13 May 2013 Last updated at 09:16 GMT Protesters took to the streets to oppose any Gerb-led governmentPartial results from Bulgaria's parliamentary election show a narrow lead for the centre-right Gerb party over its socialist r [ ... ]

13 May 2013 Last updated at 07:37 GMT Mr Cameron's visit means he will miss a possible vote in the Commons on the EU referendum plansThe prime minister has arrived in Washington for talks with US President Barack Obama as a deba [ ... ]

13 May 2013 Last updated at 04:52 GMT Aleksandar Vucic tried to reassure those attending the meeting in MitrovicaOne of Serbia's most senior officials has visited northern Kosovo to try to persuade ethnic Serbs there to accept a [ ... ]

13 May 2013 Last updated at 00:52 GMT There is still domestic opposition to the international bailout in CyprusEurozone finance ministers are due to meet in Brussels later to agree bailout payments for Cyprus and Greece.Cyprus i [ ... ]

12 May 2013 Last updated at 18:46 GMT The World Health Organisation says it is closely monitoring the novel coronavirusThe World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between  [ ... ]

Prime minister points to common goals with Assad's Russian ally after leaders' meeting at Black Sea resortDavid Cameron declared on Friday that he had made real progress on Syria during talks with Vladimir Putin, but did not outline any concrete step [ ... ]

Published time: May 10, 2013 12:57 Russia’s Audit Chamber will carry out its first inspection in five years of state-run gas major Gazprom, the results of which promise to be “interesting,” officials  [ ... ]

Published time: May 08, 2013 14:41 The old Russian proverb that ‘all money goes to Moscow’ has been validated by the most recent global billionaire hot spot poll, which places Europe’s largest city at [ ... ]

Published time: May 08, 2013 13:46 The ban on Russian government officials possessing foreign assets has come into force after President Putin signed the laws. Officials can now be dismissed if they hold ov [ ... ]

 THOSE who thought that Miloš Zeman (pictured above), the new Czech president, would tone down his provocative statements in his stately office were soon proved wrong. You can't teach new tricks to an old dog.During a visit to Austria last mont [ ... ]

 The global economic crisis has been gathering pace recently. According to IMF forecasts, the growth rate of the economy in 2013 will drop to 3.3 percent. Officials with Russia's Ministry for Economic Development said that the slowdown in the domest [ ... ]

4 May 2013 Last updated at 05:08 GMT By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC NewsEngineers have written new flight software for the rocketThe latest outing for Europe's new small satellite launcher, Vega, has been postponed u [ ... ]