat ...

28/07/2010 at 10:51:03 - On Switzerland's upcoming August 1 national holiday, Swiss President Doris Leuthard is paying a visit to an Alpine region reeking with history and of appeal to visitors seeking to learn more about the ...

Today at 09:39:02 - Motorway to connect Krakow and Rzeszów

Today at 01:39:05 - Can the Polish State Railways compete with LOT?

Today at 01:39:05 - President-elect will be sworn in by 10 August

29/07/2010 at 12:24:02 - Runway overhaul transfers some flights to Krakow

29/07/2010 at 01:39:06 - Controversial Smolensk memorial will be moved to church

29/07/2010 at 01:39:06 - Why the city has declared public fountains unsafe

28/07/2010 at 15:54:02 - Former model claims Roman Polanski "handcuffed, drugged and raped" her

28/07/2010 at 14:24:04 - Threats of flooding materialise for the second time this summer

28/07/2010 at 01:39:07 - Russians extend investigation, Poles form new investigative committee

28/07/2010 at 01:39:07 - How does Poland look through the eyes of an Israeli painter?

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK The police inspection has reopened an investigation into the case of convict Jirí Kajínek, who is serving life sentence for a double murder from 1993, Právo reported yesterday.

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK The tender for house-arrest bracelets set up by Former Justice Minister Daniela Kovárová will be cancelled as the rules were changed to the detriment of the state, Justice Minister Jirí Posp ...

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK Two men, Jaroslav Sejvl and David Stejskal, have established the first gravediggers' professional guild in the Czech Republic and they plan to open a school for gravediggers to restore the p ...

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK The extradition of Czech businessman Tomás Pitr, sentenced to five years in prison for tax fraud in 2006, from Switzerland may ...

Today at 08:40:01 - CTK The Environment Ministry will earmark CZK 4 billion from EU subsidies for the improvement of air quality in the Moravian-Silesian region, Environment Minister Pavel Drobil said in Ostrava ye ...

Today at 07:44:41 - New York City is home to millions of people of all races and religions. It is probably the most ethnically diverse metropolis on earth. It is, therefore, not surprising that one will find one\'s place ...

Today at 07:44:27 - In the beginning she was the guest star in a gig called the Tea-Party; then she took over the central stage and the gig turned into a mega-show where the good old \"values\" that everybody tries to fo ...

Today at 07:43:50 - 30th July 1971; Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin land on the moon with the first lunar rover used to begin exploring the moon\'s surface.

29/07/2010 at 06:34:44 - It was national security, it is damaging the prospects for regional peace and I feel really strange finding myself agreeing with David Cameron and happy he opened his mouth and said some truths doesn\ ...

29/07/2010 at 06:34:32 - Most adults declare that they are \"Spiritual, Not Religious\" or \"Cultural, Not Religious\". They say they seldom, if ever, attend church or synagogue. - One more book addition for Ovi\'s Bookshop.

Today at 06:00:00 - "The world famous Hungarian dance group Starry Eyed Folk Dance Ensemble will be performing in the courtyard of the House of Royal Wines and Cellar Museum, at 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday afternoon fr ...

Today at 05:00:00 - "Within the framework of the Open-Air Folk Nights, fans of folk music can enjoy Moldavian, Greek and South-Slavic folk music each Tuesday and Sunday from 15 June to 31 August. At each occasion visito ...

Today at 04:24:00 - "Due its huge success we continue to have night opening hours this year as well. Each Friday and Saturday in May and September 2010, with Thursdays also included from June to August, our gates remain ...

Today at 04:00:00 - The Hungarian National Gallery presents the lifework exhibition of the Italian futurist painter, advertisement graphic artist and designer, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960).

Today at 03:00:00 - With the hot weather finally here, I have been making the rounds of the new beer gardens. I tried Otkert (Zrinyi u. 4, 5th district) a few weeks ago at about 5pm. The place is done up nice, and conven ...

Today at 02:00:00 - Digital address code system launched | 100m Facebook users' details shared on net | O2 ARPU falls in second quarter | Farm safety assessment tool goes online | Motorola enjoys profit surge

29/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - RSA acquires insurance firm 123.ie | Google explores social games market | IEDR reports record registrations | Amazon to relaunch Kindle | Sony swings into unexpected profit

28/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - Irish online ad market worth EUR100m: report | LG Electronics profit falls 33pc | Portugal Telecom agrees to sell Vivo stake | Google to power Yahoo Japan search | SAP issues cautious sales outlook

27/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - Government plans rural broadband scheme | O2 apologises for BlackBerry outage | EU launches IBM antitrust probes iPhone 'jailbreaking' now legal in US | ARM results beat market expectations

26/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - SFI may get greater role in innovation funding | White iPhone 4 delayed, again | UAE calls BlackBerry a security risk | Microsoft seals chip deal with ARM | RTE investigates Facebook complaint

Today at 01:40:02 - Regular police torture of suspects, a crackdown on press freedom and the right to assembly, and a return to KGB methods of intimidation and forced collaboration are part of "alarming" breaches o ...

29/07/2010 at 10:40:02 - German Chancellor Angel Merkel's weekend visit to China has put a positive spin on the increasingly complex economic relations between China and the European Union, but the flurry of deals signe ...

28/07/2010 at 18:10:03 - Football functions on so many levels. It can be big business, moving astronomical quantities of cash, with obscene salaries for owners, coaches and star players. And it can be a widely played sp ...

28/07/2010 at 09:40:02 - Senior medical figures in Eastern Europe have issued stark warnings that the region's healthcare sector is both unstable and unsustainable as health workers continue to leave in droves for jobs abro ...

28/07/2010 at 09:40:02 - Pressure from the Catholic Church to effectively stop sex education in schools is threatening the health of tens of thousands of teenagers who fall pregnant every year because they have little o ...

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-10-14 - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.

Today at 01:39:07 - If you're in Sweden the last few days leading up to Christmas, you might overhear the Swedish expression, "da'n före da'n före doppareda'n" (the day before the day before Dunkin' Day). Even when trans ...

Today at 01:39:07 - Helsingborg, the pearl of the Sound, is perhaps best loved for its summer pleasures, when the sun shines on lively festivals, waterside eateries and miles of some of the best urban beaches in Scandina ...

Today at 01:39:07 - 2008-10-10 - The Swedish arm of Icelandic bank Kaupthing has more than enough liquid assets to cover deposits and would pay back savers' money plus the interest due, a spokesman for the bank said on ...

Today at 01:39:07 - Dadaist, Surrealist, romantic and imaginative genius. Max Ernst was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The Louisiana's exhibition is the first major presentation of Max Ernst in ...

Today at 00:02:00 - Well known Scottish band 'Teenage Fanclub' shall hold a concert at the Belgrade Student Cultural Center on November 7. This shall be the band's first appearance in Serbia. Apart from the latest album ...

Today at 00:02:00 - By filing a resolution to the UN without consultations with the biggest powers, Serbia has entered a new very risky phase and is also gambling with its candidacy for the EU membership, diplomats and d ...

Today at 00:02:00 - Although amid a divorce procedure with his fourth wife Kristina Liliana, former German football legend Lothar Matthaus does not seem at all downcast. He is smiling and spirited and happy to be back in ...

Today at 00:02:00 - Belgrade - Police in Belgrade questioned about twenty young men from the part of Zemun in which journalist Teofil Pancic of the 'Vreme' weekly was attacked in a city bus no. 83 on Saturday evening.

29/07/2010 at 00:02:00 - Natalija Sosa, a Serbian singer and model, who moved to Greece a few years ago, recently completed her new single, Now I am Ready, which soon afterwards became a big hit on TV and radio.

29/07/2010 at 22:18:09 - ISLAMABAD - Relatives desperate to find the bodies of loved ones joined emergency teams Thursday at the scene of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, but recovery work was badly hampered by rain and thi ...

29/07/2010 at 22:18:09 - With attentive wait staff, a relaxed atmosphere, simple yet chic d?cor and an extensive menu offering a variety of classic Italian dishes, the owners of the old-standing favorite Da Albertone on Milli ...

29/07/2010 at 22:18:09 - Choirs from around the world will flock to St. Petersburg this weekend for the Singing World international festival of choral art, which runs from Friday to Wednesday.

29/07/2010 at 22:18:09 - The artistic life of St. Petersburg is not losing ground, even during the summertime. New exhibitions of modern art are currently on display at 5 Etazh studio, Art re.

29/07/2010 at 22:18:09 - Last week, President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted about a visit to Finland, the blast in a hydroelectric power station in Kabardino-Balkaria, oh and a rather impressive rain storm in Moscow.

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - Officials in the United States have released the booking photographs of the 10 people arrested and booked as unregistered foreign agents of Russia in this summer's spy ring scandal.

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - A campaign to protect the Khimki forest took a dramatic turn when dozens of people stormed the Khimki town administration building, pelting it with smoke grenades and smearing slogans on the walls. ...

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - The Investigative Committee has opened 12 criminal cases into the possible misspending of state funds in connection with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - Moscow City Hall has allocated $190 per month for every stray dog housed in its animal shelters in 2010. But a review of documents obtained by The Moscow Times found that stray dogs are part of a lucr ...

29/07/2010 at 22:00:00 - Christopher Columbus is on the move again in the New World, as sculptor Zurab Tsereteli's towering statue of the explorer - already shunned by several U.S. cities - might be erected on Puerto Rico's n ...

29/07/2010 at 12:55:47 - The fallout from a surprisingly pro-Kosovo legal decisionHOW wrong can you be? Almost everyone had expected the International Court of Justice to give an ambiguous opinion on the legality of Kosovo's ...

29/07/2010 at 12:55:47 - The Ruhr's attempt to reinvent itself takes a tragic turnIN THE end the Love Parade had little to do with love and was no longer a parade. At the first parade, in 1989, 150 people cavorted down West B ...

29/07/2010 at 12:55:47 - A potent mix of heat, haze, alcohol and corruptionRUSSIA'S ability to deal with its legendarily severe winters is a source of national pride. But now Russia's survival skills have been tested by the h ...

29/07/2010 at 12:55:47 - First the burqa, now the bullfight. What will Catalonia outlaw next?ON JULY 28th Catalonia's regional parliament outlawed bullfighting. It is a bit like a German state banning wurst or a French region ...

29/07/2010 at 12:55:47 - The allies reach out to the Kremlin, and start to think about the unthinkableIN THE heart of NATO's military headquarters, SHAPE, near the Belgian city of Mons, an unspoken revolution is taking place: ...

29/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - TALLINN - The European Commission this week said Estonia needs to improve its preperation programs for adopting the euro at the beginning of next year. In a report issued on Tuesday, the commis. ...

28/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - TALLINN - As the Republic of Estonia prepares for the adoption of the euro on Jan. 1, 2011, the Mint of Finland has announced that coin production for the Estonian version of the single currency ha. ...

28/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - TALLINN - Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is considered to be a major harbor city on the Baltic seaside. The historical seaside city with its rich and long history is one of the rising tourism des. ...

28/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - Kalku, Torna, Valnu streets, and the list goes on. Tourists are as likely to twist an ankle as they are to snap a good photo as they walk along Riga’s Old Town streets. Potholes, sinkholes, u. ...

28/07/2010 at 02:00:00 - RIGA - The tourism industry should be one of the priorities in the development of Latvia, and therefore the state of Latvia. Riga City Council and Jurmala City Council should allocate 9 million lat. ...

28/07/2010 at 15:54:29 - Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden (2106 metres). I was there last Sunday. The view is magnificent, one actually see almost ten percent of the Swedish territory from there providing the weat ...

28/07/2010 at 15:45:57 - The world's largest under ground iron ore mine in located in Kiruna in north Sweden. The mine is extremely profitable. LKAB, the state owned company which runs the mine, is expected to show a SEK 10 b ...

27/07/2010 at 19:10:19 - Thousands of tones of fruit, vegetables and meat are thrown away every year in Swedish food stores. A report will now be made about the reasons for the waste. The Nordic Council of Ministers has agree ...

26/07/2010 at 12:47:56 - Golf: Rickard S Johnson, 33 years old, won the Scandinavian Masters which had its final round on Sunday. The Swede won with 11 under par and on second place was the Argentinian Rafa Echenique with 10 ...

25/07/2010 at 20:30:19 - The sky-high youth unemployment in Sweden results in that many young graduates are fleeing to Norway in search of a job. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is now concerned that the out-migration ...

28/07/2010 at 14:10:09 - ALEX HIGGINS will always remain an inspiration to the next generation of snooker players looking to emulate the 'Hurricane' and reach the very top of the game.

28/07/2010 at 14:05:53 - THERE was a buzz around the capital in 2008.

28/07/2010 at 13:55:50 - IN RECENT times, we're told that Kerry's bogey team are Tyrone and, in the context of the last decade, it's impossible to argue with that.

28/07/2010 at 13:54:03 - FOR the third time in this year's Championship, Cork manager Conor Counihan had seen his side let a lead slip, allowing their opponents to seize a draw at the end of 70 minutes of football.

28/07/2010 at 13:51:53 - JUSTIN McCARTHY'S controversial spell in charge of the Limerick hurlers could continue after the former Waterford boss was nominated for the post again.

28/07/2010 at 13:44:47 - I THINK we were all a bit surprised by Harbinger's win in the King George on Saturday.

27/07/2010 at 08:10:06 - David Cameron is to argue strongly for Turkey's membership of ...

25/07/2010 at 15:40:10 - President Demetris Christofias briefed British Prime Minister David Cameron on ...

25/07/2010 at 15:40:10 - Thirty five flights from and to Cyprus, which concern 24 ...

25/07/2010 at 15:10:03 - Two youths aged 19 and 20, and two under-aged teenagers ...

25/07/2010 at 15:10:03 - Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou reiterated on Sunday the need for ...

25/07/2010 at 15:10:03 - The Cyprus defence ministry has suspended the second in command ...

25/07/2010 at 15:10:03 - Two youths were remanded in custody for 24 hours in ...

24/07/2010 at 19:40:03 - It will be generally fine.

24/07/2010 at 17:10:08 - American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) Supreme President Nicholas Karacostas ...

23/07/2010 at 02:31:26 - This article first appeared in The eXile on June 1, 2007 For months now, our overseas readers have been asking us, “What's a gopnik?” They have a vague idea of what a gopnik looks like, t ...

19/07/2010 at 21:23:50 - I know, I know, I've been AWOL a long time. Shoot me. No, seriously. I wouldn't object. It'd be great to get shot, as long as it was quick and fatal, not somewhere like the shin, where you scream li ...

13/07/2010 at 22:13:51 - I found Predators to be amusing as hell, but then, I was in just the right mood for it. I'd had one of those brain-melting work weeks when you do nothing but talk to people, prepare to talk to ...

12/07/2010 at 01:49:19 - Click the cover, buy the book!

05/07/2010 at 05:55:59 - Notice to readers: We are scrapping the Great Living Americans nominating process due to your miserable failure, and hereby revoke your suggestion privileges. The eXiled has also initiated a review o ...

08/07/2010 at 13:21:25 - Carrefour's Monaco employees want to serve you. read more

08/07/2010 at 11:34:28 - BAC results in Monaco better than in France. read more

08/07/2010 at 11:11:13 - Three areas with restricted access. read more

08/07/2010 at 10:51:11 - Monaco's new care home opens. read more

05/07/2010 at 12:11:31 - New combined rail and bus travel card. read more

05/07/2010 at 10:34:00 - Better protection for swimmers at Plage Larvotto. read more

05/07/2010 at 10:09:48 - Retailers are optimistic. read more

04/07/2010 at 10:59:57 - Monaco's Government reported a slow recovery last week. read more

02/07/2010 at 15:59:49 - The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the cherished protected geographical status to the country's pung ...

09/06/2010 at 16:00:56 - European ministers have just agreed on a set of rules setting out the possibilities for patients in one country getting health treatment in another with national health services or insurance companie ...

13/05/2010 at 13:53:33 - In the wake of the Greek financial crisis, the European Commission has proposed that the budgets of countries using the euro should be reviewed in Brussels before they are approved by national parlia ...

10/05/2010 at 13:32:47 - European Union finance ministers have agreed a massive package of funding to stop the spread of Greek financial crisis and save the euro zone from collapse. The Czech Republic escaped lightly from th ...

30/04/2010 at 15:52:11 - Member states of the Eurozone are discussing ways of helping Greece and its debt-laden economy, while there are growing concerns about some other countries that use the single European currency. But ...

15/06/2010 at 08:34:08 - Watch video of the bullfight

15/06/2010 at 08:21:54 - Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically and negligently put safety at risk on the Deepwater Horizon oil r ...

15/06/2010 at 06:46:09 - Uzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spiralled and aid agencies reported fresh allegations of atrocities fr ...

15/06/2010 at 02:01:00 - For the people of Gaza the most precious commodity on board the Turkish flotilla stormed by Israel last month was not electric wheelchairs or children's toys or medicine: it was hope.

15/06/2010 at 02:01:00 - The Kremlin edged closer last night to military intervention in Kyrgyzstan as the number of people killed in ethnic violence spiralled and as many as 100,000 refugees flooded neighbouring Uzbekistan.

29/04/2010 at 14:59:00 - 'The main question for the next few years is whether the Kharkiv agreements will become a tool of stabilization, development and rapprochement of Ukraine and Russia', Irina Kobrinskaya.

27/04/2010 at 16:13:00 - Geopolitical influence is an expensive thing. The Soviet Union realized that well supporting the Communist regimes and movements all over the world including Cuba and North Korea. The current Russian ...

22/04/2010 at 16:12:00 - Tashkent said again that Uzbekistan-Russia relations are strategic, and that Russia plays a key role in ensuring global and especially regional security and stability in Central Asia.

20/04/2010 at 15:26:00 - The case of Kurmanbek Bakiyev is consistent with the logic of the Belarusian authorities’ actions towards the plane crash near Smolensk. The decisions not to demonstrate the “Katyn” ...

16/04/2010 at 15:49:00 - Explosions take place in Russia again. The last week of March started with terrorist acts at the Moscow metro stations which were followed by blasts in the Dagestani city of Kizlar. The horror spread ...

12/10/2009 at 18:12:02 - Bulgaria's new prime minister Boiko Borisov on Monday asked France to help his country build and finance a second nuclear power plant and scrapped a deal to purchase French warships worth EUR750 mill ...

12/10/2009 at 17:55:06 - Bulgaria's former foreigm minister Ivailo Kalfin on Moday berated Libya for its threat to leava the UN organisation on cultural heritage UNESCO if its newly elected chief, Bulgarian Irina Bokova takes ...

12/10/2009 at 17:42:03 - A Libyan immigrant threw a bomb at Italian army barracks in Milan on Monday and had his hand torn off in the blast.

12/10/2009 at 17:13:45 - U.S. economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel prize for economics Monday by their analyses of management of common property and role of economy in conflict resolution.

11/10/2009 at 17:41:58 - Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Romania are considering construction of two hydroelectric plants on the Danube River, which makes their common border, a Romanian official was quoted as saying Sunday.