Europe and Japan still failing to fly

Europe and Japan still failing to fly
Gazprom rejects Kiev gas contract plea
Olympian Pistorius to face murder charge
Latter-day plague imperils Bersani
Nahda party reflects a divided Tunisia
Horsemeat inquiry leads to French company
Ronald Dworkin, liberal philosopher
Brussels proposes €30bn ‘Tobin tax’
Anti-fracking hotbed takes shale oil role
Firebrand Correa on road to third term

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:13 AM PST

Fourth-quarter GDP figure for the eurozone, a 0.6% contraction, is the worst in almost four years as the wider EU shrinks 0.5%

Gazprom rejects Kiev gas contract plea

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:43 AM PST

Russian energy giant insists Ukraine must pay $7bn for unused gas, stoking fears of a repeat of a previous trade war that disrupted supplies to Europe

Olympian Pistorius to face murder charge

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:52 AM PST

South African track star arrested after his girlfriend was shot dead at his home, although police would not name the sprinter as the suspect

Latter-day plague imperils Bersani

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:17 AM PST

Italy's Democratic party is inextricably linked to Siena's troubled finances that could result in a slump in the polls ahead of the general election

Nahda party reflects a divided Tunisia

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:31 AM PST

Political crisis has exposed apparent internal rifts within an Islamist organisation that rose too fast from the ashes after the 2011 revolution

Horsemeat inquiry leads to French company

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:14 AM PST

Paris consumer affairs minister says wholesaler was responsible for 'scam' as he calls for better labelling and stiffer penalties against food fraud

Ronald Dworkin, liberal philosopher

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST

Ronald Dworkin was a philosopher of constitutional law, morality, politics and how to live life, influencing every field he touched, writes Edward Luce

Brussels proposes €30bn ‘Tobin tax’

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:32 AM PST

While the European Commission is confident the plan is legally sound, the long arm of the levy has raised the hackles of big investment banks

Anti-fracking hotbed takes shale oil role

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:25 AM PST

The emergence of New York state as a critical oil logistics hub shows the US shale revolution is transforming places far away from the rigs

Firebrand Correa on road to third term

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:16 AM PST

Ecuador's leader is heading for a poll landslide – a win that would allow him to deepen his socialist agenda – while critics accuse him of bullying