corporate
Volvo sale to Chinese closerFord has confirmed it is selling Volvo to China’s Geely and said it expected the deal to be… 23/12/09 19:56 CET
Veolia eyes French train serviceVeolia is reportedly talking to the Italian train operator Trenitalia about cooperating on running… 23/12/09 19:56 CET
economy
French consumer spending slipsFrench consumer spending dropped slightly in November compared with the previous month as shoppers… 23/12/09 20:03 CET
US homes sales mixedThere have been mixed signals on the recovery of the US property market. Sales of newly built… 23/12/09 20:03 CET
markets
Markets: 23rd DecemberEuropean shares finished up, albeit in thin pre-holiday trade. However the bourses trimmed their… 23/12/09 20:12 CET
world news
Romania remembers Ceausescu’s executionTwenty years ago today the world watched in disbelief as the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae… 23/12/09 21:33 CET
Christmas in a divided Holy LandThousands of tourists and pilgrims are gathering to celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land… 23/12/09 19:19 CET
More anti-government protests in IranIt has been a day of unrest in Iran, with reports of clashes between police and anti-government… 23/12/09 18:47 CET
Kazakh residents denounce Stalin’s “rehabilitation”In the week that some Russians are celebrating the anniversary of the birth of former Soviet leader… 23/12/09 18:44 CET
Survivors tell of Jamaican plane crashPassengers onboard a plane that crashed in Jamaica are counting their blessings that no one was… 23/12/09 18:41 CET
Eurostar claims cross-channel chaos is clearingThe cross-channel rail company Eurostar told passengers not to turn up at the London terminus… 23/12/09 18:39 CET
Christmas Day verdict for Chinese dissidentChina’s leading dissident has appeared in court charged with “inciting subversion of state power“… 23/12/09 18:39 CET
Dutch sailor, Laura Dekker, will stay with her fatherA Dutch court has decided that teenage sailor Laura Dekker can stay with her father. Laura had been… 23/12/09 15:44 CET
Obama puts off Christmas break over healthcare voteBarack Obama says he will delay his Christmas holiday while his supporters in the Senate attempt to… 23/12/09 13:18 CET
Growing despair in Peshawar after suicide bombingsPakistan’s authorities have ordered that security for journalists in the country be made… 23/12/09 13:17 CET
Trial of leading Chinese dissident opensOne of China’s most prominent dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, has gone on trial on subversion charges… 23/12/09 13:16 CET
Christmas in spaceA Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts from America, Russia and Japan has docked… 23/12/09 13:15 CET
Iberia to take stranded Air Comet passengersAngry airline passengers stranded at airports in Spain and Latin America are threatening to go on… 23/12/09 13:14 CET
More violent clashes reported in cities in IranThere have been violent clashes in Iran between police and groups opposed to the government in two… 23/12/09 12:18 CET
Dutch teenage sailor in legal battle over her careThe Dutch teenage sailor who went missing after her voyage round the world was blocked by the… 23/12/09 07:43 CET
Poland counts cost of big freezeSince Monday 10 more people have died of the cold in Poland, bringing the number to nearly 80 this… 23/12/09 07:43 CET
Jail term halved for accomplice in Kercher murderAn Italian court has reduced the sentence of one of the three people convicted of the murder of a… 23/12/09 07:43 CET
Eurostar slowly returns to normalPassengers and Eurostar staff breathed a collective sigh of relief when cross-channel passenger… 23/12/09 07:43 CET
Body found of kidnapped Colombian governorThe body of Colombian regional governor Luis Francisco Cuellar has been found only hours after he… 23/12/09 07:43 CET
FIAT reveals investment plans for ItalyWith 500s flying put of the factories FIAT is sexy again, and now its boss says, after buying… 23/12/09 07:43 CET
