Germany slams Italy over  UN plan
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The German foreign minister criticises Italy for opposing Berlin's push for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
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The row over Italy's choice as its European commissioner dominates today's papers.
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith says the row in Brussels over comments by Italy's candidate for EU commissioner has affronted Italians.
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FLORENCE, Italy  - France and Spain moved Monday  to sink a controversial Italian-German plan to create holding  centers in North Africa for would-be refugees.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on  Sunday accused nations like Britain and Poland of putting  national interests ahead of European goals, and said Europe had  lost the common spirit to move ahead.
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NEW YORK - Germany has called for the speedy reform of the 59-year-old United Nations joining other nations in pressing for a restructuring of the ageing organisation to help it meet new global changes.
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ROME: Italy has defended as an &quot;emergency measure&quot; its draconian new policy of airlifting illegal immigrants straight back to Libya the moment they set foot on Italian soil.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stood his ground over Germany's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council, criticizing an Italian-backed counter-proposal for a European seat on the council as unrealistic, ...
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ROME: Pakistan and Italy have agreed to block the expansion of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. President Pervez Musharraf and Italian President Carlo Ciampi announced this in a joint
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel angers China with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama in Berlin.
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A bitter row breaks out in Italy over a decision  to dismiss terrorist charges against five Islamic fundamentalists
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Green groups accuse the EU of planning for failure in international negotiations to tackle climate change.
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European commissioners criticise Germany for resisting a cap on industrial CO2 emissions in 2008-12.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf firmly opposed any expansion in the number of permanent members on the United Nations Security Council in talks.
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European Parliament members today criticized the European Commission for proceeding with an "action plan" for closer cooperation with Ukraine that was negotiated with the country's outgoing government.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (IPS) - The right-wing government of Italian Prime Minister  Silvio Berlusconi has angrily denied charges of racism against  its coalition partners, accusations made in a U.N. report on  xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia released here.
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Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on Friday spoke against Germany's bid for a permanent seaton the United Nations Security Council and urged the government toput more efforts on European issues instead of ...