archive 16·07·2008

cinema

• “Surveillance” by Jennifer Lynch out in Europe

  After its premiere at Cannes, Surveillance by Jennifer Chamber Lynch – daughter of David – goes on… 16/07/08 18:57 CET

corporate

• Euro zone inflation hits 4%

  Higher food and fuel prices drove euro zone inflation to a record high annual rate of 45 in June… 16/07/08 21:08 CET

• GDF Suez merger gets go ahead

  Shareholders of Gaz de France and Suez have approved a long-delayed 100 billion euro merger to form… 16/07/08 21:08 CET

• Farnborough goes green

  It was green day at the world’s biggest air show at Farnborough, near London with the centrepiece a… 16/07/08 21:08 CET

• European shares rebound

  Having spend most of the day in the red, European shares rebounding from a three-year low on… 16/07/08 21:08 CET

• European car sales slump further

  The European car market suffered another month of heavy declines in June as the faltering economy… 16/07/08 21:08 CET

europa

• Poland’s shipyards await a September fate

  Workers at Poland’s state-owned Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards have taken to the streets in a… 16/07/08 21:16 CET

• EU calls for a tax hike on tobacco products

  The European Union wants the minimum duty on cigarettes to increase to reflect inflation, putting… 16/07/08 21:16 CET

• EU ministers agree fishermen’s aid

  EU ministers have adopted an emergency aid package worth up to two billion euros to help fishermen… 16/07/08 07:35 CET

futuris

• Harvesting energy from the sea

  There’s more energy in the sea than we could possibly ever need say experts. Now, one company is… 16/07/08 18:35 CET

hi-tech

• Shepherd tests digital bell

  With more than 350 sheep to keep an eye on in the mountains of southern Norway, shepherd Per… 16/07/08 19:01 CET

le mag

• Window on marine life in Germany

  You can take an underwater journey from the Baltic, through the North Sea, the North Atlantic… 16/07/08 18:57 CET

world news

• Court told Turkey’s AK party has no Islamic agenda

  It is being widely reported that an advisor to Turkey’s Constitutional Court has recommended that… 16/07/08 23:25 CET

• Russia remembers its royal family

  Commemorations to mark the 90th anniversary of the Tsar’s execution began at the beginning of the… 16/07/08 20:28 CET

• Anglicans labour over a split in Lambeth

  Progressive thinking for some, an unholy abomination for others, the ordination of women and… 16/07/08 20:26 CET

• UK local council workers down tools in pay dispute

  Public services are being hit hard in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by a strike involving… 16/07/08 20:20 CET

• Belgians turn to king amid political crisis

  The focus in Belgium remains firmly fixed on the king as he tries to figure out a solution to the… 16/07/08 20:18 CET

• Israeli families mourn captured soldiers

  They were always aware that their loved ones might not come home alive. But confirmation from… 16/07/08 20:15 CET

• Israel mourns two soldiers returned by Hezbollah

  In Israel, the mood has been sombre. At the border, Hezbollah carried out its part of the… 16/07/08 20:12 CET

• Leaders of the Anglican Church have gathered in Canterbury in south east England for the Lambeth Conference

  At least, three-quarters of the arch-bishops and bishops were there. Some 230 of them have… 16/07/08 19:33 CET

• Heroes’ welcome in Lebanon for freed prisoners

  A public holiday has been declared in their honour. All are being hailed as heroes. Lebanon has… 16/07/08 19:27 CET

• UK hit by local government pay strike

  Schools and public services across the UK have been affected by a strike by local government… 16/07/08 15:49 CET

• UK hit by local government pay strike

  Schools and public services across the UK have been affected by a strike by local government… 16/07/08 13:32 CET

• Duel rallies in Argentina ahead of farming vote

  Two large rival rallies have been held in Argentina on the eve of a controversial Senate vote on… 16/07/08 12:59 CET

• Russians mark Royal murders 90 years on

  Russians have been flocking to the site where the last Tsar and his family were killed by the… 16/07/08 12:52 CET

• Israel and Hezbollah trade prisoners and bodies

  Hezbollah have handed the bodies of two Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross, ready to be exchanged… 16/07/08 11:26 CET

• Family and friends mourn two Israeli soldiers

  For those close to the two captured Israeli army reservists, the news ended an agonising two year… 16/07/08 10:05 CET

• Italy beefs up crime laws with newly-approved bill

  Italian members of parliament have voted in favour of a new crime bill, supporting Silvio… 16/07/08 07:37 CET

• Srebrenica mourners denied access to memorial site

  Bosnian Serb police have prevented relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre from… 16/07/08 07:36 CET

• Guantanamo interrogation captured on secret video

  Video of a 16-year-old boy sobbing and pleading with interrogators during questioning at the… 16/07/08 07:34 CET

• Israeli/Hiz’bullah prisoner exchange underway

  The prisoner swap between Israel and Lebanon’s Hiz’bullah is underway. One of those being… 16/07/08 06:36 CET

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