cinema
Copenhagen joins the international filmfest listDenmark’s new feature film festival has opened with national and international stars, and no less… 21/04/09 17:27 CET
corporate
White House cash for Chrysler/GMAmerica’s struggling car-giants are getting a hand out from the Obama administration. The… 21/04/09 19:46 CET
Seven-country lifeline for Airbus A400MSeven countries have formally signed a deal which gives the plane-maker Airbus a breathing space to… 21/04/09 19:44 CET
Tesco tills ring up record profitsShoppers have helped the world’s third biggest retailer cock-a-snook at the dismal global economic… 21/04/09 19:44 CET
Deutsche Post positive on downturnEurope’s biggest mail carrier, Deutsche Post DHL, says the downturn in the industry may have hit… 21/04/09 19:43 CET
economy
Swedes peel another half point off interestThe world’s oldest central bank, Sweden’s Riksbank, has cut a key interest rate to a record low of… 21/04/09 19:42 CET
europa
Turkey-EU horizon turbidThe current Czech EU Presidency has been at work with Turkey’s representatives to try and unjam its… 21/04/09 19:47 CET
New hardliners in Cyprus equationThe Greek and Turkish communities of Cyprus have agreed to press ahead with talks on reuniting the… 21/04/09 19:47 CET
Consumer focus close to electionsA minute of silence in memory of the victims of the recent earthquake in Italy – That was how the… 21/04/09 19:42 CET
hi-tech
Flying bell new way to clear slopes of avalanchesAs the skiing season comes to an end the cost of this exciting but dangerous passtime for some has… 21/04/09 17:27 CET
le mag
Modigliani returns to Germany after 20 yearsMaybe one reason so many top models are skinny is that they are inspired by Amedeo Modigliani. Now… 21/04/09 17:27 CET
markets
Telecoms and banks put brakes on European sharesEuropean stock markets all ended the day lower bar Frankfurt and Paris which were marginally up… 21/04/09 19:45 CET
questions for europe
Fighting counterfeiting and piracyTwenty years ago, counterfeiting mainly used to focus on expansive handbags, nowadays, it has… 21/04/09 11:08 CET
European Elections 2009: turnout forecastSince the first European elections by universal suffrage in 1979 the turnout has fallen constantly… 21/04/09 11:08 CET
world news
UNESCO launches World Digital LibraryIt is another milestone on the information highway. UNESCO has launched the World Digital… 21/04/09 22:04 CET
End game in Sri Lanka?Made up of a population of around 20 percent Tamils and 75 percent Sinhalese, the current conflict… 21/04/09 19:48 CET
Will South Africa’s next generation of voters break from the past?South Africa is gearing up for its fourth elections since the end of Apartheid. Billed by some as… 21/04/09 19:42 CET
French police swoop on immigrants in CalaisFrench police have arrested 150 illegal migrants near Calais, in an operation targeting a sprawling… 21/04/09 19:24 CET
ANC expects “massive” election turnoutThe head of South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, says he is expecting a massive turnout in the… 21/04/09 19:03 CET
Yukos lawyer given paroleIn Moscow, parole has been granted to a lawyer for the disbanded Yukos oil company, jailed more… 21/04/09 18:54 CET
War of words over racism conferenceAs the Iranian President was welcomed home from the controversial UN conference on racism in… 21/04/09 18:18 CET
Holocaust Day overshadowed by anti-Israel rhetoricHolocaust Remembrance Day has been marked around the world in memory of the 6 million Jews killed… 21/04/09 18:04 CET
Refugees flee Sri Lankan conflict zoneTens of thousands of refugees have taken advantage of a Sri Lankan military advance against Tamil… 21/04/09 17:54 CET
Recount in Moldova hands communists victoryMoldova’s ruling communist party has been declared the winner in a disputed parliamentary election… 21/04/09 15:04 CET
French police swoop on immigrants in CalaisFrench police have arrested 150 illegal migrants near Calais, in an operation targeting a sprawling… 21/04/09 14:16 CET
French police swoop on immigrants in CalaisFrench police have arrested 150 illegal migrants near Calais, in an operation targeting a sprawling… 21/04/09 13:03 CET
Racism conference resumes despite Iran speechAll EU delegates apart from the Czech Republic’s have decided to stay on at a UN conference against… 21/04/09 12:50 CET
Khodorkovsky pleads not guilty to new chargesImprisoned former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has pleaded not guilty to fresh charges of theft… 21/04/09 12:33 CET
Israelis remember Holocaust survivorsIsraelis have been remembering the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War Two. At… 21/04/09 10:43 CET
Physicist Hawking “very ill” in hospitalThe renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has been admitted to hospital. Cambridge University, where… 21/04/09 08:20 CET
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance DayIsrael has marked the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a ceremony for the six million Jews… 21/04/09 08:20 CET
Ahmadinejad should be jailed, says Elie Wiesel“Vile and hateful.” “Extremist and unacceptable.” Those are just two of the… 21/04/09 08:20 CET
Russia/NATO talks in jeopardyHopes of improved relations between the West and Russia since the election of President Obama are… 21/04/09 08:20 CET
Spain claims to have foiled ETA attackSpain says the arrest of a suspected Basque terror cell at the weekend may have foiled an attempted… 21/04/09 08:20 CET
