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EU-Russia to reset ties at summit
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 5:10 in World | viewed 14 views times | 0 Comments
European Union leaders are due to discuss key issues such as trade and energy with their Russian counterparts at a summit in Stockholm. Moscow and Brussels are still rebuilding relations after falling out over last year's Georgia-Russia war. The... (Continue reading)
Traffickers targeted in EU raids
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 18:19 in World | viewed 17 views times | 0 Comments
A criminal gang suspected of trafficking more than 2,000 people has been targeted by police in a series of raids across Europe. In all, 22 suspected gang members have been arrested - four in the UK, 13 in France,... (Continue reading)
Copenhagen ‘must produce targets’
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 16:35 in World | viewed 18 views times | 0 Comments
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has said there must be firm pledges on greenhouse gas reductions at December's climate talks in Copenhagen. Mr Rasmussen said he wanted delegates to put "numbers on the table" and reach a "concrete... (Continue reading)
Sexual abuse
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 16:15 in World | viewed 17 views times | 0 Comments
This week, the French National Assembly is debating a bill on the treatment of re-offenders. One of the issues likely to be discussed is chemical castration. This is currently voluntary in France, but some are calling for it to... (Continue reading)
‘Ex-Nazi’ charged with murder
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 14:34 in World | viewed 59 views times | 0 Comments
German prosecutors have charged a 90-year-old alleged former Nazi SS member with the deaths of 58 Jewish forced labourers, officials say. The man is accused of murdering the workers in Deutsch Schuetzen, an Austrian village, at the end of... (Continue reading)
Prague marks Velvet Revolution
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 9:50 in World | viewed 33 views times | 0 Comments
Czechs and Slovaks are to mark the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution - which brought down the Communist government of the then-Czechoslovakia. Past and present students will re-enact a Prague march that started the events. The Communist Party... (Continue reading)
Public order test at Athens march
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 7:27 in World | viewed 9 views times | 0 Comments
By Malcolm Brabant BBC News, Athens Thousands of police will be deployed in Athens during a demonstration to commemorate those who died during a student uprising 36 years ago. The annual march from the Greek capital's Polytechnic to the... (Continue reading)
Last word
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 5:18 in World | viewed 9 views times | 0 Comments
Alexander Kan BBC Russian Service When the famous Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he made it clear in his will that a manuscript he was working on should not be published. In fact he instructed his wife... (Continue reading)
Summit disappoints UN food chief
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 22:25 in World | viewed 10 views times | 0 Comments
The head of the UN food agency, Jacques Diouf, says he is not satisfied with the final declaration of the UN world food summit in Rome. Mr Diouf criticised the declaration - which vowed "urgent action" to boost food... (Continue reading)
Chechen leader sees off first flight
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 20:51 in World | viewed 10 views times | 0 Comments
The first international flight to leave conflict-hit Chechnya in 15 years has taken off from the airport in Grozny. The Boeing 757 left with 200 pilgrims travelling to Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia. The flight was seen off... (Continue reading)
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