corporate
Kingfisher’s profit risesKingfisher, Europe’s biggest home improvement chain, has unexpectedly posted a 35 percent rise in… 17/09/09 21:08 CET
Aeroflot cutting jobsRussian flagship carrier Aeroflot is to lay off 2,000 of its 15,500 employees in the next six… 17/09/09 21:08 CET
economy
Bank of Japan more optimisticThe central bank in Tokyo says it is slightly more optimistic about Japan’s economic and financial… 17/09/09 21:08 CET
Frankfurt goes greenThe Frankfurt Motor Show has opened to the public with environmentally friendly cars in focus. The… 17/09/09 21:08 CET
Advert effectiveness awardsWith the recession slashing budgets and consumers spending less the Euro Effie Awards – which rate… 17/09/09 21:08 CET
europa
EU calls for banking bonus capsEurope has made it quite clear it will try to get the United States to agree to strict rules… 17/09/09 20:21 CET
Milk farmers win concession over aidMilk farmers protesting over low prices to the point of whitening entire fields with the stuff have… 17/09/09 20:21 CET
europeans
German electionsGermany in the coming months is expecting big problems from rising unemployment. Germans face… 17/09/09 17:09 CET
le mag
Contemporary Art Biennale in LyonThe theme of the Contemporary Art Biennale in the French city of Lyon is “The Spectacle of the… 17/09/09 18:23 CET
markets
Thursday 17th SeptemberEuropean shares finished the day higher with banks among the top gainers. That after the Irish… 17/09/09 21:08 CET
science
Jellyfish approach Spanish coastJellyfish are beautiful and delicate creatures but they can also be deadly. A new study, carried… 17/09/09 07:40 CET
space
One hundred days of solitudeSix volunteers spent 105 days in an isolation module as part of an international experiment in… 17/09/09 18:09 CET
world news
Berlusconi wants quick Afghanistan pulloutItalian troops in Afghanistan have suffered their darkest day with the death of six soldiers in a… 17/09/09 21:53 CET
Missile shield divided opinionsIt was the nightmare of nuclear attack from Iran or North Korea which convinced President Bush to… 17/09/09 19:17 CET
Italy suffers deadliest day in AfghanistanSix Italian soldiers and ten Afghan civilians have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul… 17/09/09 19:16 CET
Calais migrant ‘jungle’ to closeA makeshift immigrant camp that has sprung up not far from the former Sangatte official clearing… 17/09/09 19:15 CET
Obama torpedoes Bush’s missile projectThe United States is to scrap its plans to put missile defence bases in Europe. President Barack… 17/09/09 18:33 CET
Italy’s shock at soldiers’ deaths in KabulItaly’s commitment to the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan still has broad political backing. But… 17/09/09 17:15 CET
Student in armed assault on German schoolGermany is trying to come to terms with another armed attack on a school. An 18-year-old man… 17/09/09 17:03 CET
Axeman arrested after German school attackTen people have been hurt, three of them seriously, in a school attack in southern Germany. Police… 17/09/09 14:00 CET
Farmers win EU backing over milk pricesEurope’s struggling dairy farmers have won political support in their fight against falling prices… 17/09/09 13:54 CET
Six Italians troops among 16 killed in Kabul blastSix Italian soldiers and at least 10 Afghan civilians have been killed in a suicide car bombing in… 17/09/09 13:53 CET
Obama rejects Carter’s claims of racismBrushing aside a row over racism, it was business as usual for President Obama as he welcomed the… 17/09/09 13:52 CET
US ‘ready to abandon’ missile shieldAmerica has backed up its famous decision to reset relations with Russia, and is abandoning its… 17/09/09 13:03 CET
Karzai defends Afghan poll over fraud claimsShortly before today’s huge explosion in Kabul, President Karzai held a news conference to defend… 17/09/09 12:03 CET
Belarussian leader back in EUThe Belarussian President has made his second trip to an EU country since the warming of relations… 17/09/09 08:04 CET
Deal close in Ivorian toxic waste caseA UK-based oil trading company appears close to a settlement in a court case over the dumping of… 17/09/09 08:04 CET
Barroso’s re-election gets mixed responseIt was a relieved José Manuel Barroso who was congratulated on being re-elected as President of the… 17/09/09 08:04 CET
Turkish police arrest six al Qaeda suspectsTurkish police have detained six people in connection with the 2003 al Qaeda bombings in Istanbul… 17/09/09 08:04 CET
Obama delays sending more troops to AfghanistanBarack Obama has declared there will be no quick decision on increasing the US troop deployment in… 17/09/09 08:01 CET
Angry dairy farmers eagerly await EU proposalsAmid increasing protest by desperate farmers, all eyes are on European officials today for the… 17/09/09 07:52 CET
Bolivia angry over US drugs black listBolivian President Evo Morales has hit back at the US over its accusation that he is not doing… 17/09/09 01:33 CET
