corporate
China’s factory output faltersChinese factory activity shrank again in December according to a survey of company purchasing… 30/12/11 15:35 CET
economy
More economic pain in SpainSpain has revealed that its budget shortfall for 2011 will be bigger than expected as the new… 30/12/11 17:45 CET
Hungary defiant in central bank disputeHungary has defied objections from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union and the… 30/12/11 15:35 CET
Denmark makes money on safe haven loansThe eurozone’s loss is Denmark’s gain. So desperate are investors to find safe havens away from the… 30/12/11 15:35 CET
perspectives
Europe marks the turn of a year of economic crisisThe crisis can not be ignored in Portugal, where austerity is hitting the buying power of… 30/12/11 18:50 CET
pictureoftheday
Dramatic road accident in CaracasAt least 13 people were killed and 13 wounded on Thursday when a petrol tankers overturned and… 30/12/11 11:50 CET
Sport
FC Sion punishedThe Swiss Football Association’s dispute with FIFA over FC Sion fielding ineligible players came to… 30/12/11 20:05 CET
world news
Wild fires devastate Chilean PatagoniaAuthorities in Chile have closed the Torres del Paine national park, one of its most popular… 30/12/11 22:53 CET
Residents of Bosnian town trapped by air pollutionResidents of a central Bosnian town have been told to not to go outside because of a dangerously… 30/12/11 22:33 CET
Blasts in Nigeria following Christmas Day bombingsEyewitnesses say at least four people have died following an explosion near a mosque in the city of… 30/12/11 20:03 CET
Clashes erupt in Turkey over deadly air strikesTurkey’s deadly air strikes sparked disturbances in the country’s restive mainly Kurdish southeast… 30/12/11 19:33 CET
Serbia president against Kosovan-Serb referendumSerbia’s president Boris Tadic has spoken against a referendum planned by north Kosovan Serbs to… 30/12/11 19:14 CET
Turkey: Thousands attend funeral after air strike mistakeThousands have gathered on a hillside near the south-east village of Uldudere on the Turkish border… 30/12/11 18:04 CET
Syria: protesters out in force for Arab League monitorsDetermined to show the Arab League observers what they feel is the true situation in Syria… 30/12/11 17:43 CET
Egyptian raids on NGO offices spark outrageThere has been outrage from human rights groups and internationally after raids on NGOs in Cairo by… 30/12/11 17:04 CET
Tanker blast kills 14 in VenezuelaAt least 14 people died in Venezuela when a petrol tanker overturned and exploded on a main road… 30/12/11 16:15 CET
Prison transfer for Ukraine ex-PM TymoshenkoFormer Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is now in a detention centre in the east of the… 30/12/11 14:43 CET
Jamaica’s opposition wins election landslideShe was Jamaica’s first ever woman prime minister in 2006. Now Portia Simpson Miller is set to hold… 30/12/11 13:53 CET
Disastrous year for Japanese sharesJapan’s main stock index, the Nikkei, has closed at its lowest end-of-year level since 1982… 30/12/11 12:34 CET
Nuclear submarine fire extinguished says RussiaA massive fire aboard a Russian nuclear submarine at a naval shipyard has been put out according to… 30/12/11 12:23 CET
Samoa switches time zones to help tradeNew Year’s Eve has come early to Samoa in the South Pacific which has skipped December 30 in a bid… 30/12/11 11:13 CET
Turkey vows no cover-up over civilian air strike deathsThe Turkish government has promised no cover-up in an investigation into the deaths of 35… 30/12/11 10:33 CET
North Korea tells the world to expect no changeNorth Korea has told the world there will be no change in its stance towards South Korea and its… 30/12/11 08:33 CET
Restoration row over da Vinci masterpieceTwo eminent French art experts have resigned over the way a Leonardo da Vinci painting has been… 30/12/11 07:38 CET
Fire at Russian nuclear sub shipyardA fire has broken out at a shipyard where a Russian nuclear submarine is being repaired. The… 30/12/11 07:38 CET
Dead homeless man’s secret property portfolioAn Italian homeless man has taken a valuable secret to the grave. Giovanni Valentin died on… 30/12/11 07:37 CET
Jamaican opposition set for election landslideJamaica’s new prime minister is likely to be someone who has run the country before… 30/12/11 06:24 CET
Kurdish anger at northern Iraq military blunderPolice in Turkey fired tear gas and water cannon at pro-Kurdish demonstrators after they took to… 30/12/11 04:43 CET
Thousands rally for jailed Russian activistIn Moscow, around 2,000 people joined a protest in support of jailed opposition activist Sergeï… 30/12/11 03:33 CET
Suspected Mexican drug cartel head capturedPolice in Mexico have arrested the suspected leader of the “La Linea” drug cartel. Arturo… 30/12/11 01:53 CET
Syrian troops ‘shoot live rounds at civilians’New pictures have emerged that appear to show Syrian troops shooting live rounds at civilians… 30/12/11 00:13 CET
