cinema
The Tale of DesperauxDesperaux is a little mouse but he’s got big dreams. Adapted from Kate DiCamillo’s book, the film… 18/12/08 19:12 CET
Spanish cartoon with eco-messageSpanish animated film The Missing Lynx follows Felix, an Iberian lynx, and his friends – a goat, a… 18/12/08 15:27 CET
economy
Strong euro and yen fuel shopping tourism surgeA week before Christmas there is little sign of a recession in central London’s stores, but the… 18/12/08 19:33 CET
Low turnout for Ecofin meetingEuropean Finance Ministers have been in Paris for a meeting called by the French government to… 18/12/08 19:25 CET
German businesses even gloomierGerman business sentiment deteriorated for the seventh month running in December according to the… 18/12/08 19:25 CET
OPEC makes deepest oil cut everOPEC ministers meeting in Algeria have agreed to slash daily output by 2.2 million barrels a day… 18/12/08 09:32 CET
europa
A new draft directive on toy safetyA new draft directive on toy safety with stronger rules has won the European Parliament’s backing… 18/12/08 20:00 CET
Throw less fish back in – EUEU fisheries ministers have begun their annual marathon to negotiate quotas. This year’s focus is… 18/12/08 19:48 CET
Concern mounts over EU’s beesTwenty toxic ingredients in pesticides would be banned under an agreement between European… 18/12/08 19:39 CET
MEPs urge governments to respect ruling on PMOIOne of the European Parliament’s vice presidents has asked the outgoing EU presidency France to… 18/12/08 19:39 CET
le mag
Return to the road for Fleetwood MacFleetwood Mac is back – the legendary supergroup announced that they will be embarking on their… 18/12/08 19:12 CET
markets
Oil prices slip furtherThe price of crude has fallen further to around 38 dollars a barrel in the US. There are technical… 18/12/08 19:33 CET
world news
Parmalat founder jailed for market-riggingThe founder of the failed Italian dairy giant Parmalat has been jailed for ten years for rigging… 18/12/08 20:53 CET
Retailers set for a not-so-merry ChristmasIt is the last week of Christmas shopping which, in the recent past, has been a merry time for… 18/12/08 19:53 CET
BNP suspends Fortis dealThe future of Fortis has become even more uncertain as BNP Paribas said it is suspending a key part… 18/12/08 19:25 CET
Obama names new head of US financial watchdogPresident-elect Barack Obama has appointed seasoned economic expert Mary Schapiro as the next head… 18/12/08 19:23 CET
Hamas ends six-month Gaza ceasefireThe six-month truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is over. Recent clashes between the two… 18/12/08 18:59 CET
Rwandan genocide shocked the worldThe scale and savagery of the killing shocked the world. The spark for the conflagration in Rwanda… 18/12/08 18:50 CET
Athens hit by fresh clashesProtesters and police continue to battle it out in fresh clashes in the Greek capital. In the 13th… 18/12/08 18:01 CET
Rwanda genocide ‘mastermind’ is jailed for lifeThe man who organised the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been jailed for life. Theoneste Bagosora was… 18/12/08 17:48 CET
Belgium’s top court slams govt over Fortis casePressure is mounting on Belgium’s Prime Minister. The country’s highest court has now accused his… 18/12/08 17:38 CET
UK to start Iraq troop withdrawal by May 31 latestGordon Brown says Britain will start pulling its troops out of Iraq by the end of May next year at… 18/12/08 14:35 CET
Brain behind Rwanda genocide gets lifeTheoneste Bagosora, the so-called mastermind behind the Rwandan genocide has been sentenced to life… 18/12/08 13:51 CET
Further Greek rallies underwayDespite torrential rain, protesters have taken to the streets of Athens once again to demonstrate… 18/12/08 13:17 CET
EU quota summit urged to reduce fishing wasteFighting over fish quotas is nothing new and today lively talks can be expected as European… 18/12/08 13:15 CET
US financial regulator under fire in Madoff scandalHe was still smiling as he headed home after attending a federal court in Manhattan but Bernard… 18/12/08 13:03 CET
China’s Hu Jintao praise reformCelebrating 30 years of reform, President Hu Jintao has been marking three decades of Chinese… 18/12/08 09:09 CET
Belgian PM faces calls to quitBelgium faces more political upheaval, with Prime Minister Yves Leterme facing calls to resign over… 18/12/08 07:54 CET
More strikes, more protests in GreeceSocial order continues to unravel in Greece as anger at the shooting of a teenage boy by police… 18/12/08 07:52 CET
GM and Chrysler implement emergency measuresTwo of the big three car makers in the US have announced emergency measures to stay afloat, as they… 18/12/08 07:52 CET
Turkish PM slams internet apology to ArmeniaThe Turkish Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised a public apology by some 200… 18/12/08 07:52 CET
Madoff under house arrest as fraud probe continuesBernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating a 35 billion euro fraud, has been placed under house… 18/12/08 07:52 CET
Slovenia to block Croatian EU entry over border disputeSlovenia has vowed to block neighbouring Croatia from joining the EU because of an ongoing border… 18/12/08 07:52 CET
