Full Coverage: Northern Europe

31.10.2005 Worried about climate change? Curious to know more about the global anti-capitalist movement, the Zapatistas and what really happened to Africa at this year’s G8 summit? Then clear your diary between 4 and 13 November and head to the radical fringe of this year’s Leeds International Film Festival for "the ultimate political cinema experience."

28.10.2005 A season of public art, film, music, theatre, poetry and debate is being held in London, 21 October-10 November to mark the 10th anniversary of the executions of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues.

28.10.2005 As part of the International Day of Climate Protest (3 December) midway through the Montreal Climate Talks, demonstrations are planned all around the world. The London demo will pass the ExxonMobil office and the Australian Embassy on the way to the US embassy.

28.10.2005 People and the environment are paying the price of Shell's record - and "unacceptable" - profit increase, said a leading environmental group.

28.10.2005 The Early Day Motion campaign calls on the government to end support for harmful fossil fuel subsidies given through international institutions like the World Bank, and instead pioneer investment in sustainable energy.

28.10.2005 Recently the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE announced a NATO Gallup that enraged both supporters of democracy and opponents of NATO. It also raised criticism in the media for the way it was conducted. In this inquiry, the majority of Finns had said no to NATO, but then they were asked whether they would support the countries’ leaders in case they decide to join it, and most had said yes. The result was broadcast as, “The Majority of Finns would support political leaders if they decided to join NATO”.

27.10.2005 Widespread ignorance about basic computer security in UK is putting millions of people at risk from net-savvy criminals, a survey suggests.

26.10.2005 G8, Can You Hear Us? takes a look inside the global justice movement, following three activists (for the Green Party, Communist Party of Great Britain and the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army) as they make their way to Gleneagles to protest against this year's G8 summit. It gets a London preview on 14 November and is on BBC4 the following night.

26.10.2005 UK charities have joined forces with the Department of Trade and Industry to explore how technology can be made more accessible for excluded groups.

25.10.2005 Two peace activists were arrested in Whitehall on Tuesday for organising an unauthorised "bell-ringing" remembrance ceremony marking the anniversary this week of the Lancet estimate that 100,000 people have died in Iraq of war-related causes.

25.10.2005 Surrey's local authorities training officers,UK, including Tandridge District Council, Surrey County Council and Surrey e-Partnership have recently won an award for the best e-learning production on a low budget in the first ever national e-learning awards.

25.10.2005 The government thinks it would be better to apply a bad law to everyone rather than single out a minority for mistreatment. Why apply the law at all? Philosopher AC Grayling considers the British government’s plan to create the crime of ‘incitement to religious hatred’

24.10.2005 The UK Government has backed down in the face of demands that it stop using aid money to fund privatisation public relations in the world's second poorest country.

21.10.2005 It's One World Week again (23-30 October), which means you have a chance to make promises that will be fulfilled. By 2006, the organisers ask, what difference will you have made in your local community and to yourself – and the world?

20.10.2005 Christian Aid has won the prestigious PRWeek Award 2005 (not-for-profit category) for its "Tree of Life" media campaign, based on a sculpture created from decommissioned weapons and currently on display in the British Museum.

19.10.2005 Shortly after 7.30 on Wednesday morning, Greenpeace volunteers blockaded the entrance to the Department for the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs in London in protest at the tonnes of illegal timber continuing to flood into the UK from the world's last rainforests.

19.10.2005 A text messaging service that allows those who cannot use a voice telephone to contact the emergency services has been launched in Merseyside,UK.

19.10.2005 Sharon Osbourne has released star-studded version of 'Tears in Heaven' to raise funds for Save the Children’s work, notably survivors of the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.

18.10.2005 Our fragile climate is being altered by human pollution, causing erratic weather and rising sea tides worldwide. Despite the stark facts the British Government is allowing every main airport to expand its operations despite evidence that increased flights will increase global warming. However public opposition is growing with protests against nearly every proposed area of expansion.

18.10.2005 On December 3rd 2005, don't miss to join a public demonstration organized in London as part of the International Day of Climate Protest. This is your opportunity to demand world leaders for climate justice.