The number of councils in Wales could be cut unless services improve significantly, a minister says.

The Scottish Government is urged not to award a train carriage contract to a foreign company.

Italians retrace well-trodden path to polls

Will MPs scupper the government's 42-day terror law?

Sir Terence Conran and the battle to protect his name

About 3,000 protesters gather at the Sudanese Embassy in London to call for an end to the conflict in Darfur.

A special memorial book of cuttings from newspapers and other material about the loss of the Herald of Free Enterprise 20 years ago, has been lodged in the archives of Dover Town Council. The Herald Memorial Book was presented on

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey -- Prominent Kurdish rights activist Leyla Zana was sentenced to two years in jail Thursday (April 10th) by a court in Diyarbakir for spreading "terrorist" propaganda. Zana was arrested for remarks she made at a political rally during

Justice leader Ivan Chyzh said this during the 14th extraordinary congress of the Socialist Party on Saturday.

This follows from the ministry's statement.

Ukrainian News learned this from the tax administration press service, which quoted administration head Serhii Buriak as saying during a meeting with representatives of the major trade nets.

Short rain showers and thunders in some places on Sunday. South-westerly wind shifting round from west; light wind but moderate at the Danube Plain. The lows remaining high. Falling highs with about 5°C-10°C. Broken clouds, often considerable cloud co...

250 applications for Bulgarian citizenship enter each week the Bulgarian Citizenship Council to the Justice Ministry. The foreigners, who want to live and work in Bulgaria are mainly Moldavians, Ukrainians, Macedonians and Russian citizens. That was annou...

The construction of the new Lyulin Highway to belt Sofia city is likely to be completed earlier than it was planned, Bulgaria`s Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said during a tour along the facility on Sunday. " If the building works

A body believed to be that of missing children's TV presenter Mark Speight has been found in Paddington Station in London.

The Italian elections have been hit by allegations of vote-rigging on the final day of the campaign.

Four people have died and three others are injured after a three-car crash in the Lake District.

A gas leak at the 13 mile point of the London Marathon meant that organisers had to hastily re-route runners after the race had started.

Five young British women killed in a bus crash in Ecuador were named today.

MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti) - A senior judge of the Supreme Court in the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia has been killed in an attack by unidentified assailants, local police said on Sunday. Khasan Yandiyev, deputy chairman of Ingushetia's