cinema
Vallanzasca/PassioneVallanzasca, from Italian director Michele Placido, is showing out of competition at the Venice… 07/09/10 17:22 CET
corporate
Assets frozen as Kabulbank feels the heatAfghanistan has frozen the assets of leading shareholders and borrowers of Kabulbank, the country’s… 07/09/10 18:52 CET
Diamond takes the reins at BarclaysProminent Barclay’s investment banker Robert Diamond will be the bank’s next CEO, according to an… 07/09/10 18:50 CET
HSBC’s Green leaves for government postThe chairman of Europe’s biggest bank is stepping down to become Britain’s next trade minister… 07/09/10 18:50 CET
economy
Ecofin stuck on bank tax solutionsEuropean finance ministers have given their go-ahead for a new body to supervise the finance… 07/09/10 18:52 CET
Japan counts the cost of poor mental stateThe Japanese government claims suicides and depression cost the country’s economy 25 billion euros… 07/09/10 18:50 CET
europa
EU “state of union” speech aims to stir moraleIn Strasbourg, the European Parliament has re-opened after the summer recess. The citizens of the… 07/09/10 20:24 CET
MEPs’ reactions to Barroso speechAfter the state of the union speech by the head of the European Commission, it was plain the… 07/09/10 20:24 CET
Roma rights and funding firmly on EU agendaPresident Jose Manuel Barroso of the European Commission did not mention France by name in his… 07/09/10 20:24 CET
hi-tech
3D – Bringing it homeAmerican computer experts in California’s Silicon Valley think that within the next 5-10 years all… 07/09/10 17:22 CET
le mag
Amazons/POVOA new exhibition in Speyer, Germany, looks at Amazons and asks are they legend or did they really… 07/09/10 17:22 CET
terraviva
Morocco cleans up one of its oldest industriesTanning is an ancient art in Morocco, but it pollutes the environment heavily. Chouara is part of… 07/09/10 16:31 CET
world news
French unions happy with protest turnoutIt is a mobilisation the French unions had been hoping for. Police figures show that more than… 07/09/10 23:14 CET
A pensions timebomb in EuropeTo avoid setting off what has been described as a pensions timebomb, Europeans face having to work… 07/09/10 19:34 CET
Freedom for South Korean fishing crewFree after a month in captivity. North Korea has released the seven-man crew of a South Korean… 07/09/10 19:06 CET
Hostile reception for French pension plansA “rendez-vous with the future” is how France’s Labour Minister described the government’s… 07/09/10 19:06 CET
Nato condemns church’s 9/11 planNato’s heavyweights, whose sights are usually fixed on the Taliban, have turned on an American… 07/09/10 19:04 CET
Berlusconi guns for rival FiniThe prospect of early elections in Italy is growing after Silvio Berlusconi vowed to appeal to… 07/09/10 18:30 CET
3D on display at IFA in Berlin2010 marks the 50th edition of the IFA, the largest European trade show for consumer electronics… 07/09/10 17:23 CET
Mass protests over French retirement reformIt was a show of force against Nicolas Sarkozy’s retirement reforms. Hundreds of thousands have… 07/09/10 16:34 CET
Tube strike causes chaos in LondonGetting around London has been a struggle for millions of commuters as striking Underground workers… 07/09/10 16:04 CET
Gillard to form minority Australian govtShe’s got the numbers to remain Australia’s first-ever woman prime minister. Julia Gillard is to… 07/09/10 15:36 CET
Guatemala and Mexico fear more floodsRescue workers in Guatemala are hoping to resume their search for victims of a massive landslide… 07/09/10 14:41 CET
‘Swim together or sink separately’ – Barroso on EUJose Manuel Barroso has used his first US-style ‘state of the union’ address to call for solidarity… 07/09/10 13:42 CET
Spain adds Asturias Prize to trophy cabinet“After meeting in Oviedo the jury for the Asturias Sports Award are unanimous in the decision to… 07/09/10 13:14 CET
France downs tools over raising retirement ageFrench trade unions are flexing their muscles with widespread strikes to protest against government… 07/09/10 12:14 CET
Two independents tip Australia Labor’s wayAustralia’s Labor prime minister Julia Gillard will remain in office after finally winning the… 07/09/10 11:31 CET
Barroso gives EU “state of union” addressJose Manuel Barroso has called on EU countries to show solidarity in tackling Europe’s economic… 07/09/10 11:14 CET
Gillard secures power in AustraliaAustralia’s Labor prime minister Julia Gillard has clung onto power after securing the support of… 07/09/10 08:54 CET
Belarus: journalist’s ‘suicide’ questionedThe Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for an independent investigation… 07/09/10 08:24 CET
Greek cabinet reshuffle to tackle the debt crisisThe Greek prime minister has ordered an almost-complete cabinet reshuffle to breathe new life into… 07/09/10 07:30 CET
Tube strike threatens transport chaos for LondonCommuters in London face a struggle getting to work this morning, as workers on the underground… 07/09/10 07:30 CET
Rare film shows London in the Blitz, 70 years agoRare colour film has been released to mark the 70th anniversary of the WW2 bombing of London – the… 07/09/10 07:29 CET
South African state workers suspend strikeSouth African public sector workers have called off their four-week pay strike. It comes after the… 07/09/10 07:29 CET
MEPs declare support for SakinehInternational condemnation of the death sentence imposed on Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is… 07/09/10 07:28 CET
France set to grind to halt over pensions strikeMore two million people are expected to take to the streets across France today in protest over the… 07/09/10 07:28 CET
Elections loom as Berlusconi takes on FiniThe heat has been turned up again in the power struggle at the heart of Italian politics, with… 07/09/10 06:34 CET
Obama’s plan: re-build America to beat recessionPresident Obama has unveiled an expensive plan to re-build America and beat the recession. On the… 07/09/10 00:34 CET
