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Greece MPs approve new austerity budget amid protests

YoopyaNov 12, 20120

Greek lawmakers have approved the 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests. The budget was passed by 167 votes to

New BBC Boss out: George Entwistle quits after just 55 days following abuse bungles

kiemtarNov 11, 2012November 11, 20120

Entwistle resigns over fall out from Newsnight documentary which led to Tory peer Lord McAlpine wrongly being branded a paedophile. New BBC boss George Entwistle resigned last night

Anders Behring Breivik’s prison conditions ‘inhumane’

YoopyaNov 9, 20120

The Norwegian convicted of the massacre of 77 people last year has said he is being held in “inhumane” conditions. Anders Behring Breivik complained in

Special Report: After merger collapse, fractured Europe faces new battle over Airbus

YoopyaNov 8, 20120

(Reuters) – On a cloudy day in southwest France last month a frail 91-year-old Frenchman in a white shirt and white tie took the stage in front

Justin Welby set to be named archbishop of Canterbury on Friday

kiemtarNov 8, 2012November 8, 20120

Bishop of Durham refuses to comment on intense speculation he will replace Rowan Williams as Church of England leader. Justin Welby, the bishop of Durham, says

Thousands of Greeks strike over spending cuts

YoopyaNov 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Greek workers began a 48-hour strike on Tuesday to protest a new round of austerity cuts that unions say

Greece makes austerity push, workers gear for strike

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Greece’s government presented a new austerity package to parliament on Monday as a week of strikes and protests kicked off over proposals that

Insight: Hunger strikes in industrial Russia test loyalty to Putin

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Factory smokestacks tower over weathered wooden houses in this provincial Russian town, part of the industrial heartland that helped propel Vladimir Putin into

Britain could thrive outside EU, suggests IDS

kiemtarNov 4, 20120

Work and pensions secretary says Britain’s trading history predates EU and suggests it can continue outside fiscal union. Iain Duncan Smith has come close to suggesting that

Ukraine opposition complains of stolen seats

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Ukrainian opposition parties accused President Viktor Yanukovich’s Party of the Regions of “stealing” several parliamentary seats as the vote count from Sunday’s election