archive 28·01·2013

cinema

• Burning Bush pays tribute to Jan Palach’s family

  In 1969 Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague to protest… 28/01/13 16:25 CET

corporate

• Ukraine and Russia’s gas wrangle reignites

  Ukraine’s state gas company Naftogaz says it cannot pay a $7 billion (5.2 billion euro) bill it has… 28/01/13 19:21 CET

• Toyota is number one again

  Toyota has regained the number one spot for worldwide sales. Last year drivers bought 9.75 million… 28/01/13 14:55 CET

• Ryanair lifts profit forecast

  More passengers meant higher earnings for Ryanair at the end of last year. Europe’s biggest… 28/01/13 14:54 CET

economy

• Eurozone lending slides again

  Bank lending to businesses and individuals in the eurozone remains weak, with loans to companies… 28/01/13 17:33 CET

• Italian consumers gloomy

  Italian consumer confidence has hit new lows. In surveys households said their confidence in both… 28/01/13 15:22 CET

europa

• Iceland wins legal battle over failed bank

  Iceland has won a legal battle over its reponsibilities to British and Dutch savers who lost money… 28/01/13 18:52 CET

• Ireland urges EU to move forward on future farming policy

  Irish Agricultural Minister Simon Coveney has urged the EU to move ahead on EU farming reform… 28/01/13 16:53 CET

futuris

• Cooking up natural plastics

  It’s time for a bit of cooking at a research Institute in Brindisi, Southern Italy. The recipe is… 28/01/13 15:21 CET

generationy

• Europe’s young immigrants last in the job line

  Those suffering most from unemployment in Europe today are the young. For immigrants, it is even… 28/01/13 18:00 CET

• The secret of a successful restaurant

  The restaurant Meli-Melo won the prize for the best tapa de Zaragoza in 2012. (‘Mejor Tapa de… 28/01/13 18:00 CET

le mag

• Malian music greats perform in London

  Three household names in Mali have performed a special sell-out concert in London, celebrating the… 28/01/13 16:24 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 28.01.2013

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my no comment

• Tyrolean show in Vienna

  Filmed by Dave in Vienna, Austria 28/01/13 09:55 CET

pictureoftheday

• Violence flares on Cairo streets

  A protester against Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi shows expended shotgun cartridges that he said… 28/01/13 11:22 CET

science

• Cycling therapy for Parkinson’s patients

  Taking part in the Tour de France is a dream for many keen cyclists, but even if you don’t have the… 28/01/13 11:41 CET

Sport

• Kranjec wins in Vikersund

  Slovenia’s Robert Kranjec produced a stunning performance to clinch his first World Cup victory of… 28/01/13 13:01 CET

world news

• Syrian refugees need billion euros

  More Syrian refugees step off a bus in Jordan, into uncertainty. The UN has said 30,000 have… 28/01/13 18:14 CET

• Timbuktu’s disappearing gold

  Timbuktu, a city classed as a world heritage site since only 1988, was founded around a thousand… 28/01/13 18:14 CET

• Egypt’s opposition say no to Mursi’s dialogue

  Day five of the latest Egyptian anti-government protests and the streets of Cairo were simmering… 28/01/13 23:06 CET

• Dutch queen abdicates to make way for ‘new generation’

  Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced plans to step aside in favour of her son. During a… 28/01/13 22:35 CET

• Funerals begin for victims of Brazil’s club fire

  In southern Brazil, the process of burying the dead from the Santa Maria nightclub fire disaster… 28/01/13 21:35 CET

• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of her son

  Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced her abdication in favour of her son Prince… 28/01/13 19:35 CET

• French and Malian troops seek to secure Timbuktu

  Timbuktu airport has been seized and secured by French and Malian troops. Backed by airpower around… 28/01/13 19:31 CET

• Still proud and prejudiced after all these years

  It is 200 years since Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was published, and even after all that time… 28/01/13 18:58 CET

• Comatose Israeli ex-PM Sharon shows brain activity

  Former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for seven years following a stroke, has… 28/01/13 17:55 CET

• Rescue operation plucks 15 to safety in Sea of Japan

  In the Sea of Japan part of a keel is the only visible evidence of a ship in which at least eight… 28/01/13 17:46 CET

• Razing the roof at Madrid’s bullring

  There has been a lucky escape at one of Spain’s most famous landmarks. A new roof erected over… 28/01/13 17:19 CET

• Brazen burglars in Bergen

  Police in Norway have released surveillance video of a daring raid on a museum, where burglars made… 28/01/13 16:21 CET

• Deadly protests continue in Egypt

  One person has been killed in Cairo in a fifth day of protests directed at Egypt’s president… 28/01/13 15:58 CET

• Iran’s space monkey claim

  Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems… 28/01/13 15:16 CET

• Brazil mourns nightclub fire dead

  In southern Brazil, relatives and friends of more than 200 young people killed in a nightclub fire… 28/01/13 14:45 CET

• Timbuktu airport seized by French led troops.

  French and Malian troops have surrounded Timbuktu and are aiming to secure the city after seizing… 28/01/13 14:16 CET

• Fare enough: Estonians get public transportation for free

  Tallinn is the first EU capital to offer its residents free public transport, and though the move… 28/01/13 11:47 CET

• Opposition anger over Egypt’s state of emergency

  As protesters continue to confront police on the streets of Cairo, Egypt’s main opposition… 28/01/13 11:46 CET

• Spanish doctor in the dock for cyclists’ doping

  Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentas’s trial has started in Madrid in a doping case set to rock… 28/01/13 11:35 CET

• Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald kills three in Australia

  Three people have died in Queensland as the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Oswald continue to wreak… 28/01/13 10:55 CET

• Mali: Foreign troops move in on Timbuktu

  People living in Gao in northern Mali are celebrating after Islamist militants have been driven out… 28/01/13 08:35 CET

• There’s “snow” place like home in Slovenia

  We have all heard about castles in the air, but in the region of Carinthia in Slovenia they are… 28/01/13 07:49 CET

• Newspapers raided and journalists arrested in Iran

  Four newspapers in Iran have been raided by government security officials and a number of… 28/01/13 07:49 CET

• Relatives of Spain’s ‘stolen babies’ call for action

  Relatives and parents of what are known as Spain’s “stolen babies” gathered in Madrid to press once… 28/01/13 07:49 CET

• Death toll rises to 230 after Brazil nightclub blaze

  Relatives and friends have gathered at a school gym-turned-makeshift-morgue to mourn the victims of… 28/01/13 06:05 CET

• Thousands in Paris demand ‘marriage for all’

  Tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Paris to support the French government’s plan to… 28/01/13 01:56 CET

• Egypt’s President declares state of emergency

  Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in three cities along the Suez… 28/01/13 00:35 CET

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