businessplanet
Protecting the environment can be profitableAs technology progresses, consumer habits change. Like many other electrical appliances, old… 14/12/12 11:12 CET
businessweekly
Fed’s new year resolveThe US Federal Reserve has said that from now on its stimulus measures will be linked not just to… 14/12/12 19:11 CET
cinema
Tom Cruise defends ‘Jack Reacher’ roleTom Cruise has defended his latest movie role – that of Jack Reacher – after some fans were… 14/12/12 16:10 CET
economy
Europe’s car sales slump deepensThere was no sign of improvement in European car sales as the year end neared. Most of the top… 14/12/12 18:22 CET
Greeks face grim Christmas and taxing new yearGreeks are facing a more taxing time ahead as the government formally unveiled a bill intended to… 14/12/12 14:53 CET
Eurozone jobs squeeze worsensThe number of people with jobs in the eurozone continues to fall. Employment was down by 0.2… 14/12/12 14:13 CET
europa
Weary EU leaders put off detail until next yearAt the end of a bruising year for the European Union, the final summit of 2012 was tinged with a… 14/12/12 18:23 CET
europeweekly
EU nations agree banking unionWelcome to Europe Weekly, in this edition. EU finance ministers agreed the first step of a banking… 14/12/12 18:12 CET
interview
Can cycling shake off the shame of doping?As President of the UCI, (Union Cycliste Internationale) cycling’s governing body Pat McQuaid has… 14/12/12 16:34 CET
learningworld
Leaving no orphans behindWe all know that the outlook for orphans is often bleak. Life is also tough for children whose… 14/12/12 16:01 CET
le mag
Gianmaria Testa: a portraitThe Italian singer-songwriter Gianmaria Testa will celebrate 20 years in the music business next… 14/12/12 16:11 CET
markets
European markets at close: 14.12.201214/12/12 19:02 CET
reporter
Cyprus’s race for liquid goldThe second harvest of the year is being prepared in potato fields in Xylophagou, a speciality of… 14/12/12 11:40 CET
Sport
Lara Gut wins downhillSwitzerland’s Lara Gut held her nerve to clinch her maiden World Cup downhill in Val D’isere on… 14/12/12 16:46 CET
Svindal dominates Val Gardena super-GNorway’s Aksel Lund Svindal continued his stellar form this season with a convincing victory in the… 14/12/12 16:45 CET
u talk
Easing non-EU visa burdenWith == EYP== – the European Youth Parliament Question from Ilona, Ukraine: “My question to you… 14/12/12 07:35 CET
world news
2012 phenomenon: top five end-of-the-world-themed video games*Dino Run* Imagine your life as a tiny dinosaur some 65 million years ago, gently frolicking in… 14/12/12 18:05 CET
Children massacred in US school shootingA gunman in the USA killed his own mother before descending on a primary school where he opened… 14/12/12 23:55 CET
US school shooting: children tell of terrorChildren evacuated from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut following a… 14/12/12 21:36 CET
Syrian rebels seize army base in western AleppoSyrian rebels continue to battle President Bashir al-Assad’s military forces for control of the… 14/12/12 19:25 CET
Multiple deaths reported at US primary school shootingUS media is reporting 27 people – 18 children and nine adults – have been killed by a gunman at a… 14/12/12 18:45 CET
EU leaders rally against Berlusconi’s premiership bidSilvio Berlusconi is facing increasing pressure from EU leaders to pull his surprise bid to become… 14/12/12 18:02 CET
Israel foreign minister quits over financial scandalIsrael’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has resigned, bowing to pressure over charges of fraud… 14/12/12 17:45 CET
What the world searched for most in 2012From Whitney Houston to Gangnam Style, from Hurricane Sandy to the London Olympics, search engine… 14/12/12 17:39 CET
Clashes continue ahead of Egypt referendumJust hours to go before Egypt’s constitutional referendum, and there is great tension and frequent… 14/12/12 17:27 CET
Former policeman charged for arranging killing of Russian journalistFormer policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was tried and found guilty of arranging the murder of Russian… 14/12/12 17:15 CET
Drug use in the UK: high time for a fresh debateOnly a few weeks after the American states of Washington and Colorado legalized marijuana, … 14/12/12 14:59 CET
EU leaders in Brussels set out agenda for blocEU heads of state have committed themselves to a path of economic reforms in the coming year, a… 14/12/12 14:55 CET
Russia insists no change in Syrian policyAfter one Russian dipomat suggested Moscow was already factoring in a defeat for Bashar al-Assad… 14/12/12 14:15 CET
Pyongyang parades satellite “victory”North Korea pulled out all the stops to celebrate its successful Wednesday rocket launch, and it is… 14/12/12 12:59 CET
New car sales plummet to record lowsCar sales across most of Europe’s biggest manufacturers have dropped again for the 14th consecutive… 14/12/12 11:42 CET
Navalny finds out in press of new chargesIn Russia trouble may not just come with the beating of police fists on your door; lawyer… 14/12/12 11:15 CET
Venezuela’s Chavez improving after cancer surgeryThe condition of Venezuela’s ailing president is beginning to improve. Hugo Chavez suffered… 14/12/12 09:05 CET
Hamas 25th anniversaryThousands of Hamas supporters held a rally in the West Bank town of Nablus to mark the 25th… 14/12/12 08:28 CET
Justin Bieber murder plot foiledPolice in the United States say they have foiled a plot by a prison inmate to murder teenage pop… 14/12/12 08:27 CET
Obama favourite out of raceSusan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name from the shortlist of… 14/12/12 08:25 CET
Jail for Polish man who defaced Rothko paintingA Polish man who vandalised a Mark Rothko painting worth millions of euros has been jailed for two… 14/12/12 07:58 CET
Mubarak assets worth millions seized in SpainSpanish police have seized assets worth some 28 million euros linked to former Egyptian leader… 14/12/12 07:55 CET
EU banking union moves a step closerThe sixth and last EU leader’s summit of 2012 was held just hours after finance ministers made… 14/12/12 05:55 CET
Countrywide protests at Spanish education cutsProtests against cuts in education spending have taken place in 30 cities across Spain. Thousands… 14/12/12 02:35 CET
Russia accused of role in former KGB agent’s death.A lawyer has told a preliminary inquest in London that the Russian government is likely to have… 14/12/12 01:15 CET
Egypt Judges Club reaffirms boycott of constitution voteSenior Egyptian judges are set to boycott the supervision of a referendum on the controversial… 14/12/12 00:55 CET
