corporate
Defence cuts prompt job cutsEurope’s biggest defence contractor, BAE Systems, is to lay off 1,300 people in Britain because of… 09/12/10 18:28 CET
Club Med cuts lossesFrench holiday operator Club Med is predicting a strong improvement in profit next year after… 09/12/10 17:14 CET
economy
Madoff victims’ trustee chases banksThe court-appointed trustee for victims of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff has launched an… 09/12/10 18:10 CET
Fitch strips Ireland of its ‘A’ credit statusIreland’s credit rating has been cut again by ratings agency Fitch. It was slashed by three… 09/12/10 17:14 CET
EU fines screen cartelThe EU’s competition commissioner has fined five South Korean and Taiwanese electronics firms 649… 09/12/10 17:14 CET
europa
EU defence cooperation to multiply austerity-strapped forceEuropean defence ministers have agreed to reinforce European military cooperation – what they call… 09/12/10 18:50 CET
le mag
Festival of Lights illuminates French city of LyonThe Fete des Lumieres in Lyon is four days of light and sound extravaganza which make it one of the… 09/12/10 17:40 CET
questions for europe
Complaining to the European OmbudsmanIf you have a legal matter to take up with one of the EU’s institutions, you can of course take it… 09/12/10 08:38 CET
reporter
The DR Congo’s child diamond minersThe Democratic Republic of Congo holds some of Africa’s major mineral resources. Yet poverty is… 09/12/10 19:43 CET
Ireland’s ghost estatesIreland’s so-called ghost estates, are a stark reminder of the fall from grace of one Europe’s… 09/12/10 19:25 CET
space
The quest for exoplanets51 Pegasus B: that’s the name given to the first ever extrasolar planet discovered back in 1995… 09/12/10 19:47 CET
world news
Jail for former Parmalat bossThe man behind what was in 2003 Europe’s biggest ever corporate bankruptcy, Calisto Tanzi, has been… 09/12/10 23:04 CET
UK government wins vote on tuition feesThe British parliament has approved the controversial increase in university student tuition fees… 09/12/10 20:06 CET
Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo: A profileThe 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will be 55 years old in a few days time. Considered by… 09/12/10 19:50 CET
Internet experts warn of cyberwar over WikiLeaksAmid more demonstrations against the detention of the WikiLeaks founder on sex allegations, experts… 09/12/10 19:25 CET
L’Union africaine suspend la Côte d’IvoireLe refus de Laurent Gbagbo de reconnaitre le résultat des élections a motivé la décision de… 09/12/10 19:17 CET
Nobel Committee says Peace Prize not anti-ChinaThe Nobel Committee says the award of its Peace Prize to a leading Chinese dissident is founded on… 09/12/10 17:23 CET
Top Chinese diplomat visits North KoreaChina’s most senior diplomat has travelled to North Korea in what some see as a further strong show… 09/12/10 16:25 CET
London demos as MPs debate tuition fee riseUp to 20,000 demonstrators are marching on the Houses of Parliament in London as MPs debate whether… 09/12/10 16:21 CET
China awards rival prize before Nobel rewards dissidentThe day before the Nobel Peace Prize is due to be given to a jailed Chinese dissident, an… 09/12/10 15:13 CET
European roundup of fierce winter conditionsThe wintry wave of weather in Europe has gripped the northern part of France with Paris… 09/12/10 14:05 CET
NATO’s Rasmussen says WikiLeaks damages diplomacyNATO’S chief has renewed his criticisms of WikiLeaks. Anders Fogh Rassmussen believes the… 09/12/10 14:01 CET
Cyber warfare is waged by WikiLeaks supportersFrom MasterCard to the Swedish government, websites seen as being against WikiLeaks and its… 09/12/10 13:03 CET
Haiti calm after presidential appealPeace returned to Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince after volatile protests against the first-round… 09/12/10 11:44 CET
Anger and questions after Chile’s prison infernoAmateur video and inmates’ accounts have triggered more uncomfortable questions about the prison… 09/12/10 11:34 CET
Pressure mounts on Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo to quitIn New York and in the Ivory Coast itself, the UN is piling more pressure on Laurent Gbagbo to step… 09/12/10 09:34 CET
Cruise ship struggles in Antarctic watersIt is every tourist’s nightmare, even if they have chosen to visit one of the most inhospitable… 09/12/10 08:38 CET
Prison fire in Chile kills over 80 inmatesPolice in Chile have identified the 80 or so prisoners killed in a major fire in a Santiago jail… 09/12/10 05:34 CET
Lyon shines bright in the bleak mid-winterLyon’s annual orgy of spectacular visual and audio displays has begun in its usual flamboyant… 09/12/10 04:43 CET
Anti-mafia writer Saviano scoops Europe Book PrizeThe European Parliament has rarely seen so much excitement underpinned by heavy security. The… 09/12/10 03:24 CET
Paris freezes while the south basks in sunshineParis has suffered its heaviest snowfall in just one day since 1987, turning the French capital and… 09/12/10 01:43 CET
