archive 16·05·2012

behindmarkets

• Richemont defies the crisis

  Swiss luxury goods group Richemont saw its shares jump after posting better than expected full-year… 16/05/12 19:04 CET

businessplanet

• Go green, get growing

  The Boutique Hotel Stadthalle in the Austrian capital, Vienna has invested in sustainable resources… 16/05/12 10:46 CET

cinema

• Where are the women at Cannes?

  Cannes is no stranger to drama – both on screen and off. And while the 65th edition of the film… 16/05/12 17:01 CET

corporate

• Facebook boosts IPO size

  Facebook on Wednesday increased the size of its initial public offering of shares by 25 percent… 16/05/12 16:59 CET

economy

• Auf Wiedersehen Athens?

  As the German and French leaders met to discuss how to keep Greece in the eurozone some Germans… 16/05/12 20:42 CET

• Rajoy warns on Spain’s borrowing costs

  Greece’s political stalemate is already splashing over onto Spain. On Wednesday, the Spanish Prime… 16/05/12 17:43 CET

• Glimmer of hope on UK jobs

  The number of people in the UK without a job fell at the fastest pace in nearly a year between… 16/05/12 16:59 CET

hi-tech

• Book or e-book?

  Sales of digital books are on the up in Italy. At the 25th edition of the International Book Fair… 16/05/12 11:57 CET

interview

• Timofti denies Russian radar plans for Moldovan border

  Three years of political stalemate in Moldova ended in March with the election of President Nicolae… 16/05/12 16:19 CET

italk

• Should Europe sign up to ACTA or not?

  On this week’s I-talk, euronews talks to euro MP David Martin about ACTA – the Anti-Counterfeiting… 16/05/12 17:13 CET

learningworld

• Gifted children

  Being gifted has long been equated to being intelligent and having a high IQ. However, many… 16/05/12 16:41 CET

le mag

• Powerful plates: the delicious rise of Nordic cuisine

  Tracking down the world’s most wonderful food is not an easy task. Paris, Tokyo or New York… 16/05/12 17:02 CET

musica

• Interview with Michael Bublé

  In this interview extras Michael Bublé tells euronews about the inspiration behind some of his… 16/05/12 10:12 CET

• Under the skin of Michael Bublé

  He is the king of swing, pop, jazz, and the charts: with over 30 million records sold, Michael… 16/05/12 10:09 CET

newsplus

• Greece in paralysis of uncertainty

  Greece has a new election scheduled for 17 June, since none of the parties emerged from the May 6… 16/05/12 17:08 CET

pictureoftheday

• Occupy the euro

  A demonstrator waits for police to clear a protest camp outside the European Central Bank (ECB) in… 16/05/12 12:38 CET

Sport

• Rio Ferdinand out of Euro 2012

  Manchester united defender Rio Ferdinand was the highest-profile casualty on Wednesday as England… 16/05/12 20:37 CET

• Ukraine ups security ahead of Euro 2012

  With less than a month to go before the main event, Ukrainian authorities announced on Tuesday that… 16/05/12 06:46 CET

world news

• Greece swears in a caretaker prime minister

  A senior judge will head up the emergency government before Greeks go back to the polls on June 17… 16/05/12 23:33 CET

• ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ kicks off Cannes film festival

  This year’s Cannes film festival has kicked off in the south of France, opened by Bérénice Bejo… 16/05/12 23:13 CET

• Cabinet positions announced for new France government

  The members of the new French cabinet have been named. Appointments include Laurent Fabius taking… 16/05/12 20:43 CET

• Germany environment minister casualty of election failure

  German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen has waved goodbye to his portfolio. It is believed he… 16/05/12 19:13 CET

• Spain government rejects ETA request for talks

  The Spanish government has refused to hold talks with Basque separatist group ETA. The militant… 16/05/12 18:09 CET

• Hollande-Merkel meeting leaves debate on growth raging

  Politicians and analysts have been giving their reactions to yesterday’s first meeting between… 16/05/12 17:43 CET

• Northern League founder Bossi under investigation

  Umberto Bossi, founder and former leader of Italy’s Northern League is under investigation in a… 16/05/12 16:53 CET

• Algeria elections: final results confirm ruling party win

  Final results confirm that Algeria’s ruling party, the National Liberation Front, came out on top… 16/05/12 15:14 CET

• Greece to hold new general election on June 17

  Greece will go to the polls again on June 17, just weeks after a first general election produced… 16/05/12 15:14 CET

• Public trial on the big screens in Sarajevo

  In Sarejevo, in the central square a giant screen showed events from the Hague. Over 11,000 were… 16/05/12 14:24 CET

• Nussbaum wins Asturias Social Sciences prize

  For only the second time the Asturias jury has decided to award its 2012 Social Sciences prize to a… 16/05/12 13:13 CET

• France awaits a new cabinet

  Government changes continue afoot in France. Outgoing Prime Minister François Fillon left Matignon… 16/05/12 12:43 CET

• Anti-Putin protest camp cleared in Moscow

  Riot police have moved in to clear anti-Putin demonstrators from a park in the Russian capital… 16/05/12 11:33 CET

• Trial of Bosnian Serb General Mladic opens in The Hague

  In the Hague the trial of the last of the main protagonists in the Balkan wars of the 1990s has… 16/05/12 11:24 CET

• Stage set for Cannes film festival

  The curtain goes up at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, kicking off 12 days of screenings in… 16/05/12 10:15 CET

• Occupy Moscow camp dispersed

  Russian police have dispersed protesters angry at President Vladimir Putin who had been camping in… 16/05/12 09:14 CET

• Ukraine comes under renewed pressure to make reforms

  Ukraine’s prime minister has been told that the European Union is not prepared to sign off a… 16/05/12 08:53 CET

• Grenade attack leaves one dead in Mombasa

  A grenade attack outside a night club in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa has left one person… 16/05/12 05:54 CET

• Greeks set for fresh elections and the unknown

  Too divided to form a coalition, Greek political leaders will instead meet today to cobble together… 16/05/12 04:44 CET

• DSK sues New York maid who accused him of rape

  The disgraced French politician and former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a $1 million… 16/05/12 02:53 CET

• Mladic war crimes trial opens in The Hague

  The trial of the man dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ begins in The Hague today. Former Bosnian Serb… 16/05/12 01:53 CET

• Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies aged 83

  One of Latin America’s most celebrated and widely read authors, Carlos Fuentes has died in Mexico… 16/05/12 01:13 CET

• Hollande and Merkel put growth on the agenda

  France’s new president Francois Hollande has held his first meeting with German Chancellor Angela… 16/05/12 00:35 CET

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