cinema
The last AirbenderThe Last Airbender is the latest CGI-powered avatar yarn to hit the silver screen. Action-packed… 08/07/10 17:00 CET
corporate
PT ‘golden share’ ruled illegalThe way may have been cleared for Spain’s Telefonica to take control of Portugal Telecom’s stake in… 08/07/10 20:53 CET
economy
An astounding cityscape springs from the steppes of KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan: “Sometimes I don’t believe it myself. Only six or… 08/07/10 21:04 CET
Bank stress test details emergeSome details have emerged on how tests are being applied on European banks to see how they could… 08/07/10 20:53 CET
World Cup defeat provokes economic adviceAs throughout Germany, traders on the Frankfurt stock exchange were in mourning on Thursday for… 08/07/10 20:53 CET
No change in UK borrowing costThe Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has again kept its main interest rate at a… 08/07/10 20:53 CET
IMF raises 2010 growth forecastThe International Monetary Fund has upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast citing robust… 08/07/10 20:53 CET
ECB upbeat on global economyAs expected there was no change in euro zone interest rates this month from the European Central… 08/07/10 20:53 CET
Aix-en-Provence economic forum: Nouriel RoubiniNouriel Roubini predicted the 2008 financial crisis as early as 2006. Today, the New York… 08/07/10 12:49 CET
European economists seek new sources for growthSummer is here at last in the South of France and with it the tourists come flocking. While… 08/07/10 11:38 CET
europa
EU’s new bank data sharing deal with USUnited States terrorism investigators have been granted access to information about Europeans’ bank… 08/07/10 19:27 CET
europeans
Slovakia’s HungariansSlovakia’s big Hungarian minority is at the heart of arguments between Budapest and Bratislava. 08/07/10 21:14 CET
le mag
Paris fashion week continuesKarl Lagerfeld showed his haute couture collection for Chanel under the bemused eye of an outsize… 08/07/10 17:00 CET
space
The Rosetta OdysseyIn the 19th century the discovery of the Rosetta Stone unlocked the secrets of Egyptian… 08/07/10 21:26 CET
world news
Cuban dissident ends hunger strikeCuban dissident Guillermo Farinas has ended his four-month hunger strike after Havana agreed to… 08/07/10 21:24 CET
March for captive Israeli soldier ends in JerusalemA 12-day march for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held captive by Hamas in Gaza, has reached its… 08/07/10 19:35 CET
French team carries out rare face transplantA French team of surgeons say they have completed a human face transplant that included replacing… 08/07/10 19:29 CET
Higher temperatures on the way for EuropeEurope is in the grip of a heatwave. From Moscow to Marseilles soaring temperatures are making the… 08/07/10 19:28 CET
Paul faces sushi future?Paul may be a great picker of football results, but can the two-year old octopus have foreseen the… 08/07/10 18:45 CET
Speculation abounds over US-Russia spy swapMoscow and Washington are said to be planning a Cold War-style spy swap to end an espionage… 08/07/10 18:43 CET
Greece crippled by general strikeGreece has been paralysed by another general strike as workers protest against planned pension… 08/07/10 18:43 CET
EU urges speedy release for Cuban prisonersThe European Union has welcomed Cuba’s apparent agreement to free 52 political prisoners, calling… 08/07/10 18:14 CET
US court to rule on deepwater oil drilling banAs oil continues to gush from BP’s leaking Gulf of Mexico well, a courtroom battle is looming over… 08/07/10 16:20 CET
Cuba to free over 50 dissidentsCuba’s President Raul Castro has agreed to release 52 political dissidents after significant talks… 08/07/10 16:19 CET
UK fugitive gunman “now threatens public”The hunt for a suspected killer gunman in northeast England has taken a new and dramatic… 08/07/10 16:14 CET
Naples police hold top Camorra suspectPolice in Naples have arrested a man they say is one of Italy’s most wanted mobsters. Cesare Pagano… 08/07/10 16:04 CET
- EU called on to soften stance on Cuba
Spain’s foreign minister has called on the EU to soften its stance on Cuba, after President Raul… 08/07/10 13:43 CET
Spain parties while Germans rue defeatJuly is fiesta time in Spain anyway… but when their team reaches the World Cup final for the… 08/07/10 13:42 CET
Al Qaeda suspects held in alleged Norway plotPolice in Norway say three men said to have links to Al Qaeda have been arrested. They are… 08/07/10 13:03 CET
Speculation over US-Russia spy deal “today”Washington and Moscow could finalise a spy swap as early as today, in a bid to protect warming… 08/07/10 12:05 CET
Spain parties while Germans look to futureSo Paul the Octupus maintains his 100 percent record at predicting Germany’s World Cup fortunes… 08/07/10 10:21 CET
Solar Impulse lands after historic 26 hour flightIt is mission accomplished and into the history books after a revolutionary round-the-clock flight… 08/07/10 10:15 CET
Turner painting sells for record auction priceAn oil painting by Turner has gone under the hammer for just over 35 million euros, a new record at… 08/07/10 09:08 CET
Cuban activist is cautious over prisoner releaseOswaldo Payá, Cuban political dissident and founder of the ‘Varela Project’, talked to euronews… 08/07/10 07:20 CET
Cuba to free over 50 dissidentsCuba’s President Raul Castro has agreed to release 52 political dissidents after significant talks… 08/07/10 07:19 CET
Swiss solar plane passes biggest testA revolutionary solar-powered plane, designed to fly round the clock without traditional aviation… 08/07/10 07:18 CET
US and Russia prepare for a ‘spy swap’Convicted spy Igor Sutyagin could be on his way to the US according to unconfirmed reports, as… 08/07/10 07:16 CET
