behindmarkets
Next enjoys festive boostRetailer Next defied market gloom on Thursday in London by upgrading its full-year profit forecast… 03/01/13 19:21 CET
economy
Surprise jump in US private-sector jobsThere are signs of some momentum in the US economy as private-sector employers stepped up hiring in… 03/01/13 16:11 CET
European car sales slump in 2012Grim numbers have been released by the auto industry for 2012. They reveal that car sales in… 03/01/13 15:40 CET
‘Tax the rich’ rethink in ParisWith a top French court having thrown out a proposed supertax on the rich, the Paris government is… 03/01/13 13:50 CET
German jobless up, Spain’s downThe number of Germans out of work rose for the ninth month running in December. Labour Office data… 03/01/13 13:49 CET
interview
Constitution ‘divisive’ says Egyptian opposition’s Hamdeen SabahyStability is in short supply in Egypt. The election of the Muslim Brotherhood and the recent vote… 03/01/13 19:16 CET
markets
European markets at close: 03.01.201303/01/13 18:23 CET
pictureoftheday
Military training for South Korean teenagersHundreds of students between 11 and 17 years old attend winter boot camp training courses every… 03/01/13 11:47 CET
Sport
Trial begins for Olympic bottle-throwing fanThe man that threw a bottle onto the track during the 100 metres final at the Olympic Games this… 03/01/13 21:27 CET
Racist chants get Milan walkingAC Milan walked off the pitch during a friendly match with a lower league side on Thursday due to… 03/01/13 21:24 CET
euronews sport review: making of03/01/13 18:24 CET
Vilanova back to workBarcelona coach Tito Vilanova attended his first training session on Wednesday since a cancer… 03/01/13 07:44 CET
world news
India is a dangerous place to be a womanThe brutal rape and murder of a 23-year-old university student on a New Delhi bus has sparked a… 03/01/13 18:35 CET
James Bond: The billion dollar spyThe 23rd James Bond adventure, ‘Skyfall’, has reached the symbolic threshold of one billion dollars… 03/01/13 13:56 CET
Turkey’s ex-army chief detained over “post-modern coup”Turkey’s former armed forces chief has been briefly detained over an investigation into the… 03/01/13 23:25 CET
British PM rebuffs Argentina in Falkland Islands disputeBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has rebuffed demands from Argentina to negotiate a solution to… 03/01/13 20:15 CET
Widow calls for extradition in Chilean murder caseIn Santiago Hugo Sanchez and Jorge Smith have been detained for their alleged role in the 1973… 03/01/13 19:45 CET
Motive unclear in deadly Swiss shootingPolice investigating a multiple shooting in the southern Swiss village of Daillon say it is unclear… 03/01/13 17:45 CET
Basque nationalists Batasuna dissolves French partyThe Basque nationalists Batasuna has announced its disbanding its French party because of a new… 03/01/13 17:22 CET
Norway emergency services take delivery of first helicopterNorweigan police in Oslo finally have their own response helicopter. The chopper will be able to… 03/01/13 17:22 CET
Alaska oil rig drags tugs for miles before groundingA fresh attempt is being made to salvage a drilling ship which ran aground in Alaska on New Year’s… 03/01/13 17:22 CET
Cash only at the VaticanIn St. Peters Square and throughout the Vatican it is cash only. All electronic payments by bank… 03/01/13 17:21 CET
Cyclone Dumile cuts power to thousands on French Reunion islandThousands of homes on France’s Reunion island remain without power after being hit by Indian Ocean… 03/01/13 16:55 CET
New Delhi gang-rape: Five men chargedIn India, five of the six men alleged to have gang-raped a 23-year old university student have been… 03/01/13 16:06 CET
Concerns mount over health of Venezuela’s ChavezThere are growing concerns over the health of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. He has not been… 03/01/13 15:35 CET
Millions of pilgrims mark religious festival of ArbaeenIn the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims pilgrims have celebrated… 03/01/13 14:35 CET
Russia offers way out to tax-weary French actorPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to legendary French actor… 03/01/13 13:06 CET
Latest Syrian death toll ‘truly shocking’ says UNThe United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has described as “truly shocking” the… 03/01/13 13:05 CET
Taliban commanders killing heightens drone debateSenior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. Intelligence… 03/01/13 10:58 CET
Indian gang rape: Five suspects chargedIn India, five men have been formally charged with the gang-rape, murder and criminal conspiracy of… 03/01/13 10:25 CET
Tropical storm Dumile hits ReunionOfficials on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion issued a code red warning as tropical storm Dumile… 03/01/13 08:35 CET
Man arrested after three shot dead in SwitzerlandA man has been arrested after three people were shot dead in a village in southern Switzerland… 03/01/13 07:06 CET
Nobel laureate Montalcini is laid to rest in ItalyThe Nobel-prize winning neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini has been laid to rest in Turin. The… 03/01/13 07:06 CET
People in Tallin get a free rideTallinn has become the first European capital to offer free public transport across its bus and… 03/01/13 07:05 CET
Arrests in Spain in internet child porn operationPolice in Spain have made a number of arrests after an operation to tackle the possession and… 03/01/13 07:05 CET
Venezuela unsettled by silence over ChavezClaim and counter-claim is rife in Venezuela as questions begin to be asked about the true state of… 03/01/13 06:06 CET
Obama wins fiscal battle but not yet the warUS stocks kicked off the new year with their best day in over a year on Wednesday. The rally was… 03/01/13 04:15 CET
Hillary Clinton discharged from hospitalA frail-looking Hillary Clinton has been discharged from hospital in New York. Officials have… 03/01/13 02:15 CET
Refugees return to Central African Republic after news of peace talksTroops have continued to patrol a buffer zone in Central African Republic, despite an assurance… 03/01/13 00:36 CET
