businessplanet
Micro-credit brings organic growth in IrelandBusiness Planet has been to Dublin. The third country after Greece and Portugal to need an… 20/03/12 14:41 CET
cinema
Who is the fairest of them all?The cast of Mirror, Mirror, the new adaptation of the classic fairytale Snow White, was in Los… 20/03/12 17:13 CET
corporate
Datsun brand revived for emerging marketsThirty years after it discarded the Datsun brand, Japanese carmaker Nissan has confirmed that it is… 20/03/12 17:39 CET
economy
Bulgaria and Turkey sign gas pipeline dealEnergy security was a main topic as the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Turkey met in the Turkish… 20/03/12 18:38 CET
Italy’s Monti seeks key labour reformsTargeting Italy’s red tape wrapped and inefficient labour market, technocrat Prime Minister Mario… 20/03/12 16:56 CET
Costly fuel to hit airline profitsThe International Air Transport Association has cut its forecast for profits by the world’s… 20/03/12 14:49 CET
German Bunds rise on higher yieldsGerman government bond prices pushed higher on Tuesday . Investors are being lured back into the… 20/03/12 14:48 CET
UK inflation dipsInflation in Britain edged down in February to the lowest level in over a year. It was at an… 20/03/12 14:48 CET
hi-tech
A robot for every occasionIf you are into robotics there was only one place to be this month; Innorobo in the French city of… 20/03/12 16:29 CET
le mag
Terre et Cendres: Afghanistan’s story in operaAfter decades of war and violence, Afghanistan is still a long way from peace. French Afghan writer… 20/03/12 17:13 CET
newsplus
Toulouse murders stagger the FrenchIs there a serial killer at work, committing racist crimes? Investigations are still in the early… 20/03/12 19:52 CET
pictureoftheday
Palestinians demand Egypt provides Gaza with electricity and fuelPalestinians wave flags during a rally calling on the Egyptian authorities to supply the Gaza Strip… 20/03/12 12:18 CET
reporter
France’s economic crisisThe French presidential election is about to be held – first round voting will be on 22 April. The… 20/03/12 14:32 CET
world news
Tajikistan hosts international Nowruz celebrationsSnow might not be ideal weather for a festival that marks the coming of Spring. But the annual… 20/03/12 23:33 CET
Funeral held in Belgium for Swiss crash victimThe first funeral of the 28 victims who died in last week’s Swiss bus crash has been held in the… 20/03/12 23:13 CET
Strong earthquake hits MexicoA major earthquake has hit southwest Mexico. The 7.6 magnitude tremor struck east of Ometepec… 20/03/12 20:39 CET
Police fear Toulouse gunman will strike againPolice fear the killer who gunned down four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse, southwest… 20/03/12 19:53 CET
Diplomatic row erupts over Toulouse shootingsIn Israel politicians have reacted angrily to comments made in the wake of the shootings in… 20/03/12 18:43 CET
Iran vows to hit back at any US-Israeli attackIn a speech to mark Nowrouz, the Persian New Year, Iran’s Supreme Leader has warned that his… 20/03/12 18:23 CET
Norouz – time for celebration and leaders’ messagesNorouz has a special place in most Iranian hearts. It is not like a religious Eid that only the… 20/03/12 17:32 CET
British bus drivers scoop €45 million lottery winLast week a group of 12 British bus drivers feared for their livelihoods as their employers… 20/03/12 17:13 CET
Tributes in Israel for murdered rabbiThe coffins of the two children and their father who were shot in Toulouse have been flown to… 20/03/12 17:03 CET
Back in the Day: Alcatraz shuts its prison doors*March 21, 1963* The last remaining prisoners move out of the infamous Alcatraz jail on an island… 20/03/12 16:34 CET
Egypt bids farewell to Coptic PopeThousands of mourners have attended the funeral of Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III who… 20/03/12 15:24 CET
Syria: Russia set to back UN moves, if conditions are metRussia says it is ready to support a United Nations Security Council statement on Syria, provided… 20/03/12 15:14 CET
French pupils stand in silence to remember shooting victims Across France at 11.00am pupils stood silent as a tribute to those who were gunned down in… 20/03/12 13:54 CET
France in mourning after Jewish school shootingFrance is trying to come to terms with the gunning down of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish… 20/03/12 11:53 CET
Bomb blasts rock cities in IraqThe latest bomb blast to rip through a city in Iraq exploded in the oil rich province of Kirkuk… 20/03/12 10:53 CET
Afghan massacre suspect’s memory lossThe soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghans including nine children has no memory of the incident… 20/03/12 09:14 CET
Deadly blasts sweep IraqAt least 39 people have been killed and almost 200 wounded after a series of blasts across Iraq. … 20/03/12 08:03 CET
Afghan shooting suspect has no memory of incidentUS Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the soldier suspected of the killing of 16 Afghans including… 20/03/12 06:50 CET
Five die in Norwegian avalancheAn avalanche in Norway’s High Arctic region has killed five skiers. A sixth was pulled alive from… 20/03/12 06:50 CET
IAEA receives N.Korea invitationThe United Nations nuclear watchdog says it has received an invitation from North Korea to visit… 20/03/12 06:50 CET
International community condemns the killings in FranceRevulsion and anger have been the dual responses from the international community to the murders… 20/03/12 05:23 CET
Terror alert as police hunt for Toulouse gunmanThe city of Toulouse and the surrounding south western region of France have been put on the… 20/03/12 03:23 CET
Moscow backs Red Cross call for ceasefires in SyriaRussia has called on both sides in Syria to agree to daily two-hour humanitarian ceasefires to… 20/03/12 01:13 CET
Politics is put on hold after Toulouse shootingsThe Toulouse shootings have brought the French presidential race to a halt. Both Nicolas Sarkozy… 20/03/12 01:03 CET
