corporate
European stocks tumble with banks hammeredEuropean shares fell more than 2% to their lowest level in two and a half years. The financial… 26/06/08 20:00 CET
Anheuser-Busch may spurn InBev offerAnheuser-Busch reportedly plans to reject InBev’s unsolicited 30 billion euro takeover offer on the… 26/06/08 19:55 CET
UniCredit to expand eastwardsEurope’s fourth-largest bank, UniCredit has presented bold plans for growth in central and eastern… 26/06/08 19:54 CET
Airbus A440M transporter makes first appearanceAirbus has rolled out its first A400M military transport plane at a ceremony at the factory in… 26/06/08 19:54 CET
europa
EU governments urged to show stronger moral lead against global tortureA living tableau in Brussels formed the backdrop to a call by the European Parliament and Amnesty… 26/06/08 19:01 CET
Siberia summit aims to warm EU-Russia tiesKhanty Mansiysk welcomes European Union officials! The Russian oil boom town is hosting a summit to… 26/06/08 19:01 CET
europeans
Bavarian milk woes far from overThe milk is hitting the fan for dairy farmers in Bavaria. They accuse creameries and discounters of… 26/06/08 18:12 CET
le mag
Duran Duran are backEighties superstars Duran Duran have teamed up with music producer Mark Ronson, who has remixed… 26/06/08 18:18 CET
sawa
Lebanon’s media mirrors its varied populationThe media in Lebanon is considered one of the most diverse in the Arab world. The outlets are… 26/06/08 18:09 CET
world news
Libya threatens oil production cut-prices rise againOil prices have risen some three dollars after Libya announced it was to study options to cut… 26/06/08 21:37 CET
Libya threatens oil production cut-prices rise againOil prices have risen some three dollars after Libya announced it was to study options to cut… 26/06/08 21:28 CET
Mugabe says he is ready to talk – but on his own termsZimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe has said he is open to holding talks with the opposition, but only… 26/06/08 19:30 CET
Wary US welcome for N. Korean nuclear reportThere has been a cautious White House welcome of North Korea’s delivery of nuclear data. But… 26/06/08 19:06 CET
Glossy buildings cannot hide Zimbabwe’s crisisFirst impressions can be deceptive. Gleaming buildings, glitzy shopping centres and busy streets… 26/06/08 19:02 CET
Berlin Airlift: the biggest home delivery in historyIn the summer of 1945, Berlin lay in ruins. The Nazis had been defeated, but at great cost. The… 26/06/08 18:59 CET
Germany remembers the “ chocolate bombers” 60 years onGermany is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. Pilots of the “chocolate… 26/06/08 16:55 CET
North Korea hands nuclear dossier to international communityAfter months of waiting, North Korea has handed a dossier on its nuclear activities to the… 26/06/08 16:39 CET
Italy cranks up the pressure on Roma communitiesItaly’s Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has announced new measures directed at the country’s Roma… 26/06/08 15:35 CET
US agrees to lift sanctions as North Korea hands over nuclear dossierNorth Korea has handed over a long-awaited dossier on its nuclear activities to Chinese government… 26/06/08 14:19 CET
Fans in good spirits ahead of Euro 2008 semi-finalFired up with football fever, Spanish supporters have been heading to Vienna to back their side in… 26/06/08 13:47 CET
Pressure mounts on Mugabe over Zimbabwe pollFrom Africa and beyond, pressure is piling on Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe to call off Friday’s… 26/06/08 12:41 CET
First summit for EU and Russia under MedvedevSiberia is the setting for the European Union’s first summit with new Russian President Dmitry… 26/06/08 12:25 CET
Sarkozy gets it in the neck over “sexist” EU blunderFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has got it in the neck for a gift handed out to deputies to mark… 26/06/08 11:45 CET
Mandela criticises Mugabe’s ruleNelson Mandela has spoken out for the first time in public against Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe… 26/06/08 07:55 CET
Sarkozy bans the break on public televisionThe news that France will ban all primetime advertising on public television from the beginning of… 26/06/08 07:54 CET
Briton who killed family faces life without parole in USA British man who murdered his wife and baby in the United States, then hid their bodies and fled… 26/06/08 07:53 CET
Saudis ‘foil’ al Qaeda terror plotSaudi Arabian security forces claim to have uncovered a plot to launch a series of attacks on oil… 26/06/08 07:52 CET
