cinema
Documentary lays bare Mussolini personality cultA new documentary film – Il Corpo del Duce – about Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini asks… 05/01/12 18:14 CET
corporate
Indian cars vie for smallest, cheapest titleIndia seems to be locked in a contest to produce the world’s tiniest and cheapest cars. The… 05/01/12 19:14 CET
Kodak prepares for Chapter 11 filing: reportEastman Kodak is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy protection from its creditors in case… 05/01/12 14:34 CET
China calls for talks on EU airline taxChina has said it is deeply concerned and opposed to the European Union’s airline tax, and has… 05/01/12 13:03 CET
economy
Euro slides despite solid French bond demandThe euro slid over one percent on Thursday due to persistent worries about the European debt… 05/01/12 19:50 CET
Swiss central bank head stands firmThe chairman of the Swiss central bank has said he will not quit. A defiant Philipp Hildebrand… 05/01/12 19:31 CET
Spain to target tax fraud and trim governmentSpain’s new conservative government is looking at streamlining the public sector in further cost… 05/01/12 17:07 CET
China’s trade surplus narrowsChina’s trade surplus shrank slightly last year to the equivalent of 125 billion euros. Export… 05/01/12 14:34 CET
learningworld
It’s a media worldThese days the media is almost everywhere. It creates a huge impact. Increasingly it is not just… 05/01/12 13:27 CET
le mag
The photographer, the nude model and pots and pots of paintPeruvian painter Piero Pereira has an unusual way of working; he covers his model in paint and then… 05/01/12 18:14 CET
pictureoftheday
Meet Poland’s 73-year-old DJDJ Wika Szmyt, 73, spends her retirement behind a DJ console, playing disco, rumba or samba… 05/01/12 11:22 CET
reporter
Pension reforms for Slovenia’s aging populationSlovenia’s population is aging, and aging fast. Last year the country’s voting population… 05/01/12 17:45 CET
science
Dyslexia font: a step in the write directionLearning to read, write and spell are generally difficult for children who suffer from dyslexia… 05/01/12 15:22 CET
Sport
Coma and Peterhansel claim stage four of DakarMarc Coma recovered from his navigational error on Tuesday to win stage four of the Dakar rally and… 05/01/12 09:04 CET
thenetwork
‘The Network’ tackles Europe’s pensions crisisEurope faces a pensions timebomb as the active population shrinks and societies get older. The… 05/01/12 18:52 CET
world news
Iran sanction pokerWhile Washington is patting backs over Europe’s agreement on Iranian oil sanctions, Tehran’s… 05/01/12 19:59 CET
Arab League monitors to stay in Syria despite criticismQatar’s prime minister has admitted they made mistakes, but it seems the mission of Arab League… 05/01/12 23:33 CET
Italian ski resort suffers tax crackdownAn annual salary of 22,000 euros a year won’t go far in the chic Italian ski resort of Cortina… 05/01/12 22:53 CET
Former mayor named new Slovenian PMSlovenia looks like it has a new head of government, the former mayor of the country’s capital… 05/01/12 20:34 CET
Former head of Turkish army in courtObservers describe it as a scene unimaginable a few years ago: a former chief of Turkey’s powerful… 05/01/12 20:34 CET
Kate Middleton becomes patron of charitiesKate Middleton is following royal tradition in Britain, becoming the patron of four charities. Some… 05/01/12 20:34 CET
Prosecutor calls for Mubarak to be hangedHosni Mubarak should be sentenced to death. That’s the view of the chief prosecutor in the… 05/01/12 20:04 CET
Commission recomends British government to make assisted suicide legalA commission looking into assisted suicide in England and Wales has called on parliament to give… 05/01/12 19:33 CET
High winds and heavy rain lash EuropeBad weather is hitting parts of northern Europe. Strong winds are expected to reach as much as… 05/01/12 18:34 CET
Iran dismisses threat of EU oil sanctionsIran is not worried by EU moves to ban its oil imports and insists it will survive them as it has… 05/01/12 17:56 CET
Back in the Day: the ugly side of figure skating*January 6, 1994* American ice skater Nancy Kerrigan (see picture, left) ==is attacked== during… 05/01/12 17:08 CET
Myanmar: Suu Kyi ‘concerned’ for democratic reformsPro-Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met William Hague in Myanmar during the first visit by a… 05/01/12 17:03 CET
Pilgrims targeted as sectarian attacks surge in IraqSectarian violence in Iraq has intensified dramatically with a spate of bombings that has left more… 05/01/12 15:43 CET
Egypt prosecutor requests death penalty for MubarakThe prosecutor in the trial of Hosni Mubarak on Thursday called for the former Egyptian president… 05/01/12 15:33 CET
German president rebuffs calls to quitPublic support for German president Christian Wulff has slipped from 63 percent to 47 percent… 05/01/12 14:43 CET
Former Israeli PM faces further corruption chargesFormer Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, who is already on trial over corruption allegations is… 05/01/12 14:03 CET
Syrian rebels call on Arab League to leaveThe Arab League says it will continue with its monitoring mission in Syria despite calls from the… 05/01/12 12:33 CET
Myanmar: Hague welcomes prisoner release pledgeOn the first visit by a British Minister to Myanmar since 1955, Foreign Secretary William Hague… 05/01/12 11:33 CET
How times have changed: Hamas leader feted in TurkeyThe first visit of a Hamas leader to Turkey, in Februrary 2006, caused great controversy in the… 05/01/12 11:20 CET
Deadly Baghdad bombings fuel sectarian conflictAt least 25 people are reported to have been killed and dozens wounded in bomb attacks in Shi’ite… 05/01/12 10:43 CET
Iron Lady Streep strides red carpet in LondonOne of Hollywood’s blue-bloods, Meryl Streep, got the red carpet treatment as her portrayal of… 05/01/12 09:23 CET
China curbs racy entertainmentChina’s president has warned that Western culture is out to attack China and urged a campaign to… 05/01/12 08:59 CET
West ups sanction stakes against IranWashington has welcomed the move by European governments to agree in principle to ban imports of… 05/01/12 05:54 CET
Chevron assets sought to pay damages billEcuadorian victims who have won a 13-billion-euro environmental case against Chevron Corporation… 05/01/12 03:03 CET
Arab mission in Syria criticised by oppositionArab monitors have filmed the Syrian army in the centre of Homs, contradicting earlier statements… 05/01/12 00:54 CET
German opposition keeps up pressure on presidentGerman opposition parties say they are not satisfied with attempts by the country’s president to… 05/01/12 00:53 CET
