businessweekly
Moody’s concerned over GermanyA gloomy week for Germany: For the first time it faced a negative judgement by a rating agency… 27/07/12 15:49 CET
corporate
Renault in ‘suspended animation’French car maker Renault says the sales slump in Europe hit profit in the first half of the year… 27/07/12 17:17 CET
Facebook faces unfriendly growth numbersThere was a not very friendly investor reaction to Facebook’s drastic slowdown in revenue growth… 27/07/12 14:17 CET
economy
Spain bailout report as unemployment hits new highSpain’s unemployment has worsened again. Between April and June, the jobless rate rose to 24.6… 27/07/12 19:29 CET
US growth curbed by cautious consumersUS economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year. Gross domestic product expanded by… 27/07/12 17:17 CET
Eurozone support chorus growsFrench President Francois Hollande and Germany’s Angela Merkel on Friday echoed European Central… 27/07/12 16:27 CET
europeweekly
Europe Weekly: EU slaps Syria with more sanctionsIn this week’s Europe Weekly, the EU slaps new sanctions on Assad’s Syria as the noose tightens on… 27/07/12 13:14 CET
learningworld
Sporty students: combining studies and high performance sportWhat does it take to become an Olympic champion? Physical skills are obviously essential, but for… 27/07/12 15:12 CET
le mag
María Pagés brings ‘Utopia’ to LyonThe Nuits de Fourvière Festival in Lyon, France welcomed flamenco dancer extraordinaire María Pagés… 27/07/12 16:41 CET
markets
European markets at close: 27.07.1227/07/12 15:59 CET
newsplus
Syria: Assad the domino that will not fallUnlike other Arab dictators, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad continues to resist being overthrown. Despite… 27/07/12 19:00 CET
perspectives
Village people: Olympic teams at home in LondonIt is a challenge for the athletes as well as for London. As the British capital geared up to host… 27/07/12 12:49 CET
pictureoftheday
Big Ben rings out for the GamesBig Ben chimed non-stop for three minutes from 8:12 am, local time, to ring in the Olympic Games… 27/07/12 11:13 CET
reporter
Interview with Livia SaplacanInterview with Livia Saplacan, spokesperson of the National Anticorruption Directorate … 27/07/12 09:18 CET
Interview with Mircea TomaInterview with Mircea Toma, president of the Bucharest based Media Monitoring Agency ActiveWatch. 27/07/12 09:18 CET
Romania: President and PM’s power struggleDays before the impeachment referendum against Traian Basescu, the power-struggle between the… 27/07/12 09:02 CET
Sport
Looking back at the Olympics: Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008*ATHENS 2004: Hope of a return to Olympic values* A record 201 nations took part as the Modern… 27/07/12 11:00 CET
London 2012 Olympics: Great Britain denied by late goalGreat Britain kicked-off their Olympic football campaign with a disappointing 1-1 draw against… 27/07/12 07:11 CET
u talk
Travelling to receive medical care in other European countriesIn this edition of U-talk the question comes from Thomas is Brussels: “I am Polish, but at the… 27/07/12 07:47 CET
Savings in eurosWith == ISEG== With == ISPI== – the Institute for International Political Studies In this… 27/07/12 07:36 CET
world news
Olympic jam as taxi drivers stage strikeOn the eve of the Olympics, London’s black cab drivers have staged a demonstration as part of their… 27/07/12 23:13 CET
Romania to vote on presidential impeachmentIn the run-up to Romania’s referendum on whether or not to impeach the president, both Prime… 27/07/12 22:04 CET
Hot summer no reason for hot tempers, say FrenchNever mind unemployment, low pay or even overwork… a recent survey carried out in France… 27/07/12 20:19 CET
Money lenders put pressure on Greece for more cutsGreece’s money lenders have put pressure on the Greek government to implement further cost-cutting… 27/07/12 20:01 CET
Syria video shows ‘child victims’ of Aleppo shellingSyrian government forces have been pounding rebel-held areas around Aleppo. The shelling follows… 27/07/12 18:23 CET
Boyle pops the cork as Olympic opening stuns the worldThe opening ceremony of the London Olympics stunned, entertained, educated and mesmerised the crowd… 27/07/12 18:17 CET
Olympic flame goes boating on the ThamesIn London, with just hours to go before the opening ceremony, the Olympic flame is on its way down… 27/07/12 18:11 CET
Let the bells ring out for London‘The bells, the bells’ is a phrase normally associated with Paris, but today it was London’s turn… 27/07/12 18:10 CET
Brewery reproduces beer from 1908 London OlympicsThe Olympics always sparks a nostalgic taste for Games gone by. A north London brewery has… 27/07/12 16:53 CET
All eyes on London for Olympic opening ceremonyExcitement is building ahead of a grand Olympic opening set to celebrate host country Britain in… 27/07/12 16:05 CET
Greece seeks final bailout paymentGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is meeting with a troika of EU, International Monetary Fund… 27/07/12 16:03 CET
To rain or not to rainIn the run-up to tonight’s Olympic opening ceremony in London, all eyes are on the sky. Will it… 27/07/12 14:23 CET
Syria army begins bombarding second city AleppoThe Syrian army has begun bombarding Aleppo, amid fears of an imminent bloodbath in the country’s… 27/07/12 13:43 CET
Middle class line up for food handouts in SpainIt is a stark symbol of Spain’s decline. Handouts from the Red Cross are nothing unusual in a poor… 27/07/12 11:33 CET
Get set… Go! Big Ben rings in Olympic GamesOn the stroke of 8.12am in London, Big Ben struck to mark the day the Olympic Games officially gets… 27/07/12 11:23 CET
Rush on gas masks in Israel amid Syria fearsIsrael is technically at war with its neighbour Syria. The Assad regime’s threat to use chemical… 27/07/12 10:23 CET
AIDS conference highlights risks facing sex workersAs the world’s largest AIDS conference continues in Washington, attention has turned to the… 27/07/12 08:54 CET
Italy: Founding father’s body to be exhumedItaly is preparing to exhume the body of one of the country’s founding fathers after claims his… 27/07/12 07:15 CET
Facebook shares tumble after revenue growth stallsFacebook has reported a drastic slowdown in revenue growth. Although second quarter sales figures… 27/07/12 07:15 CET
Bo wife to be tried for murder of British businessmanThe wife of former Chinese Politburo leader Bo Xilai is to be tried for the alleged murder of a… 27/07/12 07:11 CET
London Olympics a very British affairA typically British-themed Olympics Games opening ceremony will be watched by an estimated global… 27/07/12 05:44 CET
Draghi’s vow to save the eurozone criticisedEuropean Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi can certainly move the markets – more than six percent… 27/07/12 02:33 CET
Bloodbath feared in Aleppo as Syrian army mobilises and rebels dig inSyrian rebels are stockpiling food, arms and medical supplies as government forces mobilise on the… 27/07/12 01:03 CET
Greece ordered to ‘deliver’ on bailout planGreece has once again been told to end delays in delivering on its debt reduction plan. European… 27/07/12 00:43 CET
