behindmarkets
VW-Porsche merger finally crosses finish lineVolkswagen’s total takeover of Porsche will be completed by the start of August and the… 05/07/12 19:06 CET
cinema
‘The Queen of Versailles’ – a tale of riches to rags‘The Queen of Versailles’ is one of the 16 films competing in the Documentary section of the 47th… 05/07/12 16:37 CET
corporate
VW, Porsche shares gain on tie-up plansVolkswagen’s shares jumped on Thursday following its agreement to buy the remaining half of… 05/07/12 14:15 CET
economy
Eurozone rate cut to boost growthThe European Central Bank has cut borrowing costs to a new record low trying to breathe life into a… 05/07/12 18:14 CET
Greece falls behind on reformsGreece’s new Finance Minister, Yannis Stournaras, has admitted Athens has fallen behind in… 05/07/12 17:05 CET
Spanish debt costs riseSpain’s borrowing costs remain high despite the recent eurozone leaders’ deal aimed at helping the… 05/07/12 14:15 CET
ECB cuts rates to new lowAs expected the European Central Bank has cut borrowing costs to a new record low. The benchmark… 05/07/12 14:15 CET
innovation
Milking plantsA French company is growing fast as it exploits a technology to ‘milk’ precious products from… 05/07/12 09:11 CET
learningworld
Horizontal educationHorizontal information exchange – teachers sharing methodology, students sharing information… 05/07/12 19:59 CET
le mag
Established stars mix with up and coming artists at MontreuxIan Anderson, the flute and voice behind the legendary Jethro Tull was one of the many stars at the… 05/07/12 17:52 CET
markets
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pictureoftheday
Battle against the fire continues in WyomingA helicopter drops water on the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyoming July… 05/07/12 12:48 CET
science
A black hole awaits its galactic dinnerA huge gas cloud is floating through our Milky Way. Its end is near. It is going to be swallowed up… 05/07/12 14:39 CET
Sport
Tour de France: Greipel wins againStage five of this year’s Tour de France took the peloton over a straightforward 196 kilometres… 05/07/12 19:12 CET
thenetwork
EU’s global warming battle takes to the skiesThe European Union may be risking a trade war over plans to charge all airlines for their CO2… 05/07/12 13:55 CET
world news
Algeria’s hard-won libertyOn July 5, 1962, Algeria celebrates its new national independence. It followed eight years of war… 05/07/12 17:37 CET
Super London skyscraper ‘The Shard’ is inauguratedEurope’s tallest building has been unveiled in London. The super skyscraper called The Shard… 05/07/12 23:33 CET
German nightclubs under threatBerlin’s legendary night clubs are feeling threatened by proposals to raise the fees for playing… 05/07/12 23:04 CET
Ukraine Russian-language bill row rumbles onProtests continue in Kiev and in smaller towns and cities across Ukraine, as the draft… 05/07/12 20:43 CET
50 years of freedom and missed opportunities for Algeria50 years of independence have been good for Algeria. So says President Bouteflika, who opened a… 05/07/12 19:53 CET
Air France crash investigators accused of denialPilots and victim’s families have expressed their dissatisfaction at the Air France crash verdict… 05/07/12 18:34 CET
Costa Corcordia captain free from house arrestThe captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner Francesco Schettino has had his house… 05/07/12 18:23 CET
New claims about discovery of missing UK girl Maddie’s bodyA South African businessman claims to have found evidence missing British girl Madeleine McCann is… 05/07/12 18:23 CET
Huge haul of hashish discovered in BulgariaBulgarian authorities have seized more than 4,000 kilos of hash near the capital Sofia. Fishermen… 05/07/12 18:23 CET
Bahrain: Finally no prison sentence for 11 years old “public enemy”A Bahriani court has ruled that an 11-year-old boy, who was released from prison early in June… 05/07/12 17:54 CET
UK: Suspected terrorist arrests and alert sparked by electronic cigarettePolice in London have arrested five men and one woman suspected of preparing terrorist attacks… 05/07/12 17:43 CET
Rio-Paris downed by equipment and pilot failureThe official inquiry into the ill-fated flight AF 447 from Rio to Paris, which crashed in 2009 with… 05/07/12 17:14 CET
Syria: UN mission says ceasefire is ‘non-existent’Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have made a push on a number of fronts in the… 05/07/12 16:43 CET
WikiLeaks to release ‘Syria Files’WikiLeaks says it will soon begin publishing more than 2 million emails from Syrian officials that… 05/07/12 16:30 CET
Romania’s president accuses government of power grabRomania’s ceremonial president has hit back at the government over attempts to impeach him. Traian… 05/07/12 15:43 CET
Eurozone interest rates at new low to aid flagging economyThe European Central Bank has cut borrowing costs to a new record low trying to breathe life into a… 05/07/12 15:20 CET
Security fears around Libyan electionThe main storage centre for election materials in Libya has fallen victim to a suspected arson… 05/07/12 15:08 CET
Sacked for saving someone’s lifeIf you have just saved someone’s life you might expect, at the very least, some words of… 05/07/12 14:14 CET
NATO’s wagons roll back into AfghanistanNATO’s lorries are rumbling into Afghanistan again using the most direct route via Pakistan after a… 05/07/12 13:03 CET
Algeria celebrates 50 years of independenceCelebrations have begun to mark Algeria’s fifty years of independence from its colonial master… 05/07/12 12:04 CET
Outrage as South Korea resumes whalingThe International Whaling Commission is in uproar after South Korea’s decision to resume scientific… 05/07/12 11:04 CET
Report concludes Japan’s atomic disaster was avoidableJapan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis, the world’s worst nuclear accident in a quarter of a century, was… 05/07/12 10:34 CET
Protests call for military action in MaliSwift military action to help restore national unity in Mali was a demand from protesters from the… 05/07/12 08:53 CET
Canadian police confirm identity of a head found in parkPolice in Montreal have confirmed that a human head found in a park belongs to a Chinese student… 05/07/12 07:27 CET
Report due on 2009 Air France Rio to Paris crashA report out today is expected to blame human error and malfunctioning speed sensors for the 2009… 05/07/12 07:27 CET
Obama campaigns on Independence DayPresident Barack Obama used the traditional July 4 celebrations to call for immigration reforms… 05/07/12 05:34 CET
Former France Telecom boss investigated over suicidesA former chief executive of France Telecom has been question by magistrates over allegations of… 05/07/12 02:43 CET
Partial recount in Mexico presidential electionFollowing allegations of fraud, Mexico’s electoral commission has announced there will be a partial… 05/07/12 01:13 CET
Russian punk group ‘Pussy Riot’ go on hunger strikeMembers of the all-female Russian punk group ‘Pussy Riot’ who are facing jail terms for an… 05/07/12 00:44 CET
Arafat body to be exhumed and tested for radioactive poisoningThe Palestinian Authority has agreed to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to… 05/07/12 00:43 CET
