cinema
The golden age of learning in ‘The First Grader’It is never too old to learn according to “The First Grader,” a movie based on the true story of a… 31/05/11 18:25 CET
corporate
Nokia sales warning slams sharesNokia’s shares tumbled 17.5 percent on Tuesday and touched their lowest in 13 years after it… 31/05/11 19:01 CET
VW moves on MAN Scania tie-upGerman carmaker Volkswagen has formally launched its bid for MAN to create Europe’s biggest… 31/05/11 14:53 CET
Total goes low costOil giant Total is planning to convert many of its French service stations to discount outlets… 31/05/11 14:53 CET
economy
Draghi tells Rome to boost Italian growthBank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi has just delivered his last annual report on the country’s… 31/05/11 18:47 CET
German unemployment down again in MayGermany’s unemployment rate fell in May for the fourth month running. The labour minister… 31/05/11 15:38 CET
Euro zone May inflation slowsInflation in the euro zone did not increase as much as expected in May. The first estimate of… 31/05/11 14:53 CET
europa
Fish Fight against massive EU wasteA new campaign to stop waste practised by the European Union’s fishing fleet has been launched in… 31/05/11 18:39 CET
E. coli is sinking cucumber growersA fresh Dutch harvest of 30,000 cucumbers today is destined for the rubbish bin. Europe’s deadly … 31/05/11 16:49 CET
hi-tech
Nanostructures improve solar cellsResearchers in Europe are working on how to capture more of the sun’s enormous power and turn turn… 31/05/11 18:25 CET
interview
Saakashvili: the West is only optionThe “Rose Revolution” of 2003 finally allowed Georgia to turn the page on the Soviet era: the… 31/05/11 17:33 CET
Gonçalo M. Tavares on man, machines and societyModern society tends to value machines more than humans according to one of the biggest names… 31/05/11 10:22 CET
le mag
Tallinn’s terrific Treff takes to the streetsAfter five years of delighting shoppers and tourists in Tallinn, Estonia’s Treff street festival… 31/05/11 18:25 CET
pictureoftheday
Activists march against tobacco in SeoulActivists march during a campaign to mark World No Tobacco Day in Seoul May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Truth… 31/05/11 12:21 CET
world news
Berlusconi clings on for political lifeThe question everyone is asking is will Silvio Berlusconi hang on until 2013? The day after his… 31/05/11 16:57 CET
Which MP would you rather have sex with?A TV star in the UK has set up of a website to rate the sex appeal of the country’s… 31/05/11 15:12 CET
Weatherman cleared of rapeIn Germany, a celebrity weatherman has been acquitted of rape charges after a high-profile trial… 31/05/11 12:23 CET
Back in the Day: Big Ben’s first bongs*May 31, 1859.* The hour bell in the Great Clock of Westminster, the UK Houses of Parliament, rang… 31/05/11 07:58 CET
Mladic in The Hague to face genocide chargesFormer Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has arrived in The Hague to face genocide… 31/05/11 22:03 CET
Mladic lands in The Hague to face genocide trialThe aircraft carrying Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges at the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague… 31/05/11 20:40 CET
Amnesty announced in SyriaState-run Syrian Television says President Bashar al-Assad has issued a general amnesty that… 31/05/11 19:46 CET
Turkish PM caught up in violent protestViolence between police and protesters has erupted in north east Turkey ahead of a political rally… 31/05/11 19:12 CET
Europe trades blame over deadly E.coli bugAn international row has erupted over the source of Germany’s fatal E. coli outbreak which has now… 31/05/11 19:11 CET
Mladic flown to The HagueA heavily armed convoy took Ratko Mladic from the prison where he had been held since his arrest… 31/05/11 18:14 CET
Cucumber sales plummet as E.coli fears spreadShoppers across Europe are growing more and more concerned by the deadly E. coli outbreak, which… 31/05/11 18:04 CET
Khodorkovsky’s human rights “violated” – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights has backed claims by jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky that… 31/05/11 17:51 CET
Mladic’s charge sheet: a tale of horrorThe scene is from July 1995. Women, children and a few old men are crammed into buses in… 31/05/11 17:46 CET
Thousands rally in support of Ratko MladicAround 10,000 Bosnian Serbs have rallied in a show of support for their wartime commander Ratko… 31/05/11 17:14 CET
Spain says Germany must pay for cucumber damageSo far, 15 people have died in Germany because of the E. coli outbreak that has shaken European… 31/05/11 17:10 CET
Iran delays Merkel’s flight to IndiaShe got there in the end. But Angela Merkel’s passage to India was more complicated than… 31/05/11 16:23 CET
Mystery attacks on three IKEA storesThree IKEA stores in the Netherlands, France and Belgium have been hit by firework attacks. No… 31/05/11 16:13 CET
Mladic extradition appeal rejected; Hague transfer imminentSerbia’s war crimes court has rejected Ratko Mladic’s appeal against extradition to The Hague to… 31/05/11 15:03 CET
Politkovskaya murder suspect detained – reportsRustam Makhmudov, the main suspect in the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna… 31/05/11 14:43 CET
Spain denies its cucumbers cause of deadly E. coli bugAlmost all of Europe has stopped buying Spanish fruit and vegetables, worsening the country’s… 31/05/11 14:33 CET
Berlusconi’s sex trial resumes amid poll defeatStill smarting from a stinging defeat in local elections, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi must… 31/05/11 12:04 CET
Mladic visits daughter’s graveSerbia may send former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The… 31/05/11 11:03 CET
Karzai warns NATO over civilian deathsHamid Karzai says NATO risks being seen as an “occupying force” in Afghanistan if it continues… 31/05/11 10:03 CET
Libyan rebels reject Gaddafi’s new ceasefire callRebels have rejected the results of fresh mediation efforts to end the conflict in Libya with… 31/05/11 09:03 CET
More violence as Yemen’s Saleh clings on to powerThere has been a marked escalation in violence in Yemen where at least 30 people have been killed… 31/05/11 06:55 CET
Merkel wants nuclear exit by 2022German plans to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022 are being seen as a major U-turn by Chancellor… 31/05/11 05:43 CET
Top Turkish general arrested on coup chargesA top Turkish general has been jailed pending trial over an alleged plot to overthrow the… 31/05/11 04:13 CET
More bloodshed in Afghanistan on US Memorial DayUS troops remembered fallen colleagues at a ceremony in Kabul as the rest of their countrymen back… 31/05/11 02:23 CET
Gaddafi accepts AU peace plan – ZumaSouth African President Jacob Zuma says Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has accepted the African… 31/05/11 00:43 CET
German E.Coli outbreak expected to spreadFears are growing that an E.coli breakout in northern Germany which has now claimed 14 lives could… 31/05/11 00:33 CET
