cinema
After taking theatres by storm – it is Mamma Mia the movieUsing ABBA songs, the musical tells the story of a girl about to get married who wants to invite… 02/07/08 15:56 CET
corporate
Miners fall and banks gainEurope’s main stock exchanges closed mixed on Wednesday, with shares having given up their earlier… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Former Airbus head may face insider trading chargesGustav Humbert, the former German chief executive of European planemaker Airbus is reportedly to go… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Zapatero outlines economic plansSpanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been laying out his government’s plans to… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Almunia’s inflation concerns ahead of ECB rate meetingEU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has expressed concern over current… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Starbucks to close 600 coffee shops in USWhen times are hard, something has to give. And for many Americans, eager to cut back on their… 02/07/08 13:43 CET
europa
Greenpeace accuses Europe over deforestationGreenpeace has used a 12-metre tree trunk illegally cut from the Amazon to condemn Europe’s role in… 02/07/08 20:36 CET
Brussels criticised for lack of leadership on RomaHuman rights defenders with the EU Roma Policy Coalition have criticised the bloc’s approach to the… 02/07/08 20:36 CET
Updated Social Agenda seeks new confidence in EUProving that people’s everyday problems count in the EU, patients would be allowed to receive… 02/07/08 20:36 CET
Mandelson lashes out at Sarkozy as row escalatesEuropean Union trade chief Peter Mandelson has hit out at the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as… 02/07/08 13:46 CET
futuris
Robots learn to express emotionsRobots are now being developed that can “understand” human emotions. They can interact with their… 02/07/08 20:52 CET
le mag
Lagerfeld and Lacroix take Paris by stormKarl Lagerfeld and Christian Lacroix were the latest fashion designers to show their haute couture… 02/07/08 15:47 CET
science
India’s tigers need “miracle” to surviveFor centuries tigers have made the jungles of India their home. But decades of hunting and loss of… 02/07/08 15:56 CET
world news
Ingrid Betancourt rescued from FARC rebelsFrench Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt is in a Colombian military base tonight after a… 02/07/08 22:58 CET
ColombiaFrench Colombian politician Ingrird Betancourt rescued from FARC by Colombian troops 02/07/08 22:07 CET
Gazans clash with Egyptian police at border crossingHundreds of Palestinians have stormed the Rafah border crossing into Egypt in a desperate bid to… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Hezbollah agrees a prisoner exchange with IsraelHezbollah has agreed to a prisoner swap with Israel. The group’s leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
McCain takes election campaign to ColombiaRepublican presidential candidate John McCain has urged the US Congress to agree to a free trade… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Senior Turkish military official appeals for calm over arrestsA senior Turkish military official has called for calm after news that two prominent retired… 02/07/08 20:19 CET
Truckers’ fuel protests hit London and LithuaniaAngry British lorry drivers took their fuel protest to the heart of government today, in their… 02/07/08 19:16 CET
Russia’s Medvedev launches crackdown on corruptionThe fight against corruption has been named by President Dimitry Medvedev as his number one… 02/07/08 18:08 CET
Fatal bulldozer attack kills three in JerusalemIsrael is in shock after a bloody terror attack in Jewish West Jerusalem, in which a man rammed a… 02/07/08 17:56 CET
Bulldozer attack in W. Jerusalem kills at least 3At least three people have been reported killed and dozens injured, after a Palestinian drove a… 02/07/08 14:12 CET
- Bulldozer attack in W. Jerusalem kills at least 3
At least three people have been reported killed and dozens injured, after a Palestinian drove a… 02/07/08 14:12 CET
At least 5 killed in Mongolian post-election violenceThe headquarters of Mongolia’s ruling party in the capital Ulan Bator bears the scars of Tuesday’s… 02/07/08 13:45 CET
- Bulldozer attack in W. Jerusalem kills at least 3
At least three people have been reported killed and dozens injured, after a Palestinian drove a… 02/07/08 13:44 CET
EU shows its caring side with new social packageIn a bid to counter claims that it is too far removed from its citizens, the EU has presented a… 02/07/08 13:15 CET
Georgia complains at Russia’s restoration of sea links to AbkhaziaRussia has reopened sea routes with the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. The Georgians say… 02/07/08 08:33 CET
British teenagers march to say ‘No’ to knife crimeThousands of British teenagers have marched in London, demanding an end to knife crime which has… 02/07/08 07:45 CET
Ban seal slaughter; EU HQ besieged by protestorsThe fight against seal slaughter has been taken to the heart of Europe. Anti-seal-hunt… 02/07/08 07:44 CET
Sarkozy under pressure from Poles and CzechsFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy may feel he has been dropped in it by his Polish counterpart on… 02/07/08 07:43 CET
South America furious over EU anti-immigrant plansSouth American leaders meeting in Argentina have slammed European Union plans to incarcerate… 02/07/08 07:40 CET
