archive 15·12·2010

cinema

• Blue Velvet to blue whales

  After the success of comic animal reproduction series Green Porno, actress Isabella Rossellini… 15/12/10 16:33 CET

corporate

• Novartis Alcon deal completed

  Novartis has completed its long-awaited buyout of the remainder of the US eyecare group Alcon that… 15/12/10 16:34 CET

economy

• Obama appeals on tax cuts

  Looking for ways to stimulate economic growth and cut the stubbornly high unemployment rate, … 15/12/10 19:18 CET

• Yuan takes on dollar in Moscow

  The main foreign currency exchange in Moscow has begun to offer to change Russian roubles for… 15/12/10 19:18 CET

• Parliament finally approves EU 2011 budget

  The European Parliament in Strasbourg has approved the EU’s draft budget for next year. The… 15/12/10 16:34 CET

• Moody’s puts Spain on debt watch

  Just hours after the Spanish parliament passed more austerity measures, ratings agency Moody’s… 15/12/10 16:34 CET

• China’s PM wants Indian partnership not competition

  China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, on a visit to India, has said the world is big enough for both… 15/12/10 16:34 CET

europa

• Cuba’s Fariñas unable to pick up Europe’s top human rights prize

  His voice heard by a packed assembly, Guillermo Fariñas is awarded the European Parliament’s… 15/12/10 20:15 CET

• EU Citizen’s Initiative to be in use by end 2011

  Last week the first million-signature citizen’s initiative was laid at Brussels’ doorstep, to lobby… 15/12/10 19:54 CET

futuris

• Home Green Home

  Maybe in the future more houses will be one that euronews visited in Aarhus, Denmark. Around 50… 15/12/10 17:04 CET

le mag

• Xiaobo honoured in Nobel exhibition

  “I have no enemies,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in his last public speech, made… 15/12/10 16:33 CET

science

• Brain cancer breakthrough?

  Spanish researchers have made a possible breakthrough discovery regarding the most common malignant… 15/12/10 16:33 CET

world news

• Arab leaders seek ‘serious’ offer on Mideast peace

  Arab states said on Wednesday they will not support further talks between Israel and the… 15/12/10 23:14 CET

• Turkish students protest Erdogan visit

  At least 20 students were arrested in protests against a visit by Turkish Prime Minister Recep… 15/12/10 23:03 CET

• Hundreds arrested in Moscow riots crackdown

  Russian police and OMON riot squad officers have launched a major anti-hooligan operation in Moscow… 15/12/10 21:34 CET

• The incredible survival of “Europe’s last dictator”

  He was branded Europe’s “last dictator” by the Bush administration. Many have predicted his demise… 15/12/10 20:26 CET

• Honoured Cuban dissident says fear behind travel ban

  “There are moments in history when one is called upon to be a martyr”. The Cuban dissident’s own… 15/12/10 20:15 CET

• Protesters in capitalist vampire garb and Christmas hats decry austerity

  Europe-wide anti-austerity protesters fear that public belt-tightening programs may spread poverty… 15/12/10 19:40 CET

• Mass arrests in Moscow over ethnic riots

  Hundreds of youths, perhaps up to a thousand, have been arrested in Moscow, to prevent further… 15/12/10 19:23 CET

• Irish parliament approves EU-IMF bailout

  Ireland’s parliament on Wednesday narrowly approved an 85 billion-euro rescue to save its… 15/12/10 19:13 CET

• Kosovo PM Linked to Human Organ Trafficking, Council of Europe Says

  Kosovo’s Prime Minister has been accused of connections with organised crime, including human… 15/12/10 19:12 CET

• Asylum seekers’ drowning shocks Australia

  The deaths of at least 27 asylum seekers heading for Australia have re-ignited a simmering debate… 15/12/10 18:43 CET

• Zuckerberg is Time’s Person of the Year

  The man behind Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for… 15/12/10 18:33 CET

• French unions protest over spending cuts

  Unions took to the streets of Paris on Wednesday to voice their disgust at tough spending cuts… 15/12/10 17:24 CET

• Violence erupts in latest Greek strike

  Anger at austerity cuts has exploded on the streets of Athens as Greece marks its seventh general… 15/12/10 17:04 CET

• Day of Action: winter of discontent

  “Without social ambition Europe is dead.” – H. Sterdyniak Frédéric Bouchard, euronews: ‘No to… 15/12/10 16:44 CET

• Czech police and firefighters protest pay cuts

  Czech police and firefighters have staged a small but noisy demonstration outside parliament in… 15/12/10 16:26 CET

• Sunni rebels claim deadly Iran mosque bomb

  A Sunni Muslim rebel group has said it carried out a bombing at a Shi-ite mosque in Iran that… 15/12/10 15:43 CET

• Thaci denies ‘organ-trafficking’ in Kosovo

  The government of Kosovo has rejected as ‘baseless’ and ‘slander’ allegations that Prime Minister… 15/12/10 15:42 CET

• Cuba’s Fariñas honoured with EP Sakharov Prize

  The European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded, in absentia, to… 15/12/10 14:59 CET

• Belarus: Lukashenko confident of 4th term

  Early voting is underway in Belarus where the man once called ‘Europe’s last dictator’ is expected… 15/12/10 14:43 CET

• Ex-minister attacked in Greek anti-austerity rally

  A former Greek minister has been attacked and wounded as an anti-austerity protest turned violent… 15/12/10 13:53 CET

• Argentine housing violence: president blames rivals

  Argentina’s president has accused her political rivals of stirring up a housing crisis among the… 15/12/10 12:35 CET

• Russian court postpones Khodorkovsky verdict

  A ruling was due today. But a Russian court has abruptly postponed the verdict in the country’s… 15/12/10 12:25 CET

• Chinese soup may be past ‘sell-by date’

  Archaeologists in China have unearthed a 2,400 year old bowl of soup. It may not sound too… 15/12/10 10:21 CET

• ‘Dozens dead’ in Iran explosion – MP

  There are reports of a big explosion outside a mosque in southeastern Iran, and, according to one… 15/12/10 10:13 CET

• South Korea’s biggest ever civil defence practice

  South Korea has carried out its biggest ever civil defence exercise against a backdrop of continued… 15/12/10 09:43 CET

• Khodorkovsky verdict delayed

  Supporters of Mikhail Khodorkovsky will have to wait until December 27 for a court decision on… 15/12/10 08:04 CET

• Dozens feared dead in asylum boat tragedy

  Up to 50 asylum seekers are feared dead after their boat smashed into rocks off Australia’s… 15/12/10 08:03 CET

• Rome burns after Berlusconi vote

  Violent clashes between police and anti- government protesters yesterday brought central Rome to a… 15/12/10 06:23 CET

• Canada blasted by blizzards

  In Canada, army helicopters have been brought in to rescue motorists, some of whom have been… 15/12/10 06:14 CET

• Assange kept in prison despite bail

  Despite having been granted bail WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was driven back to his London… 15/12/10 06:05 CET

• Spain seeks powers to prevent air chaos over Christmas

  Spain’s government wants to extend its emergency powers into January to offset possible strikes by… 15/12/10 06:04 CET

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