The Greek government has announced further cuts, just the day before a public sector strike is about to take place in protest at earlier savings measures. It is proposed to raise the pensionable age by two years to an...
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was re-elected just two weeks ago, has dissolved parliament and called early elections. The move follows the heavy handed arrest on Monday of leading opposition figure, former...
The UNASUR group of South American countries has begun meeting in the Ecuadorean capital Quito to discuss aid for Haiti following its disastrous earthquake. Conference host Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says...
The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission by 477 votes to 237. The 26 new European commissioners will be able to start work on Wednesday. José Manuel Barroso, a former Portuguese prime...
According to a report published by the Royal Dutch Institute for Sea Research, Dutch seawater temperatures have increased faster than expected. Since 1982, Dutch sea water temperature has increased by an average 1.5 degrees,...
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to accept the outcome of the presidential second round run-off. Ukrainian newspaper Pravda says she has instructed lawyers to contest the election victory of...
NATO has officially asked the Netherlands to keep some of its troops in Afghanistan after the end of the current mission in 2011. The Dutch contribution should be aimed at training Afghan security forces and at the...
A relative of Albert Einstein's first wife, Mileva Maric, wants her remains to be reburied in Serbia. Mileva died in 1948 in the Swiss city of Zurich, where she lies buried in a mass grave. Her cousin, Dragisa Maric,...
Officials have said that the passenger who caused havoc Tuesday morning at the train station of the Dutch city of Den Bosch is not a terrorist, but a confused man. Passengers raised the alarm this morning after the man made references to...
Nigeria's parliament has voted to make Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan acting head of state until President Umaru Yar'Adua is well enough to resume his duties. Since November, President Yar'Adua has been undergoing...
