Issues of corruption and presidential immunity are plaguing Pakistan's civilian government, which is under pressure from both the military and the judiciary. President Sarkozy announces that France is suspending its military and training operations in Afghanistan following the fatal shooting of several French troops by an Afghan soldier. Finally, Indonesia takes drastic new action to stop dare-devils from hitching a free, if dangerous, train ride.
Bosnia’s main Muslim, Serb and Croat parties on Wednesday formed a central cabinet and passed a budget for 2011, putting an end to more than a year of political deadlock. They also agreed on laws that pave the way for Bosnia's accession to the EU.
Will Europe be a central question for French voters when they cast their ballots next spring for the presidential and parliamentary elections? If you look at the past, the answer is no. Europe is small fry compared to jobs, education or crime. But as the economic crisis continues to batter the continent, the fate of the euro, the role of the European Central Bank and the future of federalism are taking centre stage. So how might this play out in the campaign?
Pressure mounted on Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign on Thursday, with six former loyalist deputies calling for a "new political phase" in a letter to the premier as the cabinet failed to agree on urgent economic reforms.
Brussels has warned Albania won't be granted candidate status until its long-standing political crisis is resolved - we meet the two main protagonists. We also take you to the Bulqiza mine where workers held a 27-day hunger strike last summer to demand better pay and working conditions. Finally, we embark on a tour of Tirana with Albania’s most successful film director, Kujtim Çashku.
All eyes were on Brussels where an emergency eurozone summit was convened on Wednesday night to try to find a durable solution to the crisis raging across the continent. A crisis that is not only financial but clearly political as well.
Backed by the US, European nations are pushing for a UN vote Tuesday on a resolution threatening “targeted measures” if the Syrian regime does not halt its crackdown against civilians.
Representatives of the Syrian opposition meeting in Turkey said in a statement on Sunday that they had agreed on the structure and aims of the Syrian National Council, a group uniting "all Syrians" who oppose the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
It's over a year since the government of Prime Minister Yves Leterme resigned, unable to reach a compromise between warring MPs from the Flemish and Walloon regions of the country. Belgium is divided starkly along linguistic faultlines, but the country is still managing to run itself, even after 12 months with a power vacuum.
As EU citizens celebrate Europe Day on May 9th, Talking Europe gives the floor to a panel of young Europeans. We invite the four young leaders of Europe’s main political groups to discuss the future of the EU. While young people are generally more Europhile than their parents, they would like to see Brussels focus more on what matters to them: education and employment.
