economy
Recession hits car sales hardThe world’s car makers are revealing slumping sales for last year due to the economic crisis… 09/01/09 20:48 CET
US jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percentThe latest US jobless figures make grim reading. Employers there slashed their payrolls by 524,000… 09/01/09 20:48 CET
Good year end for German retail salesRetail sales in Germany rose in November and probably did in December according to figures from the… 09/01/09 20:48 CET
Spanish industry stumblesMore signs of the deepening recession in Spain as industrial output there suffered its worst fall… 09/01/09 20:48 CET
europa
Selfish gas deals leave EU coldAs the cold war over Russian gas supplies to European customers heats up, vulnerability comes… 09/01/09 20:48 CET
europeans
European biodiversity under threat by invasive speciesExotic species are causing damage to Europe’s environment, its agriculture and sometimes even its… 09/01/09 10:16 CET
Carbon capture shows promise in EuropeBargaining between countries over how to reduce global warming is far from over, but, in the… 09/01/09 09:54 CET
le mag
From putting the shot to splashing the paintMilena Usenik is being honoured again in her native Slovenia, but this time for her second… 09/01/09 17:38 CET
world news
European gas crisis observers in UkraineA team of European observers has arrived in Ukraine to assure the flow of Russian gas which has… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Hamas’ Day of Rage against Israeli bombardmentHamas called for a “Day of Rage” against the assault on Gaza, and thousands answered the call… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Bombing of shelter in Gaza condemnedA UN report of 30 Palestinians being killed in a house where the Israeli army had ordered them to… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Bulgarians suffer from gas crisisWith temperatures dropping between minus five and minus 17, Bulgaria is one of the country’s most… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Onslaught in Gaza intensifies despite UN demand for ceasefireAn increasingly bloody and controversial onslaught in Gaza. The green light has been given by… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
British baby “pre-selected” against cancerBritish doctors are celebrating the birth of a baby genetically engineered against breast cancer… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Hijacked supertanker freed by Somali piratesThe supertanker at the centre of the world’s biggest ever ship hijacking has reportedly been freed… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Italian politicians condemn anti-Israeli boycottRight and left-wing politicians in Rome have come out in support of the city’s Jewish community in… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Israel strongly criticised by humanitarian groupsOn the ground in Gaza, humanitarian workers are feeling increasingly frustrated and angry. Echoing… 09/01/09 20:08 CET
Israel and Hamas reject UN resolutionMembers of the UN Security Council have spoken, but Israel and Hamas do not appear to be listening… 09/01/09 13:47 CET
EU demands “normal” gas deliveryWith much of Europe shivering in the grip of winter, the European Commission called for gas… 09/01/09 13:16 CET
European gas supplies set to resumeDeliveries of Russian gas to Europe are set to resume today, with an expected deal on independent… 09/01/09 13:04 CET
UN resolution fails to stop Gaza assaultIsrael’s bombardment of Gaza shows no sign of stopping, despite a UN resolution calling for a… 09/01/09 11:15 CET
Israel accused of targeting refugeesThe Israeli army has been accused of deliberately targeting Palestinian refugees, after 30 people… 09/01/09 10:49 CET
Overwhelming Security Council vote for Gaza truceThe UN Security Council has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip… 09/01/09 07:24 CET
EU-Russia deal sparks hope for renewed gas flowRussia has agreed to a deal with the EU which clears the way for gas supplies to start flowing to… 09/01/09 07:24 CET
Obama stimulus plan sparks some doubtsA major policy speech by Barack Obama, outlining his plans to revive the ailing US economy, has… 09/01/09 07:24 CET
Russia’s Putin on gas rowRelations between Russia and Ukraine are as cold as the weather. Before the deal was struck, it was… 09/01/09 07:24 CET
UN aid pullout plunges Gaza into further despairGaza faces an increasingly alarming humanitarian situation now that a UN aid agency has suspended… 09/01/09 07:24 CET
Foreign nationals escape GazaThe International Red Cross has organised the evacuation of 250 foreign nationals who found… 09/01/09 07:24 CET
