Rocco Buttiglione, the man Italy endorsed to be European commissioner-designate for justice has stepped aside after other MEPs threatened to veto his position within the commission.
Interview BBC chairman Michael Grade has defended comments made by a former director-general suggesting BBC women exectives are to blame for a spate of "terrible" programming.
In Greek mythology, the Caucasus was a pillar supporting the world, but today the developing region is a hotbed of discontent that threatens to erupt into conflict once more…
The average UK student is leaving university with debts of over £12,000, a figure that's expected to triple in under six years. Nick Arnold investigates why…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has announced it is to increase oil output by eight per cent over the next month to tackle escalating prices.
The activists behind Georgia's "Rose Revolution" made history by ousting President Eduard Shevarnadze - now their neighbours are eyeing a similar bid for democracy.