archive 26·02·2009

cinema

• Watching the Watchmen

  Watchmen, the allegedly unfilmable superhero movie, has finally made it to the big screen. Set in… 26/02/09 19:38 CET

corporate

• Washington could take bigger AIG stake

  Beleaguered insurance giant American International Group reportedly could allow the US government… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

• UBS gets new boss

  Switzerland’s UBS – which has made more writedowns during the credit crisis than any other European… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

economy

• More help for British banks

  Under a new scheme the UK government is to guarantee over 560 billion euros worth of risky loans… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

europa

• Grybauskaite stands for head of state

  European Budget Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite says she will run for president of her homeland… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

• Tensions over EU summit invitations

  A bid to have just one leader per country at this Sunday’s special EU economic summit in Brussels… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

• Guantanamo cooperation individual matter

  Any decision to admit former detainees of Guantanamo prison will be left up to each EU country… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

hi-tech

• Water bike for the third world

  More than one billion people around the world do not have access to clean drinking water and… 26/02/09 19:38 CET

le mag

• Pink goes back on the road.

  American singer-songwriter Pink’s latest tour is a circus-themed extravaganza, featuring songs from… 26/02/09 19:38 CET

markets

• Thursday 26 February

  European shares ended the day up 2.84 percent, rebounding from their six-year lows and ending a… 26/02/09 20:26 CET

world news

• Holocaust-denying bishop makes apology

  A Roman Catholic bishop who caused uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust has reportedly… 26/02/09 23:07 CET

• German jobless totals up again

  German unemployment continues to rise, it was up for the fourth straight month in February and… 26/02/09 19:59 CET

• Did both engines fail on Turkish Airlines plane?

  Survivors of the Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam have been returning home to Istanbul as… 26/02/09 19:14 CET

• Berlin considers rescue for Opel as workers protest

  With their jobs on the line, thousands of workers of carmaker Opel have taken to the streets near… 26/02/09 19:14 CET

• Milan Milutinovic: Profile

  Elected president of Serbia in December 1997, Milan Milutinovic, like his mentor Slobodan… 26/02/09 19:14 CET

• Obama warns of tough choices in 2010 budget

  Barack Obama has warned tough choices will have to be made to get the US back in order as his… 26/02/09 19:14 CET

• Ex Serbian president acquitted of Kosovo war crimes

  Serbia’s former president Milan Milutinovic has been acquitted of war crimes against Kosovo… 26/02/09 17:35 CET

• Ex-Serbian president acquitted of Kosovo war crimes

  Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic has been acquitted of war crimes against Kosovo’s ethnic… 26/02/09 16:27 CET

• Questions remain over tragic Schiphol air crash

  Many questions remain unanswered a day after a tragic plane crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport… 26/02/09 13:37 CET

• Record losses for RBS, Allianz and Natixis

  Reporting the biggest annual loss in British corporate history at 27 billion euros, the Royal Bank… 26/02/09 13:37 CET

• Fifteen injured in fire at Islamabad’s Marriott

  A fire has broken out at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, five months after it… 26/02/09 13:37 CET

• Mutineers surrender after bloody Bangladesh protest

  Mutinous soldiers in Bangladesh have begun handing over their weapons in line with an amnesty offer… 26/02/09 12:35 CET

• Big economic challenges facing Latvia’s new leader

  A former finance minister has been tasked with creating a new ruling coalition to end the country’s… 26/02/09 11:36 CET

• Verdict on ex-Serb president due today

  The International Criminal Court in the Hague delivers its verdict today on former Serb President… 26/02/09 07:54 CET

• Estonian spy jailed for passing over NATO secrets

  An Estonian defence ministry official has been jailed for passing NATO secrets to Russia. Herman… 26/02/09 07:54 CET

• Spain’s corruption inquiry widens

  A corruption investigation into Spain’s conservative opposition party has widened, with the… 26/02/09 07:54 CET

• British minister caught in e-scam

  Internet fraud is so widespread that British cabinet minister, Jack Straw, set up a special crime… 26/02/09 07:54 CET

• Search for clues over fatal Amsterdam plane crash

  The search for clues as to what caused yesterday’s fatal plane crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol… 26/02/09 07:54 CET

• Irish police stage pension protest

  Some 2,000 police have demonstrated in the Irish Republic against plans to make them pay a levy on… 26/02/09 00:18 CET

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