Tension mounted in Spain on Wednesday after Catalonia’s leader vowed that the region would declare independence within days.
Spain’s press have pulled apart the side they’ve eulogised for six years, with commentators asking if the Dutch trouncing heralds the end of an era.
A train has hurtled off the tracks in north-west Spain, killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, says an official.
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Spain has begun to build its first homosexual retirement residence away from the prejudices which remain since decades of dictatorship.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is not to thank for the Arab Spring, as business leaders prepared to lobby the G8 for more online regulation.
France Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday she is running as a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
G8 powers have shied away from imposing a no-fly zone to protect Libyans from assault by ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Fears of fresh violence overshadowed results trickling in on Tuesday from Côte d’Ivoire’s landmark presidential election.
Police cleared protestors blockading French fuel depots on Wednesday as the government warned of economic damage from prolonged strikes.
Prosecutors on Wednesday investigated claims that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign received illegal cash from France’s richest woman.