archive 29·09·2008

cinema

• Spike Lee tells story of Buffalo Soldiers

  Spike Lee’s new film, Miracle at St. Anna, tells the story of the Buffalo Soldiers – the black… 29/09/08 17:51 CET

corporate

• Alitalia’s last unions back bailout

  Italy’s national airline Alitalia has avoided collapse by winning grudging support for an investor… 29/09/08 19:56 CET

europa

• EU fisheries ministers to tear up 25yr -old policy

  The EU’s fisheries ministers have sat down to harpoon the agreement that has regulated the industry… 29/09/08 19:56 CET

• Singh on key 2-day European visit

  A big two days of European summits for the Indian prime minister. On Monday it is with the European… 29/09/08 19:56 CET

hi-tech

• Pioneering device helps detect knee injuries

  A revolutionary device to diagnose knee injuries is being pioneered in Portugal. It can be used… 29/09/08 17:51 CET

interview

• Interview: Moroccan Royal aide, André Azoulay

  André Azoulay is the archetypal princely adviser: diplomatic, discreet and politically adept. He… 29/09/08 18:38 CET

• Interview: Moroccan Royal aide, André Azoulay

  André Azoulay is the archetypal princely adviser: diplomatic, discreet and politically adept. He is… 29/09/08 18:38 CET

le mag

• Ready-to-wear show opens in Paris

  The ready-to-wear fashion week in Paris opened at the sumptuous Train Bleu restaurant in the Gare… 29/09/08 17:51 CET

questions for europe

• EU boosts food aid programme

  To combat rising food prices the EU is to reinforce its food aid programme. In 2006 13 million… 29/09/08 19:32 CET

• European citizens rights

  “European citizenship: not just words, but also concrete rights!” That is the slogan of a new … 29/09/08 19:32 CET

world news

• Congress rejects financial bail-out of Wall Street

  The United States proposed bail-out bill has been rejected by congress by 228 votes to 205. The… 29/09/08 22:10 CET

• Congress rejects financial bail-out of Wall Street

  The United States proposed bail-out bill has been rejected by congress by 228 votes to 205. The… 29/09/08 21:10 CET

• Soul-searching in Austria over far-right advance

  For some it is time to celebrate, for others it is a time of soul-searching. After the far-right… 29/09/08 20:34 CET

• Efforts intensify to battle credit crisis

  European governments, along with Washington, are increasingly having to intervene to prevent a… 29/09/08 19:56 CET

• Banks on brink of financial meltdown

  European stockmarkets plummeted on Monday again despite the European Central Bank matching its… 29/09/08 19:06 CET

• Merkel counts cost of Bavaria result

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces an uphill battle in next year’s general election after a… 29/09/08 18:47 CET

• Confusion over hostage release in Egypt

  A group of nineteen tourists and guides who had been taken hostage by an armed gang in Egypt have… 29/09/08 17:14 CET

• Army bus blast fuels tensions in Lebanon

  A deadly bomb attack in the Lebanese city of Tripoli has stoked sectarian tensions in the country… 29/09/08 16:23 CET

• OSCE criticises Belarus election

  Belarus’s parliamentary election fell short of international democratic standards, according to… 29/09/08 16:11 CET

• Western hostages freed in Egypt

  A group of hostages seized in Egypt more than a week ago have been freed according to local reports… 29/09/08 13:17 CET

• Austrians anxious about political uncertainty

  The rise of the right had been predicted in the polls but many Austrians were nonetheless dismayed… 29/09/08 13:07 CET

• Far-right surge upsets Austria’s political balance

  The far-right is once again a force to be reckoned with in Austria. The almost 30 percent of the… 29/09/08 12:58 CET

• European bank shares tumble amid liquidity fears

  European shares extended losses in early trading with news of Fortis’ nationalisation hitting the… 29/09/08 12:46 CET

• Deadly blast hits Lebanese city

  A suspected car bomb blast has killed at least five people and injured 17 others in the northern… 29/09/08 12:38 CET

• EU governments act to prop up banks

  The faltering Dutch-Belgian bank and insurance giant Fortis has been partially nationalised… 29/09/08 07:34 CET

• US politicians bury their differences

  Democrats and Republican politicians appear to have settled their differences over a 500 billion… 29/09/08 07:34 CET

• ‘Seismic’ change in Bavarian politics bodes ill for Merkel

  Exit polls show the Bavarian sister party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Conservatives has… 29/09/08 07:34 CET

• Demonstrations follow Belarus vote

  Protestors have taken to the streets of Minsk after polls closed in Belarus’s parliamentary… 29/09/08 07:34 CET

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