cinema
Orignal “Metropolis” film to finally be re-editedFritz Lang’s “Metropolis” can finally be restored to its full glory. The final piece of the jigsaw… 15/07/09 16:49 CET
corporate
H&M’s sales slipSales have sagged at the Swedish budget fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz. The world’s… 15/07/09 21:01 CET
Rio Tinto’s iron ore output risesMixed news from global miner Rio Tinto. It posted a stronger-than-expected eight percent rise… 15/07/09 21:01 CET
economy
European car sales finally climbEuropean car sales rose in June their first increase in fourteen months. They were up 2.4… 15/07/09 21:01 CET
Euro zone inflation fallsA steep drop in fuel costs drove down inflation in the euro zone in June compared with the same… 15/07/09 21:01 CET
UK jobless rates at 12 year highThe recession continues to take a major toll on British workers. The unemployment rate for… 15/07/09 21:01 CET
europa
Swift moves promised to tighten EU financial rulesSweden’s Prime Minister has promised to move quickly to secure EU agreement on ways to tighten… 15/07/09 20:34 CET
Border benefits for Balkan travellers to EUThe prospect of free access across EU borders has come a step closer for people from Macedonia… 15/07/09 20:12 CET
Poland proud of new EU Parliament PresidentPoland has reacted with pride to the news that former Prime Minister Jerzey Buzek has been elected… 15/07/09 07:59 CET
futuris
Robots designed to roam city streetsA new breed of robots is being designed for life on our city streets.To meet this challenge they… 15/07/09 17:45 CET
hi-tech
Sahara desert solution to Europe’s energy problemsIt’s been called complex and ambitious, and has even been compared to the moon landing. But… 15/07/09 17:20 CET
le mag
Montreux Jazz Festival Tribute to Nina SimoneTributes were paid to Nina Simone at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Simone was one of… 15/07/09 17:20 CET
markets
Wednesday 15th JulyEuropean finished up for the third straight session hitting a two-week high. Banks were the… 15/07/09 21:01 CET
world news
Relatives’ shock and disbelief over Iranian plane crashThe scenes of distress were repeated at Yerevan Airport in Armenia, where a notice on the wall… 15/07/09 23:44 CET
Relatives traumatised by Iran air crashFamilies of the victims gathered at Yerevan airport, to hear the worst news. Everyone on board the… 15/07/09 20:12 CET
Italian police swoop on Camorra membersA major police operation around Naples and in northern Italy has netted 32 suspected members of the… 15/07/09 20:12 CET
168 killed in Iranian air crashAn Iranian passenger jet has crashed, killing all 168 people on board. The Russian-built… 15/07/09 20:12 CET
Russian rights activist kidnapped and killedA leading Russian human rights activist has been kidnapped and later found dead. Natalia Estemirova… 15/07/09 20:12 CET
Rival to rich nations’ summit opens in EgyptOnly days after a summit of the G8 group of rich nations, a rival conference of developing… 15/07/09 20:12 CET
Swedish EU presidency targets finance and climateThe Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has set out Sweden’s plans for the next six months as… 15/07/09 13:30 CET
Israeli soldiers: ‘Shoot first, question later’The Israeli military has rejected outright claims that the assault on Gaza last winter was… 15/07/09 13:30 CET
US Navy arrives in Georgia for exercisesThe American guided missile destroyer USS Stout has dropped anchor off the Georgian Black Sea port… 15/07/09 13:30 CET
No survivors in Iranian plane crashAn Iranian passenger aircraft has crashed killing everyone on board. The plane, a Tupolev operating… 15/07/09 13:30 CET
Second night of clashes in N.IrelandNorthern Ireland has been hit by a second night of violence in Belfast and other towns. The first… 15/07/09 13:30 CET
Iranian Caspian Airlines plane crashes on way to ArmeniaReports are coming in of a plane crash in Iran in which it is feared there are no survivors. The… 15/07/09 11:55 CET
Sweden to lay down EU priorities of presidencyEight years ago Sweden took the EU presidency in times of relative calm, but those days are long… 15/07/09 08:00 CET
Nigerian rebels sign up to ceasefireThe Nigerian rebel group Mend has announced a 60-day ceasefire. The group-The Movement for… 15/07/09 08:00 CET
WHO warns of H1N1 vaccine delayThe WHO has said it could be the end of the year before a vaccine for the H1N1 influenza is… 15/07/09 07:59 CET
Diplomatic row looms between Canada and Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is talking of diplomatic reprisals after Canada reintroduced visas for its… 15/07/09 07:59 CET
Eight British servicemen mourned by thousandsThe bodies of eight British soldiers killed in a single 24 hour-period in Afghanistan have been… 15/07/09 02:44 CET
