archive 20·02·2009

cinema

• David and Goliath at the Oscars

  This year’s Oscar race is very much a David and Goliath affair. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire… 20/02/09 18:25 CET

corporate

• Big jobs cuts at Anglo American

  Mining group Anglo American is to lay off ten percent of its workforce – 19,000 people – as it… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

economy

• UK shoppers surprise

  Britain’s retailers enjoyed an unexpectedly rise in business last month as shoppers took advantage… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

• Saint-Gobain and Lafarge seek new capital

  The slumping property market is causing construction companies to seek new finance… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

europa

• Continue modernising together Brussels urges

  Brussels is approaching the fifth anniversary of the EU’s big bang enlargement underscoring the… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

• In praise of Erasmus Mundus

  The EU’s Education Commissioner Jan Figel has presented a study on the positive impact of the… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

• Hire illegals, risk prison – new EU directive

  Employers of illegal immigrants could be punished throughout the EU from 2011. A directive laying… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

le mag

• Duffy cleans up at the Brits

  Welsh singer Duffy swept the Brits on Wednesday winning three gongs, including the coverted Best… 20/02/09 18:25 CET

markets

• Friday: Shares hit six year low

  European shares finished down nearly five percent at their lowest levels in six years. The… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

parlamento

• How to get Europeans to vote

  Some three quarters of the laws affecting the day- to-day life of Europeans and the world around… 20/02/09 20:44 CET

world news

• Italy and Romania row over anti-rape law

  New measures against a wave of sex attacks in Italy, which have been blamed on immigrants, appear… 20/02/09 22:06 CET

• US pleased with international boost in Afghanistan

  Up to 20 NATO countries are to step up their involvement in Afghanistan according to the American… 20/02/09 20:19 CET

• Another 50-billion approved for German economy

  Germany’s upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, has given the go-ahead for a massive economic… 20/02/09 20:19 CET

• Swiss angered by US offensive against bank secrecy

  The US offensive against Switzerland’s banking secrecy has sparked strong reaction among… 20/02/09 20:19 CET

• Tamil Tiger attack kills two in Sri Lanka

  At least two people have been killed and more than 40 have been injured after two rebel Tamil Tiger… 20/02/09 20:14 CET

• Italy to allow citizen patrols to combat rateItaly to allow citizen patrols to combat rape 

  Italy’s centre-right government has rushed through controversial tough measures against rape in the… 20/02/09 20:00 CET

• Saab gets bankruptcy protection

  The icy wind of recession blows through Sweden as General Motors cold-shoulders Saab. After… 20/02/09 19:47 CET

• Kadima cool on joining Likud-led government

  Right-wing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has begun the task of forming a new government with a… 20/02/09 16:19 CET

• Resignation in Riga – PM tands down

  Latvia’s government has collapsed after the Prime Minister bowed to growing pressure and resigned… 20/02/09 15:44 CET

• Probe reopened into Politkovskaya murder

  A Russian judge has ordered the probe into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya to be… 20/02/09 13:14 CET

• Saab straps in for bumpy ride

  The Swedish car-makers Saab have confirmed that they are to ask a court for legal protection from… 20/02/09 13:07 CET

• UBS shares plunge amid US probe into tax cheats

  Shares in UBS – Switzerland’s biggest bank – have plummeted after US authorities said they were… 20/02/09 12:56 CET

• Karadzic to plead on amended indictment

  The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to appear at the International Criminal… 20/02/09 12:26 CET

• Suicide bomb kills dozens at Pakistan funeral

  At least 30 mourners at a funeral have been killed by a suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan… 20/02/09 11:17 CET

• UBS refuses to give up tax cheat suspects

  Swiss banking giant UBS is defying a US government demand to hand over details on 52,000 suspected… 20/02/09 07:27 CET

• Russian court acquits journalist murder accused

  Prosecutors in Russia say they will appeal against a court verdict which freed three men accused of… 20/02/09 07:27 CET

• US calls on NATO to beef up Afghan presence

  Germany and Italy have responded to a US request to send more troops to Afghanistan. The… 20/02/09 07:27 CET

• Argentina expels Holocaust bishop

  Argentina has told a Roman Catholic bishop to leave the country after he caused uproar by denying… 20/02/09 07:27 CET

• Stanford accused of eight billion dollar fraud

  FBI agents have served legal papers on Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford in connection with an… 20/02/09 07:27 CET

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