archive 22·05·2009

cinema

• Daniel y Ana at Cannes

  Mexican director Michel Franco’s new film “Daniel Y Ana” is in competition at Cannes, in the “Un… 22/05/09 16:33 CET

corporate

• Magna favourite for Opel takeover

  German politicians have said the Austrian-Canadian car parts maker Magna is the preferred buyer for… 22/05/09 19:34 CET

economy

• Luxembourg and Liechtenstein move on tax evasion

  Luxembourg and Liechtenstein are moving closer to reaching agreement on implementing international… 22/05/09 19:36 CET

• UK bank stress tests stay secret

  The British government has refused to make public the results of stress tests carried out on … 22/05/09 19:32 CET

• Russia and Europe trade reliant on each other

  Though there were differences at their summit Russia and Europe remain interdependent trade… 22/05/09 19:32 CET

• Turbulent times for British Airways

  In the financial year just ended UK carrier British Airways slumped to a record loss of 250 million… 22/05/09 19:26 CET

europa

• Kaczynski warns Poles on euro

  Poland’s president has spoken out against adopting the euro. Lech Kaczynski, in Warsaw, told… 22/05/09 18:48 CET

• Basque party cleared by court

  Spain’s Constitutional Court has overturned a lower court ruling preventing a Basque party from… 22/05/09 18:48 CET

le mag

• Lyon parties at Les Nuits Sonores

  Electronic music festival “Les Nuits Sonnores” has opened in Lyon. The festival drew a crowd of… 22/05/09 16:43 CET

markets

• Friday 22nd April

  European shares ended half a percent higher after a day of choppy trading. So called… 22/05/09 19:34 CET

parlamento

• Mali, CIGEM and so on

  Encouraging alternatives to leaving home. Mali and Europe join hands to manage migration from one… 22/05/09 21:02 CET

questions for europe

• Salary of an MEP

  A French voter asks: “I’m André, and I’d like to know a Euro-MP’s salary.” The… 22/05/09 19:05 CET

world news

• Ledger wins posthumous plaudits at Cannes

  Heath Ledger’s final film — The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — has made its debut at Cannes… 22/05/09 19:50 CET

• Race is on in Iran’s presidential election

  Campaigning has begun in earnest for Iran’s presidential election in Iran. For the ballot on… 22/05/09 19:22 CET

• 60 years of Germany’s Basic Law

  After defeat in the Second World War Germany was on its knees, ruined materially and morally by the… 22/05/09 19:16 CET

• UN demands full access to Sri Lankan camps

  The increasingly desperate plight of thousands of civilians has led the UN to demand full access to… 22/05/09 18:29 CET

• Russia-EU summit exposes rifts

  Europe and Russia are getting on better but still agree to differ. The mood at their joint summit… 22/05/09 18:28 CET

• Italy closes schools amid flu fears

  Four new cases of H1N1 flu in Italy have led to the closure of two schools in Rome. The high school… 22/05/09 18:27 CET

• Germany celebrates constitution’s 60th birthday

  The great and the good in Germany have launched the celebrations for six decades of freedom, 60… 22/05/09 18:23 CET

• Germany prepares for a new president

  German celebrations for their constitution’s 60th anniversary coincide with the election of a new… 22/05/09 14:23 CET

• Germany celebrates 60 years of freedom

  The great and the good in Germany are celebrating six decades of democratic freedom, 60 years after… 22/05/09 13:13 CET

• Bad weather delays shuttle’s return

  Bad weather has delayed the return to earth of the space shuttle Atlantis. Its work completed on… 22/05/09 13:10 CET

• Differences overshadow Russia-EU summit

  The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned the European Union not to allow its eastern… 22/05/09 12:58 CET

• Clinton sax auctioned at Cannes Aids gala

  The actress Sharon Stone and the former US President Bill Clinton have lead this year’s Aids… 22/05/09 12:57 CET

• Netanyahu: “Jerusalem always Israeli”

  Thousands of Jewish people, young and old, have been celebrating Jerusalem Day. It’s been marked… 22/05/09 07:26 CET

• Mexico gets the green light

  In Mexico – where the recent swine flu scare first began – health alert levels are back to normal… 22/05/09 07:26 CET

• US-Bolivia talks to patch up frayed ties

  The United States and Bolivia have taken steps to patch up their battered relations. Washington… 22/05/09 07:26 CET

• Russia – EU gas summit

  Russia is hosting a summit with the EU in a city that is about as far from Moscow as it is possible… 22/05/09 05:03 CET

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