archive 15·06·2009

cinema

• US indie movie “Gigantic” on release in UK

  Upcoming US acting talents Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel team up in “Gigantic”, an offbeat love… 15/06/09 18:15 CET

corporate

• Holcim acquires Cemex’s Aussie division

  Swiss cement maker Holcim is buying the Australian business of its debt-laden Mexican rival Cemex… 15/06/09 19:33 CET

• Volvo’s truck sales slump

  Swedish truck maker Volvo’s deliveries of vehicles fell 57 percent in May compared with the same… 15/06/09 19:33 CET

economy

• UK bankers criticise tougher regulations

  Britain’s banks have said that they are not happy with proposed changes in banking regulations… 15/06/09 19:36 CET

• Gloomy Paris Airshow opens

  Grey skies and rain echoed the mood among aerospace and defence companies as the Paris Air Show… 15/06/09 19:36 CET

• Euro zone jobless totals rise

  Grim employment news from the euro zone. The 16 countries using the single European currency… 15/06/09 19:33 CET

europa

• Croatia border talks fail again

  Croatia has failed in its latest attempt to solve a border disagreement with Sovenia. This has been… 15/06/09 19:47 CET

le mag

• Martha Argerich Project brings talent to Lugano

  Launched in 2002 under the patronage of charismatic Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich, the… 15/06/09 18:15 CET

markets

• Monday 15th June

  A bearish Monday for European stocks which finished the day down three percent. The sell off… 15/06/09 19:36 CET

reporter

• Sweden’s SAAB story

  For more than 60 years SAAB has been making cars in the Swedish town of Trollhattan. Now the “made… 15/06/09 11:51 CET

science

• One-million old mammoth discovered in Serbia

  An almost complete and beautifully preserved mammoth fossil was recently discovered in eastern… 15/06/09 18:15 CET

world news

• One Iranian killed and many wounded at opposition rally

  At least one person has been killed as gunmen opened fire at an opposition rally in Iran, where… 15/06/09 22:12 CET

• One Iranian killed and many wounded at opposition rally

  At least one person has been killed as gunmen opened fire at an opposition rally in Iran, where… 15/06/09 21:40 CET

• One Iranian killed and many wounded at opposition rally

  At least one person has been killed as gunmen opened fire at an opposition rally in Iran, where… 15/06/09 21:27 CET

• One Iranian killed and many wounded at opposition rally

  At least one person has been killed as gunmen opened fire at an opposition rally in Iran, where… 15/06/09 21:22 CET

• Three women hostages found dead in Yemen

  Three women, two Germans and a Korean from a party of nine foreigners kidnapped in Yemen, have been… 15/06/09 20:47 CET

• Israeli foreign minister backs peace moves

  Israel’s foreign minister has backed his Prime Minister’s conditional endorsement of a future… 15/06/09 20:43 CET

• Brokering the terms for peace in the Middle East

  On June 4 the US President Barack Obama made his landmark speech to the Muslim world. In it, he… 15/06/09 20:10 CET

• Death reported at opposition rally in Iran

  It is reported at least one person has been killed as gunmen opened fire at an opposition rally in… 15/06/09 19:49 CET

• Protests from Ahmadinejad supporters

  Pro-Ahmadinejad supporters have also demonstrated outside the French and British embassies… 15/06/09 19:48 CET

• Livni gives Netanyahu tacit support

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding a meeting with his faction at the… 15/06/09 18:07 CET

• UK flu outbreak ‘under control’

  Health authorities in the UK have sent condolences to the family of the first person in Europe to… 15/06/09 18:07 CET

• Georgian police clash with anti-government protesters

  Anti-government demonstrators in Georgia have been beaten up by masked police in the capital… 15/06/09 18:06 CET

• Ahmadinejad delays trip to Russia

  The attendance of the Iranian President at a regional security summit in Russia has been delayed… 15/06/09 17:54 CET

• Israel’s ‘step in the right direction’ – EU ministers

  Ministers in the European Union have given a cautious welcome to words from the Israeli Prime… 15/06/09 13:33 CET

• Swine flu cases detected in Toulouse college

  Seven college students in the suburbs of Toulouse in France are suffering from the H1N1 “swine flu“… 15/06/09 13:33 CET

• Iran’s opposition calls off ‘illegal’ rally

  The latest rally planned in support of the defeated Iranian presidential candidate has been called… 15/06/09 13:33 CET

• Seven foreigners believed shot dead in Yemen

  Seven, foreign nationals – thought to be from a group of nine kidnapped by Shia rebels in North… 15/06/09 13:33 CET

• Obama welcomes Netanyahu speech

  Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has delivered his major policy speech but it has… 15/06/09 07:15 CET

• Mousavi calls for poll to be annulled

  The defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi has called for the election result… 15/06/09 07:15 CET

• Airbus calls for patience on crash cause

  As the search for more bodies and debris from Air France 447 continues over the Atlantic off… 15/06/09 07:15 CET

• War of words between Russia and Belarus

  The rift between Russia and Belarus has deepened over an alleged trade war. Belarus is angry… 15/06/09 07:15 CET

• Netanyahu speech gets mixed response

  As if to illustrate the polarity of opinion within Israel over its government’s foreign policy… 15/06/09 07:15 CET

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