cinema
Glorious release for Inglourious BasterdsInglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarentino’s latest box office hit. Starring Brad Pitt and a host… 26/08/09 17:28 CET
corporate
Swiss Life plans job and cost cutsSwiss Life, Switzerland’s largest life insurer, has posted first-half profits that were better than… 26/08/09 19:56 CET
Toyota to cut productionToyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is to make fewer vehicles in an attempt to return to… 26/08/09 19:56 CET
Sony takes on KindleSony has unveiled its first wireless electronic reader challenging Amazon’s digital book, the… 26/08/09 19:56 CET
economy
French competitiveness commission starts workTwo former French prime ministers, Michel Rocard and Alain Juppe, have been tapped to head a… 26/08/09 19:56 CET
German business confidence jumpsThere has been a big jump in German business confidence. The latest Ifo economic think tank… 26/08/09 19:56 CET
futuris
Europe experiments to preserve plastic artWe live in the age of synthetic materials, but we are paying a price. Thousands of sculptures… 26/08/09 17:50 CET
hi-tech
Hubble documentary unveiledThe Hubble telescope will have been beaming back spectacular images of faraway galaxies for 20… 26/08/09 17:28 CET
le mag
Underwear photography“For Your Eyes Only” are portrait photographers with a difference. They take soft-focus… 26/08/09 17:28 CET
markets
Wednesday 26th AugustEuropean shares finished the day down as investors shrugging off better-than-expected German… 26/08/09 19:56 CET
world news
Kennedy clan – a dynasty in US politicsThe Kennedy clan, lovingly thought of by some as America’s royal family, seemed destined for… 26/08/09 20:13 CET
French find more ETA armsAnother cache of buried weapons linked to the Basque separatist group ETA is dug up by French… 26/08/09 19:59 CET
Slovak embassy attacked in HungaryThe Slovak embassy in Hungary has been attacked but got off lightly when two supposed Molotov… 26/08/09 19:07 CET
Russia wants recognition for breakaway regionsRussia has called on the international community to recognise the breakaway Georgian regions of… 26/08/09 19:05 CET
Ted Kennedy the lion who prowled the SenateSince his election to the Senate in 1962 to take up the seat vacated by his brother Jack, who was… 26/08/09 18:58 CET
The mini car that made a maxi impactFifty years ago this month a tiny car was launched that would have a huge effect on the motor… 26/08/09 18:23 CET
Al-Hakim’s death fuels political crisis in IraqThe leader of one of Iraq’s most powerful Shi’ite Muslim political groups and most important… 26/08/09 17:43 CET
Obama praises Kennedy’s contribution to AmericaIt feels like the end of an era in American politics with the passing of Edward Kennedy… 26/08/09 16:49 CET
Amercian left mourns leader who never wasDefiant as ever, Teddy Kennedy took on failing health and Washington’s bitter January weather to… 26/08/09 13:50 CET
Leading Iraqi Shi’ite loses lung cancer battleOne of Iraq’s most poweful Shi’ite leaders has died in hospital in Iran. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim… 26/08/09 13:23 CET
Far-right NPD on the campaign trailGermany’s far-right NPD party has launched a drive to win more seats in Saxony’s regional elections… 26/08/09 13:16 CET
Chavez to sever links with ColombiaVenezuela’s President Hugo Chavez says he is ready to break off diplomatic relations with… 26/08/09 11:34 CET
Senator Edward Kennedy dies aged 77Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy, the brother of ex-President John F Kennedy has died of brain… 26/08/09 09:33 CET
Key talks on Opel futureThe future of thousands of jobs in the German car industry are hanging in the balance today… 26/08/09 07:18 CET
After the fires in Greece: red hot angerThe Greek wildfires which roared around outskirts of the capital Athens devoured more than 30,000… 26/08/09 07:17 CET
Spain’s Rubalcaba to visit Paris for talks on ETASpain’s interior minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba heads to Paris today for further talks in… 26/08/09 07:16 CET
Italy’s famous Blue Grotto shut down by stenchOne of Italy’s top tourist attractions is off-limits because of a vile smell coming from its… 26/08/09 07:15 CET
Truck bomb kills 40 in AfghanistanWhile Afghanistan waits in a political limbo over who has won the Presidential race, a massive… 26/08/09 07:14 CET
Greek wildfires: Suspicion falls on greedy buildersLarge areas on the outskirts of Athens have been reduced to ashes, leading to accusations greedy… 26/08/09 03:53 CET
