cinema
Is this it?Posthumous rehearsal film “This Is It” will be released this weekend but not all Michael Jackson… 27/10/09 16:47 CET
corporate
BP reports third-quarter profits above expectationsOil giant BP has reported third-quarter profits well above expectations, sending its share price up… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
Bayer’s operating earnings beat forecastsGermany’s largest drugmaker Bayer has beaten forecasts with their operating earnings. Profits… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
Honda’s profits halvedHonda’s profits between July and September more than halved after car sales continued to fall… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
economy
Tangiers builds the future at Tanger MedTanger Med, near Tangiers, Morocco, is the largest port in the Mediterranean. When completed in… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
Consumer Mood in Europe VariedThe French consumer mood is improving despite the accelerating job cuts. Household confidence… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
Consumer confidence gloomy in the USConsumer confidence in the US is gloomy as people face the worst job market in a quarter of a… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
europa
High awareness of poverty in EUNine out of 10 Europeans want urgent action by their government to tackle poverty. A new… 27/10/09 17:38 CET
Juncker ‘wouldn’t say no’ to EU presidencyAnother contender to lead the EU… Both Tony Blair and now Jean-Claude Juncker are considered as… 27/10/09 16:36 CET
hi-tech
Monitoring the planetOcean currents play an important part in regulating the Earth’s climate. Driven by the density and… 27/10/09 16:00 CET
le mag
Q Awards chaosAt the Q Awards in London, there was the usual rock n roll confusion. Kasabian weren’t sure what… 27/10/09 16:47 CET
markets
European share gains limited by US consumer gloomGains in European shares were limited in afternoon trading by news of deteriorating U.S. consumer… 27/10/09 18:06 CET
world news
Prison sentences in French arms scandalThe guilty verdicts handed down on Tuesday in France’s “Angolagate” arms scandal have lobbed a bomb… 27/10/09 22:14 CET
Fines but no ban in French Scientology fraud rulingFour of the six leaders of the Scientology Church in France have been found guilty of fraud in a… 27/10/09 19:44 CET
Spotlight on Iran-Turkey relationsSome commentators are asking whether there may be a shift underway in Turkey’s foreign policy. At a… 27/10/09 19:08 CET
Prosecution opens case against KaradzicThe prosecution has opened its case in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan… 27/10/09 18:56 CET
Plavsic’s triumphant return to BelgradeFormer Bosnian Serb President, Bilyana Plavsich, has arrived in Belgrade to a hero’s welcome. She… 27/10/09 18:54 CET
British lawyer faces jail after Berlusconi briberyBritish lawyer David Mills is facing jail in Italy after losing an appeal against a bribery… 27/10/09 18:54 CET
“Angolagate” trial jails former Interior MinisterOne of the biggest arms dealing trials in history has wound up in France with prison terms for some… 27/10/09 18:53 CET
Erdogan backs Iran over nuclear talksThe Turkish prime minister has praised Iran for what he called its “positive attitude” to nuclear… 27/10/09 18:03 CET
Czech court to give Lisbon treaty ruling nextUncertainty over the EU’s Lisbon Treaty is set to continue after the Czech Constitutional Court… 27/10/09 16:53 CET
Scientologists may appeal French fraud convictionFour of the six leaders of the Scientology Church in France have been found guilty of fraud in a… 27/10/09 14:13 CET
UN says don’t expect climate deal at CopenhagenDo not expect any agreements on how to lower climate change at Copenhagen. That is the message… 27/10/09 13:24 CET
Russian nomads threatened by gas reservesThe harsh and remote plains of Russia’s Yamal province are home to the Nenet tribe. Climate change… 27/10/09 13:23 CET
First Session for New German GovernmentGermany’s new coalition government has met for its first parliamentary session today. It’s the… 27/10/09 13:03 CET
Czech decision on Lisbon Treaty on November 3The Czech Constitutional Court is expected to give its ruling on a complaint about the Lisbon… 27/10/09 11:33 CET
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader released from jailFormer Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic has been released from jail in Sweden, after serving… 27/10/09 11:23 CET
Lisbon treaty faces final legal hurdleThe Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court is to begin considering today what is likely to be the… 27/10/09 07:38 CET
Swine flu vaccine programme in EU speeds upOne EU citizen in three could be infected by the H1N1 flu in the coming months. This is the warning… 27/10/09 07:36 CET
Karadzic trial to go aheadThe trial in The Hague of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic goes ahead today despite his… 27/10/09 07:36 CET
Turkey criticises West over Iranian nuke programmeTurkey’s prime minister has accused the West of treating Iran and its nuclear programme unfairly… 27/10/09 07:36 CET
German coalition deal officially signedJust hours before the first post-election session of Germany’s parliament, Chancellor Angela Merkel… 27/10/09 07:35 CET
