businessweekly
ECB holds interest rates and hard times in PortugalAs the markets play a guessing game on when not if the ECB intends to raise euro zone interest… 06/05/11 22:13 CET
cinema
“Priest”: 3D meets vampire thriller“Priest” is a the first 3D vampire movie, a post-apocalyptic thriller set in an alternate world… 06/05/11 16:42 CET
corporate
BA-Iberia confident of growthThe International Airlines Group, formed by the merger of BA and Iberia, expects significant growth… 06/05/11 16:26 CET
economy
Commodity markets fall as volatility takes holdCommodity prices continue to fall with crude oil shedding as much as 5 dollars a barrel as markets… 06/05/11 22:20 CET
US jobless numbers up in AprilUS jobless figures are up slightly in April as high energy prices dented consumer confidence and… 06/05/11 20:10 CET
Former Parmalat boss behind barsFormer Parmalat chief Calisto Tanzi has been jailed after he lost a final appeal against a prison… 06/05/11 16:26 CET
RBS stung by Irish debtThe Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority owned by the British Government, made first quarter… 06/05/11 16:26 CET
europa
Media report sparks Greek euro exit fearGreece could leave the euro, according to media reports. The country is said to have raised the… 06/05/11 19:52 CET
europeweekly
Europe Weekly: Osama, bailout and migrantsThis week’s Europe Weekly review focuses on the impact of Osama bin Laden’s death. The EU’s… 06/05/11 13:51 CET
pictureoftheday
Cyclists demonstrate in LimaHundreds of cyclists ride through Lima in Peru to promote cycling and to draw the authorities‘… 06/05/11 13:03 CET
reporter
Finland’s far-right fancy‘‘Nationalist, anti-immigration and strongly euro-sceptic. The True Finn party made an historic… 06/05/11 19:51 CET
world news
Webwatch: London’s Underground goes OvergroundAs graphic design goes, it’s a right little cutie. The London Underground map has been simplified… 06/05/11 14:43 CET
Coup warning leads to protests in TunisiaProtests rocked Tunisia’s capital city on Friday, with people taking to the streets to demand the… 06/05/11 23:23 CET
Moods and magic at the top in TehranIt is handbags at the moment in the Iranian leadership, with the president taking an unannounced… 06/05/11 23:13 CET
Angry Muslim reaction to bin Laden deathThe Muslim street is starting to react to the killing of one of its popular heros with… 06/05/11 19:44 CET
Libyan exodus continues amidst health fears for refugees.The exodus is continuing from Libya. Over 800 migrants crammed into small boats have arrived in the… 06/05/11 19:13 CET
LibDems crash to double defeatThe Liberal’s gamble they would get a reformed British electoral system by co-operating with the… 06/05/11 18:35 CET
Security services not to blameThe coroner chairing the inquest into the London suicide bombings in July 2005, has concluded that… 06/05/11 18:23 CET
Libyan diplomacy advances as mortars hit Tunisian town.In the town of Zintan in Libya’s Western Mountains, rebel forces are besieged by the artillery of… 06/05/11 18:03 CET
Portuguese strike over bailout austerityIn Portugal thousands of public sector workers have gone on strike only a day after the country’s… 06/05/11 17:40 CET
London bombings inquest gives recommendationsThe July bombings in London 2005 are the worst peacetime attacks on British soil. Dozens died and… 06/05/11 17:39 CET
LibDems punished in England local voteThe Liberal Democrats have been punished in England in local elections, losing 300 councillors… 06/05/11 16:27 CET
Al-Qaeda reacts to bin Laden deathAl-Qaeda has confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden and vowed to continue attacking the USA and its… 06/05/11 16:24 CET
Japanese reactor to closeThe Japanese government has ordered the closure of the Hamoka nuclear plant in central Japan. It… 06/05/11 16:24 CET
Future of German training ship in doubtAfter a death and near mutiny during a long voyage, the German military training ship, Gorch Fock… 06/05/11 16:23 CET
Protesters ‘shot dead’ in Syrian ‘day of defiance’Protests have broken out across Syria as thousands heeded calls for a “day of defiance” against the… 06/05/11 15:14 CET
Anger at US attack simmers in PakistanSome of the residents of Abbottabad finally showed their anger at their town being attacked by the… 06/05/11 15:04 CET
London 7/7 bombings verdict of ‘unlawful killing’The inquest into the London suicide bombings of 2005 has ruled that the 52 victims who died were… 06/05/11 14:03 CET
Russian nationalists jailedA Moscow court has sentenced a Russian right-wing nationalist to life imprisonment for the murder… 06/05/11 13:33 CET
Public transport grounded as Italy goes on strikeA nationwide strike in Italy has hit public transport as well as other services. Commuters in… 06/05/11 12:33 CET
Pick of the Clicks: the fog (and dog) of war on bin Laden“Pick of the Clicks looks at the most clicked story of the week on our website and how it is being… 06/05/11 12:12 CET
Fault found in nuclear plant in central JapanJapan’s nuclear power station operators are said to have found a fault in the emergency system at a… 06/05/11 11:44 CET
Al Qaeda ‘train attack’ plans revealedThe US says documents seized in the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan hide-out, suggest al Qaeda… 06/05/11 11:01 CET
Syrian forces mobilise as protesters plan “day of defiance”Syrian opposition groups are planning what they call a “day of defiance” against the regime. In… 06/05/11 10:13 CET
Cash pledge for rebels as battles reach Tunisian borderMortar rounds fired from Libya have landed near the Tunisian border, according to the Tunisian… 06/05/11 08:34 CET
Separatist party to participate in Spanish local electionsA new Basque separatist alliance will be allowed to take part in Spanish local elections on May 22… 06/05/11 07:18 CET
Arrests made after tourist bombing in MarrakeshThree people have been arrested in connection with the bombing of a cafe in Morocco last week. All… 06/05/11 07:17 CET
Bin Laden’s possible attack against US trainsUS government officials say they have found evidence in Osama bin Laden’s hideout of a planned rail… 06/05/11 06:04 CET
AV vote could unsettle British coalition partnersOne year since the last UK general election, the coalition it brought to power has faced its most… 06/05/11 02:13 CET
Portugal preparing for austerity after loan agreedThere are tough times ahead for people in Portugal as they come to terms with the 78 billion euro… 06/05/11 01:13 CET
Opinions split on recovery of bodies from air disasterThe recovery of a body from the shattered wreckage of flight AF 447 almost four kilometres beneath… 06/05/11 00:33 CET
