behindmarkets
Bankia worthless says new reportBankia’s shareholders have received a nasty new year’s surprise. They may lose most of their… 27/12/12 19:49 CET
corporate
France’s Vinci snaps up Portugal’s airline operator ANAPortugal is set to beat its privatisation revenue goal by selling airport operator ANA to French… 27/12/12 23:45 CET
economy
French unemployment rises again2013 will be a crucial year for the French economy and the government which targets a public… 27/12/12 19:57 CET
Fiscal cliff gives markets economic vertigoThe US fiscal cliff is so-called because it is a scything, indiscriminate sucking of money out of… 27/12/12 17:15 CET
Rosier prospects for ChinaAnother sign of economic recovery in China to cheer the markets with the news industrial profit… 27/12/12 14:31 CET
Bankia shares collapse on negative equity newsShares in nationalised Spanish banking giant Bankia slumped by twelve and a half percent on opening… 27/12/12 14:31 CET
pictureoftheday
Floods in Rantau Panjang, MalaysiaA resident wades through his flooded village on 27 December, 2012. The flood situation in the north… 27/12/12 18:54 CET
Sport
Fomenko takes charge of UkraineMykhailo Fomenko has been appointed as national coach of Ukraine on a one year contract with the… 27/12/12 19:55 CET
UEFA appeal own sanctionsThe Serbian Football Association’s 80 000 euro fine for incidents in an Under-21 match against… 27/12/12 16:46 CET
world news
Iran fires sole female government ministerThe Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi. She… 27/12/12 22:55 CET
Serbian police protest over harsher penaltiesHundreds of Serbian police have been protesting in the capital Belgrade to demand tougher… 27/12/12 20:00 CET
Portugal set to make asset sale targetPortugal is reportedly set to beat its privatisation revenue goal by selling airport operator … 27/12/12 20:00 CET
Egypt’s Mubarak to be moved to army hospitalEgypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak is set to leave his prison clinic for an army hospital, but… 27/12/12 20:00 CET
Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto’s son launches political careerThe son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has made his political debut at a huge… 27/12/12 19:05 CET
White dome erected to hide Lenin’s tomb from publicAn enormous white dome has been erected in Moscow’s Red Square to cover Vladimir Lenin’s Mausoleum… 27/12/12 18:35 CET
Italian priest accused of “misogynist rant”An Italian priest has been urged to resign after posting comments claiming women provoke violence… 27/12/12 18:15 CET
CAR appeals for aid to fight rebels, France refusesThe Central African Republic (CAR) has called for international help as it struggles to push back… 27/12/12 17:15 CET
Jordan: refugees being shot at as they leave SyriaJordan says it is continuing to see an increase in Syrian refugees crossing into its territory… 27/12/12 16:35 CET
Hollande refuses to negotiate with kidnappersThe French President, Francois Hollande, has said that he won’t negotiate with Al-Qaeda for the… 27/12/12 16:06 CET
Brahimi pushes for international action on SyriaWith this week’s talks in Damascus on the Syrian crisis bearing little fruit, the focus is moving… 27/12/12 15:58 CET
‘Nouveau poor’ in Greece get free Christmas mealA soup kitchen for the poor is something St Emilian church in the Greek capital Athens provides… 27/12/12 13:46 CET
Madrid hospital privatisations provoke strikesThe proposed privatisation of six hospitals and 27 clinics in Madrid has provoked protests, sit-ins… 27/12/12 12:20 CET
Obama to revive US ‘fiscal cliff’ talksHe needs to save the US – and in effect – the global economy from a crippling new recession. So … 27/12/12 12:05 CET
Chinese aquarium explodesAn aquarium wall has spontaneously shattered in Shanghai in China. CCTV images show the… 27/12/12 11:15 CET
Ex-US president Bush moved to intensive careFormer US President George Bush senior has been moved to a Houston hospital’s intensive care unit… 27/12/12 10:56 CET
Delhi bus rape victim flown to SingaporeThe so called “Delhi bus rape victim” has been flown to Singapore for further treatment at a… 27/12/12 09:26 CET
People refuse to flee Nicaraguan volcanoIn Nicaragua, around 400 people living near the San Cristobal volcano have been ordered to leave… 27/12/12 08:46 CET
Toyota settles billion euro class action lawsuitToyota has agreed to pay out more than a billion euros to settle a class action lawsuit launched by… 27/12/12 05:55 CET
Gun buyback brought forward in LAThe police department in Los Angeles has held its annual gun buyback early this year, bringing the… 27/12/12 04:55 CET
Focus on victims in the “rape capital of the world”Mugunga camp houses thousands of displaced people near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of… 27/12/12 01:06 CET
Egypt’s economy prepares for austerity measuresMursi’s government now faces the tough task of building a broad consensus as it prepares to impose… 27/12/12 00:55 CET
