Full Coverage: Europe

29.02.2008 Energy is the key to Europe's new relationship with Russia - and supposedly Moscow's weapon of choice in its plan for European domination. Yet this new Cold War is not inevitable, says Misha Glenny.
From: New Statesman

27.02.2008 Former SAS soldier Ben Griffin blasts Britain's involvement in "Extraordinary Rendition" and its role in maintaining secretive prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan in which individuals face torture.
From Stop the War Coalition

26.02.2008 Sales of Fairtrade products in Britain last year hit a record high of £493m ($971m), an 81 per cent increase over the previous year.

23.02.2008 Tate & Lyle says it intends to move its entire retail cane sugars range to Fairtrade, marking the largest-ever switch to the ethical labelling scheme by any major UK food or drink brand.

22.02.2008 The European Union is eager to strengthen its economic partnerships with Central Asian nations, notably Turkmenistan, despite the extremely poor human rights records of countries in this region, writes David Cronin.

22.02.2008 Architects could have a major influence on reducing carbon emissions, so three cheers for the Royal Institute of British Architect's programme of talks on climate change and the role of the built environment.

21.02.2008 After 40 years of building a home in London, Agnes is retiring and moving back to Ghana. But her eldest, Sol, is living with a girlfriend Agnes loathes, and he won't move home until Agnes accepts her. Meanwhile, younger brother Caleb will do whatever it takes to inherit the house, except share it with Sol. Will she trust her 21st century boys and finally allow them to be men? Who will own the House of Agnes?

21.02.2008 The hand-woven memorial quilt honoring those killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre is garnering immense support from the Bosnian community in America and giving further impetus to the international campaign to arrest the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw the 1995 massacre.

21.02.2008 Key members of a smuggling ring trading tiger skins and bear parts into China will face trial in March after a six-month operation in the Russian far east.

20.02.2008 Do you believe that freedom of opinion, diversity, fairness, impartiality, basic knowledge, and research should be defining principles behind the news you get, asks Jan Oberg.

20.02.2008 A new service launched by the Romanian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will enable self-employed and family businesses to register and carry out other procedures online. The service will also improve relations between local administrations and private entrepreneurs across rural areas and small cities.

19.02.2008

19.02.2008 A display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica runs at the Docklands Museum until 31 August as part of the museum's recently inaugurated London, Sugar & Slavery gallery.

18.02.2008 Kosovo has declared independence from Serbia, amid questions over recognition and support from the EU and United States and the threat of Serb retaliation.

18.02.2008 Two of last year's most successful plays at the Royal Court - Free Outgoing by Anupama Chandrasekhar and Gone Too Far by Bola Agbaje - are returning to London.

17.02.2008 It's Oral History Day, Saturday 1 March, which brings together scholars, filmmakers and oral history specialists to reflect on the 1948 Nakba.

15.02.2008 To celebrate the advances in solar technology, the Science Museum will be showcasing the next generation of solar-powered cars in a three-day event during half-term.

11.02.2008 A court case contesting the legality of the UK Serious Fraud Office's decision to scrap its investigation into alleged bribery by BAE Systems to secure a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia will be heard in London on Thursday.

08.02.2008 Britain's Food Standards Agency is to review its advice on eating fish in light of the growing evidence that global fish stocks are in peril.

08.02.2008 Britain's Food Standards Agency is to review its advice on eating fish in light of the growing evidence that global fish stocks are in peril.
From Environmental Justice Foundation