behindmarkets
Renault ends Volvo link, shares riseFrench carmaker Renault was the second best performer on the Cac40 on Thursday after it said it was… 13/12/12 20:28 CET
cinema
Chasing Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark ThirtyOscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, of The Hurt Locker, has chronicled the 10-year manhunt for… 13/12/12 17:23 CET
Lincoln by Steven Spielberg“Lincoln” is a biographical war drama directed and produced by Steven Spielberg. Daniel Day-Lewis… 13/12/12 12:15 CET
economy
Airlines predict higher profitsGlobal airlines have revised upwards their profit forecasts for this year and next. The… 13/12/12 14:11 CET
Greek unemployment climbsThe jobs news from Greece continues to be relentlessly bad. The latest official figures for the… 13/12/12 14:11 CET
europa
Optimism a welcome guest at EU summitEU leaders gathered for an unprecedented seventh summit in what has been a turbulent and costly… 13/12/12 20:54 CET
interview
Ebadi speaks for Sotoudeh: support Iran’s dissidents in every way possibleOn behalf of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian lawyer currently in prison, Nobel peace laureate Shirin… 13/12/12 20:25 CET
le mag
Spice Girls musical gets critical drubbingSpice mania descended on London with the premiere of the ‘jukebox musical’ Viva Forever! based on… 13/12/12 16:48 CET
markets
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musica
Puccini Far West Opera opens Monte Carlo seasonMonte Carlo’s Opera House has opened the season with one of Puccini’s less known but most complex… 13/12/12 20:30 CET
newsplus
Eurozone bank supervision: how it worksThe deal reached in Brussels by European Union finance ministers on Thursday to create a single… 13/12/12 18:59 CET
pictureoftheday
Prayers held for Chavez’s health in CaracasA woman holds a figurine of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as she attends a mass to pray for his… 13/12/12 11:08 CET
science
Using a foe as a friendLast February Emily Whitehead was a very ill seven-year-old. She had been diagnosed with acute… 13/12/12 14:16 CET
Sport
Tough new measures for German football spark demosA sharp rise in violence in German football and pressure from politicians has led to a tighter set… 13/12/12 08:10 CET
thenetwork
Overfishing: can the EU influence change?The darkest warnings are becoming reality: the world’s fish stocks are collapsing. Many blame the… 13/12/12 11:35 CET
world news
Greeks face austere festive seasonThe latest long-delayed bailout is unlikely to make much difference to Christmas in Greece as… 13/12/12 23:45 CET
Vigil held for Venezuela’s ailing president Hugo ChavezA ceremony was held for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who suffered bleeding due to a six-hour… 13/12/12 22:35 CET
‘Lincoln’ leads with seven Golden Globe nominations‘Lincoln’ – Steven Spielberg’s epic set around the time of the US civil war – leads the nominations… 13/12/12 22:15 CET
Boxing champ Klitschko won’t be drawn into Ukraine parliament brawlsPunch-ups in parliament for a second day as fighting once again broke out amongst Ukrainian… 13/12/12 20:40 CET
Israel foreign minister will not resign over financial chargesIsrael’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is refusing to resign despite being charged with fraud… 13/12/12 20:40 CET
Italian centre-left chief Bersani backs MontiThe head of Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, Pier Luigi Bersani, has dismissed former premier… 13/12/12 19:56 CET
South Korea wants more sanctions against North over rocketSouth Korea has called for tougher sanctions against the North as protests continued against… 13/12/12 18:44 CET
EU leaders set to rubber stamp bank supervisor dealEU leaders have arrived for their last Brussels summit of the year, hours after finance ministers… 13/12/12 18:16 CET
Inquest hears UK royal prank nurse found hangedThe nurse who died after being involved in a telephone prank targetting the British royal family… 13/12/12 18:04 CET
Political uncertainty in Italy prompts EU responseBrussels has responded to former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi’s declaration that he would drop… 13/12/12 17:40 CET
NASA explains why the world won’t endIf you made plans on how to spend the last remainings days of Earth’s existence, forget about them… 13/12/12 16:29 CET
Car bomb close to Syrian capital Damascus kills 16Sixteen people have been killed in a car bomb in a town near Damascus. The explosion occurred in… 13/12/12 16:15 CET
2012… no commentHere are this year´s 12 most amazing no comment videos *December: 7.3 earthquake hits Japan*… 13/12/12 15:21 CET
Eurogroup approves delayed funds for GreeceEuropean finance ministers have agreed to release the next instalment of Greece’s much-needed loan… 13/12/12 13:15 CET
More punch-ups in Ukraine parliamentA second day of parliamentary sessions in Ukraine has descended into chaos with even more fighting… 13/12/12 13:15 CET
Japan accuses China of airspace violation in islands rowJapan has lodged a formal protest with China after a Chinese plane reportedly flew close to islands… 13/12/12 12:06 CET
Merkel makes rousing Bundestag speech praising Greece debt reduction effortsAhead of attending the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a… 13/12/12 11:54 CET
EU leaders welcome eurozone banking dealEuropean finance ministers meeting in Brussels have reached unanimous agreement on a deal paving… 13/12/12 10:35 CET
Deported computer tycoon arrives in MiamiComputer software tycoon John McAfee has arrived in Miami after being deported by Guatemala. The… 13/12/12 09:05 CET
German police search for failed bombersGerman police have released a video of a man leaving a blue travel bag at Bonn railway station… 13/12/12 08:56 CET
Couples rush to the altar on ‘lucky’ dateLike thousands of couples around the world, sweethearts in Moscow queued up to be married on what… 13/12/12 08:56 CET
Ukraine parliament to resume session after brawlUkraine’s parliament will try again on Thursday to choose a prime minister after the previous day’s… 13/12/12 08:47 CET
Deal reached over new watchdog role for ECBAfter 14 hours of talks European finance ministers have reached a deal to give the European… 13/12/12 05:56 CET
Congress faces a bleak Christmas as ‘fiscal cliff’ talks drag onChristmas is cancelled or it could be for Congress if fiscal cliff talks drag on through the… 13/12/12 03:56 CET
Scud missiles fired at rebels escalate Syria conflictWhile intelligence sources claim Scud missiles have for the first time been used against Syrian… 13/12/12 02:15 CET
Vote ‘No’ in referendum urges Egypt oppositionProtesters in Cairo mull over a decision by Egypt’s main Liberal and secular opposition to urge a… 13/12/12 01:15 CET
Mass marks Notre Dame cathedral’s 850th anniversary yearMore than 20 million people are expected to visit Paris’ Notre Dame over the next 12 months to help… 13/12/12 00:45 CET
Political confusion – Berlusconi styleItaly’s Silvio Berlusconi has muddied the political waters over his intension to seek re-election… 13/12/12 00:25 CET
