behindmarkets
Facebook weaker before share saleLess than a month before Facebook’s initial public offering of shares on the Nasdaq, its quarterly… 24/04/12 19:32 CET
cinema
Meryl Streep narrates polar bear documentaryDouble Oscar-nominated director Greg MacGillivray’s ‘To The Arctic’ documents the struggle for… 24/04/12 16:32 CET
corporate
Struggling Benetton gets a new bossLuciano Benetton has handed over the helm of the Italian fashion clothing company he helped found… 24/04/12 15:20 CET
economy
UK barely makes its 2011/12 deficit goalBritain’s government met its deficit reduction target for the financial year just ended – but only… 24/04/12 14:21 CET
Political crisis impacts Dutch bond saleThe Netherlands’ long-term borrowing costs crept up as it sold bonds one day after the collapse of… 24/04/12 14:21 CET
europa
Budapest and Brussels truce ‘very close’ Orban saysHungary appears to have moved a step closer to ending its long-running dispute with the EU. In… 24/04/12 19:49 CET
generationy
A turning pointVivien Akerl from Hungary did her European voluntary service in the Netherlands. It changed her… 24/04/12 13:52 CET
Who can take part in voluntary service projects?The European Voluntary Service (EVS) enables young people to go abroad to provide unpaid service… 24/04/12 13:16 CET
hi-tech
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on imagining worldsFor one week the French city of Lyon became the worldwide capital of the web. Major players from… 24/04/12 11:46 CET
le mag
Norah Jones releases Little Broken HeartsNorah Jones is back with her fifth album – Little Broken Hearts – a collaboration with producer… 24/04/12 16:33 CET
pictureoftheday
Gorbachev’s no commentFormer Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reacts to a question from students at the Frederick Von… 24/04/12 12:34 CET
Sport
Barca ready for Blues visitHolders Barcelona will look to overturn a one nil deficit when they host Chelsea in the decisive… 24/04/12 08:15 CET
u talk
Working elsewhere within EuropeIn this edition of U-talk Madeleine from Lyon, France asked: “I’m a university graduate from… 24/04/12 17:04 CET
What has become of Europe?In this edition of U-talk, Marcel from Brussels asked: “What is Europe? I understand that it was… 24/04/12 17:04 CET
world news
Le Pen brandishes political swordFrench right-wing leader Marine Le Pen has proved her party is a force to be reckoned with, far… 24/04/12 19:59 CET
Spain to spend less on health, educationTo calm euro zone debt crisis fears, the Spanish conservative government plans to axe ten billion… 24/04/12 17:22 CET
Murdoch admits ministerial chats during BSKYB bidAs expected the spotlight is now turning on the politicians in the Leveson inquiry into British… 24/04/12 23:23 CET
Chávez plays bowls in Cuba video to show he’s fitA video of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez playing in a Cuban garden has been shown in an effort… 24/04/12 23:03 CET
French presidential contenders woo Front National voteThe socialist challenger in the French presidential election has accused his rival Nicolas Sarkozy… 24/04/12 20:26 CET
Prison guards beat me, says Ukraine’s TymoshenkoJailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on hunger strike in protest at an… 24/04/12 20:13 CET
Murdoch again tells Leveson ‘I didn’t know’The son of the owner of News Corporation, James Murdoch, who used to run his father’s UK operations… 24/04/12 18:33 CET
Spain presents toughest austerity budget since Franco eraThe Spanish government has presented to parliament the country’s most austere budget since the… 24/04/12 18:23 CET
Israel legalises three West Bank settlementsThe Israeli government has decided to legalise three West Bank settlements built during the 1990s… 24/04/12 18:13 CET
Deeper Greek recession forecastGreece’s economy is set to contract by a deeper than expected five percent this year according to… 24/04/12 17:18 CET
China calls for ‘give and take’ in SudanSouth Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, on a visit to China, has told his hosts that Sudan has declared… 24/04/12 16:24 CET
Syria blames ‘terrorists’ for Damascus car bombThree people have been wounded in a car bomb attack in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to… 24/04/12 15:53 CET
Russians stop Arctic oil spillThe Russians say they have stopped an oil spill at the Trebs field in the Arctic. It is one of… 24/04/12 14:44 CET
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko goes on hunger strikeFormer Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on hunger strike. Lawyers for the jailed… 24/04/12 14:14 CET
Hunger strikers protest over Japanese nuclear moveA group of hunger strikers are protesting against the Japanese government’s plans to restart two of… 24/04/12 13:44 CET
Dutch elections a ‘strong possibility’ after govt collapsesDutch far-right politician Geert Wilders is in the spotlight after his party PVV refused to endorse… 24/04/12 12:23 CET
Sarkozy flirts with National Front to secure presidencyNicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday renewed his bid to convince National Front voters to back him in the… 24/04/12 12:04 CET
Fears the Czech Republic government could fallPrime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Necas will call for a confidence vote in parliament on… 24/04/12 10:39 CET
Ex-US presidential hopeful John Edwards goes on trialFormer US presidential candidate John Edwards has appeared in court in America on charges he used… 24/04/12 08:43 CET
UN says Syria ceasefire remains ‘incomplete’There is increasing international concern that the fragile ceasefire in Syria is not holding. As a… 24/04/12 07:24 CET
Funeral of protester sparks more clashes in BahrainRiot police in Bahrain fired tear gas at crowds after the funeral of a protester who died last week… 24/04/12 04:34 CET
Sarkozy courts far-right votersThe dye was cast the moment Sunday’s presidential first round results were declared with President… 24/04/12 02:35 CET
European politics after SarkozyEuropean reaction to France’s presidential first round has been pragmatic. Analyst Ernst Stetter… 24/04/12 02:34 CET
Iceland court finds ex-PM innocentFormer Iceland prime minister, Geir Haarde has been cleared of three major charges of negligence… 24/04/12 01:14 CET
Breivik spared massacre victims if they appeared ‘right-wing’In the latest testimony from Anders Behring Breivik who killed 77 people last summer, the Norwegian… 24/04/12 00:45 CET
Ukraine’s leading opposition parties uniteUkraine’s two leading opposition parties have agreed a deal to field a single candidate list for… 24/04/12 00:43 CET
