The battle lines in next year’s parliamentary elections in Germany are being drawn the old-fashioned way, through back-room wheeling and dealing.

For the first time in more than a decade, consumers in much of Europe are buying less than they did a year earlier, helping to slow economies that may have fallen into recession.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has accepted an invitation from President Serge Sargsyan of Armenia to attend a World Cup qualifying soccer match between the countries

Bitter dispute pits President Viktor Yushchenko against Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

Foreign ministers to review plans for sending mission of observers to Georgia