cinema
Hollywood mourns legendary icon Liz TaylorHollywood has lost one of its biggest legends. Liz Taylor has died at the age of 79 after a… 24/03/11 17:40 CET
corporate
Lactalis and Ferrero ‘discuss Parmalat deal’Faced with Italian government moves to block any takeover of Parmalat, Italy’s biggest listed food… 24/03/11 16:03 CET
economy
Oil: the price of speculation?Oil prices will stay above 100 dollars a barrel for the next couple of years according to the… 24/03/11 20:46 CET
Portugal moves closer to bailoutThe resignation of the Portuguese government because it could get enough support in parliament for… 24/03/11 20:46 CET
Euro zone services recovery continuesThe recovery in the euro zone’s dominant service sector picked up slightly this month according to… 24/03/11 16:58 CET
Moody’s cuts some Spanish banks ratingsMoody’s has downgraded the credit rating of 30 Spanish banks due to the country’s sovereign debt… 24/03/11 16:58 CET
europa
Portugal clogs up EU summitHe may be on his way out as prime minister of Portugal but Jose Socrates was at the centre of… 24/03/11 18:14 CET
Trades unions shout down austerityThe EU’s Brussels summit has brought out crowds of trades unionists, mostly Belgian and Portuguese… 24/03/11 15:20 CET
pictureoftheday
Porpoise rescue after Japan tsunamiRyo Taira lifts a porpoise out of a flooded rice field after it was swept by a tsunami following an… 24/03/11 12:07 CET
science
Gene therapy gives hope to Parkinson’s patientsA team of researchers at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital has been testing a new type of gene… 24/03/11 09:07 CET
world news
Libya has hurt French-Germany relations says ChaigneauMaxime Biosse Duplan, euronews : Joining us now is Pascal Chaigneau, Political Science professor at… 24/03/11 19:02 CET
Links to data on the Japan disasterThe following are links that are useful in helping to understand the earthquake that struck Japan… 24/03/11 16:41 CET
Libya organises funerals after coalition strikesAt a seaside cemetery in Tripoli, the Libyan government organised a funeral for civilians it claims… 24/03/11 23:53 CET
Syrian government pledges fail to impress oppositionThousands of people in Syria turned out on Thursday for the funerals of demonstrators shot dead by… 24/03/11 22:43 CET
NATO nears deal on taking over Libya operationsAfter days of tough talking, a deal now looks closer than ever and NATO could assume command of… 24/03/11 21:52 CET
German government refutes “farce” claims over LibyaGermany’s decision to pull military staff from AWACS reconnaissance missions in the Mediterranean… 24/03/11 20:23 CET
Libyan rebels move to regain control of AjdabiyahAjdabiyah is on the eastern front in Libya’s five-week-old uprising. Beyond its borders, a road… 24/03/11 19:13 CET
Syria mulls over ending emergency ruleThe Syrian leadership says it is considering an end to the Arab state’s near 50-year emergency rule… 24/03/11 19:04 CET
French jet destroys Libyan military planeFrance has said it shot down and destroyed a Libyan military aircraft as it was landing. It is the… 24/03/11 19:03 CET
Coalition cracks widen over LibyaThe fifth successive night of aerial bombardments on Libya has brought the coalition no closer to… 24/03/11 18:26 CET
Morales to sue for Bolivian access to PacificBolivian President Evo Morales says he is going to the international courts to demand access to the… 24/03/11 17:59 CET
Estonian cyclists kidnapped in LebanonEstonian cyclists have been abducted by gunmen while on holiday in Lebanon. They were… 24/03/11 17:59 CET
European court backs Italy over G8 deathThe European Court of Human Rights has ruled that an Italian policeman acted in self-defence in… 24/03/11 17:59 CET
Japan: euronews in tsunami-hit north, with the Red CrossNow a scene of desolation, it is hard to believe that Yamada was once a prosperous fishing town… 24/03/11 17:44 CET
Double quake rocks MyanmarTwo large earthquakes have struck Myanmar and the wider Asia region. The US geological survey… 24/03/11 16:53 CET
Japan’s post-disaster food supply problemsPeople living within the 30-kilometre exclusion zone around Japan’s Fukushima plant are still… 24/03/11 16:04 CET
Questions over military mission in LibyaWho is in control and what are the final objectives? Key questions are still up in the air as the… 24/03/11 15:35 CET
Fukushima rescue workers contaminatedTwo emergency workers have been taken to hospital after they were exposed to high levels of… 24/03/11 15:03 CET
Syria death toll rises as protests intensifyThe number of people killed after clashes between police and protesters in Syria appears to have… 24/03/11 14:53 CET
The West ‘need not fear’ Yemen upheavalThe voices calling for Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to leave office are growing ever… 24/03/11 14:10 CET
Israel hits Gaza a day after Jerusalem bus blastIsraeli aircraft have hit a series of targets in the Gaza strip hours after a deadly bomb attack in… 24/03/11 13:04 CET
Witness in Libya: “people here are lost”As the conflict rages between the Libyan government and opposition rebels, civilians are trying to… 24/03/11 12:33 CET
Pitfalls await busy EU summitEurope’s leaders start a two-day summit in the late afternoon of Thursday with a packed agenda and… 24/03/11 11:33 CET
Work resumes to stabilise Japan nuclear plantWork to stabilise Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has resumed after work was suspended due… 24/03/11 11:23 CET
Battle rages for key Libyan citiesTracer bullets lit up the sky over Tripoli on a fifth consecutive night of air strikes by the… 24/03/11 09:53 CET
Portugal’s crisis is bad timing for EU summitEurope’s leaders will meet for a crucial summit today amid a political crisis in Portugal that… 24/03/11 08:33 CET
More problems for the Fukushima plantMore problems at Fukushima nuclear plant after smoke was seen rising again from four of the… 24/03/11 05:53 CET
Libya says civilians killed in fifth night of bombingFrench fighter jets joined other coalition forces for a fifth night of bombing – reports of at… 24/03/11 05:03 CET
Tributes are paid to Elizabeth TaylorFlowers have been laid on Hollywood’s famous “walk of fame” in tribute to the passing of one of… 24/03/11 03:43 CET
Cyber attack against EU ahead of summitOn the eve of a Brussels summit the EU has reported a serious cyber attack on the European… 24/03/11 01:54 CET
New Basque independence party denied legal statusIn Spain the new political party formed to succeed Batasuna, the banned political wing of the… 24/03/11 01:53 CET
Israeli PM pledges sharp response to Jerusalem bombThe Israeli prime minister has pledged to respond after Wednesday’s bomb attack near Jerusalem’s… 24/03/11 00:20 CET
