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'Sterling crisis' could hit Britain

In a swipe at the UK, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who took over as president in January, said that Britain’s high national debt and persistent budget deficit had left it vulnerable to attacks from currency traders.
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How potent are North Korea's threats?

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The latest UN sanctions on North Korea unleashed an angry response. Pyongyang announced an end to all non-aggression pacts with the South and promised a pre-emptive nuclear strike against attackers. The BBC examines how much of a threat North Korea really poses to the US and its Asian neighbours. ...
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Euro crisis is breeding comics not fascists

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There are a few similarities between Europe then and now. As in the 1930s, a financial crash, followed by austerity policies, has led to high unemployment. Once again, new political movements are springing up that heap scorn on the governing class. But dig a little deeper and the comparisons seem superficial. When the Depression arrived in Europe......
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Venezuelans mourn President Hugo Chavez

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Venezuela has announced seven days of mourning for Hugo Chavez, who has died aged 58, after 14 years as president. Hundreds of Mr Chavez's supporters took to the streets of Caracas to express their grief. ...
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EU Budget deal struck with £16billion sweeteners

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The full extent of £16billion in “sweeteners” paid to European Union member states to secure their support for last month’s decision to make a historic cut in the union’s budget can be revealed for the first time. ...
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EU banker pay cap 'threatens thousands of British jobs'

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The Government signalled its growing anger over European Union plans to impose a cap on pay for bankers this weekend when a senior minister with close ties to the Chancellor said that hundreds of thousands of British jobs were being put at risk. ...
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Rufi Osmani: Stop dhunës

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Lideri i RDK-së, Rufi Osmani ka bërë thirrje që të ndërpritet dhuna huligane ndaj shqiptarëve dhe personat përgjegjës të dalin para drejtësisë....
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Trazira në Shkup, digjet flamuri shqiptar

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Të rinj të shumtë maqedonas të cilët po protestonin kundër ministrit të Mbrojtjes, Talat Xhaferi, kanë sulmuar disa shqiptarë në sheshin e Shkupit....
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Britain must not 'undo' EU

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Britain is better off inside the European Union, Olli Rehn has said, as he urged the UK to support the rebuilding of the 27-nation bloc rather than seek to "undo our Community" by heading for the exit....
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It pays to redistribute

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Rafael Correa’s third successive election is proof of the stability the Ecuadorean President has brought to a country which had seen seven heads of state in the decade before his first win in 2007, not to speak of several violent revolutions and military coups in earlier periods. ...
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