businessweekly
Russia’s long way westwardsAfter more than 18 years of negotiations Russia has finally joined the World Trade Organisation… 24/08/12 16:27 CET
economy
UK Q2 recession not as bad at thoughtBritain’s economy shrank less than had first been thought in the second quarter of the year. The… 24/08/12 14:38 CET
Germany’s Schaeuble defends ECBGermany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has been defending the European Central Bank’s… 24/08/12 14:38 CET
europeweekly
Greece and Spain worries persistBack after the summer break, Europe weekly reviews important European news of the past week. The… 24/08/12 17:46 CET
markets
European markets at close: 24.08.201224/08/12 18:28 CET
newsplus
Romney looks to Convention for bounceMitt Romney on Monday will be the star of the United States of America’s Republican Party National… 24/08/12 14:58 CET
pictureoftheday
Ugly Face ContestA combination photo shows participants in the “Concurso de Feos” (Ugly Competition), organised by… 24/08/12 12:40 CET
u talk
Young drivers on Europe’s roadsElma from Bosnia Herzegovina posed the following question for U-talk: “Do you think that better… 24/08/12 11:10 CET
Travelling with pets within the EUIn this edition of U-talk Simona from Bucharest posed the following question: “I wish to travel… 24/08/12 11:00 CET
world news
Timeline of Breivik’s deadly Norway attacks- On July 22, 2011, Anders Breivik sets off almost a thousand kilos of explosive fertiliser outside… 24/08/12 10:40 CET
Belgium responds to sexual harrassment filmA film school project by Sofie Peeters in Brussels, “Femme de la rue”, caused a stir at the start… 24/08/12 23:34 CET
Immigrants in Greece protest against racist attacksSeveral thousand people including many immigrants have demonstated in Athens to protest against… 24/08/12 22:33 CET
Pleading for time: Samaras takes Greek case to Paris“We don’t need more money, we do need time.” On Saturday the Greek prime minister takes his… 24/08/12 21:33 CET
Tymoshenko supporters stage Independence Day protest in KievOpposition activists have marked Independence Day in Ukraine by protesting over the continued… 24/08/12 19:54 CET
Mousavi released from hospitalIranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has been returned home from hospital, where he was… 24/08/12 19:34 CET
No appeal against Breivik ‘sane’ verdictThe mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has told a Norwegian court that he will not appeal against… 24/08/12 19:06 CET
Anti-Mursi protest turns violent in CairoIt had been promised for several weeks, and when it came Friday’s protest against Egypt’s new… 24/08/12 18:24 CET
No aid talks underway says MadridSpain has emphatically denied that it is in talks with the eurozone over financial assistance to… 24/08/12 18:13 CET
New York: Deadly shooting near Empire State BuildingA 53-year-old fashion accessories designer – angry about being sacked by his employer – shot and… 24/08/12 18:03 CET
Syria: More than 200,000 flee fightingThe number of Syrians fleeing to neighbouring countries because of the continuing violence has now… 24/08/12 17:16 CET
Norwegian anger and sadness following Breivik verdictIn Norway, many survivors of Anders Behring Breivik’s mass killings are still coming to terms with… 24/08/12 16:04 CET
Greek PM pledges to fulfil bailout conditions but wants more timeGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has promised that his country will fulfil all the obligations… 24/08/12 15:26 CET
Greenpeace campaigners climb Russian Arctic oil platformGreenpeace activists have climbed an oil platform in the Arctic, to protest against plans by the… 24/08/12 12:44 CET
Norway killer jailed for 21 years, judges rule Breivik not psychoticA court in Norway has declared Anders Behring Breivik sane and sentenced him to 21 years in jail… 24/08/12 12:43 CET
Apple and Samsung fined over patent breaches in South KoreaApple and Samsung have been fined, after a South Korean court ruled that they had breached each… 24/08/12 11:33 CET
Breivik declared sane, sentenced to 21 yearsNorwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after a court in… 24/08/12 10:33 CET
Tropical storm threat to earthquake-hit HaitiWinds of up to 75 kilometres an hour are threatening to cause further devastation to the… 24/08/12 08:43 CET
US Anti Doping Agency ‘strips’ Lance Armstrong of Tour de France titlesThe US Anti Doping Agency said on Friday that it has stripped cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven… 24/08/12 06:23 CET
Student protesters clash with police in ChileThousands of striking high school students clashed with riot police in Chile on Thursday. They… 24/08/12 05:04 CET
Amnesty says civilians bearing brunt of Aleppo battleAn investigation by Amnesty International has found that civilians are suffering “horrific levels… 24/08/12 03:23 CET
Majority of Norwegians want Breivik jailedThree-quarters of Norwegians want mass killer Anders Behring Breivik to be declared sane and sent… 24/08/12 02:54 CET
Toulouse gunman ‘did not act alone’France’s Le Monde newspaper says it has obtained police documents that suggest Toulouse gunman… 24/08/12 01:32 CET
Mousavi hospitalised with heart problemsOpposition sources in Iran say one of the movement’s two top leaders and former prime minister… 24/08/12 00:44 CET
