cinema
Tetro in black and whiteFrancis Ford Coppola’s latest film “Tetro“ is shot entirely in black and white. He says that “in… 24/06/09 16:00 CET
economy
Germany heading for huge budget boostThe German cabinet has approved a draft budget for 2010 which includes borrowing an additional 40… 24/06/09 20:47 CET
Fed not likely to raise interest rates for some timeThe US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has concluded its two-day policy-setting meeting… 24/06/09 20:31 CET
Russian economy to shrinkThere are different figures emerging, but all contain the same message – Russia’s economy is going… 24/06/09 20:31 CET
OECD more optimistic about recoveryIt is going to a bumpy road ahead for the world economy, but the Organisation for Economic… 24/06/09 20:31 CET
europa
100% screening for some cancersEurope must double its cancer screening efforts, to prevent mortality rates climbing as the… 24/06/09 18:11 CET
BIRW awarded prize for Northern Ireland workMonitoring human rights in Northern Ireland goes on. The independent NGO British Irish Rights Watch… 24/06/09 18:11 CET
Croatian EU process further delayedThe European Union has called off a round of accession talks with Croatia which had been scheduled… 24/06/09 18:11 CET
hi-tech
Security systems at Innovation DaysAt the Innovation Days Exhibition in Lisbon, developers were showing off new software designed to… 24/06/09 16:00 CET
Innovating for kidsAt the Innovation Days exhibition in Lisbon, researchers demonstrated a little electric car… 24/06/09 16:00 CET
interview
Keep stimulus going says BlanchardThere is probably no one in the world who has more economic data at his disposal to monitor the… 24/06/09 20:58 CET
le mag
Films at RA’s Summer ShowIn London, the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition features, as usual, both established and unknown… 24/06/09 16:00 CET
markets
Wednesday 24th JuneEuropean shares finished the day sharply higher, up almost three percent. Among the factors… 24/06/09 20:31 CET
world news
52 dead in Iraq market bomb blastAt least 52 people are reported to have been killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad. The blast tore… 24/06/09 20:04 CET
Ex-PM of Kosovo held in BulgariaA former prime minister of Kosovo arrested in Bulgaria is to be kept in custody until at least… 24/06/09 19:12 CET
Europe united in words but not action on IranEurope’s Iranian communities have been protesting in many different languages but with one voice… 24/06/09 19:10 CET
Confusion over renewed violence in IranThere are conflicting reports of renewed violence in Iran. The latest images from Tehran appear to… 24/06/09 19:03 CET
Sarkozy’s new look cabinet raises questionsThe new look French cabinet got down to work this morning, while President Nicholas Sarkozy’s… 24/06/09 18:49 CET
Sex scandal engulfs BerlusconiThe sex scandal headlines keep on coming, but the Italian Prime Minister remains defiant… 24/06/09 18:48 CET
Albanian writer wins Asturias literature prize“A universal voice against totalitarianism”. That is how the judges of the Asturias Awards… 24/06/09 18:47 CET
Israel-based radio offers voice for IraniansGiving Iranian’s a voice – that is the idea behind a Tel Aviv-based radio station broadcasting in… 24/06/09 17:23 CET
Khamanei says he won’t be pressured by protestsAhead of possible rallies by Iran’s opposition tomorrow, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali… 24/06/09 14:44 CET
Crackdown keeps protestors off streets — for nowA security crackdown in Iran appears to have deterred anti-government protestors from taking to the… 24/06/09 13:06 CET
UN assesses economic crisis impact on poorThe impact of the financial crisis on developing countries comes under the spotlight at a three-day… 24/06/09 13:05 CET
French reshuffle bigger than expectedFrance’s new cabinet is meeting for the first time after a reshuffle by Nicolas Sarkozy. With… 24/06/09 13:04 CET
- Kadare honoured with Asturias Literature prize
For years his name has been mentioned when the Nobel prize for Literature comes around, but he has… 24/06/09 13:03 CET
Ex-PM of Kosovo arrested in BulgariaA former prime minister of Kosovo, Agim Ceku, has been arrested by Bulgaria. Officials on the… 24/06/09 11:33 CET
Chinese dissident Xiaobo arrestedOne of China’s best known dissidents has been formally arrested on charges of inciting subversion… 24/06/09 10:23 CET
Belgium gets first deputy wearing Muslim headscarfIn Brussels, Mahinur Ozdemir, 26, has become the first deputy wearing a Muslim headscarf to be… 24/06/09 07:42 CET
France’s Sarkozy reshuffles cabinetIt is all change in Nicolas Sarkozy’s cabinet, with a major reshuffle giving the French President’s… 24/06/09 07:42 CET
Iranian authorities crack down on protestsA security crackdown appears to have quelled street protests organised in the wake of Iran’s… 24/06/09 07:42 CET
German court rules pupils can rate teachers onlineGerman schoolchildren will be able to rate their teachers online, after a court threw out the case… 24/06/09 07:42 CET
French burqa “commission” gets mixed reactionThere has been a mixed reaction to the news that the French government is setting up a commission… 24/06/09 07:42 CET
