Posters in Belgrade on Friday supporting Tomislav Nikolic, the nationalist challenger for the presidency. Polls point to a close vote.
Stark choice for Serbs in presidential vote By DAN BILEFSKY A rally in Belgrade for Tomislav Nikolic, the nationalist candidate - including a lyrical tribute to Radovan Karadzic and speeches by former lieutenants of Slobodan Milosevic - underlined the harsh choice that Serbs face on Sunday.
Inflation hits record pace in euro zone By DAVID JOLLY Analysts see the data as stiffening the European Central Bank's resolve to hold fast on interest rates next week.
Brussels warns France on protecting Société Générale By NICOLA CLARK AND JAMES KANTER France has a history of butting heads with European regulators when it has moved to shield national champions from takeovers and bankruptcy.
By 'bagging it,' Ireland rids itself of a plastic nuisance By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Ireland passed a plastic bag tax in 2002, and within a year nearly everyone bought reusable cloth shopping bags, which have made plastic bags socially unacceptable.
Report calls for a radical overhaul of NATO By JUDY DEMPSEY A group of former senior officers has called for a radical overhaul of the Atlantic alliance, which they say is paralyzed by cumbersome decision-making rules and inequitable funding arrangements.
Name-calling and shouting disrupt European Parliament By STEPHEN CASTLE The Parliament sees itself as a symbol of European reconciliation and any mention of Nazism and World War II is considered by many as off limits. That taboo was broken on Thursday.
Jimmy James, the Great Escapee, dies By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN British flier captured during World War II broke out of German camps at least 11 times but was always recaptured.
EU introduces food labeling plan to cut obesity rates By STEPHEN CASTLE AND ELISABETH ROSENTHAL With Europe fast catching up to the United States in obesity tables, the EU health commissioner, Markos Kyprianou, warned of an "emerging health threat" and of the need for consumers to eat better.
