businessweekly
European banks on the brinkThe troubled European banking sector moved to the center of attention of the debt crisis this past… 07/10/11 19:42 CET
cinema
Considine directs debut feature ‘Tyrannosaur’British actor Paddy Considine’s directorial debut – the gritty Midlands-set drama Tyrannosaur – has… 07/10/11 16:24 CET
corporate
More European bank downgradesIn what is being seen as a warning to European governments to better support the region’s weakened… 07/10/11 19:34 CET
Ride the – private – rails in FranceThe launch date has been announced for the first private passenger rail service in France competing… 07/10/11 16:53 CET
economy
Italy and Spain downgraded by FitchThe European debt crisis continues to bite — late on Friday the Fitch agency downgraded Italy’s… 07/10/11 19:34 CET
More Americans in work in SeptemberThere was mixed jobs news from the US on Friday. The number of people in work grew more than… 07/10/11 16:53 CET
European banks downgradedThe credit rating of a dozen UK banks has been cut by Moody’s. It based that on the likelihood of… 07/10/11 16:53 CET
europeweekly
Indignation spreads, the ‘Six Pack’ is taken off ice, and Spain is slammed for fishy practicesIn this week’s edition of Europe Weekly finance ministers approve the so called ‘Six Pack’ and… 07/10/11 20:03 CET
interview
Heavyweight boxer takes on brutal world of politicsMeet Vitaliy Klychko, world heavy weight boxing champion and aspiring politician. He and his… 07/10/11 21:05 CET
italk
Your questions answered by José Manuel BarrosoThe president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has answered questions put to him by… 07/10/11 10:11 CET
le mag
Jessie J steals show at MOBO awardsYoung British singer-songwriter Jessie J stole the show at the MOBO Awards, held in Glasgow, with… 07/10/11 16:24 CET
perspectives
How Steve Jobs built such a followingAfter Steve Jobs succumbed to cancer, just weeks after handing over the reins of Apple, homage to… 07/10/11 19:16 CET
pictureoftheday
Meet ASIMO the humanoid waiterASIMO, a humanoid robot created by Honda, serves tea to a visitor during the Johannesburg… 07/10/11 12:42 CET
reporter
The pro-choice point of view in PolandWanda Nowicka of Poland’s federation for Women and Family Planning describes what she sees as some… 07/10/11 12:48 CET
Sport
Teams prepare for, “Le Crunch” in Rugby World CupCan there be any other match in rugby union that so quickens the pulse, France against England… 07/10/11 20:53 CET
Rooney prepares to play for England despite dad’s arrestThe father of England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been released on bail after… 07/10/11 08:43 CET
world news
CoE condemns failures to protect media freedomFive years after Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered, the picture is far from… 07/10/11 19:41 CET
Debt agencies downgrade Italy and SpainRating agency Fitch’s move to downgrade Italian and Spanish debt has brought more pressure to bear… 07/10/11 23:34 CET
Civil war risk in AfghanistanTen years after the US-led military invasion of Afghanistan, and all sides are assessing what has… 07/10/11 23:03 CET
Murdered Russian journalist rememberedMourners have gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya… 07/10/11 21:46 CET
Russia under spotlight over media freedomsBeing a reporter is no longer just an ‘interesting job’. Journalists sometimes pay a very high… 07/10/11 20:14 CET
Women dominate 2011 Nobel Peace PrizeThis year’s Nobel peace prize has been shared between three women for ‘their non-violent struggle… 07/10/11 20:04 CET
Sarkozy’s foreign policy trip turns sour with TurkeyIn what appear to be comments made for a domestic audience in an election year, the French… 07/10/11 19:44 CET
Arnie honoured in AustriaKeeping his famous promise of ‘I’ll be back’ Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to his home town of… 07/10/11 19:03 CET
Tight finish predicted in Polish electionCampaigning in Poland’s General Election has ended, with Saturday to cool off before nerves crank… 07/10/11 18:14 CET
Final push for SirteHeavy fighting continues in Colonel Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, after the new Libyan government… 07/10/11 17:54 CET
Syria: seven protesters killed – activistsSyrian activists claimed government forces have killed at least seven anti-government demonstrators… 07/10/11 17:03 CET
Greek bailout inspection over – or notThere seemed to be confusion over the state of the Greek bailout talks on Friday. Inspectors… 07/10/11 16:53 CET
German economy minister visits ‘investment friendly’ GreeceStreet protests have continued in Athens as the German Economy Minister, Philipp Rösler, arrived… 07/10/11 16:33 CET
Back in the Day: the US, Ghana and the orange juice incident*October 10, 1957.* The finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah stops to buy orange juice… 07/10/11 15:30 CET
Worker dies at FukushimaA worker at the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear plant has died. The death of the 56-year-old man is… 07/10/11 14:43 CET
Birthday for action-man PutinPolice in Moscow moved to break up opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the eve of his… 07/10/11 14:14 CET
Poles face ‘emotional’ electionsThis Sunday Poland will hold elections for its two houses of parliament. It is a dual between the… 07/10/11 14:10 CET
Students rally against education cuts in Italy and SpainStudents and high-school pupils have walked out of their classrooms and onto the streets to… 07/10/11 13:15 CET
Desmond Tutu celebrates 80th birthdayAnti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu is 80 years old today. Celebrations are in full swing despite… 07/10/11 12:04 CET
Nobel peace prize recognizes womenThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured three women with this year’s peace prize, only the… 07/10/11 11:54 CET
Attack on guard paralyses French trainsFrench railways have been brought to a virtual standstill because staff are on strike after a… 07/10/11 11:53 CET
Anti-Gaddafi forces begin ‘final push’ for SirteThe battle for Colonel Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, looks to have entered its final phase with… 07/10/11 10:24 CET
Fake euro find in PolandPolice in Poland have seized more than a million counterfeit euros – the largest haul of its kind… 07/10/11 07:21 CET
New Zealand combats spill pollution threatAuthorities in New Zealand are struggling to avert an environmental disaster as oil continues to… 07/10/11 07:21 CET
Fans turn Apple founder’s house into shrineA day after the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, his house in Palo Alto, California, has become a… 07/10/11 06:03 CET
Anti-greed protests spread across USWhat started off in New York as a protest against Wall Street is spreading across the USA, and some… 07/10/11 03:04 CET
Chilean students clash with policeRiots erupted on the streets of the Chilean capital Santiago after talks between student leaders… 07/10/11 01:43 CET
Candidates for the Nobel Peace PrizeThe role of a woman involved in the Arab Spring, the revolution that swept through North Africa… 07/10/11 00:53 CET
Anti-Germany protest in AthensProtesters in Athens used Nazi emblems during a theatrical demonstration by citizens and artists… 07/10/11 00:13 CET
