cinema
King’s Speech steals the showThe film The King’s Speech has won seven prizes at the BAFTA awards ceremony in London. Colin… 14/02/11 13:59 CET
economy
Russia starts privatisation push with VTBRussia has kicked off its biggest privatisation drive since the collapse of the Soviet Union with… 14/02/11 17:06 CET
G20 seeks deal on imbalances, unsure of successFrench Economy Minister Christine Lagarde has said that it will not be a drama if finance ministers… 14/02/11 15:22 CET
Skies to get more crowded says IATAThe number of airline tickets sold is expected to rise to 3.3 billion by 2014 from 2009’s two and… 14/02/11 15:22 CET
Obama’s budget starts spending battlePresident Barack Obama is proposing a budget that would cut the deficit from 10.9 percent of the … 14/02/11 15:22 CET
europa
Italy offered help with Tunisian migrantsThe European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, at talks in Tunis, has expressed… 14/02/11 16:35 CET
hi-tech
Surgery without a scalpelDoctors in Liverpool have unveiled a new cancer scanner that removes the need for invasive… 14/02/11 15:43 CET
innovation
Baby’s new heart valveA medical breakthrough, developing replacement heart valves that grow with the patient, could be… 14/02/11 10:59 CET
Nano’s big futureCarbon nanotubes are exceedingly small - 10,000 times thinner than a human hair - but they have… 14/02/11 09:26 CET
interview
Iran’s ex-President Banisadr talks to euronewsDr Abolhassan Banisadr was one of the leading lights of the Islamic revolution in Iran and was… 14/02/11 20:41 CET
le mag
Country music triumphs at GrammysFor the second year running a country group has stolen the show at the Grammy music industry awards… 14/02/11 13:59 CET
pictureoftheday
Couples kiss during a mass wedding ceremony to mark Valentine’s Day in TaiwanAround 25 couples tied the knot together on Monday with Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin as the witness… 14/02/11 10:26 CET
questions for europe
Safer Internet Day 2011On 8 February, Safer Internet Day took place in almost 70 countries across Europe and world-wide… 14/02/11 13:51 CET
Don’t chuck that TV, recycle itElectronics ranging from televisions to mobile phones contain elements which are likely to become… 14/02/11 13:51 CET
science
Pre-birth spina bifida breakthrough.New research in the United States shows that babies with spina bifida recover better if they are… 14/02/11 15:43 CET
world news
Iranian dissidents arrested at Tehran protestDozens of Iranian opposition supporters were arrested in Tehran after protesting in support of the… 14/02/11 23:44 CET
World Mobile Congress kicks off in BarcelonaIt might be famed for its football, but this week the World Mobile Congress has also kicked off in… 14/02/11 23:04 CET
Egypt opposition leader escapes assassination attemptOne of Egypt’s leading opposition figures appears to have had a lucky escape after surviving a… 14/02/11 20:15 CET
Palestinian new cabinet shake-upWestern-backed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is forming a new government to prepare for… 14/02/11 20:14 CET
Bahraini protesters clash with policePro-democracy protesters have clashed with police in Bahrain. Hundreds of mainly Shi’ite people… 14/02/11 20:03 CET
Protests broken up in IranWith the foreign media banned, the internet restricted, and the mobile phone network shut down, the… 14/02/11 19:03 CET
Empty holiday spots pressure Egypt’s economyWith the Pyramids all but deserted and hotels virtually empty, the few visitors who have not… 14/02/11 18:32 CET
Country music triumphs at GrammysFor the second year running a country group has stolen the show at the Grammy music industry awards… 14/02/11 18:15 CET
Moussavi ‘prevented from joining protests’Ardeshir Amirarjomand, senior advisor to Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, spoke to… 14/02/11 17:46 CET
Army tells Egyptians: ‘Get back to work’Egypt’s military rulers on Monday called upon disgruntled workers to stop striking and return to… 14/02/11 17:45 CET
Influx of North Africans with sights set on ItalyThey are arriving in their scores, crammed onto small craft. In the last week alone, an estimated… 14/02/11 17:17 CET
Brazil great Ronaldo hangs up his bootsBrazilian star Ronaldo has announced he is retiring from football at the age of 34. He is one of… 14/02/11 16:33 CET
‘Listen to the people’, says Turkish leader in Iran visitTurkish President Abdullah Gul is in Iran on a four-day visit, hoping to build ties between the two… 14/02/11 16:13 CET
Opposition marches in IranThe opposition has taken to the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and Kermanshah in Iran… 14/02/11 16:03 CET
Protests grow in YemenHundreds of anti-government demonstrators have marched through the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, to call… 14/02/11 15:14 CET
Berlusconi’s party takes poll diveDespite the hundreds of thousands of women who marched all over Italy calling for him to quit… 14/02/11 14:12 CET
Tunisia promises co-operation over illegal migrantsTunisia has angrily rejected any notion that Italian police will be allowed onto its soil to stem… 14/02/11 13:14 CET
Palestinian government resigns to seek new startThe Palestinian government – under pressure after internal scandals and events elsewhere in the… 14/02/11 12:13 CET
Bahrain latest Arab state to hold protestsA “day of rage” has been called for in Bahrain today, but Sunday also saw clashes in at least one… 14/02/11 11:13 CET
Country trio Lady Antebellum triumph at GrammysCountry stars Lady Antebellum were the big winners at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, taking five… 14/02/11 10:33 CET
Protest ends in Cairo square but strikes continueFor the first time in weeks, Cairo’s Tahrir Square is returning to normal after thousands of… 14/02/11 08:53 CET
China overtakes Japan as world no.2 economyChina has overtaken Japan as the world’s second biggest economy. Figures released by the… 14/02/11 06:23 CET
Egypt starts on the road to changeIt was out with the old as officials removed the portrait of Hosni Mubarak, but building the new… 14/02/11 03:53 CET
EU responds to Italian calls for help over migrantsNearly 1,000 Tunisian migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight adding to what’s… 14/02/11 02:03 CET
Italian woman unite in anger over PM’s sex scandalsPressure is growing on Italy’s prime minister after Italian women in Rome, Milan and numerous… 14/02/11 00:53 CET
