cinema
Swank stars in ConvictionDirected by Tony Goldwyn and starring double Oscar winner Hilary Swank, Conviction is the true… 18/10/10 16:55 CET
corporate
Investors wary on Enel green power IPOInvestors were cautious as Italian utility Enel kicked off the sale of a third of the shares of its… 18/10/10 19:57 CET
Ford ‘to cut Mazda investment’Ford and Mazda look set to drift further apart as the US car maker plans to wind down its… 18/10/10 16:14 CET
Philips cautious on sales growthPhilips Electronics has unveiled third-quarter operating profit that beat forecasts thanks to cost… 18/10/10 16:14 CET
economy
Trichet rejects Weber’s bond viewEuropean Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet has revealed policy differences with Bundesbank… 18/10/10 16:14 CET
EU finance ministers debate budget reformThe battle lines over budget reform are hardening as euro zone finance ministers meet in Luxembourg… 18/10/10 16:14 CET
europa
Belgian political wedge driven deeperBelgian political divisions have deepened still further. The French speaking parties have rejected… 18/10/10 20:17 CET
hi-tech
Turbine blows wind of change in GermanyA small town in south west Germany is the location for a very big energy project. One of the… 18/10/10 16:55 CET
le mag
Tigerman on tourThe Legendary Tigerman is a one-man band show, with Portuguese musician Paulo Furtado the man… 18/10/10 16:55 CET
Basquiat retrospective opens in ParisThe City Museum of Modern Art in Paris is presenting the largest retrospective ever shown in France… 18/10/10 16:55 CET
world news
Refinery workers choke French fuel supplyAll twelve French oil refineries are in the grip of the strike. Only one of them is still able to… 18/10/10 20:07 CET
France faces a Tuesday of reform protest chaosIt’s the strikes at France’s refineries which are causing the most disruption, and public concern… 18/10/10 19:59 CET
Anger and arrests as French students protestFrance’s long history of street protest has seen a new chapter written, with students blockading… 18/10/10 19:35 CET
Train strike paralyses BelgiumNormally busy train stations across Belgium have been deserted due to a 24-hour strike by rail… 18/10/10 19:30 CET
Merkel’s attack fuels “multi-kulti” debateThe debate on immigration and multi-culturalism in Germany rages on. For some, Angela Merkel is… 18/10/10 19:29 CET
Spanish island for sale – 6 million eurosAn idyllic Spanish island has been put up for sale. Illa d’en Colom is a 58-hectare hideaway… 18/10/10 16:24 CET
Turkey begins trial of more than 150 KurdsMore than 150 politicians and activists have gone on trial in Turkey, accused of having links to… 18/10/10 15:46 CET
Iraq’s PM visits Iran on ‘back-me’ tourIraq’s prime minister is in Iran as part of a Middle East tour designed to bolster his fragile… 18/10/10 14:38 CET
Rome hosts high-level Afghan talksUS General David Petraeus has been holding talks on Afghanistan with senior envoys in Rome… 18/10/10 14:38 CET
Anger as French students join protestsFears for their future prompted students to join the protests in France, their increasing anger… 18/10/10 13:53 CET
Philippines hit by 225 kph Super TyphoonWith winds of more than 200 kph, Super Typhoon Megi slammed into the Philippines this morning… 18/10/10 13:01 CET
Truckers join French strike; fuel harder to findFrance is again the focus of increasing European anger at pension and retirement reforms, which has… 18/10/10 13:01 CET
Urgent steps needed to protect nature, UN warnsThere is no time to lose, with the planet’s very future at stake. That is the stark message as… 18/10/10 12:30 CET
Little hope for miners in China disasterHopes are fading for a group of Chinese miners trapped underground after a deadly gas explosion on… 18/10/10 11:33 CET
Saudis warn France of terror threat, says ministerFrench tourist sites are to remain on high alert amid fresh fears of an imminent terror attack… 18/10/10 11:25 CET
Women march against rape in DR CongoMore than 1,700 women have marched against sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
France wakes up to strike chaos on the roadsLorry drivers have added their weight to the industrial mayhem gripping France by slowing down… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
Brazil’s Greens stay neutral in presidential raceBrazil’s Green Party and their third placed candidate Marina Silva have opted to remain neutral… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
Miners return to the site of their tormentThey would be forgiven for never wanting to set foot in the place again. But some of the 33 men… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
Eurostar hit by rail strike in BelgiumIndustrial action by Belgian rail workers is set to disrupt Eurostar and Thalys services to and via… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
FIFA begins probe into votes-for-sale claimsFootball’s world governing body FIFA is to investigate claims that two of its executive committee… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
French Interior Minister gives terrorist warningThe French government says sources in Saudi Arabia think a terrorist attack is potentially imminent… 18/10/10 07:35 CET
