Hopes were dashed Tuesday as European stocks were flat following Monday's heavy losses on Wall Street. The losses in the U.S. Monday that pushed the Dow index below the 7,000 level for the first time in a dozen years spilled over Tuesday onto the ov...
More than a million people braved the bitter cold in Washington to see Barack Obama take the oath of office as America's 44th President, millions more around the world watched live TV coverage of the event. Visitors crowd to pose with a wax figure o...
With freezing temperatures across most of Europe, there was heated anger, especially in Eastern Europe on Wednesday, about the suspension in natural gas deliveries from Russia through Ukraine. The gas crisis comes at a difficult time for leading pol...
Even though Russia and Ukraine have backed off from their energy war, Eastern Europe and the Balkans face natural gas shortages after Moscow closed the taps for deliveries destined for Europe. Europeans are facing a harsh winter in which at least a...
Russia says Ukraine is stealing natural gas destined for Europe, as several countries have complained about a reduction of Russian gas deliveries from a pipeline passing through Ukraine. Kyiv has denied the charges, citing technical difficulties aft...
Europe has given a warm welcome to Barack Obama and most Europeans express a sense that this is an American president they can do business with and one who will also listen to their opinions and concerns. There are, however, major issues between the...
After Barack Obama takes the oath of office January 20 as the 44th President of the United States, his administration will face a host of problems including the global financial crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and strained relations with Ru...
European central banks have again cut interest rates to lessen the blow of what many experts say will be a deep economic recession. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where U.S. economic statistics released Thursday pointed to a dramatic...
There has been a warm welcome from around the globe for the election victory of Barack Obama - words of congratulations from European leaders and expressions of hope for a new era of cooperation. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London. Barack Obama's...
As divisions intensify between the West and Russia over the crisis in Georgia, the European Union (EU), finds itself in the role of main mediator and peace broker. Lisa Bryant reports from Paris, some experts say the states of the former Soviet Unio...
