behindmarkets
Job cut report drives up Peugot Citroën’s stockPSA Peugot Citroën’s shares gained on a report that it is to cut more jobs than originally planned… 03/07/12 19:32 CET
cinema
No Drift in Ice Age’s winning formulaSome of the voices may have changed but the characters of ‘Ice Age 4 – Continental Drift’ are still… 03/07/12 17:06 CET
corporate
Microsoft writes off ad agency billionsMicrosoft has admitted an online advertising agency it bought five years ago is – in essence -… 03/07/12 14:52 CET
Fiat boosts Chrysler stakeAccelerating towards full ownership, Italian carmaker Fiat is to buy another 3.3 percent of… 03/07/12 14:51 CET
economy
IMF urges US to support recoveryDon’t risk throwing the world’s biggest economy into recession with tax increases and spending… 03/07/12 19:31 CET
More austerity for ItalyMore government job cuts and other reductions in public spending have been outlined by Italy’s… 03/07/12 19:07 CET
Spanish unemployment falls, more austerity promisedThere was some good news on jobs for Spain but more austerity is coming. The total number of… 03/07/12 17:51 CET
europa
MEPs get ready to act on ACTAThe European Parliament is gearing up for a crunch vote on ACTA, the controversial global… 03/07/12 18:30 CET
hi-tech
How SMS trading is helping Macedonian farmersGjorgje is a farmer. He and his workers grow tomatoes in rows of greenhouses near Strumica, in the… 03/07/12 15:21 CET
le mag
Versace glitters, Dior renews, Van Herpen stunsVersace held its Paris Fashion Week show with the usual high expectations surrounding the luxury… 03/07/12 17:10 CET
life
Flourishing Thai film industry braces for new epicLeonardo di Caprio, Roger Moore and Ewan McGregor have one thing in common – they have all starred… 03/07/12 16:06 CET
Traveller’s diary: Fantasy and Innovation in Thai filmFor our report about the Thai Film Industry we headed out to the set of the huge film production on… 03/07/12 15:49 CET
pictureoftheday
Schiavone takes her ball and goes homeItalian tennis player Francesca Schiavone spits out a tennis ball from her mouth during a Wimbledon… 03/07/12 11:08 CET
Sport
Tour de France: Sagan wins againSlovakia’s Peter Sagan timed his sprint perfectly to take a crash-ridden stage three of the Tour de… 03/07/12 21:25 CET
Tour de France: 21st stage win for CavendishBritain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his 21st stage victory of the Tour de France on Monday following a… 03/07/12 07:04 CET
Euro 2012: Winner takes allIt was a case of winner takes all for Spain at Euro 2012. The side positioned themselves as the… 03/07/12 07:04 CET
world news
Italy’s Lega Nord seek second windItaly’s struggle to master its debt and deficit excesses by pursuing higher taxes has raised the… 03/07/12 20:23 CET
UN global arms treaty debate launchedNegotiations for a first binding treaty to regulate the global weapons market have begun at the… 03/07/12 19:03 CET
ECHR: Ukraine minister human rights violatedThe European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the arrest and jailing of Ukraine’s former… 03/07/12 23:33 CET
Pakistan and US reach deal to reopen Afghan land routesNato will once again be able to send lorries from Pakistan into Afghanistan to supply its forces… 03/07/12 22:53 CET
Syria: Report reveals torture centresThere is a network of torture centres in Syria. That’s a conclusion in a report just published by… 03/07/12 19:45 CET
Russia to miss Syria talks but invites oppositionLast weekend’s agreement on Syria brought significant shifts in position from Russia and China… 03/07/12 19:34 CET
Serbs protest against integration of northern KosovoEthnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo have protested against plans to be integrated into the rest… 03/07/12 18:34 CET
Unions could escalate Norway oil and gas strikeNorway’s trade unions say they will decide on Friday whether to scale up a strike by offshore oil… 03/07/12 18:34 CET
Costa Concordia black box data ‘missing’An Italian newspaper claims crucial black box data from the capsized Costa Concordia is missing… 03/07/12 18:34 CET
Finland’s threat to block bond buy back criticisedThe president of the European parliament has criticised Finland’s decision to try to block the use… 03/07/12 18:30 CET
Caution after Colorado wildfire ‘mostly contained’Firefighters say they have made progress in the struggle to contain Colorado’s most destructive… 03/07/12 18:07 CET
Scotland next Diamond Jubilee stop for Queen ElizabethBritain’s Queen Elizabeth II has begun a week long visit to Scotland as part of her Diamond Jubilee… 03/07/12 17:53 CET
Diamond departure welcomed by politiciansPoliticians have been united in their positive response to Bob Diamond’s resignation as Chief… 03/07/12 17:33 CET
Beyond the ACTA vote, the struggle for a free Internet lives onOnly a few hours away from the final vote of the European Parliament on the Anti-counterfeiting… 03/07/12 16:46 CET
Ex Ferrari car designer Pininfarina diesSergio Pininfarina, whose family company designed Ferraris and many more of the 20th century’s most… 03/07/12 16:43 CET
Iraq blasts kill dozens as sectarian tensions riseDozens of people have been killed in a series of bombings in Iraq. The deadliest blast was in… 03/07/12 16:15 CET
Iran follows EU oil embargo with missile testIran has test-fired a series of ballistic missiles including some that said were capable of… 03/07/12 15:03 CET
Pilot dies in battle to control Spanish wildfiresThe wildfires which have been sweeping across parts of eastern Spain have claimed the life of a… 03/07/12 14:14 CET
Battle lines drawn as scientology could define divorceFollowing Katie Holmes announcement that she wants to divorce actor Tom Cruise, reports suggest the… 03/07/12 12:54 CET
Syria: New claims of torture by Assad’s regimeRefugees are continuing to stream out of Syria, where the regime is running torture centres… 03/07/12 12:53 CET
Syria: Assad expresses ‘regret’ over downing of Turkish jetPresident Bashar al-Assad has been quoted as saying he regrets Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish… 03/07/12 10:43 CET
Diamond loses sheen and quits BarclaysBob Diamond, the Chief Executive of Barclays Bank, has resigned. The 60-year-old American had… 03/07/12 10:33 CET
Mexico: Lopez Obrador refuses to concede poll defeatAccording to the results, he lost Mexico’s election. However leftist presidential candidate Andres… 03/07/12 10:14 CET
Tower of London guards Olympic treasureThe Tower of London, used by monarchs through the ages to store their treasure has taken delivery… 03/07/12 07:02 CET
UN warns against arms flow into SyriaThe United Nations has warned against the consequences of weapons said to be pouring into Syria… 03/07/12 05:23 CET
GSK settles record healthcare fraud casePharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is to pay the equivalent of 2.3 billion euros in the largest… 03/07/12 02:23 CET
Sixty-five migrants rescued off Croatia coastCroatia’s coast guard has intercepted a stranded boat carrying more than 60 migrants in the south… 03/07/12 00:44 CET
Libya: Freed ICC staff head back to EuropeFour members of the International Criminal Court arrived in Rome for a stop-over before heading for… 03/07/12 00:43 CET
