corporate
Qatar helps Hochtief fight ACS takeover bidThe Gulf state of Qatar is helping German construction company Hochtief fight off a hostile… 06/12/10 17:55 CET
Toyota ‘cuts production plans’ as sales slideJapanese carmaker Toyota is reportedly cutting its production plans for next year by around 200,000… 06/12/10 17:42 CET
Rumours return of AOL-Yahoo mergerThere have been fresh rumours of a merger between technology giants AOL and Yahoo. Similar plans… 06/12/10 16:03 CET
economy
Packed agenda at Euro FinMin meetingThe Irish economic bailout tops a packed agenda as Eurozone finance ministers meet for two days of… 06/12/10 19:47 CET
Bernanke defends bond-buying plansThe head of the US Federal Reserve has defended plans to buy more government bonds to lower… 06/12/10 16:24 CET
europa
Bees health on EU agendaEurope is taking a serious look at the health of its bees. It is because of several countries‘… 06/12/10 19:47 CET
hi-tech
Swedish designers invent airbag collar for cyclistsMore and more people are chosing the bicycle as a means of getting around town – it is both… 06/12/10 17:55 CET
le mag
Exhibition offers close up look at famous faces“Close up”, currently on at Australia’s National Portrait Gallery, features works by German… 06/12/10 18:16 CET
marrakesh
Marrakesh Film Festival celebrates French cinemaMarrakesh film festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a retrospective of French cinema… 06/12/10 17:14 CET
world news
Clashes as Athens remembers murdered boyGreek police have clashed with demonstrators in Athens two years to the day after the police… 06/12/10 22:37 CET
Catch Mladic, urges top international prosecutorPressure has been stepped up on Serbia to do more to track down the Bosnian Serb war crimes… 06/12/10 19:47 CET
First day of Iran talks ends in GenevaThe first day of talks between the world’s major powers and Iran has drawn to a close in the Swiss… 06/12/10 19:36 CET
China warns Korean tension could spiralAs South Korea begins another series of naval exercises despite warnings from the North, the… 06/12/10 19:36 CET
Poland and Russia look to boost businessPoland and Russia are using the first visit by a Russian president to Warsaw for eight years to try… 06/12/10 19:36 CET
Landslide for Mubarack surprises no oneThere is no surprise after elections in Egypt: a landslide victory for the ruling party of Hosni… 06/12/10 19:36 CET
Aid threat to Ivory CoastThe EU has hinted at possible sanctions against Ivory Coast if the crisis following last week’s… 06/12/10 19:36 CET
Eventual Mladic arrest could unlock Serbia- EU doorThe arrest of Ratko Mladic is Serbia’s biggest prerequisite to join the European mainstream. In the… 06/12/10 18:31 CET
Continental guilty over Concorde crashA French court has found US airline Continental to blame for the Concorde crash ten years ago which… 06/12/10 17:56 CET
L’Oreal mother and daughter bury the hatchetEurope’s richest woman and her daughter have ended a three year feud that grew into a national… 06/12/10 15:55 CET
Athens demos on anniversary of youth killingThousands of youths have marched in Athens two years to the day after police killed a teenager… 06/12/10 15:23 CET
- Continental to appeal Concorde ruling
The US airline Continental has been convicted over the Concorde crash near Paris ten years ago… 06/12/10 15:15 CET
Dozens killed in northwest Pakistan blastsAt least 40 people have been killed and another 60 injured in a suicide bomb attack in northwest… 06/12/10 15:04 CET
Iran nuclear talks underway in GenevaIran’s senior nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has arrived in Geneva for the first talks with key… 06/12/10 13:10 CET
Cherbourg: worst floods since 1949Parts of northern France are mopping up after the worst flooding for more than 60 years. The… 06/12/10 12:22 CET
France signs nuclear deal with IndiaFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is wrapping up a successful four-day visit to India. And he… 06/12/10 11:49 CET
Ivory Coast: calls for Gbagbo to quitIvory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo should stop clinging to presidential power and stand down according to… 06/12/10 11:45 CET
- French court finds Continental guilty over Concorde crash
A French court found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the airline guilty on Monday of… 06/12/10 11:37 CET
ZDF under fire after bungled live TV stuntGermany’s public broadcaster ZDF is under attack after a stunt on its flagship entertainment… 06/12/10 11:16 CET
Wikileaks: list of crucial installations publishedThe latest revelations to emerge from the Wikileaks dossier of US diplomatic messages has been… 06/12/10 08:13 CET
Haiti protesters demand election annulmentDemanding the annulment of elections in Haiti. For the second time in three days hundreds of… 06/12/10 08:12 CET
Mediation mission – Thabo Mbeki to help Ivory CoastSupporters of Ivory Coast’s presidential claimant, Alassane Ouattara are calling for the country’s… 06/12/10 07:35 CET
Scores buried beneath a mudslide in ColombiaAs many as 200 people are believed to have been buried in a landslide in Colombia. It’s the latest… 06/12/10 06:04 CET
Flooding submerges parts of Bosnia and AlbaniaFirst it was snow now it is floods – a state of emergency has been declared in several areas of… 06/12/10 05:14 CET
Iran ups the “ante” ahead of nuclear talksIran’s nuclear negotiating delegation has arrived in Geneva for talks with world powers over its… 06/12/10 03:14 CET
Hunt for killer shark intensifies after tourist diesThe hunt is on for a killer shark which has struck off the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-sheikh. The… 06/12/10 02:44 CET
