archive 22·09·2009

corporate

• Google gains on trade-mark case

  Based on the expert advice it has received, the EU’s top court is likely to rule that search engine… 22/09/09 21:09 CET

• Cadbury keener on Kraft?

  Cadbury may be moving closer to accepting a bid from US food giant Kraft if the price were… 22/09/09 21:09 CET

economy

• Economic imbalances focus for G20

  We are going to change the world is the mantra for this week’s gathering of leaders from the Group… 22/09/09 21:16 CET

• Spain tourism continues to wane

  The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain continues to fall. In August – which is… 22/09/09 21:09 CET

europa

• Swiss milk strike saddens

  In non-EU Switzerland, hundreds of angry producers have been refusing to deliver their milk. They… 22/09/09 21:02 CET

• Milk strikers hand it out free in Paris

  French milk producers after two weeks on strike have been giving it away free in central Paris… 22/09/09 21:02 CET

hi-tech

• The magic touch

  Scientists working on the Smarthand European Research Project in Sweden have created one of the… 22/09/09 18:00 CET

le mag

• Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

  Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week is underway, albeit slightly overshadowed by her big sister in London… 22/09/09 18:00 CET

• The Boy Who Knew Too Much

  Mika has been promoting his new album “The Boy Who Knew Too Much” by giving away free tickets from… 22/09/09 18:00 CET

markets

• Markets 22 September

  European shares finished ahead, reversing two days of loses. Banks were among the top… 22/09/09 21:09 CET

questions for europe

• Digital sector vs economic crisis

  Can the digital economy help lift Europe out of crisis? The European Union is counting on new… 22/09/09 17:29 CET

• Financing climate change action

  Less than three months from a major international conference in Copenhagen, negotiations are still… 22/09/09 17:29 CET

world news

• Italy “absolutely not” worried about boat people returnees

  Italy has defended its policy of turning back boats with immigrants at sea before they land on… 22/09/09 21:02 CET

• Honduras police disperse pro-Zelaya protest

  Honduran security forces have clashed with supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya outside… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Island nations demand action on climate change

  Forty two small island states have sent out an S.O.S. pleading with industrialised nations to act… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• German bus crash kills three

  At least three people have been reported killed and several injured after a country bus crashed off… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Three-way meeting ends without talks pledge

  Hopes are fading fast that there will be any talks soon between Israeli and Palestinian peace… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Migrants evicted from Calais ‘jungle’ camp

  It took barely two hours to clear ‘the jungle.’ Resigned and bewildered, there was little… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Anger greets destruction of Calais ‘jungle’

  The French left is leading the attack on the government’s dismantling of the Calais “jungle” for… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Obama urges restart of Middle East peace talks

  In his most direct intervention into Middle East diplomacy so far, US President Barack Obama has… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Obama calls for united front on climate change

  President Barack Obama has challenged world leaders to fight climate change telling a UN summit… 22/09/09 20:17 CET

• Low expectations for Obama’s Middle East summit

  The row over Jewish settlements has dashed any hopes of a breakthrough in today’s three-way summit… 22/09/09 13:48 CET

• French defend decision to clear ‘the jungle’

  As migrants were led away from “the jungle”, the French immigration minister defended his… 22/09/09 13:48 CET

• UN summit seeks way forward on climate change

  Environmentalists in Paris and Berlin have been raising the alarm over climate change in the hope… 22/09/09 13:48 CET

• Poll gives Merkel centre-right majority

  With the German federal election just days away, Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s centre-left SPD is… 22/09/09 13:48 CET

• France clears Calais migrant camp

  French security forces have been evicting migrants from a sprawling makeshift camp on the Channel… 22/09/09 09:07 CET

• Politicians get wake-up call ahead of climate talks

  Climate change protesters in Paris and Berlin have set off alarm clocks as a wake up call to… 22/09/09 07:50 CET

• Ousted Honduran president returns from exile

  The exiled president of Honduras has slipped back into the country, nearly three months after the… 22/09/09 07:49 CET

• Expectations low for Mideast summit

  Israeli and Palestinian leaders have voiced low expectations ahead of today’s three-way summit in… 22/09/09 07:48 CET

• Presidential spying plot thickens in Portugal

  A scandal engulfing the Portuguese presidential palace has taken another twist just days before… 22/09/09 07:48 CET

• Unrest spreads among dairy farmers

  European dairy farmers once again took their protest against the EU’s milk policy right to… 22/09/09 07:45 CET

• Leak puts Obama under pressure over Afghanistan

  Barack Obama is under growing pressure to decide soon whether or not to send more troops to… 22/09/09 07:45 CET

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