cinema
Afghan documentary Armadillo wins at CannesThe first prize to be given out at Cannes – the Grand Prix at Critics’ Week – has been awarded to… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
corporate
BA posts record losses with more strikes to comeBritish Airways has reported it’s biggest annual loss since privitisation in 1987 due to a drop in… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
economy
Euro zone service sector serves up successThe euro zone’s service sector grew at its fastest rate in nearly three years this month, while the… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
German business troubled by euro troubleGerman business confidence fell in May in a survey that indicates that the euro’s troubles is a… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
Germany approves euro safety packageThe German Bundestag has approved a 750 billion euro safety net to stabilise the euro. The lower… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
Bank of Japan plans loans to stimulate lendingThe bank of Japan has outlined plans to provide one-year loans to banks to stimulate lending and… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
europa
European fiscal discipline heats upThe 27 EU finance ministers have been meeting urgently in Brussels on reforming economic policy… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
EU economist says south must diversify to grow with disciplineThe EU’s centrally important agreement on fiscal discipline adopted in 1997 is the Stability and… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
europeans
The Netherlands: Looking out for Henk and IngridDutch politician Geert Wilders claims the average Dutch couple is being forgotten by the political… 21/05/10 13:05 CET
le mag
East meets West in Huiqin Wang artAlmost 30 years of living in Slovenia has done little to break the links that painter Huiqin Wang… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
reporter
Scepticism surrounding the World CupSouth Africa has invested 5.6 billion euros in hosting the World Cup. Five brand new stadiums have… 21/05/10 16:21 CET
Haiti’s steps to recoveryAmputation has become one of the defining injuries of January’s catastrophic earthquake in Haiti… 21/05/10 14:15 CET
world news
Algeria film branded as a travesty in CannesA film depicting the bloody fight for Algerian independence has opened in Cannes amid tight… 21/05/10 21:01 CET
Turkey makes port pledge to Greek CyprusTurkey’s made Greek Cyprus an offer in a bid to break the deadlock over the divided island’s status… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
Uneasy calm hangs over BangkokThailand’s Prime Minister has called for national reconciliation talks after a week of violence… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
synthetic DNAThis is what artificial life supposedly looks like. The blue shows bacterial colonies created from… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
Britain ‘wants strong and stable’ euroThe newly-elected British Prime Minister has repeated that a strong and stable euro currency is in… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
Polish flood death toll rises to nineAt least nine people are now known to have died in Poland in floods that have submerged large… 21/05/10 19:58 CET
PM Cameron meets Merkel in BerlinNewly-elected British Prime Minister David Cameron has made his second visit to a European capital… 21/05/10 16:23 CET
BP accused of “cover-up” over oil spillEnergy giant, BP, has come under fresh attack for allegedly concealing the extent of the oil spill… 21/05/10 13:05 CET
Cameron heads to Berlin for talksBritain’s Prime Minister David Cameron is heading for Berlin for talks today after meeting France’s… 21/05/10 13:05 CET
South Korea holds crisis meetingSouth Korea’s National Security Council has held a rare emergency meeting to discuss its diplomatic… 21/05/10 13:05 CET
Broken alarm allows thief to steal artPolice in Paris are investigating why the city’s Museum of Modern Art allegedly left an alarm… 21/05/10 13:05 CET
Japanese launch satellite probe to VenusThey say women are from Mars, and now the Japanese are going to Venus. The country has launched… 21/05/10 11:31 CET
Uneasy calm hangs over BangkokThai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday he was committed to national reconciliation… 21/05/10 10:25 CET
Sarkozy denies rift with Merkel over euroNicolas Sarkozy has denied that he is at odds with Angela Merkel over the eurozone crisis. He spoke… 21/05/10 07:19 CET
Robbery museum’s alarm “out of order”The alarm system at the Paris museum where thieves stole paintings worth more than a hundred… 21/05/10 07:18 CET
Washington accuses BP of lack of transparencyOne month after the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, oil is continuing to spew… 21/05/10 07:17 CET
Cuban drought hits water suppliesA severe drought that has struck Cuba for the past eighteen months is affecting the water supplies… 21/05/10 07:15 CET
Floods threaten Polish capital WarsawFlash floods are continuing to wash across central Europe. So far southern Poland has born the… 21/05/10 07:14 CET
End of an era of excess for Wall StreetThe US senate has approved the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s. It is a… 21/05/10 07:13 CET
Scientists hail artificial life breakthroughScientists in the US say they have made a major step towards creating artificial life. The… 21/05/10 07:12 CET
