archive 23·03·2012

businessweekly

• Lower taxes, higher deficit

  The big crisis may have disappeared from the top headlines, but Europe is still dealing with the… 23/03/12 18:15 CET

cinema

• The Pirates – Band of Misfits!

  The Wallace and Gromit team are back with a new animation about pirates and a new voice-over… 23/03/12 15:42 CET

corporate

• Two European GM plants set to close – report

  General Motors’ European division is reportedly planning to close two plants to cut manufacturing… 23/03/12 14:32 CET

economy

• Little ou-la-la for the French economy

  The Paris government has cut its growth forecast for next year from 2.0 percent to 1.75 percent… 23/03/12 14:32 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly: Trade, fish, and Greece

  Trade and fisheries were some of the top issues in Europe this week. The European Commission, the… 23/03/12 18:15 CET

faq

• Green gives good returns – Copenhagen Mayor

  Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, explains why it is economically viable to invest in… 23/03/12 18:29 CET

• UN Environment chief urges more green investment

  Achim Steiner, the director of the UN’s Environment Programme, told euronews that cities cannot… 23/03/12 18:29 CET

focus

• EU Summit maps out the future for cities

  What is a sustainable city? What kind of pressure do our urban spaces have to face? What examples… 23/03/12 17:37 CET

futuris

• A new bus that’s just the ticket

  You wait and wait and then three come at once, so the old joke about buses goes. But the bus has… 23/03/12 14:48 CET

• Tomorrow’s bus on today’s streets

  Welcome aboard as we take a ride on what the designers say is the ‘European bus of the future‘… 23/03/12 14:47 CET

le mag

• Norouz New Year in Persia

  Norouz, the Persian New Year, was celebrated this year on 21st March. In Tajikistan people… 23/03/12 15:42 CET

newsplus

• How to tackle terrorism in the 21st century?

  It could not be further removed from the streets of Toulouse. It was on the border between… 23/03/12 19:37 CET

pictureoftheday

• Grappling a mastiff at a China dog show

  A man holds up his Tibetan mastiff as they perform on stage during a dog beauty contest at an… 23/03/12 11:29 CET

reporter

• Sarajevo – a city under siege from its past?

  Sarajevo is a city which over the centuries has been called the Jerusalem of Europe – a symbol of… 23/03/12 14:55 CET

• French politics’ lack of diversity

  The French presidential election is the first to be held in the country since the arrival of a… 23/03/12 09:45 CET

u talk

• Shale gas: fracking the Earth?

  In this edition of U-talk, Georgi, from Bulgaria, asks: “Taking into account that in France… 23/03/12 16:28 CET

world news

• EU extends Belarus sanctions over human rights

  The European Union is to extend sanctions on Belarus over President Lukashenko’s human rights… 23/03/12 22:04 CET

• US soldier charged with murdering 17 Afghans

  A US soldier has been charged with 17 counts of murder after civilians were gunned down in a… 23/03/12 22:03 CET

• Denmark’s half-hour lottery billionaires

  Just imagine. Your wildest dreams have come true. You have won billions on the lottery! And then… 23/03/12 19:14 CET

• Obama on shot teenager: “My son would look like Trayvon”

  The killing of an unarmed black teenager by a mixed race man in Florida has provoked an outcry… 23/03/12 19:13 CET

• US nominates development expert to lead World Bank

  The US has picked a surprise candidate to head the World Bank. Jim Yong Kim is not an economist… 23/03/12 19:07 CET

• Campaigning over in Senegal’s presidential runoff vote

  Campaigning between the two remaining rivals in Senegal’s presidential election second round runoff… 23/03/12 19:05 CET

• Israeli fury at UN probe into Jewish settlements

  There is anger in Israel at moves within the UN to investigate the effect of Jewish settlements on… 23/03/12 17:55 CET

• Clashes continue in many Syrian cities

  Violence continued in many Syrian cities on Friday following extensive clashes a day earlier which… 23/03/12 17:22 CET

• US nominates development expert to lead World Bank

  President Barack Obama has nominated the US candidate to head the World Bank, replacing American… 23/03/12 16:49 CET

• Police defend handling of Toulouse siege

  The French police team that shot dead the Toulouse gunman has defended its actions, having drawn… 23/03/12 16:15 CET

• Toulouse pays tribute to shooting victims

  A minute of silence was observed at midday on Friday in Toulouse to remember those killed in the… 23/03/12 16:00 CET

• Syrian leader’s wife faces EU sanctions

  Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria’s President, has joined the long list of people within the Syrian… 23/03/12 14:34 CET

• Japan readies defences for North Korean launch

  Japan is readying its defences ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea next month. Defence… 23/03/12 12:23 CET

• Military coup in Mali, President’s palace looted

  At least three people have been killed during a military coup in Mali after soldiers ransacked the… 23/03/12 11:44 CET

• Gauck calls for ‘more Europe’ in time of crisis

  Joachim Gauck has been sworn in as the new president of Germany. The former pastor’s appointment… 23/03/12 11:33 CET

• European rocket blasts off for ISS

  A European rocket has blasted off from South America to resupply the International Space Station… 23/03/12 09:53 CET

• Rival marches held over Ecuador mining plans

  Two rival marches have been held over the Ecuadorian government’s plans to develop large-scale… 23/03/12 09:03 CET

• US soldier charged with 17 murders for Afghan shootings

  The US soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians will be charged with 17 separate counts of… 23/03/12 07:36 CET

• Turkey security battles PKK in mountains

  Six policemen have been killed and 10 wounded as Turkish security forces carried out an operation… 23/03/12 07:36 CET

• More Costa Concordia bodies found

  Five more bodies have been found in the half-submerged wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner… 23/03/12 07:36 CET

• France assesses intelligence after Merah killings

  Intelligence services in France are under the spotlight as more details emerge about the life of… 23/03/12 06:23 CET

• Critics slam handling of Toulouse shoot-out

  After one of the longest police operations in France, some are criticising the assault that ended… 23/03/12 06:03 CET

• Coroner releases Whitney Houston cause of death

  An autopsy performed on Whitney Houston has revealed she died of accidental drowning, and listed… 23/03/12 01:43 CET

• Portugal strike fails to rouse workers

  Strikers halted trains, shut ports and paralysed most public transport in Portugal on Thursday, but… 23/03/12 00:43 CET

• Constitution suspended in Mali coup

  Renegade soldiers in Mali claim to have seized power and closed the West African country’s borders… 23/03/12 00:03 CET

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