musica Puccini Far West Opera opens Monte Carlo season Monte Carlo’s Opera House has opened the season with one of Puccini’s less known but most complex works. Rising opera star Meagan Miller, the 13/12/2012
Business Renault ends Volvo link, shares rise French carmaker Renault was the second best performer on the Cac40 on Thursday after it said it was selling off its stake in the Swedish 13/12/2012
World Ebadi speaks for Sotoudeh: support Iran's dissidents in every way possible On behalf of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian lawyer currently in prison, Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has accepted this year’s Sakharov Prize for 13/12/2012
World Eurozone bank supervision: how it works The deal reached in Brussels by European Union finance ministers on Thursday to create a single supervisor for the eurozone’s banks is the latest 13/12/2012
Europe Overfishing: can the EU influence change? The darkest warnings are becoming reality: the world’s fish stocks are collapsing. Many blame the so-called “supertrawlers” supported by public 13/12/2012
