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The world's first gold-dispensing-ATM-style vending machine is up and running in Abu Dhabi.
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Palme d’Or hopefuls include 6 films made with EU aid. Twenty EU-financed films have been selected to screen at this year’s festival, 6 of which are vying for the top award.
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The Strategic Partnership between the EU and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1999 to foster and strengthen political, economic and cultural links between the two regions.
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At the start of this week's Strasbourg session, EP President Jerzy Buzek announced that, as every year, the EU was celebrating 17 May as International Day against Homophobia (IDAHO).
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A 47-year-old man was sentenced to death for the April stabbing of 29 children and 3 teachers in eastern China.
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75 years after Moscow first opened its underground train system, Muscovites can ride a restored vintage train.
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A glacier melt threatens to cause massive flooding and destroy a centuries old monastic fortress in the remote country of Bhutan.
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Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson gets a hero's welcome in Sydney after completing a journey as the youngest person to sail unassisted around the world.
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What do countries as geographically diverse as Saudi Arabia, Uganda and Jamaica have in common? All of them criminalised homosexuality.
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The Euro-Mediterranean Civil Forum, which ended this Sunday in Alicante, has agreed to ask the leaders of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to demand that Israel ‘respect international resolutions to put an end to the occupation and colonisation of Palestine’.
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The Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance, Elena Salgado, will present the additional fiscal tightening measures set out by the Spanish Government to her eurozone (Eurogroup) counterparts on Monday; the measures were required by Spain’s European partners as a condition of approving the plan to bolster the euro on 9 May.
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Due to the high density of a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, the no-fly zone over parts of Scotland and England was extended Sunday.
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Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Commission Vice-President will visit Kenya, Tanzania and the Republic of Seychelles from 18 to 21 May.
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Human rights is a key issue for the European Parliament and MEPs Monday took a first look at what the European Union did last year, when they discussed the EU annual report on human rights in the world.
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Bra maker Triumph is plowing new fields with its latest unveiling, focusing on the Japanese dietary staple: rice.
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Wallaby keepers in southern England use the Tazmanian marsupials to keep their grass trim.
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Researchers found high levels of mecury in a Japenese dolphin-hunting town, but say the mecury has no ill effects.
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The annual European Neighbourhood Policy reports once again demonstrate the clear benefits that the European Union brings to its neighbours.
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Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, has invited the business leaders of some of Europe's major and most innovative companies to a round table meeting on Monday, May 17 to discuss how the European Union can best maintain its lead in the transition to a climate-friendly, low-carbon global economy. Over 20 top managers will take part in the event.
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Twenty European films financed by the European Union's MEDIA programme have been selected for screening at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival, including six films in competition for the Palme d'Or Award (see annex for details).
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