cinema
Marrakech pays tribute to Andrei KonchalovskyThe Marrakech Film Festival paid a special tribute to a man regarded as of one of Russia’s greatest… 27/11/08 21:00 CET
corporate
Arcelor-Mittal steels itself against financial crisisThe biggest steelmaker in the world is preparing to cut 9,000 jobs. Arcelor-Mittal plans to offer… 27/11/08 21:34 CET
The bitter wind of recession batters UK High StreetsThe downturn in Britain is showing its teeth on the country’s High Streets. One of the country’s… 27/11/08 21:33 CET
economy
French jobless total breaks 2-million barrierThe number of jobless in France has crept over the landmark two-million figure with the biggest… 27/11/08 21:34 CET
Eurozone economies to shrink next year: AlmuniaEurope’s Commissioner for economic affairs has reversed his forecast of slight growth for the… 27/11/08 21:33 CET
Spain’s 11-billion rescue packageSpain’s Prime Minister has unveiled an 11-billion euro emergency package to help safeguard the… 27/11/08 21:33 CET
europa
Cheaper, better EU telecoms in sightThe improvement of telecoms services in the EU has moved closer with a political compromise agreed… 27/11/08 20:41 CET
Reviving PNR debateThe French EU presidency has defended air passenger data collection as indispensable against… 27/11/08 20:41 CET
Brussels encourages consumers to sueWhile not going as far as in the United States, European consumers have been encouraged to stand up… 27/11/08 20:41 CET
Schengen welcomes SwitzerlandLong queues for European travellers at border controls in Switzerland will soon be a thing of the… 27/11/08 20:02 CET
EU recovery plan meets with scepticismEconomists have greeted the stimulus package put forward by the EU with scepticism. The plan… 27/11/08 07:30 CET
markets
European markets rise as Wall St gives thanksThe Thanksgiving holiday in America gave traders on Wall Street a break, but in Europe the markets… 27/11/08 21:34 CET
reporter
Poland guarded over coalOnce hailed as the aristocrats of communist Poland, its coal miners today are dreading the future… 27/11/08 22:07 CET
world news
Coup fears rise in ThailandThe political crisis that has trapped thousands of foreign tourists in Thailand could be coming to… 27/11/08 20:02 CET
Iraq parliament approves new security pact with USIraq’s parliament has approved the security pact with the United States which will see American… 27/11/08 20:02 CET
Sieges continue in India for a second nightThe Taj Mahal hotel on the seafront in Mumbai was packed with foreign guests when it was stormed by… 27/11/08 19:56 CET
Fate of many foreigners in Mumbai unknownWith hostage-taking and continued sporadic fighting, Mumbai has been transformed from a tourist… 27/11/08 19:56 CET
Who are the Indian militants?Since the start of the year more than 350 people have been killed in a string of terrorist attacks… 27/11/08 19:56 CET
Militants killed at Mumbai’s Taj HotelThe siege at Mumbai’s Taj Hotel has reportedly ended. Authorities say they have killed all the… 27/11/08 19:11 CET
Flames shoot from Mumbai’s Trident hotelIt is feared up to 100 people may be trapped or taken hostage inside a luxury Indian hotel… 27/11/08 16:16 CET
Chavez and Medvedev agree nuclear energy programmeRussia has agreed to help Venezuela develop a nuclear energy programme. The deal follows the… 27/11/08 14:00 CET
More than 100 die in attacks in IndiaA suspected Muslim militant group has turned the Indian city of Mumbai into a scene of carnage… 27/11/08 13:28 CET
Anti-government protest blocks Bangkok airportThailand’s prime minister has urged the country’s armed forces not to intervene as anti-government… 27/11/08 11:44 CET
Indian commandos hunt terroristsPolice commandos are said to be going from room to room at the blazing Taj Mahal Palace hotel in… 27/11/08 10:58 CET
Siege goes on at Mumbai hotel: tourists trappedExplosions have been heard at a luxury hotel in Mumbai in India where militant gunmen are believed… 27/11/08 09:05 CET
UN welcomes agreement over EU mission in KosovoThe UN says Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to co-operate over the deployment of an EU mission for… 27/11/08 07:30 CET
Mumbai attacks kill more than 100The death toll following a series of attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai now exceeds 100… 27/11/08 07:30 CET
Witness says Britons and Americans targeted by Mumbai gunmenOne militant holed up inside the Oberoi Hotel said his group wanted all the Mujahideens being held… 27/11/08 06:06 CET
Protestors force closure of Bangkok’s second airportAnti-government protestors have forced the closure of Bangkok’s second airport, a major domestic… 27/11/08 05:36 CET
