cinema
A Christmas Carol gets the Zemeckis touchThe latest version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring… 05/11/09 16:11 CET
Cambodia film hails the reporters who did not returnInspired by the true stories of dozens of foreign photo-journalists who disappeared in Cambodia in… 05/11/09 10:12 CET
corporate
Toyota’s profit surprisesToyota has reported an unexpected quarterly net profit of 162 million euros and slashed its… 05/11/09 19:52 CET
EADS loses South African A400M orderEADS’s troubled Airbus A400M military transport project has suffered another blow. The South… 05/11/09 19:52 CET
economy
Deutsche Telekom’s earnings upDeutsche Telekom has posted quarterly earnings before tax and interest of 5.5 billion euros – up… 05/11/09 19:52 CET
ECB keeps borrowing costs unchangedThe euro rose against the dollar after the European Central Bank left it main interest rate… 05/11/09 19:52 CET
europa
EU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana’s rights recordCuba will have to improve its record on human rights to help normalise relations with the European… 05/11/09 20:13 CET
Internet access protection wins telecoms dealA compromise to defend the rights of people suspected of using the Internet illegally has secured a… 05/11/09 20:13 CET
Herbal drug mix alertThe European Union has sounded the alert about drug dealers targetting the European Union market… 05/11/09 17:31 CET
europeans
Neukölln puts accent on integrationTwenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 per cent of the Berlin city district… 05/11/09 17:31 CET
futuris
Making shipbreaking a safer craftEvery day, hundreds of workers dismantle large vessels at Aliağa, Turkey, in the heart of ancient… 05/11/09 08:22 CET
interview
Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”In 1986, the Soviet regime made the first breach in the Iron Curtain. Mikhail Gorbachev, the… 05/11/09 17:31 CET
le mag
Puppet festival: pulling strings in PortugalLisbon and its surrounds are playing host to a month-long puppet festival. 05/11/09 16:11 CET
Young Brits exhibit at Russia’s HermitageIt may sound an unusual pairing – St Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum and London’s Saatchi… 05/11/09 10:12 CET
markets
Markets: Thursday 5th NovemberEuropean shares finished up over one percent after the release of data showing new claims for… 05/11/09 19:52 CET
reporter
Latvia blues, from military-political to economicTwenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, today Latvians are facing another battle… 05/11/09 17:31 CET
science
Maternal stress can harm unborn childAnxiety is common during pregnancy. But research shows that if anxiety turns to stress, it can… 05/11/09 16:11 CET
Could worm therapy be answer to allergies?Our children are just too clean nowadays – or that’s the view of some scientists who believe a lack… 05/11/09 08:22 CET
world news
Palestinian President Abbas to bow outPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will not stand for re-election in January’s polls… 05/11/09 19:14 CET
Putin voices displeasure over GM U-turnRussia has voiced its contempt for the GM reversal. In September, GM agreed to sell a majority… 05/11/09 19:02 CET
UN staff in Kabul relocatedThe UN is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan after last… 05/11/09 19:02 CET
Rail strike halts Belgium’s trainsThousands of commuters have been forced to find different ways of getting to and from work after a… 05/11/09 19:00 CET
Couple kept apart 50 years by Iron CurtainSeparated from his sweetheart for 50 years by the Iron Curtain – Fortunat Mackiewicz finally found… 05/11/09 18:56 CET
Karadzic war crimes trial adjournedThe war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been adjourned until March… 05/11/09 17:27 CET
Opel workers vent anger at GMThousands of Opel workers in Germany have downed tools and staged a protest over GM’s decision to… 05/11/09 15:58 CET
Palestian president won’t seek re-electionMahmoud Abbas will not seek re-election as Palestian President. The announcement’s been made by an… 05/11/09 15:47 CET
The car that came from behind the Iron CurtainFans of the tiny Trabant are hoping the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall will lead… 05/11/09 14:11 CET
Changing trends in European drug useA new report on drug use in Europe shows that cocaine and heroin consumption are increasing. … 05/11/09 12:53 CET
Rail strike halts Belgium’s trainsThousands of commuters have been forced to find other ways of getting to work after a 24-hour… 05/11/09 12:33 CET
UN supports probe on Gaza ‘war crimes’Both Israeli and Palestinian authorities could face a probe on war crimes following the… 05/11/09 12:28 CET
UN staff to leave AfghanistanThe UN is pulling hundreds of its international staff out of Afghanistan. It’s in the wake of last… 05/11/09 09:30 CET
Clashes return to Tehran streetsClashes have broken out between police and opposition supporters in the Iranian capital, Tehran… 05/11/09 07:12 CET
More misery for Belgian rail usersA 24-hour Belgian train strike went into effect last night at 10 PM. No Thalys high-speed… 05/11/09 07:11 CET
More signs Hezbollah re-arming for a fightA ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of weapons allegedly supplied by Iran has been seized by Israeli… 05/11/09 07:11 CET
CIA found guilty of human rights abusesIn the first verdict of its kind, an Italian court has convicted 23 Americans of kidnapping a… 05/11/09 07:10 CET
A mix of election fever and flu in UkraineSwine flu has spread into the political arena in Ukraine. President Viktor Yushchenko has… 05/11/09 07:09 CET
GM decision dumbfounds GermansGeneral Motors’ decision to hold onto Opel has provoked an outcry in Germany and completely… 05/11/09 07:07 CET
GM u-turn has widespread consequencesBesides Germany, the fallout from the GM decision not to sell Opel has affected a number of… 05/11/09 07:06 CET
