cinema
Moroccan cinema; the first stepsThe first film school in Morocco – and one of the first in Africa – opened in Marrakech three years… 20/11/08 17:44 CET
economy
Swiss borrowing cost cut againThe Swiss National Bank has made a surprise one percent cut in interest rates. The cut was the… 20/11/08 19:53 CET
US carmakers to get government bailout moneyAs the Los Angeles Car Show opened, members of the US Senate reached agreement on a bipartisan aid… 20/11/08 19:53 CET
Recession prompts more job cutsThe worldwide job loss total continues to mount. Europe’s second-biggest carmaker Peugeot-Citroen… 20/11/08 19:50 CET
Oil dips below $50Oil prices in New York and London have dipped below $50 a barrel for the first time since May 2005… 20/11/08 19:50 CET
europa
Blue horizons for blue ribbon immigrantsA green light for the EU’s Blue Card directive: The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed… 20/11/08 20:15 CET
A rush on Europeana virtual libraryTwo million digitized books and other cultural treasures are now accessible online in the new… 20/11/08 19:46 CET
Arctic resources and global responsibilityThe melting of the Arctic has brought a call from the European Union to coordinate internationally… 20/11/08 19:46 CET
hi-tech
City of science: from satellites to scalesOrganised to mark the French presidency of the EU, the European City of Science took place this… 20/11/08 17:44 CET
le mag
Monkey magic in LondonBlur frontman Damon Albarn’s Chinese extravaganza Monkey: Journey To The West has just opened in… 20/11/08 17:12 CET
markets
More red ink on Europe’s boursesShare prices continued to take a battering on Thursday. Europe’s major stock markets indexes all… 20/11/08 19:53 CET
reporter
Parents cross borders for work, hearts heavyFree market orphans some call them: Their parents leave eastern European homes to earn a living in… 20/11/08 15:56 CET
world news
French Socialists vote for new party leaderFrench socialists are voting for a new party leader, bringing a much drawn-out process to a close… 20/11/08 19:25 CET
Education reform plans trigger mass strike in FranceTens of thousands of people across France have been demonstrating against education reform plans… 20/11/08 19:16 CET
UN to send 3,100 more troops to DR CongoThe United Nations is to send almost 3,100 extra peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of Congo… 20/11/08 18:55 CET
Big farms hit in EU agriculture re-vampEurope’s large farmers have reaped a poor harvest from an agriculture re-vamp agreed by … 20/11/08 18:47 CET
Best way to tackle pirates ‘may be on land’How best to hunt pirates in the seas off Somalia is a question that’s got officials from the four… 20/11/08 17:58 CET
A new page in Palestinian peace talksThe Palestinian president has taken an unprecedented step in the search for Middle-East peace… 20/11/08 17:48 CET
French socialists edge closer to choosing a leaderThe protracted process of choosing a leader for the main French opposition party is coming to a… 20/11/08 13:33 CET
Supertanker pirates demand 20 million euro ransomThe pirates holding the Sirius Star say the supertanker’s Saudi owners have 10 days to pay a 20… 20/11/08 13:33 CET
Evicted settlers vandalise West Bank mosqueA group of Jewish settlers have graffitied messages insulting the prophet Mohammed on a mosque in… 20/11/08 13:33 CET
CAP reforms cut subsidies for big EU farmersAgriculture ministers have agreed on the biggest re-vamp of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy for… 20/11/08 09:15 CET
Fear grips Wall Street as US stocks and consumer price index plungeUS stocks have plummeted to their lowest in five and a half years. News that politicians were… 20/11/08 08:07 CET
Demonstrations in Kigali as Rwandan government official placed on remand in FranceA senior Rwandan presidential aide has been placed on remand by a French court investigating her… 20/11/08 08:07 CET
Russia and Georgia hold “productive” talks on the CaucasusEU and UN mediators say there have been “productive discussions” on how to ease tensions in the… 20/11/08 08:07 CET
Al-Qaeda rattled by ObamaUS experts say an Al-Qaeda message condemning new President-elect Barack Obama is a sign the terror… 20/11/08 08:07 CET
Obama picks ex-Senate leader to head healthUS President-elect Barack Obama continues to assemble his White House team with reports stating he… 20/11/08 08:07 CET
