behindmarkets
Total market pleaserEurope’s third-largest oil company was the second biggest winner on a downward Cac40 in Paris… 24/09/12 19:27 CET
cinema
Diana Vreeland documentary“Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel” is a documentary about the most iconic fashion edictor of… 24/09/12 17:02 CET
corporate
Asian fashionistas help Prada profitsItalian fashion house Prada has posted a nearly 60 percent increase in net profit for the first… 24/09/12 16:15 CET
BP looks to Azeri cash to meet production targetsBritish oil giant BP will need subsidies from Azerbaijan’s government to prevent a further slide in… 24/09/12 15:19 CET
economy
OECD lauds Monti’s Italian jobThe Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned political parties looking for… 24/09/12 17:25 CET
German business confidence down as exports take a hitGerman business confidence fell for the fifth month in a row in September as Europe’s debt crisis… 24/09/12 16:14 CET
generationy
Adventures in teachingJust a few weeks ago, Eva might not have believed she would be singing into a microphone in front… 24/09/12 17:19 CET
hi-tech
Test Driving a road trainThe EU funded SARTRE project (Safe Road-Trains for the Environment) is working to develop what is… 24/09/12 11:33 CET
le mag
Andy Warhol at the NY MetA new exhibition of Andy Warhol’s art has opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New… 24/09/12 17:07 CET
Ready to wear fashion for next yearWomen’s Fashion Show Milano Moda Donna gave a hint of what women will be wearing next year. The… 24/09/12 16:59 CET
markets
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newsplus
News+: Powerless over BelarusPresident Alexander Lukashenko saw his supporters sweep to victory in Belarus’ parliamentary… 24/09/12 16:52 CET
pictureoftheday
Laughing sculputres in Hong KongThese 3.5 metre high sculptures by Yue, one of the leading contemporary Chinese artist, are… 24/09/12 12:06 CET
Sport
Freestyle soccer players keep it up in ItalyA dazzling display of football wizardry was on show at the Street Style 2012 world final in Lecce… 24/09/12 20:42 CET
Rowing nuisance in courtTrenton Oldfield who disrupted 158th University Boat Race is in court charged with causing a public… 24/09/12 16:45 CET
world news
Libyans for rule of lawThe Libyan government, following a mass public demonstration of support, is taking tentative steps… 24/09/12 17:05 CET
Portuguese force austerity plan back to drawing boardAngry Portuguese told their government to disappear in stronger language than ever at their… 24/09/12 15:52 CET
Qatar money for investment in French suburbsBowing to the pressure to create jobs in deprived areas, French President Francois Hollande has… 24/09/12 23:53 CET
Corruption scandal forces out President of Lazio regionThe governor of Italy’s Lazio region has stepped down. Renata Polverini is the latest political… 24/09/12 23:03 CET
Hope fading for finding Nepal avalanche victims aliveThe search for more survivors of the avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu has been suspended. Six… 24/09/12 20:13 CET
Protests follow flogging of Afghan teenage girlMore than 100 women have marched through the Afghan capital Kabul denouncing the sentencing of a… 24/09/12 20:04 CET
Lagarde calls for decisive eurozone actionThe Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde has called on political leaders to… 24/09/12 19:15 CET
Vietnam jails bloggers for spreading “propaganda against the state”Three Vietnamese bloggers have been jailed for between four and 12 years as officials continue to… 24/09/12 19:14 CET
Questions over former Israel PM’s future movesFormer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could be set for a return to politics. The 66-year-old… 24/09/12 19:03 CET
Egypt judge gives death sentences to Sinai attackersFourteen Egyptians will be executed for carrying out deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula last… 24/09/12 18:53 CET
New Zealand launches spy probe into Megaupload founder’s arrestNew Zealand has launched a probe into allegations of “unlawful spying” by government agents which… 24/09/12 17:17 CET
Danish sperm bank scandal sends shockwaves through ScandivaniaA Danish sperm bank is facing possible legal action after allegedly failing to disclose that one of… 24/09/12 17:17 CET
Toulouse factory blast: French director jailed for manslaughterThe former director of a French fertiliser factory where an explosion killed 31 people has been… 24/09/12 17:17 CET
Portugal PM negotiates with union and business leadersPortugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has been locked in talks with business and trade… 24/09/12 16:53 CET
Israel’s Olmert escapes with suspended sentenceFormer Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has escaped prison after being found guilty of breach of… 24/09/12 15:33 CET
Truckers demand action from EU on cheap labourMorning rush hour traffic in the Belgian capital was reduced to a snail’s pace when truckers from… 24/09/12 14:53 CET
Islamic extremists suffer defections in SomaliaIn Somalia, more than 200 al-Shabaab fighters have surrendered to African Union and Somali… 24/09/12 14:13 CET
Nepal avalanche: Rescue resumes for missing climbersAuthorities in Nepal have resumed a rescue operation for at least three foreign climbers who are… 24/09/12 13:13 CET
Minsk claims high turnout in Belarus electionsThe preliminary results in the Belarus parliamentary elections are in, although the final result… 24/09/12 12:03 CET
Japan protests after Chinese ships sail close to disputed islandsJapan has lodged an official protest after three Chinese ships briefly entered waters close to… 24/09/12 11:03 CET
Present-day drama takes awards at EmmysShows with more than a hint of contemporary reality won big at the 2012 Emmy awards, with… 24/09/12 10:13 CET
Fight halts production at Foxconn plant in ChinaA factory that normally provides work for 79,000 people has been shut for a day in China after a… 24/09/12 08:55 CET
Chinese former police chief sentenced over British murderA court in China has sentenced a former police chief to 15 years in prison for his part in the… 24/09/12 05:53 CET
South Sudan and Sudan in more direct talksThey were on the brink of war in April, but now the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have held… 24/09/12 05:03 CET
Ahmedinejad gears up for last UN addressUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the President of Iran to New York for the 67th annual… 24/09/12 03:33 CET
Libyan anti-militia drive continuesLibyan Army soldiers have flushed out a group of militia fighters holed up in a military complex… 24/09/12 02:03 CET
Opposition calls for “peaceful overthrow” of AssadSyria’s official news agency says one person was killed when a bomb exploded on a footbridge in… 24/09/12 00:33 CET
