businessweekly
Financial transaction tax to divide Europe?The discussions on the financial transaction tax dominated the beginning of the week – and is… 13/01/12 19:04 CET
cinema
The Artist is the Critics’ ChoiceSilent film The Artist was the big winner at the Critics’ Choice awards, picking up four awards… 13/01/12 15:28 CET
French film festival online, take twoIf you can’t go to the festival, let the festival come to you. A showcase of new French cinema that… 13/01/12 14:25 CET
corporate
Novartis cuts more jobs on drug setbackIn its latest round of job cuts, Novartis is to axe nearly 2,000 of its US workforce, mostly from… 13/01/12 15:21 CET
Air France-KLM turnaround plan unveiled Air France-KLM has announced a pay freeze for French staff and cutbacks in its fleet as part of a… 13/01/12 15:06 CET
economy
Time running out for Greek debt dealNegotiators representing the investors who have lent money to Athens met again with Greek Prime… 13/01/12 20:10 CET
SNB makes profit on forex and goldThe Swiss National Bank has said it expects to have made a profit for 2011 thanks to gains from its… 13/01/12 15:13 CET
europeweekly
Europe Weekly: Tobin or not TobinThis week our current affairs round-up concerning all things Europe takes a look at the Tobin tax… 13/01/12 19:04 CET
interview
Post revolution politics in TunisiaAfter the Jasmine revolution in Tunisia just what has been accomplished in the political, economic… 13/01/12 16:18 CET
learningworld
Closing divisionsClosing the digital divide has become a major challenge in today’s internet world, especially as… 13/01/12 18:12 CET
le mag
French musician writes Obama’s 2012 theme tuneAfter recording this song for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, French musician Tony Jazz has been… 13/01/12 15:28 CET
perspectives
Haiti rebuilding faltersTwo years ago an earthquake devastated Haiti and outside help poured in. First people had to be… 13/01/12 17:43 CET
pictureoftheday
Training session for China’s first female bodyguardsAn instructor from a security consultancy firm in Beijing smashes a bottle over a female recruit’s… 13/01/12 11:51 CET
Sport
Peterhansel and Despres claim stage winFrance’s Stephane Peterhansel produced a superb display to clinch the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally… 13/01/12 12:14 CET
u talk
Arab Spring revolution: what next?With == EYP== – the European Youth Parliament Dan, from the UK, asks: Do you think that the… 13/01/12 09:56 CET
world news
Tunisia, stagnant, future of justice still not in sightIn Tunis, on 14 January 2011, thousands of ordinary people packed Habid Bourguiba Avenue in the… 13/01/12 20:00 CET
Nigerian oil unions suspend strikeFollowing days of protest, Nigeria is expecting a calmer weekend after unions suspended strike… 13/01/12 23:04 CET
Tunisia’s media – a year of changeTunisa’s press and media savour the anniversary of the country’s revolution more than most; for a… 13/01/12 22:43 CET
Eggs for Apple as i-Phone sales halted in ChinaThere were angry scenes in Beijing on Friday, these protests were not about political issues or… 13/01/12 20:43 CET
Japan’s Noda eyes tax hikes as new ministers namedJapanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has replaced five members of his cabinet as he plans to push… 13/01/12 20:04 CET
Judge orders Breivik to be reassessed by doctorsA Norwegian court has ordered for Oslo gunman Anders Behring Breivik to be reassesed by… 13/01/12 19:40 CET
Sausage lovers warned of cancer riskIt’s bad news for sausage lovers. Swedish researchers say eating fifty grammes of processed… 13/01/12 19:37 CET
Russia buries spy with full honoursThe most prominent mourner at the funeral of the late Soviet master-spy Gevork Vartanyan was a… 13/01/12 19:06 CET
Myanmar frees political dissidentsMyanmar has freed some of its most prominent political dissidents as it takes another small step… 13/01/12 18:40 CET
Fresh violence heightens civil war fears in SyriaViolence erupted across Syria, underlying a warning from the head of the Arab League that the… 13/01/12 18:13 CET
S&P downgrades France and eight other Eurozone countriesFrance, Austria and seven other Eurozone countries have had their credit ratings downgraded by the… 13/01/12 18:01 CET
Murder mystery stuns Oxford UniversityWhat would Inspector Morse have made of it? Oxford’s dreaming spires are muttering to each other… 13/01/12 17:56 CET
Back in the Day: the Shah flees Iran*January 16, 1979* Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, is forced to flee his country by… 13/01/12 17:24 CET
Taxi strike in Italy in protest at ‘liberalisation’Row upon row of taxi sat empty and idle in Milan on Friday, as drivers called a one-day… 13/01/12 16:56 CET
France: 100 days to presidential pollIt is 100 days until France’s presidential election. And while Nicolas Sarkozy is carving out… 13/01/12 16:45 CET
Day after scientist’s killing, Iran says it’s ready to talkIran has given an official funeral to its nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, murdered in… 13/01/12 16:33 CET
Israel uses German technology for naval operationsIsrael has added German submarines to its arsenal in preparation for attacks or defence that may be… 13/01/12 14:54 CET
Activists faced down at Syrian borderAt Kilis on Turkey’s border with Syria organisers of a humanitarian aid convoy have gone on hunger… 13/01/12 14:42 CET
Daily struggles for Tunisia one year after uprisingIt has been one year since a revolution in Tunisia sparked a wave of similar uprisings across the… 13/01/12 13:25 CET
Myanmar frees more political prisonersMyanmar has released more political prisoners, including leading dissidents, in a move that may… 13/01/12 12:35 CET
‘Iron Lady’ boycott in English ex-mining townsMeryl Streep may be tipped for an Oscar, but the Iron Lady is not universally popular. Memories of… 13/01/12 11:26 CET
Zardari returns to Pakistan amid crisis with militaryPakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has returned home from a trip to Dubai amid growing tension… 13/01/12 10:58 CET
Haitians mark anniversary of deadly quakeHaitians have been marking the second anniversary of the earthquake that tore apart their Caribbean… 13/01/12 10:35 CET
Unions threaten to cut Nigerian oil productionFour days into Nigeria’s general strike, the prospect is that the country may be exporting no oil… 13/01/12 10:26 CET
EU decision over legal action against Hungary due within daysThe European Commission will decide next week whether it is taking legal action against debt-ridden… 13/01/12 09:56 CET
Apple halts iPhone sales in China amid scufflesApple has halted iPhone sales from its stores in China after the launch of the latest model… 13/01/12 09:00 CET
Syrian monitor mission on brink of splitThe Arab League is finding conflict observation a tough task. The organisation’s first attempts in… 13/01/12 07:54 CET
Ahmadinejad completes Latin America visitIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been rounding off his tour of allies in Latin America… 13/01/12 07:38 CET
Two marines in ‘urination’ video identified, according to officialTwo of four purported American marines, seen in a video that appears to show them urinating on the… 13/01/12 07:22 CET
