Focus COP15
Lille’s buses hit the gasAt first glance a bus in Lille, northern France, is just like any other. It is not running later… 13/12/09 20:21 CET
More clashes in Copenhagen on climateThere have been more violent scenes between climate campaigners and police in Copenhagen. The… 13/12/09 20:18 CET
Copenhagen protests continueAs the delegates at the Climate Change summit in Copenhagen took a day off, there was no let up in… 13/12/09 14:46 CET
Worldwide demands grow for climate actionProtesters gathered in Madrid to add their voices to those calling for concrete measures to fight… 13/12/09 09:33 CET
Hundreds arrested at climate change demoDanish police say they’ve arrested nearly a thousand people during mass protests on the fringes of… 13/12/09 09:33 CET
world news
Rail link reunites Serbia and BosniaNearly 18 years after war stopped it in its tracks, the train service between Belgrade and Sarajevo… 13/12/09 20:21 CET
Cooperation in Kandahar – Karzai and Brown meetBritain’s Prime Minister and the Afghan President have met at Kandahar airbase, in part at least… 13/12/09 20:14 CET
Chile billionaire in poll positionWealthy centre-right businessman Sebastian Pinera has cast his ballot in the first round of a… 13/12/09 19:47 CET
Separatists step up Catalan autonomy driveA symbolic vote designed to test the Catalan public’s appetite for independence from Spain is… 13/12/09 19:47 CET
Bagapsh wins presidential poll in AbkhaziaSergei Bagapsh has been re-elected President of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia in a vote… 13/12/09 19:47 CET
Berlusconi in hospital after attackThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been attacked at a square in Milan. Several… 13/12/09 19:34 CET
Billionaire favourite to win Chile voteChile is preparing for the first round of a presidential election which could see the end of two… 13/12/09 12:59 CET
Brown in Kandahar for talks with KarzaiUK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is on a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he is holding talks… 13/12/09 12:59 CET
Venezuela and Cuba sign trade dealVenezuela’s anti-American President Hugo Chavez has signed a three billion dollar trade deal with… 13/12/09 12:59 CET
Mugabe wins five more years as party leaderZimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has been endorsed as leader of his ZANU-PF party for another… 13/12/09 12:59 CET
Catalan votes on ‘independence’ from SpainSeparatism is in the air in Spain this weekend, as Catalunya stages an unofficial referendum on… 13/12/09 09:33 CET
Abkhazia holds ‘independent’ electionsCounting is underway in elections for the presidency of the rebel Georgian republic of Abkhazia… 13/12/09 09:33 CET
Euro film glory for Haneke’s ‘White Ribbon’A chilling look at the roots of Nazi terror has dominated the European Film Awards, winning three… 13/12/09 09:33 CET
