The socialists return to the Greece's government

The socialists return to the government in Greece, after six years of conservative government. Probably the socialist PASOK will have absolute majority.

Today the greeks have gone to the polls and  they have punished conservatives for scandals, corruption and bad economic management.

George Papandreou is the leader of the PASOK and will be the new Prime Minister for a four-years term. He promised a 3 billion euro package on a platform of taxing the richest and helping the poor, with the proposite of stimulate the economy.

Irish referendum: the irish vote yes to Lisbon Treaty

Yesterday Ireland went to the polls and said yes to the Treaty of Lisbon.

67.1% of the votes went to the 'yes' and 32.9% of the voters said 'no'. The turnout was 58%.

The only party who support the rejection of the Reform Treaty was de Gerry Adams's Sinn Féin They think that this Treaty (and the European Constitution) should be modified and improved.

The irish ratification opens the door to the polland ratify. The other country which remains without ratify the Treaty is Czech Republic. His President, Václav Klaus, refuses to say if he ratifies the Treaty, but his Prime Minister is convinced that Treaty will be ratified by December (it must be ratified for all the European Union countries to be valid).

My personal opinion: maybe people should heard other opinions, about this subject, like the Gerry Adams or Václav Klaus, for example (people of opposite sign), and then to decide if this Treaty (as the European Constitution) is positive as it is. Czech President, in his speech in Brussels on the 19th of February (during the Czech  presidency of the E.U.), said very interesting things about E.U. integration and Lisbon Treaty.

Today Ireland votes the Treaty of Lisbon in second referendum

The irish go to the polls for decide if they ratify the Treaty of Lisbon or not.

This is the second referendum in Ireland. In 2008 a 53% of the voters said no to the Treaty of Lisbon (also known as Reform Treaty).

Now the last survey give the victory to the "yes" (46% votes yes, 29% votes no). The number of undecideds have been growing up.

The Reform Treaty was signed in Lisbon on 13 december 2007. This Treaty changes the workings of the European Union and it's considered the European Constitution replacement (the European Constitutions wasn't approved due the rejection of The Netherlands and France).

If finally wins the "no", the Reform Treaty will be extinguished. because  it must be ratify by all the E.U members. At the moment there are three countries that haven't  to ratify this treaty: Ireland, Czech Republic and Polland.

2016 Olympic Games: the host will be Rio de Janeiro

The 2016 Olympic Games elected organizer is  the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil will organize the Olympics in 2016 and the FIFA World Cup in 2014.

Olympic Games 2016: Tokyo eliminated after second round

After second round, the Committee eliminates Tokyo.Now the final round.

The finalists are Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. The 2016 Olympic Games host will be announced at 18:30 (GMT+1).

Voting 2016 Olympic Games: Chicago eliminated in the first round

After first round of votation, Chicago has been eliminated. The other three candidates continue alive.

Now, the second round.

Deciders are voting: Olympic Games 2016

Now the International Olympic Committee is voting. In one hour we'll know the name of the city for 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Which country will organize this Olympic Games? Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Spain (Madrid),  Tokyo  (Japan) and USA (Chicago) are the candidates. The result in one hour.

You can follow the session in live on BBC.

2016 Olympic Games: the final decision

In few hours, the Olympic Committee will announce which of the four cities (Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro) will be the sede for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Will be in America (north or south)? Perhaps will be in Europe? Or maybe in Asia? At 18:00 we'll know the final decission.

All the cities have movilized their representatives for support this candidature, including the country representatives: Barack and Michelle Obama, J.L. Rodriguez Zapatero and the spanish king Juan Carlos I, President Lula Da Silva and prime minister Yukio Hatoyama. Of course, a wide representation of world of sport, including the mitic soccer player Pelé.

You can follow the latest news on BBC (english) or on El País (spanish, text and video in real-time).