archive 01·09·2008

cinema

• Japanese animation film charms Venice critics

  Hayao Miyazaki’s new animation, “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea”, is already a big box office… 01/09/08 18:28 CET

corporate

• Sterling slides as markets fall

  The Britain’s pound has tumbled following comments from the British finance minister Alistair… 01/09/08 21:24 CET

• Commerzbank to slash costs after Dresdner purchase

  Commerzbank has revealed its cost cutting plans after the weekend purchase of Dresdner Bank. It… 01/09/08 21:24 CET

• Alitalia unions discuss job cuts

  Alitalia’s unions are holding talks with the Rome government on job losses from its rescue plan… 01/09/08 21:24 CET

focus

• How do Europe’s companies keep moving forward?

  Building a global presence, developing new products?   euronews goes behind the scenes to meet the… 01/09/08 14:28 CET

hi-tech

• Plants warn of pollution

  Scientists are “listening” to what some underwater plants have to say, in a new way of testing for… 01/09/08 18:28 CET

le mag

• New expo of the weird and not so wonderful opens in London

  If the bizarre and the grotesque take your fancy then a new exhibition at The Trocadero in London’s… 01/09/08 18:28 CET

questions for europe

• Reforms shake-up EU’s wine sector

  A wide ranging reform of the European wine sector has come into force to improve the quality and… 01/09/08 21:48 CET

• Europe’s baby bust

  Europe is facing a population crisis that it is predicted will leave some rural regions all-but… 01/09/08 21:48 CET

world news

• Poles and Swedes push for “eastern partnership”

  Certain EU members eye Russia with great suspicion, and want to take a harder line with Moscow than… 01/09/08 21:09 CET

• EU threatens end to partnership talks with Moscow

  The EU’s 27 leaders, brought together by current EU president France to thrash out a response to… 01/09/08 21:09 CET

• New Orleans uneasy as Gustav hits home

  Hurricane Gustav has smashed into America’s Gulf Coast, downgraded to a “mere” Category Two storm… 01/09/08 20:10 CET

• Georgia’s Day of Unity over Russia crisis

  While European leaders mulled their response to Russia’s show of force, Georgians themselves opted… 01/09/08 20:10 CET

• Millions under threat as Gustav makes landfall

  With America’s Gulf coast bracing itself for Gustav’s arrival, most of New Orleans chose discretion… 01/09/08 20:10 CET

• Japanese PM Fukuda in surprise resignation

  Japan’s unpopular Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has resigned in an effort to break political deadlock… 01/09/08 20:09 CET

• US hands control of Anbar province to Iraqi forces

  Control of what had been one of Iraq’s most turbulent provinces has been handed over from the … 01/09/08 20:09 CET

• Japan PM’s resignation fuels fear of recession

  The surprise resignation of Yasuo Fukuda has prompted fears of a political vacuum in Japan. The… 01/09/08 20:09 CET

• Hurricane casts shadow over McCain’s big moment

  Hurricane Gustav claimed its first victim before even hitting the US coast – the Republican Party… 01/09/08 20:09 CET

• Gustav hits Republicans’ rally but protestors persist

  Hurricane or no hurricane, veterans of the Iraq war were determined to get their anti-war message… 01/09/08 20:09 CET

• Germany introduces citizenship test

  Germany is to introduce a compulsory test for those applying for citizenship. The German… 01/09/08 13:55 CET

• Russia and Georgia await EU summit response

  Georgia has called for Europe to send a tough message to Moscow, in the face of what President… 01/09/08 13:55 CET

• EU leaders gather for Russia/Georgia summit

  European leaders are gathering in Brussels, for a summit on the crisis over Russia and Georgia. The… 01/09/08 13:55 CET

• Thousands seek shelter from Gustav

  Government shelters have been filling up around New Orleans, as the city braces itself for… 01/09/08 13:55 CET

• Gustav hits US coast

  Nearly two million people have fled New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav hits the US coast. Gustav is… 01/09/08 13:55 CET

• Ramadan begins amid concerns over rising costs

  Muslims throughout the world are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan. Religious authorities in… 01/09/08 07:26 CET

• Cuba counts the cost as Gustav passes over

  Western Cuba bore the full brunt of Hurricane Gustav’s force as the storm swept across the… 01/09/08 07:26 CET

• Republican convention scaled back due to hurricane

  Republican presidential hopeful, John McCain, has suspended the majority of today’s party… 01/09/08 07:26 CET

• Last minute diplomacy before EU summit

  Nicolas Sarkozy has been carrying out intensive telephone diplomacy ahead of today’s EU summit on… 01/09/08 07:26 CET

• Calm before storm as New Orleans empties

  With Hurricane Gustav just hours away from the US, New Orleans is virtually a ghost town. Most of… 01/09/08 07:26 CET

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