behindmarkets
Christian Hansen is tasty investmentDanish biotech group Christian Hansen bucked the downward trend on Wednesday with its shares up… 04/07/12 20:26 CET
cinema
Young screen talents thrive at Karlovy-VaryThe Karlovy Vary film festival attracts thousands of young film enthusiasts, as getting tickets for… 04/07/12 17:44 CET
corporate
Fraud case opened over BankiaResponding to a lawsuit brought by one of Spain’s smaller political parties, a Spanish court has… 04/07/12 18:58 CET
Business gone – Barclays to blame?One person with little reason to trust banks is British businessman Mike Lloyd, part owner of a… 04/07/12 17:32 CET
economy
French budget to hit the richThe rich and big companies are the targets of France’s new Socialist government as it announced tax… 04/07/12 19:45 CET
Sweden holds borrowing rateSweden’s central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.5 percent and plans to… 04/07/12 15:14 CET
Eurozone still weakThe eurozone economy is still shrinking. The latest surveys of purchasing managers for the… 04/07/12 15:09 CET
Oil: what goes up must come downCrude oil prices have fallen as investors focused again on the grim economic situation. Traders… 04/07/12 14:49 CET
europa
EU parliament rejects ACTAThe EU parliament has overwhelmingly rejected the global anti-piracy agreement, ACTA. MEPs… 04/07/12 20:32 CET
interview
Cyprus in the EU spotlightThe European Union is currently undergoing one of the most turbulent economic periods in its short… 04/07/12 15:29 CET
le mag
Alexandre Vaultier and Rolland -The musketeers of Paris haute coutureParis’s Haute Couture shows continue with Alexandre Vauthier choosing the Natural History Museum’s… 04/07/12 17:39 CET
pictureoftheday
Crying at a wreath-laying ceremony in SrinagarA relative of a killed Indian policeman cries during a wreath-laying ceremony in Srinagar, July 3… 04/07/12 12:21 CET
science
Man’s oldest fibre holds bandage breakthroughTraditional bandages for protecting and healing wounds may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a… 04/07/12 16:28 CET
Sport
Tour de France: Greipel wins fourth stageGermany’s Andre Greipel held his nerve to claim the fourth stage of the Tour de France in Rouen on… 04/07/12 21:40 CET
world news
Higgs Boson particle a key drop in the universal bucketHere is a necessarily oversimplified stab (using material provided by specialist writers) at… 04/07/12 19:15 CET
Bank trust shredded in BritainPublic perception that banking practices are inherently dishonest may make the Barclays Libor… 04/07/12 19:14 CET
Hollande visits submarine to show support for France nuclear armsFrance’s President Francois Hollande has reaffirmed his commitment to nuclear arms. Boldly going… 04/07/12 23:03 CET
‘Veto Russian language law’ – Ukraine protesters tell YanukovichUkrainian police have fired teargas and used batons on protesters after parliament voted to make… 04/07/12 22:43 CET
United front as Merkel meets Monti in RomeItaly and Germany are ready to face the economic downturn together – that is the message coming… 04/07/12 20:34 CET
Cyprus’ presidential positionOnly days after becoming the fifth eurozone country to seek a bailout, Cyprus is taking charge of… 04/07/12 20:25 CET
For and against the ACTA anti-piracy dealCritics say the ACTA agreement is undemocratic. They argue that it was negotiated behind closed… 04/07/12 19:33 CET
Germany gunman ‘executed’ siege hostagesGerman police say a gunman who held several people hostage in a flat in Karlsruhe executed his… 04/07/12 19:13 CET
Spain: Church electrician arrested as stolen medieval book is foundPolice have found a priceless medieval religious manuscript stolen from a church in northwest Spain… 04/07/12 19:03 CET
Cuban leader Raul Castro visits ChinaCuban President Raul Castro is on his first visit to China since replacing his brother Fidel as… 04/07/12 18:50 CET
Pilots’ bodies found from Turkish jet downed by SyriaTurkey’s armed forces say they have found the bodies of both pilots from a fighter jet shot down by… 04/07/12 18:50 CET
Hundreds of internet paedophile suspects identifiedAustrian police say hundreds of suspected paedophiles on the internet have been identified in a… 04/07/12 18:50 CET
EU rejects anti-piracy deal amid internet fearsThe European Parliament has rejected a global anti-piracy deal aimed at fighting copyright theft… 04/07/12 17:33 CET
Diamond before UK parliament over Barclays Libor scandalEx-chief executive of Barclays Bank Bob Diamond is appearing in front of a UK parliament committee… 04/07/12 17:23 CET
Teenagers among German climbing victims in Swiss AlpsPolice investigating the deaths of five German climbers in the Alps say their initial inquiries… 04/07/12 16:23 CET
Ukraine: Police teargas protesters over language lawPolice in Ukraine have clashed with protesters in Kiev, demonstrating over the passing of a law to… 04/07/12 16:14 CET
Gunman ‘kills hostages’ in German eviction dramaFive people are reported killed after a gunman took a number of people hostage in Germany. Police… 04/07/12 14:31 CET
Scientists may have found the ‘God Particle’Scientists at Europe’s CERN laboratory have found a new subatomic particle that could be the Higgs… 04/07/12 13:03 CET
European Parliament rejects global copyright dealThe European Parliament has said a resounding ‘no’ to the global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade… 04/07/12 12:55 CET
Ukraine: Parliament speaker to quit over language voteThe speaker of Ukraine’s parliament has offered to resign over a move to boost the status of the… 04/07/12 12:33 CET
Iran atomic talks stall againThe latest round of talks over Iran’s disputed nuclear programme has ended without any substantial… 04/07/12 10:53 CET
Breakthrough in quest for ‘God Particle’ is “only the beginning”Scientists at the CERN research centre have discovered a new subatomic particle that could be the… 04/07/12 09:06 CET
Mexico’s leftist election loser calls for a recountSupporters of Mexico’s runner-up in Sunday’s presidential election have applauded his call for a… 04/07/12 08:33 CET
Five climbers die in Swiss AlpsFive foreign climbers have fallen to their deaths in the Swiss Alps. It appears they had been roped… 04/07/12 07:21 CET
Was Yasser Arafat really poisoned?Scientists in Switzerland claim to have found traces of polonium in the effects of the late… 04/07/12 05:44 CET
Ukraine rushes through controversial language billScuffles broke out on Tuesday evening in Ukraine’s parliament as a controversial draft law… 04/07/12 02:13 CET
Medvedev angers Japan over island visitRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has provoked an angry reaction from Japan by landing on a… 04/07/12 01:13 CET
French police raid Sarkozy home and officesThe home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have been raided by police. The… 04/07/12 00:53 CET
