Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have contested the awarding of this year's prize to the European Union.
Under a newly approved amendment, Bulgaria is offering citizenship to foreigners ready to invest at least half a million euros in a Bulgarian company.
Under a new amendment, the candidates would have to invest in a Bulgarian company involved in a project in varying industries.
The recession in the economy of the 17 euro countries has pushed unemployment in the region up to a record 11.7 percent in October.
European Union authorities have approved the payment of €37 billion in bailout loans to four of Spain's struggling banks.
As nearly 200 countries meet in oil-and-gas-rich Qatar for annual talks on slowing global warming, one of the main challenges will be raising climate aid for poor countries.
Finance ministers are trying to hammer out a deal that will prevent the imminent bankruptcy of Greece.
The worst way for EU leaders to resolve their deep budget differences would be a deal that cuts the bloc's most valuable spending.
EU leaders fail to reach agreement over the bloc's next seven-year budget.
Gbagbo loyalists in Ghana have come under greater scrutiny, being accused of coordinating attacks on military positions within Ivory Coast.
