cinema
Carell stars in action comedy Get SmartSteve Carell is bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart in a big screen remake of Mel Brooks’ 1960s… 16/06/08 17:49 CET
corporate
European markets: British Airways, BMW, Danone declineEuropean markets closed on Monday as stocks fell for the first time in three days and British… 16/06/08 19:29 CET
TNK-BP row escalatesThe dispute between British oil producer BP and its Russian partners in the joint TNK-BP venture… 16/06/08 19:29 CET
Euro zone inflation rate reaches a new highPrices are on the up and up, the Euro zone annual inflation rate reached a new record high of 3.7… 16/06/08 19:29 CET
Oil surges to a new highThe price of oil has hit nearly 140 dollars a barrel -a record high despite promises by Saudi… 16/06/08 19:29 CET
hi-tech
The end of Ulysses’ epic journeyA long-running space science mission will come to an end in the next few weeks. The joint ESA-… 16/06/08 17:49 CET
le mag
Love, loss and lunacy in Haas’ opera MelancholiaAs its name suggests, Melancholia, an opera by Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, is not a… 16/06/08 17:49 CET
world news
Bosnia signs up for future EU membershipBosnia has taken the first step towards EU membership. Its leaders signed a stabilisation and… 16/06/08 23:44 CET
Merkel and Tusk warn against two-speed EuropeGermany and Poland say they will work together to try to find a way forward after the Irish “no“… 16/06/08 19:40 CET
Oil price record powers new European fuel protestsOil prices hit a new record today, coinciding with renewed protests across Europe at the soaring… 16/06/08 19:40 CET
Netherlands on trial for 1995 Srebrenica massacreThe state of the Netherlands is on trial at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, accused of doing… 16/06/08 19:40 CET
Hungary remembers PM executed over anti-Soviet uprisingThe victims of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising have been remembered at a state ceremony in… 16/06/08 19:37 CET
NATO boss visits would-be member UkraineNATO’s Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is in Ukraine to assess its bid to enter the… 16/06/08 19:37 CET
Czechs wary of Lisbon Treaty next moveThe Czechs are keeping their options open on their participation in the Lisbon Treaty. After the… 16/06/08 19:33 CET
EU ministers chew over Irish referendum resultOn the European Union foreign ministers’ menu at their emergency talks in Brussels: Irish stew… 16/06/08 19:33 CET
Lebanese leader earns US show of supportWashington has given its backing to Lebanon’s new president. The US Secretary of State met… 16/06/08 17:04 CET
EU treaty crisis: foreign ministers admit no quick fixThe Irish rejection of the new EU reform treaty has posed more questions than answers as European… 16/06/08 14:25 CET
At least 12 killed in Sri Lanka bombingA suicide bomb attack in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 12 people dead and 22 injured.The… 16/06/08 13:32 CET
Marriage millions: California’s business bonanzaWedding planners in California are licking their lips at the prospect of a business bonanza, as… 16/06/08 13:30 CET
On the road again with Europe’s fuel protestsThe new week has brought no relief from fuel protests across Europe. Truckers have blocked main… 16/06/08 13:15 CET
Brown joins Bush in fresh Iran warningAfter talks with the US President in London, the British Prime Minister has issued a fresh warning… 16/06/08 13:04 CET
Bucharest set to get new leftist mayorVoters in Romania have picked a leftist independent mayor to run Bucharest, according to exit… 16/06/08 08:21 CET
Europe ponders next move on EU TreatyWhat should they do now? That’s the question which will be asked across Europe today. Foreign… 16/06/08 08:20 CET
Italian police and troops find radio-active wasteCrack Italian troops are now patrolling the sreets in and around Naples in a government drive to… 16/06/08 08:19 CET
No violence for Macedonia’s election re-voteThe main Albanian party in Macedonia has won a partial parliamentary election re-vote after… 16/06/08 08:18 CET
Bush and Brown united by plunging popularityAs the US President George W. Bush arrived for dinner with Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown… 16/06/08 00:06 CET
