Lip Service

EU hits Zimbabwe with new sanctions package

The new embargo identified 37 supporters of the regime whose assets will be frozen and who will be subject to a visa ban

Gaddafi rages against Switzerland after son held

Dictator suspends diplomats, cuts flights and jails two Swiss nationals since son, Hannibal, held for assault in Geneva

Berlusconi puts himself 'above the law'

The Italian Left accuses Silvio Berlusconi of 'moving towards dictatorship' after the Senate approves new immunity bill

Karadzic 'will defend himself' at trial

Genocide suspect's lawyer says he will launch his own defence during his trial at The Hague after his arrest on Monday

Fugitive Serb's alter ego as New Age doctor

Radovan Karadzic, accused over Srebrenica massacre, had become a celebrated therapist under a false name Watch video

Europe to use solar power from Sahara

European politicians are discussing ambitious plans to harvest the energy of the Saharan sun,

Tall ships return as oil price hits exports

Transporting goods by old fashioned sail is being heralded as a green and cheap alternative to fuel propulsion

Powder keg could at last be defused

Dr Karadzic’s arrest is likely to prove a moment of historical significance which will trigger an avalanche of goodwill in Brussels

Bushier the better in the land of beards

The bushier the better In Serbia, so Radovan Karadzic could not have chosen a more effective way of blending into society

Haunted by ghosts of mass murder

Our correspondent reflects on Radovan Karadzic’s dubious achievement: the kindling of Serbian hatred

Q&A: arrest of Radovan Karadzic

Who will try Radovan Karadzic, when will it happen and how long will it take?

Factfile: Bosnia's bloody history

The tangled and troubled history to the Bosnian civil war, which saw the worst massacres in Europe since WW2

Eyewitness: a brutality it was hard to comprehend

Edward Gorman visited many theatres of war during the 1990s. The events he witnessed in the former Yugoslavia were like no other

Profile: the dark life and times of Radovan Karadzic

Profile of the pretentious, brutal and vengeful leader of the Bosnian Serbs, who faces war crimes charges in the Hague

Reaction: what the world is saying

Reaction to the arrest of the former Bosnian Serb leader who has been on the run for 13 years suspected of war crimes

The charges: genocide and war crimes

Timeline: the life of Radovan Karadzic

Poet, psychiatrist and war crimes suspect: the life and times of the Bosnian Serb leader

Profile: Karadzic - poet, psychiatrist, war criminal

The poet turned war criminal enjoyed the protection of loyal Bosnian Serbs during his years on the run

McCanns cleared over Madeleine

Portuguese attorney-general has formally closed the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Vladimir Putin's youth army loses purpose

Ideologues behind the youth movement Nashi (Ours) admit it has run out of steam now that Dmitri Medvedev is in the Kremlin