behindmarkets
MegaFon makes market debutRussia’s second biggest mobile phone operator has entered the markets in Moscow and London and… 28/11/12 19:05 CET
businessawards
Novel Traveller’s Guide gets Business AwardLondon is where they work, but Marbella is where this journey started for two unusual young men… 28/11/12 12:07 CET
Business Award for model-breaking Language Learning“I launched a marketing campaign, especially through social networks. We are present on Twitter… 28/11/12 12:07 CET
Customer key to Business Award for CentreCourt.de“I would say, if you have a vision, an idea stick to that. If you have an idea, you have to believe… 28/11/12 12:07 CET
cinema
The Hobbit premieres in New ZealandSir Peter Jackson’s long-awaited film The Hobbit has screened in New Zealand. Stars including Cate… 28/11/12 16:42 CET
corporate
French find investor for troubled ArcelorMittal plantThe French government claims to have found an industrialist willing to invest 400 million euros to… 28/11/12 18:14 CET
SFR in voluntary redundancy talksVivendi’s SFR telecoms unit has announced a voluntary redundancy plan to shed 856 jobs. Unions are… 28/11/12 15:24 CET
economy
Spain: banks get cash jobs get slashedThe European Commission has approved a 37 billion euro bailout for four Spanish banks in exchange… 28/11/12 18:14 CET
Greek bond buyback scheme key to economic stabilityGreece’s plan to buy back bonds from private investors must work according the Greek Finance… 28/11/12 18:14 CET
Spain: banks get cash jobs get slashedThe European Commission has approved a 37 billion euro bailout for four Spanish banks in exchange… 28/11/12 16:07 CET
Italy’s borrowing costs fall below one per centItaly’s borrowing costs for six-month debt fell to the lowest average level since April 2010… 28/11/12 15:22 CET
europa
Eurozone edges towards two-speed EuropeThe eurozone will move closer to creating a two-speed Europe if MEPs and the 17 countries using the… 28/11/12 19:14 CET
EU agriculture ministers plot CAP defenceAgriculture ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to protect EU farming spending… 28/11/12 15:40 CET
futuris
Small aircraft, smart safetyWelcome onboard an aircraft unlike any other. It’s been designed to increase safety on small planes… 28/11/12 14:34 CET
italk
Obsession with austerity is dangerous – EU Vice-PresidentMiguel Angel Martinez Martinez a vice-president in the European Parliament has been answering… 28/11/12 14:03 CET
le mag
Will new album mirror Emilia’s big, big hit?Swedish-Ethiopian singer Emilia Mitiku – discovered in the 1990s by the son of ABBA manager Stig… 28/11/12 16:42 CET
markets
European markets at close: 28.11.201228/11/12 18:31 CET
pictureoftheday
Perchten festival in AustriaA man dressed in traditional Perchten costume and mask performs during a Perchten festival in the… 28/11/12 11:50 CET
science
Protecting posidonia seagrassPosidonia, a seagrass which feeds and maintains a rich and varied ecosystem, grows along the French… 28/11/12 11:13 CET
Sport
Hiddink to retireDutch coach Guus Hiddink is to retire at the end of this season following an illustrious managing… 28/11/12 18:35 CET
Bottas earns Williams seatValtteri Bottas aims to continue the illustrious lineage of ‘Flying Finns’ in Formula One after… 28/11/12 17:58 CET
world news
PLO’s knocks at UNIt did not work out last year when the Palestinian Authority President asked for state recognition… 28/11/12 17:45 CET
Hard time for Muslim BrotherhoodThe Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Islamic roots movement out of which emerged the modern state’s… 28/11/12 16:13 CET
Pilots accused of Argentina ‘death flights’ go on trialThe trial has begun in Buenos Aires for 68 people accused of kidnappings, torture and murder during… 28/11/12 23:46 CET
‘More than 200’ hurt in Tunisia protests over economyMore trouble has broken out amid economic strife in Tunisia, the country that spawned the Arab… 28/11/12 23:06 CET
BP banned from new contracts in the USThe oil giant BP has been temporarily suspended from new US government contracts because of its… 28/11/12 22:35 CET
Tornado smashes into troubled Italian steel plantA powerful tornado has rolled in off the sea smashing into the troubled Ilva steel plant in… 28/11/12 20:05 CET
UK sets conditions for Palestinian statehood backingDenmark and Switzerland have joined the list of several European countries backing Mahmoud Abbas‘… 28/11/12 19:55 CET
Police in Tunisia fire tear gas at demostratorsHundreds of people were injured in clashes with police in Tunisia as protesters demonstrated to… 28/11/12 19:25 CET
Saudi’s King on TVSaudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has appeared on television for the first time since a lengthy… 28/11/12 19:25 CET
Police investigate killer cough mixture in PakistanAt least 16 people have died in Pakistan’s second city Lahore after drinking suspect cough-syrup… 28/11/12 19:24 CET
It’s hotter than ever hears climate change talksArctic ice is melting at an, “alarming rate”. That’s at the core of a report by the World… 28/11/12 18:54 CET
Missiles give Syrian rebels a potent stingIn Syria, rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad have shot down a government… 28/11/12 18:15 CET
Death sentences for seven over anti-Islam videoSeven Egyptian Christians have been sentenced to death in their absence by a court in Cairo, for… 28/11/12 16:55 CET
Egypt judges to strike over Mursi powersAmid ongoing protests against Mohammed Mursi, Egypt’s top judges say they are going on strike… 28/11/12 16:55 CET
German chocaholics warned over contaminated Xmas calendarsChocolate lovers in Germany have been warned to watch what they eat this Christmas as it could have… 28/11/12 16:05 CET
Afghan elite castigated over huge Kabulbank fraudA report into Afghanistan’s biggest financial scandal which prompted the collapse of the KabulBank… 28/11/12 15:05 CET
NZ goes Hobbit crazy for film premiereNew Zealand’s capital is in the grip of Hobbit-fever. Pointy-eared fans of the Tolkien fantasy… 28/11/12 14:05 CET
Bangladesh factory fire – supervisors heldIn Bangladesh, three supervisors at a clothing factory that went up in flames killing more than 100… 28/11/12 12:56 CET
Heavy rain continues to batter flood-hit BritainA renewed search for survivors is underway in North Wales following the discovery of a woman’s body… 28/11/12 11:56 CET
Deadly car bombs hit DamascusDozens of people have been killed in a series of coordinated multiple bombings in a district of the… 28/11/12 11:25 CET
Egyptian police teargas Tahrir Square protestersEarly morning protesters in Egypt’s Tahrir Square have been hit with a volley of teargas as anger… 28/11/12 10:06 CET
Hungary MP sparks protests over calls for “Jewish list”A far-right Hungarian MP has sparked protests after calling for Jews to be registered as threats to… 28/11/12 08:37 CET
Egyptian civil society mobilises in Tahrir SquareA broad cross-section of civil society is mobilising in Egypt in protest at the recent… 28/11/12 06:15 CET
Egyptian anger spreads beyond CairoProtests against the Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi are spreading beyond Cairo. Pro- and anti-… 28/11/12 05:35 CET
US diplomat “mistaken” over Benghazi attackIn the United States, a top diplomat tipped to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State has… 28/11/12 03:46 CET
France backs Palestinians in statehood bidFrance has become the first major European country to back the Palestinian drive for statehood at… 28/11/12 02:55 CET
Workers say ‘no’ to Spain hospital privatisationThe imminent privatisation of hospitals and health centres brought thousands of workers onto the… 28/11/12 00:56 CET
New cover arches over Chernobyl reactor 4The first section of a colossal arch-shaped structure has been put up over the exploded reactor… 28/11/12 00:56 CET
