cinema
Three Cannes awards for “Tulpan”Set in the vast wilderness of the Kazakh steppe, “Tulpan” is a light-hearted story about Asa, a man… 27/05/08 18:35 CET
corporate
Airlift remembered at Berlin airshowRussia leads the way at this year’s Berlin air show, with a record number of companies exhibiting… 27/05/08 20:05 CET
SocGen bosses faces shareholder’s wrathTrying times for Societe Generale’s bosses, as their report into the Kerviel scandal is into its… 27/05/08 20:05 CET
Sarin stuns market by stepping downTo the surprise of many the boss of telecoms behemoth Vodafone is stepping down at the end of July… 27/05/08 20:05 CET
europa
‘Easy Rider’ – Brussels versionWith fuel cost protests sparking up in several EU states, Brussels is suggesting a new front on… 27/05/08 19:58 CET
le mag
Cartoonists from different eras side by sideAn exhibition in southern France is bringing together the works of two French masters of political… 27/05/08 17:08 CET
pass
Louis Michel takes the EU aid message to schoolsInforming young people about the EU’s anti-poverty measures was behind the European Commissioner… 27/05/08 16:05 CET
20 years on, Erasmus going strongEurope’s flagship educational exchange programme Erasmus had trouble getting started. How have… 27/05/08 16:05 CET
science
Phoenix probe prepares for life on Mars researchAfter an epic nine-month journey through space, the NASA probe Phoenix has landed safely on Mars -… 27/05/08 17:08 CET
world news
Fuel protests erupt in EuropeWith fuel prices soaring across Europe, British lorry drivers have taken their protest against the… 27/05/08 19:55 CET
French fishermen protest set to catch on across EuropeThe French fishermens’ fuel strikes have continued and look set to spread around the European… 27/05/08 19:33 CET
Rivals get ready to divide the Arctic jackpotOfficials from five Arctic coast countries will meet in Greenland tomorrow to discuss how they will… 27/05/08 19:17 CET
German diary farmers boycott milk deliveriesDairy farmers in Germany have launched a nationwide strike which they say will last until they are… 27/05/08 18:45 CET
Germany remembers gays persecuted by NazisGermany has inaugurated a memorial to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and killed by the… 27/05/08 17:27 CET
Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest extendedMyanmar’s military junta has extended the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by… 27/05/08 15:47 CET
Hollywood mourns death of Sydney PollackThe world of cinema is paying tribute to Sydney Pollack, who has died at the age of 73. “He made… 27/05/08 13:45 CET
French fishermens’ fuel strikes set to go Europe-wideFishermen across western and southern Europe are threatening an open-ended strike from Wednesday in… 27/05/08 13:43 CET
Nepal government warns king to quit palace‘Go or be forced out’ was the unambiguous message to Nepal’s king from the government should he… 27/05/08 13:40 CET
100 Pinochet allies arrested in ChileAround a hundred former soldiers and secret police of the Pinochet regime have been arrested in… 27/05/08 13:40 CET
Fuel protests spread to UK truckersProtest action has spread across the Channel, with British lorry drivers putting their weight… 27/05/08 13:35 CET
US businessman tells Olmert inquiry of cash giftsThe US businessman at the centre of Ehud Olmert’s corruption case has testified that he did give… 27/05/08 12:50 CET
European fishermen up in arms over high fuel costsFishermen in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain have called for an unlimited strike from Wednesday… 27/05/08 08:27 CET
Iran denies witholding nuclear informationThe UN’s nuclear watchdog says Iran may still be holding back information on its controversial… 27/05/08 08:26 CET
German milk producers call for strike actionGerman dairy farmers have held a demonstration to call for a strike in deliveries. An estimated… 27/05/08 08:25 CET
More clashes in Lebanon despite peace movesIn a sign of lingering tensions in Lebanon 16 people have been injured in gunfire between… 27/05/08 08:24 CET
US director Sidney Pollack dies at the age of 73The American film director, producer and sometime actor Sidney Pollack has died of cancer at the… 27/05/08 08:23 CET
