Suspected pirates attack navy ship

Eleven suspected pirates apparently mistook a French naval ship for a commercial vessel and, according to the French Defence Ministry, prepared for attack. more »

Abroad

Published: 05/05/2009

China quarantines to contain flu

Authorities delivered supplies to people at Metropark hotel, where travellers have been quarantined for a week after a Mexican guest tested positive for the H1N1 flu. more »

Abroad

Published: 04/05/2009

Philippines floods kill ten

The cyclon has battered several provinces in the Bicol region, forcing thousands to flee their homes. more »

Abroad

Published: 04/05/2009

Italian PM to divorce - reports

Reports that Silvio Berlusconi's wife Veronica wants a divorce surfaced in the country's Sunday newspapers. more »

Abroad

Published: 04/05/2009

Swine flu kiss risk

Citizens of Lebanese Republic here are being advised to stop the customary greeting of friends and family with social kisses to avoid the threat of swine flu. more »

Abroad

Published: 29/04/2009

Key US senator switches parties

Moving Democrats closer to a 60-vote Senate majority that would allow them to break Republican procedural roadblocks, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter said he has switched parties and will begin working with Democrats immediately. more »

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Published: 29/04/2009

Round-up of April plenary session 21-24 April

The penultimate Parliamentary session of the 2004-2009 term took place in Strasbourg from 21-24 April. more »

Abroad

Published: 28/04/2009

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs welcomes the agreement of the three Baltic States on the route of the electricity interconnection project between them and Sweden

Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, welcomed the agreement signed today between the Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to start without delay, the implementation of a Baltic-Swedish electricity link. more »

Abroad

Published: 27/04/2009

Western Balkans: reaffirmed European perspective to stabilise the region

The prospect of future EU membership for countries of the Western Balkans is the primary guarantor of stability and a driver of reforms, say MEPs in a report drafted by Anna Ibrisagic (EPP-ED, SE) and adopted on Friday in Strasbourg with 305 votes in favour, 23 against and 12 abstentions. more »