archive 13·07·2012

businessweekly

• Spain’s economy: getting enough help?

  Spain is still struggling with its problems: new austerity measures recently announced by the prime… 13/07/12 15:58 CET

cinema

• The Dark Knight Rises: Christopher Nolan’s last stand

  The last instalment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is out this month… 13/07/12 15:31 CET

corporate

• More banks to pay dear for Libor fixing

  The Financial Times is reporting that as well as Barclays, another 11 global banks will be… 13/07/12 14:17 CET

economy

• Chinese GDP growth slows again

  China’s economic growth rate continues to slow. Between April and June year-on-year growth was 7.6… 13/07/12 18:24 CET

• Spanish inflation steady

  Inflation in Spain held steady in June at a 21-month low. That is well below the eurozone average… 13/07/12 14:17 CET

• Habshan-Fujairah pipeline opens

  A pipeline the United Arab Emirates has built to pump oil from its east coast terminals in order to… 13/07/12 14:17 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly: Brussels warns Bucharest to protect democracy

  In this week’s Europe Weekly we focus on the latest financial aid for Spain and we explore the… 13/07/12 15:51 CET

le mag

• The Exorcist hits the stage

  The 1973 screen adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel The Exorcist, about a girl possessed by… 13/07/12 15:32 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 13.07.12

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perspectives

• Fighting to keep a job

  Striking miners who are fighting to keep their jobs arrived in Madrid this week. Grants awarded… 13/07/12 13:43 CET

pictureoftheday

• A supporter from the North Pole

  The pack of riders cycle past a spectator dressed as Santa Claus during the tenth stage of the 99th… 13/07/12 11:02 CET

reporter

• London 2012: Olympic legacy debated as final countdown gets underway

  London is preparing to host one of the world’s greatest sporting events. The 2012 Summer Olympics… 13/07/12 13:50 CET

Sport

• Tour de France: Millar sprints to stage 12 victory

  Briton David Millar claimed his fourth Tour de France stage win on Friday when he took stage 12… 13/07/12 18:50 CET

• Saudi Arabia to send women to Olympics

  Every country taking part in the London Games will include female athletes for the first time in… 13/07/12 07:22 CET

u talk

• Roma and racism

  The question this week in U-talk is “Why is racism against the Roma still so widespread in Europe?“… 13/07/12 08:33 CET

world news

• Cut Greece red tap to boost economy, says EU

  The European Union’s regional policy commissioner Johannes Hahn has called for the Greek government… 13/07/12 23:43 CET

• Taking up arms in Mali to “reclaim” their homeland

  Hundreds of volunteers are training in a military style camp to reclaim their homeland. They want… 13/07/12 23:23 CET

• Protests grow in Bolivia over human trafficking

  Protests in Bolivia are growing over the number of people who disappear without trace. One… 13/07/12 21:53 CET

• Political storm over US Olympic team in “Made in China” outfits

  Two weeks before the opening of the London Olympics, the big buzz over the Games has reached the… 13/07/12 20:18 CET

• Merkel supports circumcision as a right

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the Muslim and Jewish communities’ right to carry out… 13/07/12 20:13 CET

• Pussy Riot supporter stages ‘crucifixation’

  A woman spent almost an hour on a cross outside a central St. Petersburg church in protest against… 13/07/12 20:03 CET

• Observers report confirms shelling in Tremseh

  United Nations observers have confirmed fighting in Hama province in Syria at the site of the… 13/07/12 19:23 CET

• Russian parliament adopts controversial bills

  Russia’s lower house of parliament – the Duma – has approved two controversial bills. One will… 13/07/12 18:13 CET

• Solar Flare to cause storms when it hits Earth on Saturday

  The electric blue clouds that rippled across Northern Europe yesterday, July 12, were described as… 13/07/12 18:07 CET

• Solar storm hurtles towards Earth

  A huge solar flare has erupted on the surface of the sun and it appears that a solar storm is now… 13/07/12 17:42 CET

• Russian priest blesses Soyuz rocket

  A Russian Orthodox priest has blessed a Soyuz rocket ahead of its mission to the International… 13/07/12 17:42 CET

• Avalanche survivors describe being ‘blown away’

  Two survivors of the avalanche that killed nine people in Chamonix have given their account of what… 13/07/12 17:23 CET

• Three dead after private jet crashes in southern France

  A private jet has crashed and burst into flames in southern France, killing three people onboard… 13/07/12 17:04 CET

• Spain’s king urges ‘determination’ as ministers plan more austerity

  Public service workers took to the streets of Madrid on Friday to protest wage cuts, as the Spanish… 13/07/12 16:53 CET

• English footballer John Terry found not guilty of racial abuse

  Former England football captain John Terry has been found not guilty of racially abusing fellow… 13/07/12 16:21 CET

• Italy easily sells bonds despite ratings downgrade

  The Italian government has shown that it is still able to borrow money at affordable rates of… 13/07/12 16:20 CET

• Syria: massacre sends political tremors across the world

  New images which have not been independently verified show at least 16 of the people reportedly… 13/07/12 15:14 CET

• Award-winning Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega jailed for 18 years

    “Freedom is partial to no race. Freedom has no religion. Freedom favors no ethnicity,” wrote… 13/07/12 14:13 CET

• Climbers killed in avalanche to be remembered

  A memorial service is to be held in Chamonix on Saturday for nine climbers who were killed in an… 13/07/12 13:53 CET

• Drug tunnel discovered in Mexico

  A sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel has been uncovered along Mexico’s border with the US. The… 13/07/12 12:14 CET

• Gruesome train crash in South Africa kills 19

    A train carrying coal for export, crashed into a truck, at a level crossing on Friday in South… 13/07/12 12:14 CET

• Memorial held for Concordia victims

  Families and friends of the victims of the Costa Concordia disaster are returning to Giglio in… 13/07/12 11:54 CET

• Hundreds killed in Syrian village massacre, say activists

  More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, have been massacred by forces loyal to president Bashar… 13/07/12 10:03 CET

• Spain-bound passenger jet in security scare

  A passenger jet bound for Madrid has been forced to return to New York, after suspicious wires… 13/07/12 08:03 CET

• Advanced warning of Mont Blanc avalanche

  Authorities in the French Alps, where nine people were killed in a 150 metre wide avalanche, have… 13/07/12 06:03 CET

• Moodys downgrades Italy bonds

  Moody’s cut the ratings of Italian government bonds on Thursday and said the country faced growing… 13/07/12 04:23 CET

• New massacre reported in Syria, more than 200 people dead

  Syrian activists said on Friday that more than 200 people had been killed in Hama province amid… 13/07/12 02:23 CET

• Britain’s military to solve Olympic security crisis

  The British government raced to resolve a major security blunder on Friday, two weeks before the… 13/07/12 01:23 CET

• French minister calls for Peugeot job cut u-turn

  The French government has urged PSA Peugeot Citroen to rethink its plans to cut jobs and close its… 13/07/12 00:33 CET

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