archive 18·05·2012

businessweekly

• Hollande-Merkel’s first blind date

  Just hours after his inauguration, Francois Holland went not to his office, but to Berlin for a… 18/05/12 18:20 CET

cinema

• Madagascar gang go wild in Cannes

  Europe’s Most Wanted, part three of the wildly successful Madagascar trilogy is screening out of… 18/05/12 16:52 CET

economy

• Facebook fizzle or sizzle?

  Stirring up passions in the realms of finance and friends, social network site Facebook’s shares… 18/05/12 20:07 CET

europeweekly

• The effects of elections in France and Greece

  On Europe Weekly this week, we look at the effects of elections in France and Greece, and discuss… 18/05/12 18:20 CET

futuris

• Tracking the health of Europe’s railways

  Safety on Europe’s railways is under the spotlight. Just over 3,000 accidents were reported in… 18/05/12 11:26 CET

le mag

• Lyon lets its hair down for urban festival Nuits Sonores

  The French contemporary music festival Nuits Sonores has got people dancing in the streets of Lyon… 18/05/12 09:32 CET

newsplus

• Zuckerberg – code, people and riches

  Around half the Internet users on Earth are signed onto Facebook. That meant more than 900 million… 18/05/12 20:23 CET

perspectives

• France Socialist-led

  France is now under the socialist leadership of President François Hollande. May 15 was a day of… 18/05/12 17:24 CET

pictureoftheday

• Joplin tornado disaster one year on

  May 22 will mark the one year anniversary of a deadly EF-5 tornado that ripped through Joplin… 18/05/12 11:23 CET

world news

• Protesters rally against Bahrain’s royal family

  Tens of thousands of mainly Shi’ite protesters have staged a rally in Bahrain over a proposal for… 18/05/12 23:56 CET

• Lacklustre protest at G8 talks

  For such a gathering of world leaders taking place on their doorstep the people of Thurmont… 18/05/12 23:53 CET

• Greek euro exit talk gets tough

  Leaks suggest Chancellor Angela Merkel called for Greece to hold a referendum on keeping the euro… 18/05/12 22:53 CET

• Spain acts to clean-up banks after downgrade

  Spain has announced it will launch an audit of its banks in an effort to assess their… 18/05/12 19:33 CET

• French and US presidents united on Europe

  The leaders the world’s largest economies, including the new French president, are meeting in the… 18/05/12 19:23 CET

• “In 40 years every home, every building will be a power plant” says Jeremy Rifkin

  In an exclusive interview coming soon on euronews Professor Jeremy Rifkin, special advisor to the… 18/05/12 18:48 CET

• ‘Reality’ debuts minus male lead

  The delighted cast of ‘Reality’ assembled in Cannes for the premiere of their in-competition film… 18/05/12 18:34 CET

• Tadic ahead in polls to win Serbian presidential runoff

  Latest polls suggest outgoing Serbian President Boris Tadic is poised to win the presidential… 18/05/12 18:06 CET

• Facebook shares lacklustre in early trading

  Shares in the social networking website Facebook made their debut on Friday and did not get the… 18/05/12 16:32 CET

• UN: ‘observers alone cannot solve Syrian conflict’

  The leader of the UN observer team in Syria says the mission will fail without genuine talks… 18/05/12 15:43 CET

• ‘Blockupy’ Frankfurt protest: 400 arrested

  Police detained at least 400 people on Friday amid anti-capitalist protests in Frankfurt, the city… 18/05/12 15:24 CET

• Spain stumbles in wake of downgrade

  It has got harder for Spain to pay its way following Thursday’s double whammy of bad news in the… 18/05/12 13:13 CET

• Anti-austerity protests aim to ‘Blockupy’ Frankfurt

  Defying a ban, they want to ‘Blockupy’ Frankfurt. That is the name anti-capitalist demonstrators… 18/05/12 12:06 CET

• G8 gathers with storm clouds over Europe

  As the G8 assembles in the remote Camp David setting in Maryland, far from the eyes of the world’s… 18/05/12 11:23 CET

• Rising stars recognised at Cannes Film Festival

  When Sean Penn presents you with a prize at the Cannes Film Festival, it is a good sign for any… 18/05/12 10:23 CET

• Canada sex exhibition for teens sparks outcry

  With a name like ‘Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition’ it is no surprise that the explicit content of a… 18/05/12 09:33 CET

• Show goes on at Crazy Horse in Paris as strike ends

  The show will go on at the famous Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris as dancers called off their strike… 18/05/12 06:54 CET

• Czech MP charged with bribery

  Czech police have charged a leading opposition politician with corruption. David Rath, a former… 18/05/12 06:54 CET

• Bulgaria extends smoking ban to bars, cafes

  Bulgaria will ban smoking in all indoor public spaces from June, the first move in an attempt to… 18/05/12 06:53 CET

• Facebook makes debut on Nasdaq stock exchange

  Facebook has become the third-largest initial public offering in US history behind General Motors… 18/05/12 06:03 CET

• Rust and Bone wins plaudits at Cannes festival

  The Cannes film festival enters its third day on Friday but critics are already eyeing one entry as… 18/05/12 05:03 CET

• Moody’s cuts ratings on 16 Spanish banks

  Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks amid continued concern… 18/05/12 01:33 CET

• A silver lining for Greece?

  In Greece, the spectre of a return to the drachma remains present. After the last elections which… 18/05/12 01:03 CET

• Syrian National Council head to resign

  Syrian National Council chief Burhan Ghalioun has said he will step down to avert divisions within… 18/05/12 00:13 CET

• New footage of attack on UN monitors in Syria

  UN monitors have been caught in the crossfire in Syria, a country teetering on the brink of civil… 18/05/12 00:03 CET

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