cinema
Comedy drama City Island on release across EuropeStarring Andy Garcia and Juliana Margulies, “City Island” is the story of an Italian-American… 12/05/09 17:23 CET
corporate
EADS profit plummetsEuropean aerospace group EADS’s operating profit for the first three months of the year slumped 70… 12/05/09 20:47 CET
Nissan posts first loss in nearly a decadeNissan is the latest car maker to unveil horrible figures because of slumping sales. It lost 1.75… 12/05/09 20:47 CET
Iberia’s loss worse than expectedThe financial turmoil in the skies continues. Spain’s Iberia said it suffered a first… 12/05/09 20:47 CET
economy
UK retail sales riseGood news from Britain’s high streets where retail sales rose in April at their fastest pace in… 12/05/09 20:47 CET
Details of Spain’s economic stimulusSpain’s new economic stimulus measures are in part an attempt to address soaring unemployment… 12/05/09 20:47 CET
europa
Czech EU job challengeJan Fischer has got to work picking up the leftovers. The new prime minister of the Czech… 12/05/09 19:32 CET
What you are about to see is fictionalBut this footage of Europeans voting in a previous round of elections for their Parliament, is… 12/05/09 19:32 CET
VoteWatch, MEPs and transparencySome praise it on transparency grounds while others say it misrepresents… 12/05/09 19:32 CET
People power in Brussels ahead of voteScores of citizens from across the EU have met top policy-makers in Brussels to hand over their… 12/05/09 07:41 CET
hi-tech
Hubble: repair mission finally underwayThe long-postponed mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is finally underway… 12/05/09 17:23 CET
le mag
Oslo Opera House wins EU architecture awardThe Norwegian Opera and Ballet house in Oslo has been awarded this year’s Mies van der Rohe award… 12/05/09 17:23 CET
markets
Tuesday 12th MayEuropean shares closed slightly lower after a choppy trading session. Weaker financial and… 12/05/09 20:47 CET
world news
Macedonian President takes oathFive weeks after his election, the new President of Macedonia has taken the oath of office in… 12/05/09 22:03 CET
Sichuan earthquake rememberedChina is marking the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck the southwest of… 12/05/09 20:10 CET
Demjanjuk: the long road to trialHe was born Yvan Demjanjuk in 1920 in the west of Ukraine. After serving in the Red Army at the… 12/05/09 20:10 CET
Pope in Israel attracts criticism of wartime pastThe Pope’s visit to Israel has been attracting an increasing number of critical comments about his… 12/05/09 19:05 CET
Nazi suspect assessed for fitness to stand trialThe world’s most-wanted Nazi suspect, John Demjanjuk, is being monitored by doctors in Germany, to… 12/05/09 18:56 CET
Zapatero unveils stimulus measures for SpainThe Spanish prime minister has gone on the offensive to turn around the country’s economy and his… 12/05/09 18:56 CET
Freed US journalist in no hurry to leave IranThe American journalist freed from prison in Iran says she is in no hurry to leave Tehran. Roxana… 12/05/09 18:56 CET
Cameron: Tory MPs will pay back expensesThe leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party has apologised for the parliamentary expenses… 12/05/09 18:33 CET
Italy holds two suspected al-Qaeda mastermindsAnti-terrorist police in Italy claim to have caught two al-Qaeda masterminds, in charge of training… 12/05/09 16:23 CET
Voronin elected Moldovan leaderThe outgoing Moldovan president, Vladimir Voronin, has been elected speaker of parliament,in a move… 12/05/09 12:42 CET
Demjanjuk arrives in Germany for Nazi trialAlleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has arrived in Germany from the US to face charges of… 12/05/09 12:41 CET
Pope visits sacred sites in JerusalemOn the second day of a sensitive trip to Israel the Pope visited powerful symbols of Judaism and… 12/05/09 12:40 CET
Italy accuses two of being European al-Qaeda kingpinsProsecutors in Italy have accused two men already in custody of being leading members of al-Qaeda… 12/05/09 12:13 CET
China remembers earthquake one year onChina has been remembering an earthquake that devastated Sichuan province in the south west exactly… 12/05/09 09:23 CET
Pope leaves Jewish audience cold after speechIt was meant to be a “pilgrimage of peace.” But so far, the Pope’s visit to Israel seems only… 12/05/09 07:43 CET
US names new Afghan commanderAll change at the top of US forces in Afghanistan as the US seeks a change of direction in its war… 12/05/09 07:41 CET
Saakashvili clings on as talks failThe Georgian opposition is trying to keep up pressure on the government following failed talks with… 12/05/09 07:38 CET
Demjanjuk heads for GermanyThe alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk has left the United States and is en route for… 12/05/09 02:34 CET
