Rousseff vows to listen to Brazil's protesting youths
Sao Paulo. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff tried to get ahead of a wave of popular protest Tuesday, vowing to listen to the complaints of youths angered by the cost of staging the World Cup, AFP reported.

Croatia strides into EU despite crisis: president
Zagreb. The European Union may be engulfed by a debt crisis, but Croatia still sees its imminent membership of the bloc as a victory, the Balkan state's president told AFP in an interview.

EU car sales hit 20-year low
Sofia. The slight improvement on the EU car market in April was not maintained in May, when new vehicle registrations dropped to a 20-year low.