cinema
Two films share top prize at Annecy festivalFor the first time in the history of Annecy’s International Animation Film Festival, the top award… 16/06/09 17:14 CET
corporate
Michelin reportedly to cut jobsFrench newspapers are reporting that Michelin is to cut between 1,000 and 1,500 hundred jobs in… 16/06/09 19:54 CET
economy
BRIC wants more influenceThe leaders of world’s biggest developing economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China – the so… 16/06/09 19:37 CET
Koenigsegg buying SaabA consortium headed by Sweden’s Koenigsegg has struck a deal to buy loss-making Saab from General… 16/06/09 19:25 CET
Euro zone inflation stagnatesMuch lower oil costs meant euro zone inflation stagnated for the first time ever in May. The… 16/06/09 19:25 CET
europa
Barroso’s job prospectsThis week’s EU summit will see what sort of endorsement Jose Manuel Barroso gets in his bid for a… 16/06/09 19:55 CET
New MEPs prepare for actionThe MEPs have been arriving for registration in Brussels, the re-elected and newly-elected — a new… 16/06/09 19:37 CET
hi-tech
New technology helps treat sick flight passengersAs air travel grows, so does the risk of a medical emergency during a flight. As super carriers… 16/06/09 17:16 CET
le mag
Young talent seeks fame at “Ballet Olympics”One of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions is underway at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre… 16/06/09 17:14 CET
markets
Tuesday 16th JuneEuropean shares finished flat. Among the influences was the latest survey from the ZEW economic… 16/06/09 21:15 CET
questions for europe
Blue cardThe recently approved European blue card is for highly qualified workers interested in immigrating… 16/06/09 08:27 CET
Green jobs vs unemploymentThe European Union says a low-carbon economy will create millions of new jobs. The Spanish region… 16/06/09 08:27 CET
world news
Questions over stability of Iranian regimeDo the disturbances currently engulfing Iran threaten the power of Supreme Leader Ayatollah… 16/06/09 21:20 CET
Fourth day of protest and tension in IranAfter days of unrest, and the release of images of the violence yesterday, Iran has moved to… 16/06/09 20:08 CET
Iran clamps down on foreign mediaWith violence continuing to rock Iran, authorities have imposed a series of tough new restrictions… 16/06/09 19:55 CET
Obama: North Korea can not be a nuclear powerUS President Barack Obama has said North Korea’s track record of proliferation makes it… 16/06/09 19:13 CET
More pro and anti-Ahmadinejad rallies in TehranSupporters of rival parties in Iran have taken to the streets for a fourth day, amid increasing… 16/06/09 19:03 CET
‘Child porn ring’ smashed in raidsA suspected child pornography ring has been broken up in a series of coordinated raids by police in… 16/06/09 18:48 CET
Bodies of murdered tourists flown to Yemen’s capitalThe bodies of three foreign tourists, murdered in northern Yemen, have been flown back to the… 16/06/09 18:48 CET
Carter calls for Palestinian reconciliationFormer US President Jimmy Carter is calling on Palestinian militant Hamas leaders to make peace… 16/06/09 16:44 CET
Mousavi calls for supporters to stay off streetsThe contested election has plunged Iran into its worst violence for thirty years. Tens of thousands… 16/06/09 13:41 CET
Iran: Re-count but no re-runIran’s top legal body is ready to recount votes from the disputed presidential election according… 16/06/09 13:41 CET
Russia hosts SCO summitRussia is hosting a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation – underlining its role as a… 16/06/09 13:41 CET
Medvedev welcomes Ahmedinejad in RussiaThe Iranian president left the violence at home for his first foreign trip since winning the… 16/06/09 12:03 CET
Iran braced for more street protestsIran is facing its worst popular unrest for 30 years, with more street protests expected today… 16/06/09 07:45 CET
Low Countries’ police smash drugs ringPolice forces from two European countries have smashed what they are calling a major drugs cartel… 16/06/09 07:45 CET
Russia vetoes UN presence in GeorgiaRelations between Russia and the West over Georgia have worsened, with Moscow veto-ing plans to… 16/06/09 07:45 CET
“I am deeply troubled by events in Iran” – ObamaUS President Barack Obama says he is deeply troubled by the post-election violence in Iran. After… 16/06/09 07:45 CET
Internet blocked in Iran’s post-election chaosInternet access has been blocked for Iran’s large community of web surfers. The government has… 16/06/09 07:45 CET
UK to hold ‘closed doors’ inquiry into Iraq warTwo and a half months after British troops began their final pull-out from Iraq, Britain has… 16/06/09 07:45 CET
