businessweekly
The growth predicament of the eurozoneThe euro debt crisis is back on the front burner. The latest economic news from Greece and Spain is… 27/04/12 17:57 CET
cinema
Creating cartoon connectionsProfessionals from the animated film industries in Europe and South Korea got together in the… 27/04/12 15:59 CET
corporate
Samsung ousts Nokia as new king of mobileSamsung has dialling up success overtaking Nokia as the world’s top mobile phone seller, while… 27/04/12 19:07 CET
Daimler profit helped by financing unitGerman carmaker Daimler has reported a surprise increase in first-quarter operating profit. It… 27/04/12 14:43 CET
economy
US economic growth slowsUS economic growth cooled in the first three months of 2012 as businesses cut back on investment… 27/04/12 16:03 CET
Bank of Japan boosts stimulus againThe Bank of Japan has announced more economic stimulus. It will pump the equivalent of another 94… 27/04/12 14:43 CET
Wary French consumers slash spendingFrench consumers cut back sharply on spending in March as unemployment hit its highest level in… 27/04/12 14:43 CET
europeweekly
Thoughts of austerity dominate the DutchThe Dutch government has fallen following sharp debate over austerity measures demanded by… 27/04/12 17:11 CET
le mag
Eurovision’s youngest singerSlovenian Eva Boto is just 16, the youngest contestant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest… 27/04/12 15:59 CET
life
Traveller’s Diary: Stavropol KraiDenis Loktev – Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Stavropol After the last year’s Russian Life series – on… 27/04/12 10:42 CET
perspectives
Austerity building anger and gloomPrime Minister Mario Monti of Italy continues to seek ways to get the economy growing, to avoid… 27/04/12 13:59 CET
pictureoftheday
Afghanistan: a neverending storyUS soldier Nicholas Dickhut points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban… 27/04/12 11:23 CET
roadtoeuro2012
Ecomonic legacyA gold coin, has been issued by the National Bank of Ukraine to mark Euro 2012. Weighing in at half… 27/04/12 18:04 CET
Sport
All Spanish Europa league finalThe Europa league final will be an all Spanish affair with Athletic Bilbao facing Atletico Madrid… 27/04/12 07:05 CET
u talk
A single monetary policy for the euro?In this edition of U-talk, Elodie from France asks: “Does the strong currency policy conducted by… 27/04/12 10:46 CET
Protecting your internet purchasesThanks to ISEG and ISPI. In this edition of U talk Vittoria Pischedda from Lyon, France asks: “… 27/04/12 10:02 CET
womenandwar
Rape as a weaponRape as a weapon of war is something that women in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of… 27/04/12 17:55 CET
world news
Dutch dope ban to go ahead on May 1A Dutch court has ruled that an upcoming government ban on the country’s famous coffee shops is… 27/04/12 22:53 CET
Greek PM warns against europhobia ahead of electionsGreek prime minister Lucas Papademos has said that the country’s place in the European Union must… 27/04/12 22:34 CET
Germany appeals to Ukraine release TymoshenkoGerman chancellor Angela Merkel has joined a group of her country’s doctors by saying Ukraine’s… 27/04/12 22:03 CET
Man detained after London siegeA man has been arrested by armed police, after a three-hour siege in central London. Officers… 27/04/12 19:23 CET
Shuttle makes final flight to New YorkThe Enterprise took to the skies for the last time over America today as the retired space shuttle… 27/04/12 18:49 CET
Spain government steps into Iberia disputePilots at Spanish airline Iberia went on strike again on Friday, the latest in their scheduled… 27/04/12 18:49 CET
Romania government falls on no-confidence voteRomania’s centre-right government has collapsed following the loss of a vote of confidence just two… 27/04/12 18:49 CET
Barcelona prostitutes try to stay on the streetsBarcelona’s plans to outlaw street prostitution met with an angry protest on Friday by about 100 of… 27/04/12 18:49 CET
Spain hits unemployment high as rating downgraded againThe situation in the eurozone country with the highest unemployment has got even worse, as the… 27/04/12 18:43 CET
Iconic Havana bar celebrates 70th birthdayThe famous Bodeguita del Medio bar in Cuba is celebrating seven decades in business. The Havana… 27/04/12 17:45 CET
Deadly bombing in Damascus mosque favoured by oppositionNine people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Damascus mosque popular with Syrian… 27/04/12 17:14 CET
European drastic debt diet also needs juiceCut up the credit card or shop till you drop? Will austerity really clean up public debts… 27/04/12 17:00 CET
Soyuz comes home on time and on targetThe US space agency NASA praised their Russian counterparts for one of the most pinpoint accurate… 27/04/12 16:23 CET
Bombs in bins rock eastern Ukraine citySeveral bombs have exploded in Ukraine’s fourth largest city Dnepropetrovsk, injuring at least 27… 27/04/12 15:54 CET
ECOWAS forces to guarantee civilian rule in Mali and Guinea BissauWest African power bloc ECOWAS is sending troops to monitor transitions back to civilian rule in… 27/04/12 14:34 CET
Guardiola confirms he’s quitting BarcaIt’s the end of the Pep Guardiola era at Barcelona football club. The inspirational manager, the… 27/04/12 14:13 CET
Multiple blasts in Ukrainian cityThere have been four explosions confirmed in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. The country’s… 27/04/12 12:33 CET
Japan hails Okinawa’s US troop reductionJapan’s government has welcomed a deal with the United States that will see the number of American… 27/04/12 11:24 CET
Spain jobless figure hits record highUnemployment in Spain has hit an 18-year high at 24.4 percent as the country experiences its second… 27/04/12 11:23 CET
Blind Chinese activist gives authorities the slipA leading human rights activist in China, who is blind, has disappeared from house arrest amid… 27/04/12 09:03 CET
Egypt unveils 13 candidates for presidential raceEgypt’s election committee has announced a final list of 13 candidates for next months presidential… 27/04/12 07:03 CET
Students riot in Quebec over tuition feesCanadian riot police arrested over eighty people after clashes with students protesting against a… 27/04/12 07:03 CET
International patience ‘exhausted’ over SyriaFresh violence in several cities across Syria appears to have stretched international patience to… 27/04/12 06:23 CET
Bin Laden family is deported to Saudi ArabiaThe family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who was killed by US Special Forces nearly a year… 27/04/12 04:23 CET
Standard & Poor’s heaps more pressure on SpainSpain’s sovereign credit rating has been down graded by Standard & Poor’s for a second time this… 27/04/12 03:03 CET
French presidential rivals grilled on televisionAs the second and deciding round of the French presidential election draws closer, incumbent… 27/04/12 01:34 CET
Workers still at risk decades after Chernobyl blastWith the memorial ceremonies over for another year, the hard work of building a new permanent… 27/04/12 00:23 CET
