archive 13·05·2010

cinema

• Robin Hood goes back to basics

  Ridley Scott’s contribution to this summer’s blockbuster season is Robin Hood, which was shown out… 13/05/10 18:57 CET

corporate

• Telefonica weaker than expected

  Telefonica has posted lower-than-expected first-quarter results. Weak Spanish operations were… 13/05/10 18:47 CET

• Sony boosts forecast

  Japanese consumer electronics maker Sony is forecasting a five fold jump in annual operating profit… 13/05/10 18:47 CET

• SAP moves to buy Sybase

  Shares of SAP fell on Thursday after the German software company offered to buy smaller US rival… 13/05/10 18:47 CET

europa

• Serbia’s Mladic has charges streamlined

  Fugitive Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic faces a reduced indictment if he is caught, an amendment… 13/05/10 19:15 CET

europeans

• Greece: Taming the default

  From rage to good will, from pride to despair. Just some of the emotions felt by Greeks as Athens… 13/05/10 20:02 CET

reporter

• Belgium: divorce or unity

  Will Belgium soon break up? The quarrel between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking… 13/05/10 19:33 CET

world news

• Cannes heat: how best to cruise the Croisette

  The Cannes Film Festival has a reputation for glitz and glamour. Europe might be facing an economic… 13/05/10 22:04 CET

• Portugal steps up budget gap austerity measures

  Portugal has become he latest EU country to announce addition austerity measures in an attempt to… 13/05/10 20:36 CET

• Pro-‘Red Shirt’ general shot in Thai capital

  There has been more deadly violence in Bangkok. At least one anti-government activist has been… 13/05/10 20:24 CET

• Spanish unions to strike over cuts

  Spain’s efforts to bring its budget deficit under control with wage and spending cuts have sparked… 13/05/10 20:02 CET

• Competition for the Palme d’Or heats up in Cannes

  All eyes were on Hollywood heavyweight Michael Douglas today as he strolled along the Croisette in… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• Kyrgyzstan unrest

  Kyrgyzstan’s interim government has accused allies of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev of trying… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• Euro crisis could boost EU says Merkel

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the euro zone’s economic woes could be the perfect… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• British coalition stresses need for cuts

  British Prime Minister David Cameron’s new coalition cabinet have met for the first time amid a… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• Pilgrims support Pope during Portugal visit

  Tens of thousands of pilgrims greeted Pope Benedict XVI as he arrived in the famous Portuguese… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• Romanian cuts spark union backlash

  Angry unions in Romania have protested against spending cuts, accusing the government of making… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• Brussels not worried about new Tory UK

  The European Commission in Brussels has said it is not worried that the Conservatives are now in… 13/05/10 19:27 CET

• Camerons moving to ‘cramped’ Downing St. flat

  Number 10 Downing Street is not just a place of work. It was also Gordon Brown’s home. Toys… 13/05/10 14:35 CET

• UK’s historic coalition holds first Cabinet meeting

  Britain’s new leader has been chairing the first meeting of his historic coalition cabinet… 13/05/10 14:34 CET

• Portugal discusses more austerity steps

  It is widely seen as another weak link in the euro zone. Hence the need for Portugal to implement… 13/05/10 14:14 CET

• Dutch experts head to Libya crash site

  Investigators from the Netherlands are on their way to Libya to uncover what caused a deadly plane… 13/05/10 13:24 CET

• Rescue halted for Russian miners

  Rescue operations to find 24 miners missing in a Siberian coal mine explosion have been halted over… 13/05/10 13:19 CET

• Romania set for week of strikes

  Romania is bracing itself for a wave of social unrest as tensions mount over the government’s vow… 13/05/10 11:44 CET

• Thai army cracks down on Red Shirts

  The army in Thailand says it will shut down central Bangkok in a crackdown on the anti-government… 13/05/10 10:24 CET

• Markets welcome Spanish cuts but unions protest

  World stock markets and the euro advanced yesterday after Spain unveiled new spending cuts to deal… 13/05/10 07:38 CET

• Cannes director defends film after Italian boycott

  The official selection of “Draquila” at the festival prompted the Italian culture minister Sandro… 13/05/10 07:37 CET

• Libyan plane crash survivor stable

  The only survivor from a crashed Libyan airliner is said to be in a serious but stable condition… 13/05/10 07:35 CET

• Cutting deficit to be UK government’s priority

  Tackling the UK’s record budget deficit will top the agenda for Britain’s new government. The first… 13/05/10 07:34 CET

• Pope prays for church at Fatima shrine

  Pope Benedict, who is still trying to come to grips with the sex abuse scandal engulfing the… 13/05/10 07:33 CET

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