archive 12·05·2010

cinema

• Cannes film festival preview

  Perhaps reflecting the vaguaries of the weather, there are only 19 films in competition at Cannes… 12/05/10 17:00 CET

economy

• Spain moves to cut budget deficit

  The Spanish prime minister has unveiled major spending cuts to try to rein in the country’s massive… 12/05/10 19:48 CET

• Markets perk up as EU proposes budget coordination

  The world’s financial markets seemed to again be warming to the European Union’s rescue package to… 12/05/10 19:48 CET

• Greece economy recession to deepen

  The focus may have shifted to Spain and Europe’s other debt laden economies but… 12/05/10 19:14 CET

• Spain slashes public sector pay, benefits

  Spaniards are set to tighten their belts after the country’s Socialist government announced plans… 12/05/10 18:28 CET

interview

• “I have always wanted Europe” – Alfred Grosser

  “I have always wanted Europe” says Alfred Grosser, one of the great contributors to the… 12/05/10 21:03 CET

le mag

• Angels and Demons in Jerusalem

  A new exhibition – Angels and Demons – has opened at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. The… 12/05/10 18:55 CET

science

• Akatsuki satelite ready to launch

  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to launch the Akatsuki satellite from the… 12/05/10 18:55 CET

• Oldest monumental art discovered

  Six miles from Urfa, in Turkey, German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt has made what some scientists… 12/05/10 18:55 CET

world news

• UK’s new coalition make up over Europe

  Differences over the UK’s role in relation to Europe made it awkward for Britain’s new political… 12/05/10 20:06 CET

• Tories and Lib Dems enter coalition govt

  It’s a handshake that marks a historic day in Britain and the start of a honeymoon in an unlikely… 12/05/10 20:01 CET

• Russia and Turkey sign key energy agreements

  After more than a year of negotiations, Moscow is to build and own a controlling stake in Turkey’s… 12/05/10 19:04 CET

• Cameron and Clegg unveil UK coalition

  They are calling it a ‘new politics.’ Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberal… 12/05/10 18:32 CET

• Dutch boy survives Libyan jet crash

  The soul survivor of flight 8U771 from Johannesburg to Tripoli For the moment, little is known… 12/05/10 18:31 CET

• Chinese school children killed in savage knife attack

  A 48-year-old man armed with a kitchen knife killed seven children and two adults at this… 12/05/10 18:30 CET

• Ukrainian opposition leader faces criminal charges

  Ukraine’s opposition has reacted furiously after the country’s prosecutor’s office re-opened an old… 12/05/10 18:29 CET

• Serra wins Asturias Arts prize

  Richard Serra was born in California in 1939, studied English, then art at Yale, paying for his… 12/05/10 18:28 CET

• Brown’s ‘dignified’ Downing Street departure

  Dignified. Human. Heartfelt. They are just some of the words used to describe Gordon Brown’s… 12/05/10 13:14 CET

• 103 killed in plane crash in Libya – Dutch boy only survivor

  At least 103 people have been killed in a plane crash in Libya. The accident happened when the… 12/05/10 13:05 CET

• Cameron and Clegg shake hands in Downing Street

  Putting aside party differences, particularly on Europe, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have made… 12/05/10 12:04 CET

• Spain announces fresh budget cuts

  The Spanish government has unveiled series of drastic austerity measures to get to grips with its… 12/05/10 11:40 CET

• More than 100 killed in Libyan plane crash

  A passenger plane has crashed on landing at Tripoli airport, killing at least 103 people. The… 12/05/10 10:48 CET

• Interview with the academic and economist Santiago Ninyo Betherra, author of the book “The 2010 Crash.”

  euronews: “Mr Ninyo Betherra, what credibility should be given to this austerity plan that the… 12/05/10 10:10 CET

• Seven murdered in latest Chinese school attack

  There has been another deadly attack on a school in China. Six nursery school children and a… 12/05/10 07:33 CET

• Putin visits site of Siberian mine disaster

  Families of the victims in last weekend’s Siberian coal mine disaster have begun burying their… 12/05/10 07:32 CET

• Brown goes as 13 years of Labour end

  For five days Britain had no government and only a lame duck prime minister. On Tuesday night… 12/05/10 07:31 CET

• UK Coalition team to be unveiled

  Details of the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the UK will be unveiled later. Lib… 12/05/10 07:30 CET

• Cameron: champion of the modern Tory

  David Cameron grasped with both hands what many saw as a poisoned chalice back in 2005. He became… 12/05/10 07:29 CET

• Wall St. jitters as Spain prepares austerity plan

  After Wall Street’s initial euphoria at news of the euro support package, there has been a sudden… 12/05/10 04:33 CET

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