archive 22·04·2011

cinema

• ‘Arthur’ remake opens in London

  British actor Russell Brand and his pop singer wife Katy Perry attended the European Premiere of… 22/04/11 16:07 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly: nuclear cheque and voter incentives

  In the Europe Weekly review of important stories, Hungary’s ruling party is criticised as… 22/04/11 16:43 CET

interview

• Financial ‘monsters’ threaten democracy

  The financial crisis has hit Portugal hard and highlights the influence the financial markets have… 22/04/11 16:24 CET

le mag

• Westminster Choir boys to sing at Royal Wedding

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is among the chosen few to be performing at Prince William and Kate… 22/04/11 16:07 CET

pictureoftheday

• Pro-Saleh rally in Yemen’s capital

  Supporters of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh hold a poster of him as they shout slogans… 22/04/11 18:10 CET

reporter

• Does the UK monarchy matter?

  The British monarchy is still ragingly popular, as the projected viewing figures for Prince William… 22/04/11 16:37 CET

u talk

• Internet shoppers and their rights

  Nikita from Belgium: “When I see something I would like to buy on the Internet, I always think… 22/04/11 15:50 CET

world news

• The world waits as speculation mounts on the Royal Wedding dress

  Kate Middleton lives in the public eye her every move has been snapped and recorded since the royal… 22/04/11 18:53 CET

• Kate Middleton: the next ‘people’s princess’?

  Will Kate Middleton become Britain’s next people’s princess? Much has been made of the… 22/04/11 18:47 CET

• POTC: Porn as you’ve (probably) never seen it before

  ==“Pick of the Clicks looks at the most clicked story of the week on our website and how it is… 22/04/11 13:54 CET

• Frankfurt stages a silent protest dance

  In the German city of Frankfurt the main square was filled with dancers on Friday but not a note of… 22/04/11 23:04 CET

• Bloody Friday in Syria

  At least 88 people have been killed in the latest protests in Syria says human rights organisation… 22/04/11 22:34 CET

• Demonstrators flood the streets of Yemen capital

  The Yemeni capital, Sanaa has been the scene of the largest demonstrations yet. Protestors… 22/04/11 21:34 CET

• Doctor makes appeal from Misrata

  Misrata’s most acute shortages may be in the city’s hospitals, which are struggling to cope with… 22/04/11 20:46 CET

• Good Friday in Jerusalem

  Along the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the Cross as it is known in English, ‘the way of grief’ in… 22/04/11 19:05 CET

• Dozens reported killed in Syrian protests

  Syrian security forces have clamped down hard on some of the biggest demonstrations to date in the… 22/04/11 19:04 CET

• UK retailers count on the Royal Wedding

  Unofficial estimates suggest that tourism and retail related to the Royal wedding of Prince William… 22/04/11 17:36 CET

• Benghazi rebels welcome drones

  Friday prayers in Benghazi may have included a few requests for protection from the latest weapons… 22/04/11 17:34 CET

• Attrition in Misrata as Libya heads for ‘stalemate’

  Libyan rebels have managed to capture a major office building in the centre of Misrata that… 22/04/11 17:33 CET

• Rival protests in Yemen as President gives guarded welcome to peace plan

  The city of Sanaa in Yemen was the setting for rival demonstrations. They were staged on the back… 22/04/11 16:24 CET

• Syrian forces clash with protesters in capital

  Syrian pro-democracy campaigners have called today “Great Friday” and great have been their numbers… 22/04/11 15:13 CET

• Evacuees aim their anger at stricken power plant president

  Masataka Shimizu the president of Tokyo Electric Power, the company which manages the stricken… 22/04/11 14:44 CET

• Syrian forces fire on pro-democracy protestors – reports

  Several thousands of people have reportedly taken to the streets across Syria in one of the biggest… 22/04/11 14:13 CET

• Senator John McCain visits Benghazi

  An enthusiastic advocate for greater US involvement in Libya, the republican senator John McCain… 22/04/11 14:03 CET

• France: police hunt father after family found dead

  Police in western France have found the bodies of a mother and her four children buried under the… 22/04/11 13:13 CET

• Belgium goes a year without government

  It has been a year today since Yves Leterme, Belgium’s caretaker prime minister abandoned his… 22/04/11 12:43 CET

• Obama sends predator drones to Libya

  Barack Obama has given the go-ahead for unmanned drone aircraft to operate in the skies above… 22/04/11 11:36 CET

• Pilgrims flock to Jerusalem for Good Friday processions

  Christian piligrims are gathering in the Old City of Jerusalem for Good Friday processions… 22/04/11 10:43 CET

• French police told to stop drinking on the job

  Riot police in France have described as “absurd” measures to stop them drinking alcohol on the job… 22/04/11 10:25 CET

• Nigeria’s state elections to proceed despite violence

  Nigeria’s president says state elections will go ahead next week despite rioting which is feared to… 22/04/11 08:43 CET

• Japan announces huge disaster fund

  The Japanese government has unveiled an emergency budget of four trillion Yen to combat the… 22/04/11 06:03 CET

• Battle rages for Misrata as US deploys drones

  Fierce fighting continues to rage on the streets of central Misrata as insurgents and forces loyal… 22/04/11 05:13 CET

• Doubts over finance as Chernobyl conference closes

  A conference on the on-going problems of the Chernobyl nuclear plant comes to an end today… 22/04/11 02:33 CET

• Libya leadership accused of targeting journalists

  Libyan authorities want to eliminate independent reporting, a leading media rights group has… 22/04/11 00:53 CET

• “Great Friday” looms in Syria

  Good Friday has been rebaptised “Great Friday” by Syrian activists who, via social internet… 22/04/11 00:13 CET

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