archive 15·05·2009

cinema

• Spring Fever competes at Cannes

  Lou Ye’s film “Spring Fever” is in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The Chinese… 15/05/09 17:19 CET

corporate

• Sales slump pushes Panasonic into loss

  Panasonic has become the latest electronics maker to report huge losses due to weak demand, price… 15/05/09 20:28 CET

• Barclays could sell BGI

  UK bank Barclays has confirmed it has received an “unsolicited” approach about selling its prized… 15/05/09 20:28 CET

economy

• US annual inflation falls

  Inflation in the US was unchanged in April from the month before, but compared with April last year… 15/05/09 20:42 CET

• IMF head upbeat on recovery

  The head of the International Monetary Fund believes the global economic could start to make a… 15/05/09 20:28 CET

europa

• EC: Progress towards Polish shipyard solution

  The European Commission has said there’s been some progress towards saving Poland’s Gdansk… 15/05/09 19:28 CET

le mag

• Yusf Islam comback in LA

  Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has made a musical comeback in Los Angeles. In… 15/05/09 17:19 CET

markets

• Friday 15th May

  European shares finished the day up despite the fact that euro zone economic growth suffered its… 15/05/09 20:28 CET

parlamento

• EU vote: low turnout expected among young voters

  Less than one in four young voters are expected to turn out and cast their ballot in the European… 15/05/09 21:27 CET

• A short history of European parliamentary elections

  It was 1979 when the first elections for a European Parliament were held. Then, just nine countries… 15/05/09 17:55 CET

questions for europe

• When will crisis end?

  “Hello my name is Irina. I’m from Romania and I’ve been living here in Spain for five years. I’m… 15/05/09 19:52 CET

reporter

• Global approach to migration

  The EU is looking for ways to make immigration an opportunity for all parties, both in the… 15/05/09 17:33 CET

world news

• Controversies overshadow Eurovision

  It has become known for discovering new talent, but also for its eccentric side. This year, though… 15/05/09 19:38 CET

• Campion back at Cannes Film Festival

  The New Zealand director Jane Campion has shown her latest feature at the Cannes Film Festival, 16… 15/05/09 19:13 CET

• Merkel ally bids for office

  The leader of Germany’s Free Democratic Party has opened his bid to join Chancellor Angela Merkel… 15/05/09 19:11 CET

• 40,000 march on Brussels

  More than 40,000 have marched through the Belgian capital, Brussels, to protest at the effects of… 15/05/09 18:44 CET

• Pope winds up Holy land tour

  The Pope has left Israel at the end of his Middle East tour with a robust message that the… 15/05/09 18:43 CET

• UK justice minister steps down

  The UK’s parliamentary expenses scandal has forced a member of the government to step down, the… 15/05/09 18:42 CET

• Palestinians commemorate the “Nakba”

  Palestinians have been commemorating the 61st anniversary of the “Nakba”, the displacement of… 15/05/09 18:03 CET

• Pope condemns Holocaust

  The Pope has ended his tour of the Middle East by roundly condeming the Holocaust as a “brutal… 15/05/09 14:03 CET

• Norway bookies’ favourites for Eurovision

  The hot favourite to win Saturday’s Eurovision song contest is Norway – despite coming last a… 15/05/09 13:13 CET

• Lithuania heading for first woman President

  Lithuania is on course to get its first ever female president if the predictions for Sunday’s… 15/05/09 12:53 CET

• Gay march promised for Eurovision final

  This year’s Eurovision song contest in Moscow has highlighted Russia’s tough stance against some of… 15/05/09 12:23 CET

• Europe’s recession deepens

  Europe has sunk deeper into recession in the first quarter of this year – accelerating a year of… 15/05/09 11:33 CET

• CIA “lied to Congress” claims Pelosi

  This is what waterboarding looks like, and now the Democrat’s Nancy Pelosi says the CIA lied about… 15/05/09 07:56 CET

• Benedict gets mixed results in Israel

  It is the last day of the Pope’s visit to the holy land. He flies back to Rome later today, leaving… 15/05/09 07:29 CET

• Repairs begin on Hubble

  The first stage of Atlantis’s rescue mission to extend the life of the Hubble space telescope has… 15/05/09 07:29 CET

• Jobs protests sweep Europe

  Europe’s workers are getting ever more riled about the slumping economies and job losses around the… 15/05/09 07:24 CET

• MP’s expenses scandal pre-vote gift to fringe parties

  The grey skies in Westminster could soon be spreading to Brussels. The expenses scandal… 15/05/09 06:03 CET

• French health workers say reforms won’t work

  Angry at the government’s new national health law, and angry at the way the French right is ramming… 15/05/09 00:34 CET

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