New study conducted by Swedish researchers suggests eating chocolate can improve the health of brain and protect the organ against stroke. The researchers from the Karolinska Institute studied the chocolate eating habits of 37,000 Swedish men while observing their health status of for a decade. The participants were divided into four groups based on the amount of chocolate they consumed, with the... 

German tanks rumbling through the historic streets of Greek capital Athens as the conquering soldiers stage a victory parade in 1941 Greece has threatened to hit Germany with a bill for tens of billions of pounds in outstanding reparations for Nazi war crimes during the Second World War. The move is an indication of growing outrage in Athens at the strictures being placed on the Greek economy by EU... 

Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the €500-billion bailout is legal under German law. The verdict comes as Greece’s coalition government hesitates on the further austerity cuts required by its creditors. The verdict ruled that the German government will not be liable for sums over 190 billion euros without approval of the Bundestag, and that both houses of parliament would be informed,... 

Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras talks to the press after meeting with the EU-IMF-ECB troika at the prime minister’s office in Athens on September 10, 2012. Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras says the cash-strapped euro member has offered its multi-billion-euro austerity program to its troika of international auditors. “We have submitted the 11.5-billion-euro ($14.7 billion)... 

The US has long held in its possession verified documentation proving the 1940 Katyn forest massacre of several thousand Polish POWs was committed by the Soviet Union. Why did Washington conceal it: to cover-up for its wartime ally Josef Stalin. ­The Associated Press has seen newly declassified documents illuminating the Katyn Massacre, which are being released and put online by the US National Archives... 

In an obscure working document, the European Commission has announced it is working on plans to open European civil airspace to unmanned drones by 2016. This follows the signing by President Obama earlier this year of the FAA Appropriations bill which mandated that US airspace must be opened to drones by 2015. The European Commission (EC) plan was revealed in a Staff Working Paper published on September... 

A boat carrying Tunisian migrants enters the port of Lampedusa, Italy. About 50 illegal migrants, including women and children, have been feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Italian rescue services said on Friday that search operation continued by the coastguard who had called on private vessels and teams to join them, AFP reported. Earlier in... 

Thousands have taken to the streets throughout Greece to protest the drastic budget cuts proposed by the government. In Athens some 2,000 pensioners marched through the city to protest newly introduced pension cuts. It was announced that those who earn more than 1,000 euros a month will have 10 percent of their pensions axed. This is despite a 25 per cent cut over the last two years. “They have... 

Portuguese protesters hold banners with anti-government policy messages during a protest against austerity measures, on the day of the general strike, in Lisbon on November 24, 2011. Portugal’s main trade union, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP), has fiercely condemned as a “declaration of war against workers” a new set of austerity measures introduced by the government... 

Chocolate factories in Switzerland are infuriated by US inspections on their universally-loved confectionery for bioterrorism or radioactive threats. Factories have no choice but allow checks; otherwise will they be banned from the profitable US market. ­At least 21 Swiss chocolate factories and 18 dairies are obliged to allow inspections of their work until September 20, German business journal... 

Moscow has warned London that it will retaliate if the reports of a British travel ban on 60 Russian officials over the 2009 death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is confirmed. “We have focused our attention on this publication and have asked the official British authorities for confirmation or denial of this information,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement. “We... 

Maverick Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who has described himself as “Israel’s greatest friend” has found out the hard way that his “Jewish friends” are not in the slightest way loyal to any Gentile, even those who genuflect before their Zionist paymasters. Wilders, who is best known for his anti-Islamist campaigns, has made a critical error by deciding to support a bill in the Dutch parliament... 

As the economic and financial systems of the world rapidly approach the real possibility of total collapse, signs of what we can expect on a mass scale in the near future are beginning to appear throughout Europe. In Spain, a country that just a few years ago was heralded as a shining example of real estate entrepreneurship, international tourism and a rising middle class, the situation is so bad... 

Syrian Chemical Weapon The West will retaliate harshly if the Syrian army deploys chemical weapons, France’s foreign minister said Monday. Damascus vowed not to use its chemical arsenal against its own people, but left the option open in the event of a foreign invasion. ­The Syrian army is believed to possess stockpiles of nerve agents and mustard gas, and the Scud missiles capable of delivering... 

Moody’s ratings agency has downgraded its outlook on the Aaa rating of the European Union from ‘stable’ to ‘negative,’ linking the decision to a recent outlook downgrade of the bloc’s major economies. “The negative outlook on the EU’s long-term ratings reflects the negative outlook on the Aaa ratings of the member states with large contributions to the EU budget: Germany, France,...