cinema
Birthplace of cinema honours Clint EastwoodThe four-times Oscar winner rarely appears in public, but Clint Eastwood made an exception when he… 19/10/09 17:33 CET
corporate
ABB cuts fine provisions boosting profitSwiss engineering group ABB has said it expects its third-quarter net income to be boosted to… 19/10/09 20:09 CET
Norilsk profits slumpRussia’s Norilsk has announced sharply lower profits for the last six months, but the world’s… 19/10/09 20:09 CET
DSB made bankruptA Dutch court has declared the troubled lender DSB bankrupt after attempts over the weekend to sell… 19/10/09 20:09 CET
Germany issues Opel assuranceWith still no date fixed for the signing of the deal for GM to sell Opel and Vauxhall, the German… 19/10/09 20:09 CET
europa
Sunday fishing rule denialRecreational fishermen will not be forced to declare what they catch under European quota rules… 19/10/09 20:11 CET
€280 million milk money leaves EU budget ‘plucked’Europe’s milk sector has been thrown a 280 million euro lifeline. Yet struggling farmers’ unions… 19/10/09 20:11 CET
le mag
Has the Frieze Fair lost some of its cool?A sculpture of the world’s first pregnant man and a dustbin full of electronic data – London’s… 19/10/09 17:33 CET
markets
Markets: 19th OctoberEuropean shares bounced back to one year highs, with banks, food producers and drugmakers leading… 19/10/09 20:11 CET
questions for europe
Low-carbon energy in the EUDespite the financial crisis, the European Commission wants the EU to triple the amount of money it… 19/10/09 17:33 CET
Microcredit in the EUMicrocredit, or the offer of small loans for the world’s poorest countries, is increasingly in… 19/10/09 17:33 CET
science
Noah’s Ark of plants reaches first milestoneA decade after launching the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew Gardens in London has managed to collect… 19/10/09 17:34 CET
world news
Risks of Pakistan’s offensive in WaziristanPakistan’s all-out offensive against the militants within its border has been a long time coming… 19/10/09 20:27 CET
Paris & Madrid welcome ETA seizuresFrench and Spanish police are congratulating each other after a dawn raid in Britanny captured the… 19/10/09 19:35 CET
Afghan president facing run-off voteAfghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is facing a run-off vote after a UN-backed fraud investigation… 19/10/09 19:15 CET
Iran: Britain denies role in guards attackBritain’s foreign minister has categorically denied Britain had anything to do with the suicide… 19/10/09 19:14 CET
Teenage girl killed in student bus crash in SpainA teenage girl was killed when a bus carrying dozens of Dutch students crashed north of Barcelona… 19/10/09 18:46 CET
Pakistani assault forces thousands to fleeSome 28,000 Pakistani troops backed by artillery and air support are battling with Taliban… 19/10/09 17:34 CET
Iran to enrich its own uranium if nuclear talks failIn what is being seen as a major blow to the West’s hopes of defusing tension over Iran’s nuclear… 19/10/09 16:33 CET
Vienna talks hint at nuclear cooperationIran is due to enter talks with world powers on an enriched uranium deal to help calm western fears… 19/10/09 13:32 CET
Pakistani army gets to grips with TalibanThe Pakistani army has begun setting up checkpoints in the areas of south Waziristan it has taken… 19/10/09 13:32 CET
Hurricane Rick wanes yet remains “extremely dangerous”Hurricane Rick showed signs of weakening overnight as it roared over the Pacific off the west coast… 19/10/09 13:29 CET
Farmers await outcome of Milk talksTalks are continuing in Luxemburg where beleaguered milk farmers are demonstrating outside a… 19/10/09 13:04 CET
AccidentA teenager has been killed and as many as 23 others injured after a bus carrying Dutch students and… 19/10/09 12:03 CET
German coalition talks near consensusThe German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats appear… 19/10/09 07:43 CET
Rio violence tarnishes Olympic imageThe downing of a police helicopter by Rio de Janeiro drug gangs on Saturday has triggered criticism… 19/10/09 07:42 CET
Conflicting claims as Pakistan battles the TalibanPakistan claims to have killed at least 60 Taliban fighters on the second day of its assault on… 19/10/09 07:41 CET
Iran accuses Pakistan of Guards’ suicide attackThe President of Iran has accused Pakistan of involvement in the suicide bomb attack which killed… 19/10/09 07:40 CET
Growing US doubts over KarzaiAmerica has admitted its growing worries over Afghanistan, by questioning the credibility of… 19/10/09 07:39 CET
