cinema
Cinema News: Harry Potter, Mission Impossible IV…Bosnian actress Zana Marjanovic has landed the lead in Angela Jolie’s first outing as a… 29/09/10 18:31 CET
corporate
China boosts Porsche’s salesGerman sports car maker Porsche has posted record full-year revenues thanks to booming sales in… 29/09/10 21:20 CET
BA, AA, Iberia alliance finalisedBritish Airways, American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia have signed off on a long-awaited strategic… 29/09/10 21:20 CET
H&M profit threatened by rising costsSwedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz has posted third-quarter pretax profits that was just below… 29/09/10 21:20 CET
economy
Euro zone sentiment upEconomic sentiment in the euro zone unexpectedly improved in September. Germany was the biggest… 29/09/10 21:20 CET
France slashes 2011 budgetFrench Economy Minister Christine Lagarde has unveiled plans for nearly 40 billion euros of… 29/09/10 21:20 CET
europa
France slapped for EU free movement infraction, not discriminationIn the controversial Roma affair, the European Union’s Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, has… 29/09/10 19:45 CET
hi-tech
Photokina Photography Trade ShowAt the Photokina Photography Trade Show in Cologne, Germany, manufacturers showed off the latest… 29/09/10 18:31 CET
Inovative eye in the sky monitors crowdsAbout six million people are expected to attend this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. With… 29/09/10 18:31 CET
interview
The dreams of a flamenco artistDavid Peña Dorantes was born into a family of Andalusian gypsy artists. They are a people closely… 29/09/10 18:31 CET
le mag
Das Rheingold at the MetNew York’s A-listers were out in force for the first night at the Met. The opening opera… 29/09/10 18:31 CET
world news
US presses Iran over alleged human rights abusesThe United States is taking action against Iran over alleged human rights abuses committed after… 29/09/10 23:04 CET
Italy’s Berlusconi wins confidence voteItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has, as expected, won a vote of confidence in the lower… 29/09/10 20:04 CET
Spanish strike unlikely to sway governmentThousands of Spaniards went on strike today in a massive show of force that will test the resolve… 29/09/10 20:04 CET
Polish unions join protests over budget cutsWet and windy weather did nothing to deter Poles from demonstrating against their government’s… 29/09/10 19:54 CET
Scuffles break out during Spanish protestsSome of the latest protests against the Spanish government’s planned spending cuts turned violent… 29/09/10 19:54 CET
Al Qaeda terror plot against Europe revealedEurope is on edge – and as terror alerts become an increasingly regular fixture, reports of a plot… 29/09/10 19:53 CET
Spain strikes over spending cutsSpain’s first general strike in eight years is underway in protest at reforms to slash the… 29/09/10 19:52 CET
Workers pack central Brussels against austerity cutsTens of thousands of protesters against spending cuts have held the biggest demonstration Brussels… 29/09/10 19:45 CET
Dutch government face test over coalitionAfter 111 days of intense negotiations, leaders of three Dutch centre-right parties have reached an… 29/09/10 17:14 CET
US envoy tries to save Mideast peace talksIt is an attempt to save the Middle East peace talks. The US envoy to the region George Mitchell… 29/09/10 16:17 CET
Greek truckers pursue protests as strike spreadsGreece has had several days of action since the government cut deep into workers allowances, but… 29/09/10 15:55 CET
North and South Korea to hold military talksSouth Korea has confirmed that the first military talks with North Korea in two years will take… 29/09/10 15:55 CET
France gets more time to justify Roma expulsionsThe European Commission has decided not to launch legal action against France over its expulsion of… 29/09/10 15:54 CET
- Anti-austerity protests take over Brussels
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Belgian capital ahead of a march on … 29/09/10 14:04 CET
Italian PM Berlusconi faces confidence voteItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is hoping to celebrate his 74th birthday today by winning… 29/09/10 13:44 CET
General strike begins in SpainSpain’s first general strike in eight years began on Wednesday in protest at the government’s… 29/09/10 13:43 CET
Spanish protesters hit out at strikebreakersThe general strike began with early morning scuffles in the Spanish capital. In one incident… 29/09/10 12:41 CET
Mexican landslide less deadly than first fearedOfficials in Mexico have revised downwards their figures for the number of casualties in several… 29/09/10 09:54 CET
Scuffles at start of rare general strike in SpainThere have been early morning scuffles in the Spanish capital, as striking workers try to stop… 29/09/10 08:24 CET
“Come to your senses,” Karzai tells Taliban“I don’t want to see my son living as a foreigner,” said Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday… 29/09/10 07:31 CET
Far-right in Netherlands coalition dealIn the Netherlands, leaders of centre-right parties have struck a deal to form a coalition… 29/09/10 07:31 CET
Eiffel Tower bomb threat: nothing foundThe Eiffel Tower and the area around it in Paris were evacuated for 45 minutes on Tuesday after… 29/09/10 07:30 CET
Israel stops Gaza-bound aid shipThe latest attempt to break Israel’s Gaza Strip blockade has ended in a police station, with the… 29/09/10 07:30 CET
Areas still cut off after Mexican landslidesOfficals in Mexico have revised downwards their figures for the number of deaths in several… 29/09/10 07:29 CET
Rare general strike hits SpainToday sees only the sixth general strike in Spain since the restoration of democracy, called by the… 29/09/10 07:29 CET
