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Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi said Sunday the government "must forge ahead" amid high tension on the political scene after he was handed his first definitive conviction by the country's highest court.

• 05 августа 2013, 15:34

Bulgarian protesters clashed with police on the 40th evening of massive anti-government rallies in the EU's poorest country Tuesday after preventing ministers.

• 24 июля 2013, 15:30

Egypt's new cabinet held its first meeting on Sunday and urged parties to keep their demonstrations peaceful, as a panel named to amend the constitution called on all sides to contribute.

• 23 июля 2013, 10:33

Voters handed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a thumping victory in upper house elections Sunday, exit polls showed, likely ushering in a new period of stability for politically volatile Japan.

• 22 июля 2013, 18:14

A government minister in Venezuela, which has offered fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden asylum, is urging her countrymen to cancel their Facebook accounts lest they be targeted by US snooping.

• 11 июля 2013, 18:25

Egypt's Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi said on Thursday he does not rule out posts for the Muslim Brotherhood in a new cabinet.

• 11 июля 2013, 15:24

Egypt's Salafist Al-Nur party said that it had withdrawn from talks on the formation of a new government in response to the killing of protesters.

• 08 июля 2013, 15:36

The South African government on Thursday denied that former president Nelson Mandela is in a permanent vegetative state.

• 05 июля 2013, 13:54

The British government on Thursday said it would pursue a radical fertility technique that uses DNA from three parents to create an embryo.

• 28 июня 2013, 14:57

Turkish police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon as they dispersed several thousand demonstrators who had gathered anew in central Istanbul in the latest flare-up of protests.

• 24 июня 2013, 17:10

A Greek court on Monday suspended the government's shock decision to shut down state broadcaster ERT and ordered it reopened until a new national media body can be set up.

• 18 июня 2013, 18:49

Turkey warned on Monday it may bring in the army to help quell nearly three weeks of nationwide anti-government protests as two major union federations went on strike over police violence against demonstrators.

• 18 июня 2013, 14:44

Thousands of people protested in Bulgaria for a third day on Sunday in a show of anger against the government.

• 17 июня 2013, 16:10

Facebook revealed Friday it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.

• 15 июня 2013, 12:13

The Australian government has announced new guidelines on gender recognition which state that individuals should be given the option of selecting "male", "female" or "intersex" on their personal documents.

• 14 июня 2013, 17:42

The government of Canada's mostly French-speaking Quebec province on Wednesday unveiled legislation allowing terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help.

• 14 июня 2013, 11:15

President Barack Obama rallied voters Wednesday to elect fellow Democrats, defending the role of government as he faces a series of high-profile controversies.

• 14 июня 2013, 10:08

European governments' ability to monitor citizens' online activity on security grounds has increased significantly in recent years.

• 11 июня 2013, 12:27

To help children plunged into poverty by Spain's grinding recession, several regional governments have stepped up aid programmes for needy students.

• 07 июня 2013, 12:59

Turkey's embattled government insisted on Wednesday it was "not a second-class democracy" even as police tear-gassed protesters massed in the streets calling for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to quit.

• 06 июня 2013, 17:52