cinema
The Spirit comes back to fight crimeIt’s scary, it’s action-packed, and it’s over-the-top. It’s “The Spirit”, a film based on the… 09/12/08 16:46 CET
corporate
Sony cutbacks underscore Japan’s economic plightDeep cuts announced by Sony are the latest indication that the Japanese economy is in serious… 09/12/08 19:58 CET
economy
Airline profit turbulence to continueThe world’s airlines look set to return total losses of almost four billion euros this year… 09/12/08 19:59 CET
Berlin budget balancing hit by commuter court rulingA court decision in Germany means the government will have to give back 7.5 billion euros to the… 09/12/08 19:58 CET
europa
Brussels confident of climate dealTwo days ahead of an EU summit bent on clinching a deal on climate change, European Commission… 09/12/08 19:40 CET
Lisbon Treaty waits for IrelandAnother hefty tome awaiting the EU leaders’ attentions at their gathering this week is the Lisbon… 09/12/08 19:40 CET
interview
Manoel de Oliveira: the oldest working film directorBorn into a wealthy middle-class family 100 years ago, Manoel de Oliveira’s ambition was always to… 09/12/08 19:02 CET
le mag
Artists with burning imaginationArtists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz have set the Berlin art scene alight with their installation… 09/12/08 16:46 CET
markets
Carmakers boost European marketsEuropean shares finished up over one percent on Tuesday, rising for a second session running… 09/12/08 19:59 CET
world news
Illinois Governor arrested on corruption chargesThe Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has been arrested on corruption charges, after allegedly… 09/12/08 20:15 CET
Train bomb plotter vows to appeal life jail sentenceA Lebanese man, sentenced to life in a prison for a failed bomb plot in Germany, will be appealing… 09/12/08 19:57 CET
Riots continue to rock GreeceThousands of mourners have attended the funeral of a 15-year-old Greek boy shot dead by police on… 09/12/08 19:52 CET
Irish food crisis spreads to beefFirst it was the pigs, now it is the cows. Some of the cattle given the same tainted feed which… 09/12/08 19:52 CET
Tobacco displays to face banThe open display of tobacco in England and Wales is to go up in smoke – under government plans… 09/12/08 19:52 CET
Greek unions refuse to cancel rally and strikeGreek labour unions have rejected an appeal by the prime minister to cancel a mass protest planned… 09/12/08 17:57 CET
EU police mission begins in KosovoAfter long delays, the European Union has finally begun a police and justice mission in Kosovo… 09/12/08 17:00 CET
More riots in Greece as teen is buriedViolence has broken out in Greece for the fourth day running. Hundreds of protesters threw stones… 09/12/08 14:13 CET
Eulex mission begins in KosovoThe European Union’s policing mission in Kosovo has begun today but the officers may be hard… 09/12/08 13:29 CET
Japan deeper into recession than first thoughtThe economic outlook in Japan has just got worse. The world’s second-largest economy is even deeper… 09/12/08 13:29 CET
Russian Orthodox patriarch is laid to restRussia is bidding farewell to a beloved religious leader, the late head of the Russian Orthodox… 09/12/08 13:07 CET
Failed train bomber gets life in GermanyA German court has convicted Yusef al-Hajj Deeb of attempted murder and sentenced him to life in… 09/12/08 12:14 CET
Greek prime minister decries violenceThe worry on the face of the Greek prime minister was plain to see as he arrived for his meeting… 09/12/08 12:05 CET
Bail-out for US car-makers closeThe White House and the Democrats are edging towards an agreement aimed at rescuing America’s car… 09/12/08 07:35 CET
Albanians, Serbs sceptical on EU Kosovo missionAn EU mission has started a long delayed deployment in Kosovo, but the new peacekeepers are… 09/12/08 07:35 CET
Blackwater five charged with killing unarmed civiliansFive US security guards have been charged with killing 14 unarmed civilians and wounding 20 others… 09/12/08 07:35 CET
Top ETA members held as crackdown weakens the Basque separatists.French police have arrested the man believed to be the new military chief of the Basque separatist… 09/12/08 07:35 CET
Riot police in Greece braced for more unrest.Three days of violence in Greece, and it is not over yet. Rioting youths have again taken over… 09/12/08 06:07 CET
