archive 30·06·2010

cinema

• Hard-hitting Afghan doc Restrepo released

  Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for US documentary at this year’s Sundance Festival, Afghanistan war… 30/06/10 17:40 CET

corporate

• WTO says Airbus got illegal subsidies

  The World Trade Organisation has ruled some European governments paid planemaker Airbus prohibited… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

• HMV profits spin up

  British music, DVD, games and books retailer HMV has just announced full year profit that was up 11… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

• Portugal vetoes Vivo sale

  Saying that it is a strategic holding, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates has blocked the sale… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

economy

• Europeans bankers face tougher bonus rules

  EU lawmaker have agreed that from early next year the region’s bankers will not be allowed to take… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

• German unemployment falls again

  Germany’s unemployment fell again in June, for the 12th straight month. The unadjusted jobless… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

• France to cut spending by another 10m euros

  The French Budget Minister Francois Baroin has presented plans for an additional 10 billion euros… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

• Turkish economic growth accelerates

  Turkey’s GDP grew by an unexpectedly strong 11.7 percent year-on-year in the first three months of… 30/06/10 19:56 CET

europa

• Sanctions for budget laxity back on EU table

  Attack budget rule-breakers where it hurts the most: their wallets. Under proposals by the European… 30/06/10 20:10 CET

futuris

• Biofuels: The Cellulose Barrier

  In congested, polluted central London they are researching the possibilities of making biofuels… 30/06/10 17:40 CET

le mag

• Paris dictates the trends for next summer

  Paris Fashion Week has now finished and the designers have spoken. euronews takes a look at some of… 30/06/10 17:40 CET

science

• Building with coffee

  Believe it or not this house is made from coffee waste. Generally coffee grounds are thrown away… 30/06/10 17:40 CET

talkplanet2010

• Climate change at sea

  Jerry Percy, fisherman “I don’t understand the scientific aspects, but I know that over the last 20… 30/06/10 13:23 CET

world news

• Komorowski ahead in Polish presidentials

  Polish television audiences sat down to watch the second presidential debate on Wednesday night… 30/06/10 22:54 CET

• Merkel’s man Wulff is new German president

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has survived a confidence vote after lawmakers narrowly backed her… 30/06/10 21:58 CET

• Rebellion in Merkel’s camp as president elected

  It is an undoubted setback for the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her candidate for the… 30/06/10 20:12 CET

• DR Congo marks 50 years of independence

  The Democratic Republic of Congo is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence from… 30/06/10 18:36 CET

• French coach faces MPs over World Cup fiasco

  Outgoing French football coach Raymond Domenech was given a grilling in parliament, but failed to… 30/06/10 18:34 CET

• Alex makes its way towards Gulf coast

  The hurricane season has officially begun in the Gulf of Mexico and coastal residents are bracing… 30/06/10 18:33 CET

• Federer fleeced by Berdych in the Wimbledon quarters

  Six-times Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has been knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the… 30/06/10 18:12 CET

• No spies in the ointment say US and Russia

  Washington and Moscow are playing down the Cold War thriller aspect of their latest spying row… 30/06/10 16:33 CET

• Taliban raid Afghan NATO base

  One of the largest NATO bases in Afghanistan has been attacked by the Taliban. Alliance military… 30/06/10 16:04 CET

• German presidential vote heads for second round

  Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dealt a blow after the federal assembly failed to elect… 30/06/10 15:04 CET

• Taliban attack key Afghan NATO base

  NATO military leaders say troops have repulsed a commando style-attack by Taliban insurgents on one… 30/06/10 14:00 CET

• Italy fights to overturn classroom crucifix ban

  The Italian government has gone to the European Court of Human Rights to try to overturn a ban on… 30/06/10 13:55 CET

• Football officials asked to explain French fiasco

  After a French fiasco at the World Cup, it is face the music time for the country’s soccer… 30/06/10 12:53 CET

• Iceland brings home first catch of whaling season

  Iceland has brought ashore the first catch of its 100-day annual whaling season. Iceland, Norway… 30/06/10 11:34 CET

• Strong earthquake hits Mexico

  A powerful earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.5, has rocked southern Mexico. Its epicentre was 14… 30/06/10 10:05 CET

• New Philippines president takes on corruption

  Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the son of a former president and an assassinated opposition leader… 30/06/10 10:04 CET

• Spanish fans celebrate WC win over Portugal

  There is nothing like a derby match to stir emotions and Madrid is used to hosting some of the most… 30/06/10 08:25 CET

• Lost art treasures sold in Paris

  A treasure trove of long lost works of Impressionist and Modern art were sold at auction yesterday… 30/06/10 07:32 CET

• UK peace protesters to be evicted

  A court in the UK has ruled that peace protesters camping in Parliament Square must be gone by 4pm… 30/06/10 07:31 CET

• Washington is “beyond Cold War” with Moscow

  The US has continued to try to limit the fall out from yesterday’s arrests of alleged Russian spies… 30/06/10 07:30 CET

• Hurricane Alex hampers oil spill clean-up in Gulf

  Tropical storm Alex has strengthened into a fully blown hurricane and is swirling across the… 30/06/10 06:04 CET

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