archive 25·02·2010

cinema

• Woody Harrelson in The Defendor

  Woody Harrelson stars in The Defendor. The Hollywood star is already up for an Oscar for his role… 25/02/10 17:41 CET

corporate

• Italian fashion

  Italian fashion week is underway in Milan with the industry staggering along the catwalks having… 25/02/10 21:06 CET

• End of the road for Hummer

  General Motors has said it will wind down production of Hummers after government regulators in… 25/02/10 21:06 CET

• Iberia’s profits slump

  Spanish airline Iberia posted a deeper than expected net loss of two hundred and seventy three… 25/02/10 21:06 CET

• European banks upbeat

  As they reported their 2009 figures, several major European banks were upbeat about the year ahead… 25/02/10 15:20 CET

• European telecoms results

  France Telecom has posted a net profit of three billion euros for last year, which was about what… 25/02/10 15:09 CET

• Coca-Cola to buy biggest bottler

  Coca-Cola has said it is going to buy the North American operations of its largest bottler… 25/02/10 15:08 CET

economy

• German jobless rises in February

  Unemployment in Germany rose in February by just 7,000 from the previous month in figures adjusted… 25/02/10 15:09 CET

europa

• EU parliament urged to lead anti-mafia fight

  Europe is tightening its net around the mafia and Socialist and Democrat MEP Rosario Crocetta is… 25/02/10 21:06 CET

• EU eyes Yanukovic’s Ukraine warily

  Ukraine’s new President Viktor Yanukovich says he will lead a “neutral non-aligned European state“… 25/02/10 17:41 CET

• The EU’s foreign policy boss Cathy Ashton not attending a meeting of EU defence ministers

  The EU’s foreign policy boss Cathy Ashton has again been raising eyebrows in Brussels, jetting off… 25/02/10 17:41 CET

• MEP hurls insults at EU president

  The European Union’s new President, Herman van Rompuy, got more of a reaction to his maiden… 25/02/10 07:17 CET

europeans

• Karadzic trial casts shadow over Bosnia

  Srebrenica, in Bosnia, is the site of Europe’s worst atrocity since WWII. Today one of the men… 25/02/10 17:41 CET

futuris

• The City and the Sky

  Rush hour on Paris’ Champs Elysées means a constant stream of traffic. And, according to Matthias… 25/02/10 09:18 CET

le mag

• Poland marks Chopin with a musical marathon

  Poland is celebrating the 200th birthday of composer Fryderyk Chopin. A week long marathon of… 25/02/10 14:15 CET

musica

• Cecilia Bartoli, ‘the joyful one’

  Even when hard at work rehearsing, Cecilia Bartoli lives up to her nickname ‘La Gioiosa,’ the… 25/02/10 09:18 CET

reporter

• Pakistan first priority in EU Food Facility programme

  At the end of last year, the FAO, the WFP and the EU joined forces in the one billion euro EU Food… 25/02/10 18:28 CET

science

• Breakthrough for schizophrenia

  Anne Rebecca Zenner has been hearing voices in her head for six years. Unable to concentrate, she… 25/02/10 14:39 CET

world news

• Turkey’s President urges calm after crisis talks

  Turkey’s President says strains between the government and military will be resolved “responsibly“… 25/02/10 19:36 CET

• Emergency surgery on Obama’s healthcare plans

  President Obama has begun a last-gasp attempt to save his cornerstone healthcare reforms from… 25/02/10 19:33 CET

• Olmert ‘corruption’ trial resumes in Jerusalem

  Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said he was pleased “the facts will be clarified” as his… 25/02/10 19:17 CET

• Controversy at Ukraine President’s inauguration

  Ukraine’s new President Viktor Yanukovich has been sworn in at a ceremony in a half-empty… 25/02/10 19:17 CET

• France acknowledges errors over Rwanda genocide

  The French President has acknowledged that France was among the countries that made a series of… 25/02/10 18:45 CET

• Algerian security chief shot dead in shootout

  The Director General of National Security in Algeria has been shot dead in a shootout at police… 25/02/10 15:16 CET

• Iranian and Syrian leaders in show of unity

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Damascus for talks with Syrian leader Bashar Assad amid… 25/02/10 14:21 CET

• Turkey’s military and political leaders in crisis talks

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Abdullah Gul and armed forces chief General… 25/02/10 13:02 CET

• 14 schools re-open in Madeira

  There are signs Madeira is getting back on its feet, after floods and landslides wrought havoc on… 25/02/10 12:42 CET

• Twittering types forced to think twice

  Please Rob Me.com – the ideal research tool for would-be burglars looking for an easy night’s work… 25/02/10 12:10 CET

• Ukraine seeks good relations with Russia and West

  Ukraine’s new President Viktor Yanukovich says he will carry out a foreign policy aimed at reaping… 25/02/10 11:34 CET

• Viktor Yanukovich is sworn in as Ukraine President

  Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has been sworn in as the country’s President… 25/02/10 10:03 CET

• Australia warns Israel over ID theft in Dubai hit

  The diplomatic row over the killing of a top Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel is escalating… 25/02/10 09:04 CET

• Twelve officers charged in Turkey coup plot

  More senior military officers in Turkey have been charged with plotting to overthrow the government… 25/02/10 07:14 CET

• Freeing of Darfur rebels begins

  The first rebels have been freed in Darfur, following Wednesday’s declaration that war is over… 25/02/10 07:13 CET

• Dubai seeks suspects in Hamas official’s killing

  Police in Dubai have identified 15 more suspects connected to the killing of Hamas commander… 25/02/10 07:12 CET

• Raul Castro blames America for dissident’s death

  Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, has met with former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. During his… 25/02/10 07:11 CET

• Sarkozy thanks Mali for release of French hostage

  France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy has met up with the recently freed hostage, French aid worker… 25/02/10 06:24 CET

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