archive 20·07·2010

cinema

• Dinner for Schmucks

  Dinner for Schmucks is the latest Steve Carell offering. It’s a remake of the 1998 runaway success… 20/07/10 17:42 CET

corporate

• Nokia looking for new boss – report

  Nokia’s shares jumped on Tuesday on a report that it has begun looking for a replacement for Chief… 20/07/10 17:17 CET

• Volcano hits Ryanair’s profit

  Irish airline Ryanair says its net profit for the three months up to the end of June fell by almost… 20/07/10 17:17 CET

• China satisfied with Google changes

  Beijing says it is satisfied that Google is complying with Chinese laws after the internet giant… 20/07/10 17:14 CET

economy

• Beijing warns of export slowdown

  China is downbeat about its export prospects, partially blaming Europe. The Ministry of Commerce… 20/07/10 17:17 CET

europa

• EU in drive to halve road deaths

  Europeans are calling on member states to do more to improve road safety according to a new … 20/07/10 19:34 CET

• European airspace faces radical restructuring

  The idea of a single European sky has been on the agenda since 1960 when Eurocontrol was formed to… 20/07/10 19:34 CET

• Romania’s rampant corruption slammed by EU

  The European Union has slammed Romania for its failure to combat rampant corruption. In an annual… 20/07/10 19:18 CET

farnborough

• Farnborough: sights and sounds

  The air displays are renowned at Farnborough. This is a montage of some of the highlights from Day… 20/07/10 12:31 CET

hi-tech

• A car sees a pedestrian, and…

  When Volvo presented their latest model back in May, the demonstration didn’t quite go as planned… 20/07/10 17:39 CET

le mag

• The Old Railway Station hotel

  In Petworth, 60 kms west of London, a local businessman has found a new use for four renovated… 20/07/10 17:42 CET

questions for europe

• Tracking bank data

  As part of the fight against terrorism, Washington wants to track international financial… 20/07/10 11:27 CET

• Oil platform safety

  While the US battles its worst ever oil spill..European’s are asking the question does the EU have… 20/07/10 11:27 CET

world news

• Cameron assures Americans BP will pay for spill

  British Prime Minister David Cameron is in Washington for his first meeting as leader with… 20/07/10 21:11 CET

• French football stars under investigation in sex case

  French footballers Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema have been placed under judicial investigation… 20/07/10 21:10 CET

• French air traffic controllers begin one-day strike

  French air traffic controllers have gone on strike over plans to unify European air space… 20/07/10 19:14 CET

• France’s Ribery under investigation in sex case

  French football international Franck Ribery has been placed under formal judicial investigation for… 20/07/10 18:44 CET

• Hundreds drown amid Eastern Europe heatwave

  With alcohol in the mix, there is a sinister side to the heatwave gripping eastern Europe as dozens… 20/07/10 18:14 CET

• Buckets & spades out in Paris

  Most of the year the Voie Georges Pompidou is a blaring mass of motor vehicles on the banks of the… 20/07/10 17:32 CET

• 66th anniversary of bomb plot to kill Hitler

  A failed war-time plot to kill Adolf Hitler has been commemorated at a ceremony in Berlin… 20/07/10 17:06 CET

• Dairy farmers latest Italians to protest

  Italian dairy farmers have been protesting in Rome against part of the government’s austerity… 20/07/10 16:57 CET

• Afghans set 2014 target for security

  Afghanistan will take charge of its own security by 2014 following an agreement at a summit of… 20/07/10 16:16 CET

• French footballers quizzed over ‘underage sex’

  French football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema faced police questioning on Tuesday as part… 20/07/10 15:10 CET

• Protest highlights plight of Haitian AIDS sufferers

  On the third day of the international AIDS conference in Vienna placard waving demonstrators have… 20/07/10 14:00 CET

• Air traffic control disputes disrupt holiday flights

  Up to 20 per cent of flights into Paris, Charles de Gaulle airport and 50 per cent of flights into… 20/07/10 13:00 CET

• Kurdish rebels kill six Turkish troops

  Kurdish rebels have killed six Turkish soldiers in an attack on a military base in southeast Turkey… 20/07/10 11:56 CET

• Karzai seeks Afghan-led security by 2014

  Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has said his country should take responsiblity for its own… 20/07/10 11:05 CET

• Al Qaeda deputy mocks Obama’s Afghan stance

  Al Qaeda’s second-in-command has rubbished President Barack Obama’s claims that the US-led… 20/07/10 09:34 CET

• Karzai seeks greater control over aid

  Afghanistan’s government should have a greater say in how the country’s multi-million-euro aid… 20/07/10 08:20 CET

• Apollo-Soyuz anniversary marked in Moscow

  Two former American astronauts have met up with two Russian veteran cosmonauts in Moscow – to mark… 20/07/10 08:00 CET

• Cuban dissidents call on EU to maintain stance

  Recently arrived in Spain, 11 freed Cuban political prisoners have called on the EU to push for all… 20/07/10 07:50 CET

• Footage released of Swedish helicopter heist

  Dramatic security camera pictures have been released of a daring commando-style heist in Sweden… 20/07/10 07:41 CET

• Historic conference discusses Afghanistan’s future

  They are the key players in Afghanistan’s biggest international conference in decades. The… 20/07/10 07:34 CET

• Ukraine on the front line against AIDS

  Ukraine has Europe’s fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sex workers are obviously at risk, with… 20/07/10 07:28 CET

• Donor confidence is vital in fight against AIDS

  Financing the fight against AIDS is proving one of the biggest issues at the international… 20/07/10 07:24 CET

• BP to keep cap in place despite small oil leakage

  BP is to keep its ruptured well capped for now despite the detection of small amounts of leaking… 20/07/10 07:18 CET

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