cinema
Retrospective of Ettore Scola in LyonItaly’s Ettore Scola has blazed through a fifty five year career as screen writer then director… 07/05/09 18:04 CET
corporate
Deutsche Telekom hit by British businessDeutsche Telekom says its net loss in the first-quarter was 1.1 billion euros. That was… 07/05/09 20:18 CET
Asset writedowns hit SocGenFrench bank Societe Generale has unveiled surprisingly poor results. It slumped to a first quarter… 07/05/09 20:18 CET
economy
ECB edges towards QE and cuts interest ratesThe European Central Bank has cut interest rates to a record low and announced other measures to… 07/05/09 20:18 CET
europa
Eastern Partnership launchedThe European Union has launched a plan for closer ties with six former Soviet republics. The Czech… 07/05/09 20:18 CET
Mini-summit on jobs after dire figures forecastEight and a half million lost jobs this year and next in the European Union — in response to this… 07/05/09 20:18 CET
Lisbon checks in but Czech president to drag feetDespite the Czech upper house parliament’s approval of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty on… 07/05/09 07:32 CET
futuris
EU studies CO2 capture in great carbon roundupVolcanic areas produce it, and so do we, in vast quantities. Carbon dioxide. Understanding the most… 07/05/09 17:40 CET
hi-tech
Ants crack property market says Bristol UniversityAnts are ‘better than humans’ when it comes to choosing a new home, according to researchers at… 07/05/09 18:36 CET
le mag
MI-sia with the Lyon Nation OrchestraClassical music was brought into play for Portugese Fado superstar Misia’s (MI-sia) latest musical… 07/05/09 17:46 CET
world news
Painful cost of FIAT’s world visionFiat and General Motors are manouevring into position to become the world’s second largest… 07/05/09 20:14 CET
Indians vote in fourth stage of general electionMillions of people have been voting in the fourth and penultimate stage of India’s general… 07/05/09 19:08 CET
French prison guard protest continuesFrench prison guards appear far from ending their protest over what they say are poor working… 07/05/09 19:07 CET
First ever non-nationalist leader in Basque countryTurning the page of nationalism, the Basque country has sworn in its first ever non-nationalist… 07/05/09 19:04 CET
ConflictThe mass exodus of civilians fleeing fighting in Pakistan’s Swat valley is causing a humanitarian… 07/05/09 19:03 CET
Georgian opposition moves towards talksGeorgia’s political crisis that has seen weeks of street protests and occasional violence may be… 07/05/09 19:02 CET
Italy takes migrants back to LibyaMore than 200 migrants found in small boats off Malta have been sent back to Libya. It is… 07/05/09 17:43 CET
French unions split over prisons protestIn France, a plan to end protests by prison guards over working conditions will be voted on today… 07/05/09 14:25 CET
Thousands flee Pakistan’s Swat ValleyGovernment aircraft in Pakistan are continuing attacks against Taliban positions in the Swat Valley… 07/05/09 14:16 CET
Fiat eyes GM’s Europe and Latin American businessFiat has reportedly opened acquisition talks with General Motors in its continuing effort to… 07/05/09 14:12 CET
Georgia releases opposition activistsAuthorities in Georgia have released three opposition activists whose arrest yesterday sparked… 07/05/09 14:05 CET
Georgia releases opposition activistsAuthorities in Georgia have released three opposition activists whose arrest yesterday sparked… 07/05/09 13:50 CET
- Fiat eyes GM’s Europe and Latin American business
Fiat has reportedly opened acquisition talks with General Motors in its continuing effort to… 07/05/09 13:50 CET
- Thousands flee Pakistan’s Swat Valley
Government aircraft in Pakistan are continuing attacks against Taliban positions in the Swat Valley… 07/05/09 13:50 CET
India votes in fourth phase of electionsMillions of Indians have begun voting in the fourth round of the country’s general election… 07/05/09 09:14 CET
Violent clashes between police and anti-government protestors in GeorgiaThere have been violent clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters in the Georgian… 07/05/09 07:36 CET
Obama calls for unity with Afghanistan and PakistanUS President Barack Obama emphasised unity when he met the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan at… 07/05/09 07:35 CET
Corruption probe launched into African presidentsA French judge has launched a probe into three sitting African presidents accused of using public… 07/05/09 07:34 CET
Business as usual in Mexico after flu lockdown endsMexico is getting back to work after its five day shutdown, although there are fears that lingering… 07/05/09 07:33 CET
