cinema
Monsters and marvels of the deep in MarseilleThe Great Tide took the top prize at this year’s World Festival of Underwater Pictures held in the… 04/11/09 08:52 CET
corporate
Merck and Schering-Plough begin joint operationsUS pharmaceuticals giants Merck and Schering Plough have begun their first day of combined… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Disney’s Shanghai adventure gets Beijing backingThe Disney company has got the green light from the Chinese government to build a theme park in… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
economy
Fed commits to long-term low interest ratesThe US economy may be on the up but the interest rates aren’t. The Federal Reserve, the country’s… 04/11/09 21:52 CET
Marks and Spencer profits tonic for UK economyRising house prices and profits in some sectors are fuelling hopes of recovery in the UK economy… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
europa
Slovenia-Croatia border arbitration dealSlovenia and Croatia have signed a border arbitration agreement, a step towards ending a nearly… 04/11/09 21:42 CET
Lisbon Treaty perceptions by ordinary EuropeansA lot has been said about EU institutional reform, but what does the Lisbon Treaty change for… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Cameron’s Lisbon climbdownBritain’s Conservatives have climbed down from a pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
hi-tech
Artificial heart goes into productionAn artificial heart that acts almost like a real one could be available to patients within a few… 04/11/09 08:40 CET
interview
Interview with Walter Momper, former Mayor of West Berlin and BerlinWalter Momper was mayor of West Berlin when the Wall came down almost twenty years ago. In the… 04/11/09 09:34 CET
le mag
Bublé releases Crazy LoveCanadian singer Michael Bublé‘s fourth studio album Crazy Love mixes rock and soul classics. 04/11/09 08:52 CET
markets
Banks and carmakers lead markets rallyEuropean markets closed up with banks and carmakers doing particularly well in an improving… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
world news
Opposition supporters clash with police in TehranHundreds of protesters have clashed with police on the streets of Tehran. Opposition supporters… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Politicians seething over GM U-turnGM’s decision to keep Opel has left politicians in Moscow and Berlin seething. The Kremlin is… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
GM’s move to claw back Opel angers almost everybodyA U-turn by General Motors over the sale of Opel – which includes Vauxhall in the UK – has been met… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Ex-CIA agents given jail terms in ItalyTwenty three former CIA agents have been sentenced to prison terms in absentia on charges of… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Israel seizes ship “carrying rockets”The Israeli navy has intercepted and seized a container ship it says was carrying rockets destined… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Afghan police: infiltrated by the Taliban?There is concern the Taliban may have infiltrated the Afghan police force after the killing of five… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Romanian prime minister designate rejectedThe Romanian parliament has rejected the prime minister designate and his proposed cabinet. They… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Berlin – The Alexanderplatz protestsThe universal clock on the popular Alexanderplatz was already ticking on the 4th of November in… 04/11/09 21:15 CET
Top US official meets Myanmar’s Suu KyiA top American official has met with Myanmar’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on a… 04/11/09 13:31 CET
Police clash with protesters in TehranPolice have clashed with protesters in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Hundreds of people took to the… 04/11/09 13:21 CET
UK soldiers’ deaths boost ‘security concerns’In Kabul there are growing concerns over security after the shooting of five British soldiers by a… 04/11/09 13:20 CET
Car workers stunned by GM U-turn over Opel saleThe jobs of more than more than 50,000 European car workers hang in the balance again today after a… 04/11/09 13:19 CET
Obama one year onIt has been one year exactly since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. He… 04/11/09 13:19 CET
Democrats do badly without ObamaThe Democrats in America are downplaying their loss of the state of Virginia in three key… 04/11/09 07:14 CET
EU court tells Italy to take crosses downFury at the heart of Europe. Italians have reacted strongly to their nation’s condemnation at the… 04/11/09 07:13 CET
US and EU move closer on climate changeUS President Barack Obama says the United States and the European Union have agreed to boost their… 04/11/09 07:12 CET
GM pulls out of Magna deal at last minuteThe shockwave created by GM’s decision to hang on to Opel is washing around the carmaker’s European… 04/11/09 07:11 CET
Death of a great French thinkerClaude Lévi-Strauss, one of the great philosophers of the 20th century has died aged 100… 04/11/09 07:10 CET
GM stuns Europe by holding onto OpelThe board of General Motors has decided to keep Opel. This has unravelled months of tough… 04/11/09 00:33 CET
