archive 06·02·2012

cinema

• Newcomer Horn is Extremely Good & Incredibly Poised

  Stephen Daldry’s new film ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ is the ‘Billy Elliot’ director’s… 06/02/12 16:29 CET

corporate

• Boeing plays down 787 delamination problem

  Boeing’s shares slipped on Monday after the US planemaker said it will have to correct a fuselage… 06/02/12 18:58 CET

• Mitsubishi puts the brakes on European production

  Mitsubishi Motors has said it will stop production at its only factory in western Europe at the end… 06/02/12 14:43 CET

economy

• Europe slips deeper into debt, but eurozone improves

  New figures show the combined debt of the eurozone’s governments fell slightly towards the end of… 06/02/12 14:43 CET

europa

• Greece dices with default

  Greece appears to have taken yet another step closer to an apocalyptic default after its political… 06/02/12 18:48 CET

hi-tech

• ISE 2012 reveals the shape of displays to come

  ISE 2012, recently held in Amsterdam, is one of the largest professional audio-visual trade shows… 06/02/12 13:38 CET

le mag

• Enter the world of Charles Dickens

  ‘A Christmas Carol’ is one of English author Charles Dickens’ most famous stories. Sour and stingy… 06/02/12 20:34 CET

pictureoftheday

• Manning’s Giants win the 46th Super Bowl

  Quarterback Eli Manning holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after helping the New York Giants defeat… 06/02/12 12:13 CET

world news

• Iran’s nuclear ambitions continue to test the West

  A group of pro-government Iranian students have gathered outside the parliament building in Tehran… 06/02/12 23:53 CET

• Pope calls for ‘renewal’ as summit tackles sex abuse

  Pope Benedict has called for a profound renewal of the Catholic Church, at the start of an… 06/02/12 23:13 CET

• Over 350 dead from cold in Europe’s arctic spell

  Europe’s arctic conditions have claimed more victims, bringing the total number of people killed by… 06/02/12 21:44 CET

• Mass killer Breivik demands medal from Oslo court

  Anders Breivik, the man who admitted killing 77 people in a bombing and shooting spree in Norway… 06/02/12 21:03 CET

• Air France partially grounded by pilot strike

  Air France was forced to cancel around 20 per cent of its flights on Monday as pilots protested… 06/02/12 20:04 CET

• Palestinian unity moves further alienate Israel

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to head a interim unity government to prepare for… 06/02/12 19:45 CET

• Syria: how to move forward

  Tokunbo Salako, euronews: Joining me now is David Hartwell; Senior Middle East and North Africa… 06/02/12 18:11 CET

• Berlin and Paris frustrated as Greeks delay bailout talks

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed exasperation at the time the Greek government is… 06/02/12 18:05 CET

• US closes Damascus embassy over security fears

  The United States has closed its embassy in Syria due to the recent upsurge in violence. All… 06/02/12 18:03 CET

• That Was the Week

  A selection of the most striking pictures from around the world during the last seven days. 06/02/12 17:22 CET

• Syrians die as UN argues

  Syrian government forces have been attacking Homs with artillery in what some people say is the… 06/02/12 17:21 CET

• Hamas and Fatah, 25 venomous years

  Hamas was founded during the First Palestinian Intifada uprising, in 1987, stemming from the… 06/02/12 16:53 CET

• Back in the Day: Maastricht Treaty creates the EU and the euro

  *February 7, 1992* The member states of the European Community sign the Maastricht Treaty in the… 06/02/12 16:41 CET

• Romanian PM steps down over protests

  Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc has quit in the face of widespread protests over IMF-backed… 06/02/12 16:33 CET

• Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to head an interim unity goverment. In what is being… 06/02/12 16:13 CET

• Syrian forces bombard Homs in ‘fiercest attack yet’

  Reports from the Syrian city of Homs said a hospital has been hit, as government forces step up one… 06/02/12 15:03 CET

• Two year doping ban for Contador

  Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador has been given a two-year ban for failing a doping test during the… 06/02/12 14:03 CET

• Egypt: Foreign NGO staff face trial as clashes continue

  Cairo continues to resemble a war zone near the Egyptian Interior Ministry amid a fifth day of… 06/02/12 12:23 CET

• Obama wants more diplomacy as concerns grow over Iran

  As speculation grows that Israel is preparing a military strike, Iranian state television has been… 06/02/12 11:13 CET

• Sauli Niinistö: from tragedy to the presidency

  Over the course of Finland’s presidential election campaign, the turbulent personal life of… 06/02/12 11:10 CET

• China bans airlines from joining EU carbon scheme

  China has banned all airlines in the country from complying with an EU scheme that charges for… 06/02/12 10:33 CET

• Pakistan: Dozens feared trapped in deadly factory collapse

  At least three people have died and more than 100 others are feared trapped after a factory… 06/02/12 08:13 CET

• Iran holds military exercises

  Iran has staged further military exercises in its latest show of force in retaliation against… 06/02/12 07:46 CET

• Crime soars as police go on strike in Brazil

  A strike by police officers in and around the Brazilian city of Salvador has sparked a wave of… 06/02/12 07:46 CET

• No radiation risk after Moscow nuclear fire

  Officials in Moscow have said there is no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a… 06/02/12 07:45 CET

• Outrage continues over double veto at UN

  The bombardment of Homs by Syrian forces has continued non-stop since Friday when activists claimed… 06/02/12 06:33 CET

• Cold weather claims more victims in Europe

  Much of Europe remains in the grip of freezing weather with plunging temperatures claiming more… 06/02/12 06:13 CET

• Britain’s Queen Elizabeth marks Diamond Jubilee

  Sixty years ago today, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne on the death of her father… 06/02/12 04:33 CET

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