archive 02·12·2011

businessweekly

• Euro crisis: towards a tighter fiscal union?

  Time is running out. That was the unmistakeable message from the OECD this week when the… 02/12/11 17:22 CET

cinema

• European Film Awards: And the winner is…

  The European Film Awards are back in Berlin this year, for the 24th edition of the prize-giving… 02/12/11 15:56 CET

corporate

• Heineken buys a round

  The brewing giant Heineken has become one of the UK’s leading pub owners after buying more than 900… 02/12/11 15:16 CET

economy

• Spanish jobless total continues to climb

  There is more gloom on jobs in Spain. The unemployment figure rose in November for the fourth month… 02/12/11 15:28 CET

• China cools on direct euro bail out

  China has given its strongest indication yet that it will not bail the euro zone out of the debt… 02/12/11 15:12 CET

• Surprise US jobless rate fall in November

  Unemployment in the United States has fallen to its lowest level for two-and-a-half years according… 02/12/11 15:03 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly: Crunch time for the euro

  When leaders start talking about integration or disintegration and only a few days to save the… 02/12/11 17:12 CET

interview

• The Arab League: We want to avoid any outside interference

  The Arab League has seen that Syria is closing its doors on finding a solution to the ongoing… 02/12/11 16:09 CET

learningworld

• Learning from another generation

  Traditionally older generations educate younger ones. Knowledge passes from older, wiser heads to… 02/12/11 20:20 CET

le mag

• Autumnal dancers in The Rite of Spring

  They may be in the autumn of their lives but these men and women are performing Stravinsky’s The… 02/12/11 15:56 CET

perspectives

• HIV kittens, progress and ignorance

  HIV experts around the world are increasingly optimistic that progress is being made against the… 02/12/11 19:36 CET

pictureoftheday

• Belgian humour alive and well in austerity protests

  Protesters dressed as Belgium’s chief negotiator in charge of forming a cabinet, Elio Di Rupo, take… 02/12/11 11:52 CET

reporter

• What will the role of women be in the new Egypt?

  From January to November, Egypt’s revolution has brought the many faces of the country together on… 02/12/11 17:20 CET

science

• Reef researchers’ coral breakthrough

  Scientists in Australia have discovered a new method for determining whether coral is healthy or… 02/12/11 19:11 CET

Sport

• EURO2012 draw

  The who’s who of European football gathered in Kiev Friday night for the Euro2012 draw. To no… 02/12/11 21:59 CET

• Femen vs Euro2012

  A visually interesting protest took place in Kiev on Friday just hours ahead of the UEFA euro2012… 02/12/11 20:48 CET

world news

• Iranian embassy staff leave London

  Iranian embassy staff have packed their bags and left the UK. The move came in the wake of an… 02/12/11 23:44 CET

• Islamists polling strongly in Egyptian vote

  Indications from the first round of voting in Egypt’s parliamentary election suggest Islamist… 02/12/11 22:37 CET

• PM and government expected to lose Croatia election

  Victory for the centre-left opposition is the predicted outcome of elections in Croatia on Sunday… 02/12/11 19:38 CET

• Treaty changes must favour Britain says Cameron

  President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister David Cameron met in Paris when the two discussed the… 02/12/11 19:26 CET

• Yemen’s unity government hangs in the balance

  Twenty-one people, including a young girl, have been confirmed dead as fighting in south Yemen… 02/12/11 19:13 CET

• Centre right poised for power in Slovenia

  In Slovenia, former Prime Minister, Janez Jansa is set to lead his centre right party back to… 02/12/11 17:56 CET

• Belgian’s protest austerity

  Belgian’s marched on the streets of Brussels to protest looming austerity measures. The incoming… 02/12/11 17:47 CET

• Iranian diplomats expelled from London

  Diplomats working at the Iranian embassy in London have left the UK after British Foreign Secretary… 02/12/11 17:44 CET

• Russia: poverty breeds election apathy

  With elections under way in Russia, the many millions of people living in poverty will be left… 02/12/11 15:43 CET

• Greece bucks austerity trend with museum facelift

  Greece says an overhaul of many archaeological sites and museums is helping its crisis-hit economy… 02/12/11 15:03 CET

• Clinton visit could signal closer US-Myanmar ties

  Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed US engagement with Myanmar as its new… 02/12/11 14:03 CET

• Slower exports lead to cost-cutting and strikes in China

  In a third day of strikes, more than 200 Chinese workers in Shanghai have protested outside the… 02/12/11 12:23 CET

• Merkel warns of ‘marathon’ to solve euro crisis

  The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the country’s parliament, the Bundestag, that there is… 02/12/11 11:53 CET

• Egyptians still waiting on first election results

  Delayed counting in some constituencies means there are still no official results in Egypt’s first… 02/12/11 11:13 CET

• How is Turkey to deal with troubled neighbour Syria?

  “Are Middle East radicals targeting Turkey?” Just for a moment, Wednesday’s attack against the… 02/12/11 10:55 CET

• Merkel calls for euro fiscal union and more discipline

  The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Bundestag that there is a need for more moves… 02/12/11 10:03 CET

• Chile’s Nicanor Parra wins Cervantes literary prize

  Chilean poet Nicanor Parra has been awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s… 02/12/11 09:24 CET

• German author Christa Wolf dies at 82

  Christa Wolf, one of Germany’s most celebrated writers for her depictions of life in the former… 02/12/11 09:22 CET

• Wikileaks returns with sideswipe at ‘government spies’

  There had been no news of Wikileaks since October. Publications on Julian Assange’s site were… 02/12/11 08:50 CET

• Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hails ‘historic’ meeting with Clinton

  Hillary Clinton has held talks with Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit the pro-democracy… 02/12/11 08:23 CET

• Crocodile – Ukraine’s new drug threat

  The United Nations says extraordinary progress has been made fighting AIDS over the past decade… 02/12/11 07:45 CET

• UK sets code-breaking test in search for new spies

  Crack the code and become a British spy. That is the tempting prospect open to clever computer… 02/12/11 06:03 CET

• Germany seeks public help in Neo-Nazi murder probe

  German police are asking the public for information about a trio suspected of a string of racist… 02/12/11 04:53 CET

• France’s Sarkozy seeks new EU treaty

  It must have been music to Angela Merkel’s ears.   The German Chancellor’s calls for EU treaty… 02/12/11 03:03 CET

• UN warns that Syria is on the cusp of civil war

  Scenes of the Syrian government’s crackdown on the restive city of Homs have been filmed by a… 02/12/11 01:43 CET

• Latvia edges closer to adopting Russian officially

  Russian speakers in Latvia may have finally won their battle for Russian to become a second state… 02/12/11 01:13 CET

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