archive 14·09·2009

cinema

• Debutants claim the prizes at Venice film festival

  First-time filmmakers enjoyed a successful evening as the awards were handed out at the Venice Film… 14/09/09 16:51 CET

corporate

• No cash for jobs call over Opel

  Britain and Belgium want the European Commission to make sure the takeover of carmaker Opel doesn’t… 14/09/09 20:27 CET

economy

• EU says euro zone economy at turning point

  The euro zone is emerging from recession, the European Commission believes but its latest forecast… 14/09/09 20:27 CET

• Sarkozy threatens G20 walkout

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to walk out of the summit of Group of 20 leaders in… 14/09/09 20:27 CET

europa

• Parliament votes this week on Barroso’s job

  This is the week Jose Manuel Barroso’s European Commission presidency is put to a vote in the… 14/09/09 21:12 CET

• Boel not seeking agriculture post again

  Mariann Fischer Boel has confirmed she will not be a candidate to continue as Europe’s top… 14/09/09 21:12 CET

le mag

• Versailles courts controversy with contemporary art

  Visitors to Versailles currently have something else to contemplate aside the lavish palace and its… 14/09/09 17:25 CET

• Versailles courts controversy with contemporary art

  Visitors to Versailles currently have something else to contemplate aside the lavish palace and its… 14/09/09 16:55 CET

markets

• Monday 14th September

  European shares finished slightly lower but the indexes had been much worse earlier in the day… 14/09/09 20:27 CET

questions for europe

• Switch to more modern light bulbs

  Traditional and regular halogen light bulbs are to disappear from the EU market within three years… 14/09/09 21:45 CET

• Above and beyond GDP

  Gross domestic product, or GDP it considered to be one the best means of calculating a country’s… 14/09/09 21:45 CET

science

• New technique gives insight into ancient arachnids

  Spiders have been striking irrational fear into many of us for centuries and fortunately we don’t… 14/09/09 17:29 CET

• New technique gives insight into ancient arachnids

  Spiders have been striking irrational fear into many of us for centuries and fortunately we don’t… 14/09/09 16:59 CET

world news

• Norway set for status quo in election

  As the first exit polls in Norway’s general election indicate the return of the centre-left… 14/09/09 23:03 CET

• Obama pushes Wall Street reform

  US President Barack Obama has urged the financial industry not to resist his attempts to overhaul… 14/09/09 19:15 CET

• Have the lessons of the subprime crash already been forgotten?

  The first victims of the economic crisis were the brokers and traders of Wall street who lost their… 14/09/09 19:13 CET

• Oil wealth a knotty Norwegian problem

  Oil is a curse as well as a blessing – just ask a lot of Africans who see their wealth fuel violent… 14/09/09 19:12 CET

• Norway votes, but it’s too close to call

  The outcome of Norway’s general election is expected to be too close to call. The ruling… 14/09/09 19:10 CET

• Germany underwhelmed by TV duel

  Germany has been giving its verdict on a live TV clash between the country’s two political… 14/09/09 19:09 CET

• Nuclear watchdog calls for new powers

  The new head of the world’s nuclear watchdog has vowed to pursue alleged illegal proliferation of… 14/09/09 19:03 CET

• Abdullah wants runoff in Afghanistan

  Afghanistan’s former foreign minister has called for a run-off in the presidential election to… 14/09/09 18:43 CET

• EU Russian relations Zapatero’s top priority

  Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says the EU’s relationship with Moscow will be… 14/09/09 18:34 CET

• Liquid bomb plotters jailed for more than 100 years

  Three British Muslims who plotted to murder hundreds, possibly thousands, of people by blowing up… 14/09/09 15:42 CET

• Obama to relaunch Wall St reform

  President Obama will try to revive an overhaul of US financial institutions today – a year after… 14/09/09 13:09 CET

• Venezuela borrows to buy Russian weapons

  Venezuela has raised the stakes in South America, buying Russian tanks and missiles with money… 14/09/09 12:48 CET

• German election debate divides opinion

  German political commentators are divided today over who came out better in the televised debate… 14/09/09 12:47 CET

• German candidates enjoy amicable debate

  The candidates arrived for their only tv debate with everything to play for. Frank-Walter… 14/09/09 12:46 CET

• Norway’s Left on course for re-election

  Norway’s voting in what is expected to be a close general election between the ruling centre-left… 14/09/09 12:13 CET

• Merkel and Steinmeier go head-to-head on TV

  Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and the challenger for her job, Social Democrat Frank-Walter… 14/09/09 07:58 CET

• Mubarak urges renewed Middle East peace talks

  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has called on Israel to halt all settlement building and urged the… 14/09/09 07:58 CET

• TGV link could prove to be election decider

  Portugal’s proposed high-speed TGV rail link with the rest of Europe has emerged as the crucial… 14/09/09 07:58 CET

• Norway votes in close election race

  Early voting in Norway’s general election has got underway as opinion polls put the left leaning… 14/09/09 07:51 CET

• Global economic crisis – one year on

  It is a year since the failure of one of America’s most historic banks – Lehman Brothers – a day… 14/09/09 07:51 CET

• Irish foe of EU treaty re-enters pre-poll debate

  As Ireland prepares to vote on the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, the “No” lobby has been boosted by a… 14/09/09 07:51 CET

• Catalan town votes for independence

  In a symbolic gesture, residents in a small Spanish town have supported a call for the region of… 14/09/09 04:03 CET

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