archive 23·09·2009

cinema

• Millenium Film Festival gets underway

  The Millenium Film Festival is underway in Brussels. It is a new festival dedicated to… 23/09/09 18:35 CET

corporate

• Total joins Venezuela in oil search

  France’s Total and Venezuela are to invest around 17 billion euros to develop an oil field in the… 23/09/09 20:29 CET

economy

• UK home lending picks up

  The UK mortgage market is showing signs of life. The British Bankers’ Association said its… 23/09/09 20:29 CET

• Euro zone services and manufacturing improve

  The service sector in the euro zone expanded for the first time in 16 months in September… 23/09/09 20:29 CET

• French shop less in August

  French consumer spending fell in August. It was much worse than economists had predicted -… 23/09/09 20:29 CET

• EU wants financial super-watchdog

  Trying to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis, the European Union is proposing a total overhaul… 23/09/09 20:29 CET

europa

• Germany’s latest paperwork to ratify Lisbon Treaty

  Ratification of the EU’s Lisbon reform treaty in Germany remains only a technicality, President… 23/09/09 20:20 CET

• Banks must stop abusing customers — Brussels

  People who feel that dealing with banks is a form of cruel and unusual punishment now have the… 23/09/09 20:20 CET

futuris

• A faded past… but a bright future for stained glass

  This is Cologne Cathedral, Germany’s biggest and home to an abundance of colourful treasure… 23/09/09 18:46 CET

hi-tech

• Liquids scanner on the horizon

  Everyone hates the current restriction on taking liquids onto flights. In airports everywhere it… 23/09/09 18:35 CET

le mag

• Picasso in Helsinki

  The Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki is exhibiting an extensive collection of Picasso’s work from all… 23/09/09 18:35 CET

markets

• Markets 23 September

  European shares closed slightly higher having erased much of their earlier gains. Banks were… 23/09/09 20:29 CET

metropolitans

• Leipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolution

  Leipzig, the city of Bach and Mendelssohn is also the place that spawned a revolution. On October… 23/09/09 10:06 CET

world news

• Small bomb in Athens as election day approaches

  In the run-up to Greece’s early general election, a homemade bomb has exploded outside the home of… 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• Obama calls for ‘new era’ of cooperation

  US President Barack Obama has called for “a new era of engagement” with the world in his maiden… 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• Gaddafi ruffles feathers at UN assembly

  In his first address to the United Nations Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has launched a scathing… 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• European protest by job-threatened Opel workers

  Opel car-workers and union leaders from across Europe have gathered in Belgium to protest against… 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• Portuguese election nears with no clear front runner

  Portugal’s election is looming with Sunday’s result expected to go to the wire. The campaign… 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• German election: A fight for the centre ground

  “We have the strength” scream the election posters of both Germany’s ruling CDU party and its… 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• Merkel mobilises the young for victory

  Germany’s election is only days away and the young members of Chancellor Angela’s Merkel’s … 23/09/09 19:59 CET

• Obama calls for a ‘new era of engagement’

  US President Barack Obama called for “a new era of engagement” with the world in his maiden speech… 23/09/09 17:35 CET

• Obama to stress cooperation in debut UN speech

  US President Barack Obama is expected to stress a new cooperative approach when he makes his maiden… 23/09/09 13:28 CET

• Zelaya blasts Honduran coup leaders’ offer to talk

  Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has accused the country’s de facto government of… 23/09/09 13:28 CET

• French government under fire over camp clearance

  A day after France evacuated the coastal camp dubbed ‘the jungle’ the debris is disappearing, but… 23/09/09 13:28 CET

• Sydney choked by massive duststorm

  A huge duststorm has swept eastern Australia, blanketing Sydney. Landmarks, including the… 23/09/09 13:28 CET

• Ahmadinejad hints at prisoner swap with France

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested that Paris should consider a prisoner swap to secure the release… 23/09/09 13:28 CET

• Mixed reaction to migrant clear-out at Calais

  An empty field near Calais is all that remains of what was home to over 500 migrants and asylum… 23/09/09 07:27 CET

• Honduras crisis centres on Brazilian embassy

  Troops continue to surround the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, where the ousted Honduran president… 23/09/09 07:27 CET

• World leaders meet at UN with long agenda

  The United Nations headquarters in New York is where the annual gathering of world leaders known as… 23/09/09 07:25 CET

• UNESCO elects a woman to top job

  A career diplomat from Bulgaria has become the first woman to be voted in as head of the United… 23/09/09 07:25 CET

• Post votes get German elections underway

  German elections may still be days away but voters wanting to keep their Sunday free have already… 23/09/09 07:25 CET

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