corporate
Lenovo expands into EuropeChina’s Lenovo is buying the German consumer electronics retailer and computer maker Medion to try… 01/06/11 18:55 CET
Japanese May car sales worst since 1968Japanese auto sales fell by a third in May to their lowest total for that month since 1968. The… 01/06/11 15:30 CET
Nokia shares slump againInvestors continue to dump Nokia for most of Wednesday after its profit warning. At one stage its… 01/06/11 15:30 CET
Schneider Electric buying Spain’s TelventFrench energy management company Schneider Electric is moving to buy Spain’s Telvent for 1.4… 01/06/11 15:30 CET
economy
Belarus seeks emergency IMF loanBelarus has asked for an emergency loan of up to $8 billion (5.5 billion euros) from the… 01/06/11 18:55 CET
europa
Deadly E. coli sews confusionGerman health officials still do not know the source of an E. coli bacteria outbreak which has… 01/06/11 17:21 CET
E. coli toll on produce growersAll over Europe, people have lost their appetite for fresh vegetables, no matter where they have… 01/06/11 17:21 CET
focus
How can Europe Grow?International business leaders and policy makers have been meeting in La Baule, France, to find new… 01/06/11 21:44 CET
interview
‘Cool’ or ‘Better’? Iceland’s surreal comedian politicianJon Gnárr was a famous Icelandic comedian, but last year ago was elected as mayor of Iceland’s… 01/06/11 21:45 CET
le mag
Young artists shine in Tallinn’s EksperimentaYoung artists have taken centre stage at Tallinn’s European Capital of Culture with an exhibition… 01/06/11 14:45 CET
New direction for Andrea CorrAfter a four year break from music Andrea Corr is back with her second studio album – ‘Lifelines.‘… 01/06/11 14:42 CET
musica
When Cleopatra went to Versailles‘Julius Caesar’, Handel’s masterpiece, has been pulling in the crowds in the extraordinary setting… 01/06/11 14:26 CET
pictureoftheday
Sepp Blatter opens the 61st FIFA congressFIFA President Sepp Blatter is seen before the 61st FIFA congress at the Hallenstadion in Zurich… 01/06/11 12:53 CET
world news
Back in the Day: Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play*June 1, 1967.* The Beatles release their eighth studio album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club… 01/06/11 08:41 CET
UN says rebels and Gaddafi are guilty of war crimesAn explosion damaged two cars in front of a hotel in Benghazi used for press conferences by the… 01/06/11 23:03 CET
Iran’s parliament rules president’s ministry move broke lawPressure continues to mount on Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the country’s parliament… 01/06/11 22:13 CET
Blatter storms to victory in FIFA’s presidential election of oneSepp Blatter has been re-elected unopposed for a fourth and final term as president… 01/06/11 22:08 CET
Mubarak to stand trial over deaths and corruptionEgypt is to put former President Hosni Mubarak in the dock for the alleged killing of protesters… 01/06/11 19:50 CET
Brammertz stresses importance of Mladic trial16 years after being indicted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal… 01/06/11 19:33 CET
Last landing for Endeavour; shuttle programme nears closeHeading straight into the history books, the space shuttle Endeavour has finished its final flight… 01/06/11 18:33 CET
Mladic trial revives questions over Dutch troopsThe trial of General Ratko Mladic may help to shed light on some of the more obscure events at… 01/06/11 17:51 CET
WHO says mobile phones may cause brain cancerThe World Health Organisation’s claim mobile phone use can trigger certain brain cancers may have… 01/06/11 17:45 CET
Fresh bloodshed in Yemen’s capitalDozens of people are reported dead as renewed fighting between government forces and a powerful… 01/06/11 16:54 CET
Syria’s exiled opposition forges future democratic strategySyria’s exiled opposition has come together in an attempt to forge a coherent strategy for a future… 01/06/11 16:53 CET
Serbs cry foul over Mladic extraditionUnsurprisingly, there is only one story dominating the media in Serbia. Ratko Mladic may now be… 01/06/11 16:23 CET
NATO prolongs Libya bombing missionNATO is extending its Libyan mission by a further 90 days with Muammar Gaddafi having apparently… 01/06/11 15:43 CET
More German E. coli cases as Spain considers legal actionGermany has announced 365 new E. coli cases as the government is in a race against time to trace… 01/06/11 15:08 CET
Mobiles join pickled onions in cancer risk groupThe latest news that mobile phones could possibly cause human cancer might have sent millions… 01/06/11 14:55 CET
‘Mladic gave me chocolate’: Srebrenica boy remembersIn the wake of the arrest of Ratko Mladic, more survivors of the horrific events at Srebrenica have… 01/06/11 14:51 CET
Mladic due in war crimes court on FridayRatko Mladic will face his first war crimes hearing on Friday, having been flown into The Hague. He… 01/06/11 14:04 CET
Leonard Lohen wins Asturias prizeThe Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters has been awarded to Leonard Cohen. The finalists also… 01/06/11 14:03 CET
Iranian activist dies in ‘clashes’ at father’s funeralThe daughter of a prominent veteran Iranian dissident has died after a scuffle reportedly broke out… 01/06/11 12:43 CET
Mladic awaits trial at The HagueRatko Mladic will appear before the UN war crimes tribunal on Friday to face genocide and crimes… 01/06/11 12:04 CET
Leonard Cohen wins Asturias prizeThe Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters has been awarded to Leonard Cohen. The finalists also… 01/06/11 11:43 CET
UN says Japan underestimated tsunami nuclear riskJapan underestimated the risk of a killer wave hitting its now-crippled Fukushima power plant… 01/06/11 11:33 CET
Shuttle Endeavour completes its final flightThe US space shuttle Endeavour has safely landed after its final flight. The ship touched down… 01/06/11 09:43 CET
WHO warns of “possible” cancer link to cellphonesMillions use them everyday and modern life would not be the same without them, but now a report has… 01/06/11 06:33 CET
Amnesty fails to disguise Syrian brutalityMore amateur video showing funerals in the Syrian city of Homs after three civilians were reported… 01/06/11 06:23 CET
Crowd witnesses Mladic arrival at The HagueIt was a day many people had waited for. The arrival of the former Bosnian Serb general at the… 01/06/11 04:35 CET
Mladic spends first night in HagueIt was the journey Ratko Mladic imagined he would never have to make. After 16 years on the run… 01/06/11 03:13 CET
E.coli scare hits consumer confidenceCucumber producers in Europe have been defiantly eating their produce to prove they are not the… 01/06/11 02:33 CET
Mubarak “too ill” to be transferred to prisonProsecutors say former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak is too ill to be moved to prison from his… 01/06/11 00:33 CET
