archive 07·12·2011

cinema

• Marrakesh Film Festival pays tribute to great actors

  Eleven years in, the Marrakesh Film Festival is now considered one of the most important cinema… 07/12/11 13:27 CET

corporate

• Citi begins more layoffs

  Citigroup has started a round of layoffs among its London-based investment bankers as it cuts 4,500… 07/12/11 14:44 CET

economy

• ECB moves to stimulate economy expected

  Responding to a deepening economic slowdown and Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, financial analysts… 07/12/11 17:40 CET

• Geithner upbeat, Germany pessimistic on euro zone

  Urging bold steps to end the euro zone debt crisis, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been… 07/12/11 17:40 CET

• Airlines warn on Europe crisis impact

  Europe’s politicians are being warned that if they don’t resolve the region’s debt crisis Airlines… 07/12/11 14:59 CET

futuris

• Innovative digital monitoring can prevent accidents

  Industrial accidents in Europe claim around 6 in every 100,000 workers each year. That’s according… 07/12/11 17:52 CET

interview

• Nobel laureate says euro zone ‘on edge of meltdown’

  As the Nobel Awards are about to be handed out in Stockholm, Sweden euronew’s Isabelle Kumar caught… 07/12/11 18:29 CET

le mag

• Unesco award for Portuguese Fado

  Unesco has given Portugal an intangible, world cultural heritage award in recognition of its… 07/12/11 15:47 CET

musica

• Monte Carlo Jazz Festival hosts two outstanding performers: Tigran Hamasyan and Avishai Cohen

  The latest edition of the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival ended on a virtuoso note thanks to two… 07/12/11 11:33 CET

pictureoftheday

• Molotovs in central Athens

  A protester throws a petrol bomb against riot police guarding the parliament in Athens’ Syntagma… 07/12/11 12:20 CET

roadtoeuro2012

• euronews’ journalists on Euro 2012

  “There may very well be a Ukraine Vs Poland final. We can dream, can’t we?” Siemienski Thomas -… 07/12/11 11:20 CET

science

• New earth-like planet discovered

  Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new planet similar to earth. According to NASA, Kepler… 07/12/11 13:21 CET

Sport

• Vinokourov hits back

  Kazkahstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov is taking legal action against Swiss magazine L’Illustré over a… 07/12/11 21:37 CET

• Khan vs Peterson

  World champion Amir Khan has admitted he is expecting a tough challenge from America’s Lamont… 07/12/11 21:26 CET

• Champions League round-up

  Chelsea clinched top spot in Group E of the Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 win over Valencia… 07/12/11 08:20 CET

• Champions League preview

  Manchester City’s Champions League future hangs by a thread as they head into their final group … 07/12/11 08:20 CET

world news

• Bye bye Kyoto?

  With UN-backed climate change talks in Durban due to end on Friday, the world looks as divided as… 07/12/11 19:48 CET

• Italian premier Monti hails big Mafia arrest

  A “great day” for all “honest people.” That is how new Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has… 07/12/11 23:25 CET

• Russia still unsettled following election

  The biggest opposition protests for many years continue in Russia.   Despite a show of force by… 07/12/11 22:47 CET

• China: Over 600 arrested in child trafficking raid

  In a dramatic raid Chinese authorities have arrested over six hundred people suspected of selling… 07/12/11 21:43 CET

• From the Volga to Vladivostok – Disunited Russia

  Discontent among Russians over the administration manifested itself about as far from Moscow as you… 07/12/11 20:18 CET

• Fillon: ‘EU must rise to credit rating challenge’

  Reassuring the markets that Europe can resolve its debt problems is among the main objectives of… 07/12/11 20:13 CET

• Roberto Saviano: Politics and the Mafia

  Roberto Saviano knows about the Camorra all too well. The clan inspired his best-selling book… 07/12/11 19:46 CET

• Al-Assad: ‘We don’t kill our people’

  The Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad remained defiant during an interview with ABC New’s Barbara… 07/12/11 19:13 CET

• EU centre-right rallies ahead of crisis summit

  Ahead of the crunch EU summit on Friday, the European Parliament’s bloc of centre-right parties are… 07/12/11 19:03 CET

• Egyptian PM appoints new cabinet

  Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri has now sworn in a new cabinet, state television… 07/12/11 17:33 CET

• Karzai blames Pakistani militants for bombings

  A deadly bomb attack in Helmand province is the latest incident in a wave of violence in… 07/12/11 16:35 CET

• Putin declares candidacy amid protests

  Accusations of vote rigging following the Russian parliamentary elections have unified Prime… 07/12/11 16:33 CET

• Italian police capture top Mafia boss

  Italian police say they have captured the chief of a Naples Mafia clan. Michele Zagaria had… 07/12/11 14:03 CET

• Back in the Day: John Lennon shot dead

  *December 8, 1980* John Lennon is shot dead outside his residence in the Dakota building in New… 07/12/11 13:56 CET

• Roadside bomb kills 19 civilians in Afghanistan

  A day after Afghanistan was rocked by deadly and apparently sectarian attacks 19 people have been… 07/12/11 13:43 CET

• Japanese baby milk recalled over radiation scare

  Hundreds of thousands of tins of powdered baby milk are being recalled in Japan after traces of… 07/12/11 12:43 CET

• More clashes as Greek budget approved

  Greeks woke up on Wednesday morning faced with the news that next year’s austerity budget has been… 07/12/11 12:33 CET

• Colombians on the march against FARC

  Tens of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets in an outpouring of national anger… 07/12/11 11:13 CET

• Israeli ex-president jailed

  Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is starting a 7-year jail sentence for rape. The 66-year old… 07/12/11 11:03 CET

• Former Israeli president to be jailed

  Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is due to begin a 7-year jail sentence today after being… 07/12/11 10:44 CET

• Merry crisis from Portugal

  Crisis hit European countries are doing their best to celebrate the festive season despite the… 07/12/11 09:13 CET

• Hundreds of arrests made as Russian protesters call for Putin to go

  Hundreds of protesters have defied the authorities in Russia for a second day calling for an end to… 07/12/11 07:23 CET

• France considers prostitution crackdown

  Sex workers in Paris have held protests after the French parliament said it would consider… 07/12/11 07:21 CET

• Romania ratifies “missile shield” deployment

  Romania has ratified an agreement to host US missile interceptors on its soil, ahead of a … 07/12/11 07:20 CET

• US opens “virtual embassy” for Iran

  The US has officially opened a “Virtual Embassy” for Tehran. It is an interactive website aimed at… 07/12/11 07:20 CET

• Police clash with protesters in Athens

  Greece’s parliament, voting late into the night, finally approved the new coalition government’s… 07/12/11 04:03 CET

• Countdown to euro crisis summit

  Time is ticking as EU leaders head towards this week’s two day critical summit to save the euro… 07/12/11 02:33 CET

• Counting problems delay DRC election result

  Tensions continue to run high as the Democratic Republic of Congo waits for the results of last… 07/12/11 00:45 CET

• Tractor protest in Bulgaria over farm subsidies

  Hundreds of Bulgarian farmers have been protesting in the capital Sofia against subsidy cuts in the… 07/12/11 00:44 CET

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