archive 28·05·2012

behindmarkets

• Black Monday for Spanish banks

  Newly nationalised Bankia saw its share price plunge after asking for an additional 19 billion… 28/05/12 18:34 CET

cinema

• Cannes 2012: a roundup

  Austrian director Michael Haneke won this year’s Palme d’Or at The Cannes Film Festival with… 28/05/12 16:40 CET

corporate

• TNK-BP resignation reveals further rifts

  Mikhail Fridman, the head of TNK-BP, Russia’s third largest oil company, has stepped down saying it… 28/05/12 14:03 CET

• Lloyd’s insurers ready for euro collapse

  The Lloyd’s of London insurance market has reduced its exposure “as much as possible” to the… 28/05/12 14:03 CET

• Intesa announces higher profit amid branch cut report

  Intesa Sanpaolo, which has more branches than any other bank in Italy, has reportedly told unions… 28/05/12 14:03 CET

economy

• Debt hit countries suffer from olive oil price dip

  Some of the countries that are struggling most with the eurozone debt crisis – Greece, Spain… 28/05/12 19:29 CET

le mag

• Sweden euphoric after Eurovision win

  When Loreen, Sweden’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, broke all records during the selection… 28/05/12 16:08 CET

life

• Russian Life: Kaliningrad, the Amber City

  For this edition of Russian Life, euronews travels to the Kaliningrad exclave. Isolated from the… 28/05/12 15:34 CET

• Traveller’s Diary: Kaliningrad

  Denis Loktev, Kaliningrad Russia’s Kaliningrad region is believed to hold more than 90 percent of… 28/05/12 15:15 CET

pictureoftheday

• Swiss swimmers in sync

  Team Switzerland is seen underwater during the Free Combination finals of the European Diving and… 28/05/12 11:45 CET

right on

• Package holiday? No, a dynamic package!

  When I started research into this episode of Right On the term “dynamic packaging” kept cropping… 28/05/12 10:43 CET

• Bonus ITV: The European Consumer Centre Ireland

  Lynnsey Delaney at the European Consumer Centre Ireland discusses the issue of consumer rights for… 28/05/12 10:37 CET

• When holidays become horror days

  Millions of Europeans are making plans for their dream holidays, forking out large amounts of money… 28/05/12 09:58 CET

science

• Virtual Orchestra

  Have you every wondered what it would be like to conduct a full 132-piece orchestra? Well now you… 28/05/12 13:56 CET

Sport

• Euro 2012 Preview: Spain

  Having gone from regular underachievers to clear favourites, Spain will once again be the team to… 28/05/12 20:36 CET

• Euro 2012 Preview: Italy

  Italy’s football team, notably subdued following yet another match-fixing scandal, left their… 28/05/12 19:42 CET

• Murat Khabachirov wins in Moscow

  Russia’s Murat Khabachirov produced a superb display to outclass Uzbekistan’s Yakhyo Imamov and… 28/05/12 07:13 CET

world news

• Ukraine’s opposition unveils more detail on reform

  Ukraine’s main opposition parties have unveiled more details on their joint reform programme… 28/05/12 22:43 CET

• Video released of captured French journalist

  Video has emerged of French journalist Romeo Langlois, who is being held by FARC rebels in… 28/05/12 22:33 CET

• Qatar mall fire kills 19 people

  A fire at an upmarket shopping centre in Doha, Qatar, on Monday killed at least 19 people… 28/05/12 21:17 CET

• Serbia’s Tadic set to become next PM

  Outgoing Serbian president Boris Tadic looks to become the country’s next prime minister. Tadic… 28/05/12 19:04 CET

• Egypt: Mursi and Shafiq in presidential run-off

  An Islamist and a former prime minister are through to the run-off of Egypt’s landmark presidential… 28/05/12 18:53 CET

• Striking Greek journalists cause news blackout

  Greek journalists staged a 24-hour strike on Monday. The walkout stopped all TV and radio… 28/05/12 18:44 CET

• Cannes not at its best

  The men and women of the international media who regularly cover the Cannes Film Festival backed… 28/05/12 17:51 CET

• Syria: Annan in Damascus to rescue peace plan

  Kofi Annan flew to Damascus to appeal to President Bashar al Assad and try to rescue his faltering… 28/05/12 17:34 CET

• Gaddafi handover delayed in spat over money

  The transfer of Saif Gaddafi to the interim government in Tripoli has been delayed again owing to a… 28/05/12 16:59 CET

• Larijani re-elected as speaker of Iran’s parliament

  Ali Larijani has been re-elected as speaker of Iran’s parliament. The 55-year-old is a fierce… 28/05/12 16:58 CET

• Kenyan capital Nairobi rocked by large explosion

  The Kenyan capital of Nairobi has been hit by a large explosion, wounding at least 30 people… 28/05/12 16:58 CET

• Russia’s Syrian concern

  The Syrian government says it had no hand in the Houla atrocity, blaming terrorists. The head of… 28/05/12 16:45 CET

• Egypt: Mursi to face Shafiq in presidential run-off

  An Islamist will take on a former prime minister in Egypt’s presidential election run-off… 28/05/12 16:43 CET

• Spanish bank bailout plan spooks markets

  The Spanish government’s reported plan for rescuing the country’s fourth-largest lender Bankia… 28/05/12 16:34 CET

• Vatican denies cardinal suspected in leak probe

  The Vatican has denied Italian press reports that a cardinal is being suspected of leaking… 28/05/12 16:33 CET

• DR Congo rebels ‘supported and trained’ by Rwanda

  The UN has evidence that rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being supported and trained… 28/05/12 15:53 CET

• Greek polls soothe euro exit fears

  Six new opinion polls all hand Greece’s pro-bailout parties victory in next month’s general… 28/05/12 14:43 CET

• Russia and UK united in criticising Syria

  Britain and Russia have joined the international condemnation of the latest massacre in Syria, in… 28/05/12 13:43 CET

• Eurovision: a night of clear winners and sore losers

  There were no surprises at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, either in the result or the reaction… 28/05/12 13:13 CET

• Bankia share price plummets

  Troubled Spanish lender Bankia has seen its share price drop over 28 percent as the stock exchange… 28/05/12 12:03 CET

• ‘Vatileaks’ of modern-day Judas shakes Catholic Church

  Pope Benedict XVI’s personal butler, Paolo Gabriele, has been living a rollercoaster since… 28/05/12 11:55 CET

• Arrests in Italian football match-fixing investigation

  Juventus trainer Antonio Conte is under investigation regarding a match-fixing scandal that has… 28/05/12 11:33 CET

• French journalist to be freed by Colombia FARC rebels

  The International Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed they will be involved in the operation to free… 28/05/12 10:54 CET

• More winners at the Cannes Film Festival

  Italian satire ‘Reality’ scooped the second place grand prize at the 65th Cannes Film Festival this… 28/05/12 09:24 CET

• Earthquake hits northern Argentina

  An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 has struck northern Argentina in the early hours of Monday… 28/05/12 08:33 CET

• Gay rights rally dispersed in Russian capital

  Police have dispersed a gay rights rally in Moscow, after activists attempted to stage an… 28/05/12 07:06 CET

• Trade unionists protest in Casablanca

  Thousands of trade unionists have taken to the streets of Casablanca, calling for better working… 28/05/12 07:06 CET

• Colombia: Rebels to free captured French journalist

  Colombian FARC rebels say they will release captured French journalist Romeo Langlois on Wednesday… 28/05/12 07:06 CET

• UN condemns Syrian government for Houla shelling

  Protests have erupted across Syria after Friday’s massacre of at least 100 people, many of them… 28/05/12 06:33 CET

• IMF chief back-tracks over Greek tax-dodging

  Greek and French politicians are making political capital out of remarks made by the IMF chief… 28/05/12 05:33 CET

• Haneke wins top prize as Cannes

  This year’s jury president at Cannes, actor director Nanni Moretti, announced the winner of the… 28/05/12 01:55 CET

• Bosnian couple accused of enslavement

  Police in north east Bosnia have detained a couple on suspicion of beating and starving a German… 28/05/12 00:03 CET

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