Turkey has always represented a point of interest for the balance of power in Europe When it was the Ottoman Empire its territories extended into Asia and Europe, converging with the Hapsburg empire - the other great historical European empire - in the Balkans

Car manufacturers are not yet meeting European Union targets on fuel efficiency and lower carbon dioxide emission on the majority of their new models, according to environmental campaigners A pan-European lobby group, Transport and Environment (T and E), has called the industry out for fighting against current EU legislation and, even more worryingly, proposed future limits

All the way back in January 2004 Sir David A King, the Government

Football is one of those things that is far more important that the immediate sum of its parts

With the rigours of election taking its toll on Barack Obama, and the world weatching hopefully as he stepped up to deliver his winning speech as president elect and the first ever black president, Senator Obama could be forgiven for forgetting for a moment the little island of Cyprus, nestled away in the mediterrenean sea

2008 has been a year of change For one, Cyprus reunification is now back on the agenda after the appointment of Dimitris Christofias to the presidency of the Republic of Cyprus, joining Mehmet Ali Talat to solve the disputes over Cyprus reunification

This week, Senator Barack Obama beat John McCain in the presidential elections for the USA, to become the first black president of the country Citizens of nations across the world are heralding the news as a triumph, calling the ascension of a citizen of African-American descent to the White House a 'world changing' event

A row broke out in Cyprus this week between church and state President Christiofias, who has led the Greek Cypriots since February of this year, was publicly criticised by the Bishop of Paphos Georgios, who was speaking on behalf of Archbishop Chrystostomos, over his progressive attitude to the Cyprus Problem and his well known desire for reunification between the two sides

The property market in North Cyprus is undergoing serious changes at the moment, with the currently low property prices rising

Property developers and investors consider North Cyprus to be the most attractive property market in Europe right now, with property prices starting low and already rising in line with the reunification talks that are going on between Demetris Christofias and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat