corporate
GM sheds assetsAfter filing for bankruptcy the US car giant GM is seeking to shed some assets. It is selling… 05/06/09 18:42 CET
Rio dumps Chinalco for BHPMining giant Rio Tinto has scrapped a 13 billion euro tie-up deal with China’s Chinalco. It… 05/06/09 18:42 CET
Arcandor seeks bail out.The company which owns Germany’s Karstadt department-store chain,is seeking a 437 million euro… 05/06/09 18:42 CET
economy
US jobless claims fallThere are signs the recession is losing its force in the United States with jobless claims falling… 05/06/09 18:42 CET
Baule looks at global citiesTwenty years from now up to 80 per cent of the world’s population will live in urban areas… 05/06/09 18:42 CET
europa
Dutch right unnervingNetherlands far-right politician Geert Wilders, wielding an anti-immigration, anti-Islam and… 05/06/09 19:39 CET
French campaign insultingEuropean campaigning in France takes a bitter twist. Francois Bayrou, whose centrist party is… 05/06/09 17:53 CET
Irish voter backlashIrish Prime Minister Brian Cowen looks set to bear the brunt of public anger in the European and… 05/06/09 17:53 CET
le mag
The Magic Flute UpdatedThe Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio has opened the Nuits de Fourviere music festival in Lyon (France)… 05/06/09 17:08 CET
markets
European markets surgeNews of economic green shoots in America gave the European markets a Friday afternoon bounce with… 05/06/09 18:42 CET
parlamento
The coming of age of the European ParliamentThe European parliament has had to travel a long hard road to become an integral part of the… 05/06/09 17:23 CET
questions for europe
Migration solidarityThe question: “Which role do you think the EU should have in managing and assisting the migrants… 05/06/09 17:49 CET
world news
Czech acrimony in voteOne day was not enough for the Czech Republic to choose its 22 representatives in the European… 05/06/09 23:07 CET
EU election: voting underway in Czech RepublicVoting is underway in the Czech Republic where the ballot is taking place over two half-days to… 05/06/09 19:41 CET
Brown reshuffles cabinet as pressure growsBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a cabinet resuffle to shore up his position… 05/06/09 19:03 CET
Obama visits Buchenwald concentration campUS president Barack Obama has been visiting the concentration camp of Buchenwald in eastern… 05/06/09 18:38 CET
Loyalists rally to Brown as ministers quitThe departures of five senior cabinet colleagues, including Transport Minister Geoff Hoon, have… 05/06/09 18:37 CET
Air speed seen as factor in Air France crashAs the search continues for wreckage of the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic… 05/06/09 18:36 CET
Berlusconi slams Spanish paper over nude photosThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he has nothing to be afraid of following the… 05/06/09 14:33 CET
Tough issues dominate Obama’s Germany visitThe US and German leaders have been trying to make progress on a range of difficult issues… 05/06/09 13:36 CET
Pressure on Brown to quit intensifiesThe British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s fight to shore up his government looks increasingly… 05/06/09 12:43 CET
EU polls kicks off in Czech RepublicThe EU elections continue to sweep across Europe today with voting currently underway in presidency… 05/06/09 11:13 CET
Irish voters to pile more pressure on CowanVoting in the European and local elections is underway in Ireland where the government is widely… 05/06/09 10:03 CET
Dutch far right make their mark on EuropeThe far right in the Netherlands is celebrating big gains in the European elections, with exit… 05/06/09 09:05 CET
Minister resignation holes Brown below water lineBritain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown is rallying his political allies in a desperate attempt to… 05/06/09 07:25 CET
Ireland and Czech Republic vote for MEPsThe Irish airforce delivers ballot papers to a remote island to ensure everyone gets the chance to… 05/06/09 07:25 CET
Debris found in ocean does not belong to doomed Air France flightMystery continues to surround the disappearance of the Air France jet which plunged into the… 05/06/09 07:25 CET
Obama snubs Berlin in brief German stop-overPresident Barack Obama has arrived in Germany amid speculation that the brevity of the visit… 05/06/09 07:25 CET
Middle East: A guarded response to Obama’s Cairo speechQuoting from the Koran, a passage to “always speak the truth”, US President Barack Obama had a… 05/06/09 07:25 CET
