cinema
Chuckles on the slopes: ski resort hosts film festThe French ski resort of l’Alpe d’Huez played host to the 15th edition of the International Comedy… 24/01/12 14:28 CET
corporate
Oil refiner Petroplus brought down by debtEurope’s largest independent oil refiner, Petroplus, said it is filing for insolvency after failing… 24/01/12 16:07 CET
Davos 2012
Davos Blog 1 : “Davos is hotting up !”Despite the freezing cold and driving snow, Davos is hotting up!The top brass of the political and… 24/01/12 20:39 CET
economy
IMF warns Europe is global recession riskAs it cut its outlook for global growth, the International Monetary Fund warned that the eurozone… 24/01/12 19:04 CET
French firms to count cost of genocide lawThe Armenian genocide bill passed by the French parliament could hit French companies doing… 24/01/12 19:04 CET
ILO highlights chronic need for jobsAn alarming report from the International Labour Organisation which says there are nearly 200… 24/01/12 16:07 CET
Euro crisis hits Siemens’ profitSiemens, the region’s biggest engineering conglomerate, has revealed an unexpectedly sharp fall in… 24/01/12 16:07 CET
europa
E-business defies financial gloomThe European Commission has said it wants to support e-commerce and online businesses more… 24/01/12 20:35 CET
Orban in Brussels to build bridgesPrime minister Viktor Orban has meet the EU’s top brass in an effort to reach a deal over Hungary’s… 24/01/12 19:16 CET
Eurozone ministers fail to agree Greek debt dealFears that Greece could default on its massive debts are mounting after eurozone finance ministers… 24/01/12 13:10 CET
futuris
Healthier ageing is just a click awayThree people reflect on how computer technology is helping them to cope with disease due to ageing… 24/01/12 20:10 CET
hi-tech
Software to predict and prevent crimeIt is home to a stretch of coast popular with surfers and one of the oldest funfairs in the United… 24/01/12 16:58 CET
interview
NATO’s Rasmussen: cuts herald defence sharingNATO’s intervention in Libya may have resulted in the successful toppling of Colonel Muammar… 24/01/12 16:07 CET
le mag
Versace opened Paris Fashion Week, with a glittering spring-summer haute couture collection.Models wore strapless sequinned dresses, at times encrusted with crystals or gold detailing. 24/01/12 14:29 CET
pictureoftheday
Imperious Federer wins his 1000th tour matchIn the 1,000th match of an illustrious career, Roger Federer beat Juan Martin Del Potro in the… 24/01/12 12:14 CET
Sport
Stamp proves costly for BalotelliManchester City striker Mario Balotelli has been charged with violent conduct and handed a… 24/01/12 19:27 CET
Redknapp in tax evasion trialTottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp appeared in a London court on Monday accused of avoiding… 24/01/12 07:59 CET
world news
Uneasy calm returns after clashes in Bani WalidBullet-scarred and abandoned buildings bear testament to the battle for Bani Walid, the last Libyan… 24/01/12 22:53 CET
France seeks to mend ties with Turkey over genocide lawFrance has urged Turkey not to take tit-for-tat measures over a draft bill that makes it illegal to… 24/01/12 21:53 CET
Turkey-Armenia relations more ‘important’ than ‘genocide’ lawAt a protest outside the French consulate in Istanbul, Turkish people unhappy at the passing of the… 24/01/12 20:14 CET
Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ and ‘The Artist’ favourites for OscarsTwo films dominate this year’s Oscar nominees — Martin Scorsese’s tribute to the early days of… 24/01/12 18:53 CET
Egypt partially lifts state of emergency lawEgypt has announced its state of emergency law is going to be lifted. The move was declared by… 24/01/12 18:43 CET
Garzon trial grips SpainJudge Baltasar Garzon is on trial in Spain, accused by two right-wing groups of breaking a 1977… 24/01/12 18:30 CET
Armenia celebrates ‘genocide bill’ at French embassyThere was a festive mood outside the French embassy in Yerevan as Armenians celebrated the passing… 24/01/12 18:06 CET
Italy says pollution from cruise ship containedItalian salvage crews say they expect to begin pumping thousands of tonnes of fuel from the wrecked… 24/01/12 18:00 CET
Shi’ites killed in Baghdad bomb blastsFour car bomb blasts in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad have left at least 13 people dead and 75… 24/01/12 17:03 CET
Egyptians freer yet hungrierEgypt is measuring its national pride one year after its historic revolution. But in spite of many… 24/01/12 16:14 CET
Britain urges Arab League to push for UN resolutionBritain has called on the Arab League to urge the UN to pass a resolution on Syria. It comes as the… 24/01/12 16:13 CET
Brinkmanship over Greek debt deal continuesEuropean finance ministers — meeting in Brussels —have been pushing investors holding Greek… 24/01/12 16:07 CET
Protester’s death overshadows Italian strikeA strike by Italian truckers against high fuel costs and government reforms has taken a tragic turn… 24/01/12 15:43 CET
Trial starts for Spain’s top human rights judgeSpain’s crusading human rights judge Baltasar Garzon has gone on trial over his divisive attempt to… 24/01/12 14:33 CET
Erdogan slams French genocide bill as ‘racist’Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a stinging attack on French President… 24/01/12 13:53 CET
Back in the Day: dawn of the Winter Olympics*January 25, 1924:* The French Alpine resort of Chamonix hosts the first edition of the Winter… 24/01/12 12:58 CET
Turkish PM labels French genocide bill “racist”Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the French Senate vote to criminalise… 24/01/12 12:24 CET
French FM urges calm reaction to genocide lawFrance has urged Turkey not to overreact to the French Senate’s approval of a bill making it… 24/01/12 10:03 CET
Bitter exchanges in latest US Republican debateThe latest debate among US republicans vying to become their party’s presidential candidate has… 24/01/12 09:23 CET
Yerevan and Ankara react to French Senate voteWhile Armenians in Paris celebrated the vote in the French Senate, official reaction from the… 24/01/12 06:03 CET
Still no deal with Greece’s creditorsEurozone finance ministers have rejected an offer made by Greece’s private creditors on cutting the… 24/01/12 04:43 CET
Egypt’s first free parliament gets to workEgypt’s ruling military council has handed over legislative powers to the new Islamist-dominated… 24/01/12 02:33 CET
France passes ‘genocide’ billAfter a debate lasting more than seven hours, the French Senate voted to back a controversial new… 24/01/12 01:24 CET
ICC indicts four over Kenyan 2007 violenceKenyan survivors of the 2007 post election violence which left over a thousand people dead… 24/01/12 01:04 CET
Armenia-Turkey ‘genocide’ row: the backgroundWhether what happened to the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire can be called ‘genocide‘… 24/01/12 00:03 CET
