archive 24·02·2012

businessplanet

• Two’s Company in Belgium

  Belgium, Europe’s sixth largest economy, has officially gone into recession, but Belgian small and… 24/02/12 14:57 CET

businessweekly

• No end to the Greek tragedy

  Greece has been in the focus once more: Eurozone finance ministers reached a last-minute agreement… 24/02/12 18:29 CET

cinema

• Madam Butterfly in 3D, fresh angles

  It is the most subtle of facial gestures that matter when you go to see a live performance… 24/02/12 12:32 CET

corporate

• Volkswagen’s bumper year turns bumpy in final stretch

  Volkswagen has reported a bumper year with net profits more than doubling to 15.8 billion euros as… 24/02/12 15:13 CET

• Grim numbers from Lloyds

  The part state-owned British bank Lloyds said losses last year were the equivalent of 4.1 billion… 24/02/12 15:13 CET

• Former Greek bank head’s Swiss accounts frozen – reports

  The Swiss authorities have reportedly frozen three bank accounts of the former head of private… 24/02/12 15:13 CET

economy

• Merkel and Junker optimistic on Greek deal

  As German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the euro-zone finance… 24/02/12 19:28 CET

• Eurozone problems top G20 agenda

  Europe’s debt crisis will dominate a two-day gathering of finance ministers and central bankers… 24/02/12 16:29 CET

europeweekly

• Europe Weekly

  On Europe Weekly this week, as the Greek bail-out delays bankruptcy, at least for now, we will… 24/02/12 18:21 CET

le mag

• Fashion week continues in Milan

  Italian designer Ermanno Scervino has shown his autumn/winter 2012 collection in Milan. The… 24/02/12 16:12 CET

pictureoftheday

• Expected slowdown in the euro zone

  EU Commissioner Rehn presents the EU Commission’s interim economic forecast during a news… 24/02/12 12:23 CET

Sport

• Olympic lab opens

  For those athletes thinking of using banned substances at this summers Olympic games…they might… 24/02/12 20:27 CET

u talk

• Should Herman Van Rompuy get more of the EU spotlight?

  Florian, a student from Brussels asks: “Do you think it’s a problem that Van Rompuy isn’t as… 24/02/12 10:43 CET

world news

• More pressure on Assad at international meeting

  Western and Arab powers at the ‘Friends of Syria’ meeting in Tunis cranked up the pressure on… 24/02/12 23:13 CET

• Mexican scientists patent heroin vaccine

  A group of Mexican researchers say they may have discovered a vaccine to cure heroin addiction… 24/02/12 23:03 CET

• ICRC starts to evacuate wounded from Homs

  The Syrian Arab Red Crescent evacuated seven Syrian nationals from the Babr Amr neighbourhood of… 24/02/12 22:03 CET

• Serbia: agreement will lower tension in N.Kosovo

  Belgrade and Pristina have struck a deal that could accelerate Serbia’s path to EU membership. The… 24/02/12 19:44 CET

• Syrian unrest unnerves Lebanon

  Events in Syria are having an effect on its neighbour, Lebanon – a country that has already had… 24/02/12 19:03 CET

• EU candidacy beckons after Serbia-Kosovo deal

  Serbia and Kosovo have struck a deal that could catapult Belgrade much closer to European Union… 24/02/12 18:53 CET

• Tunisia and Euro-med states reach out to Syria

  Tunisia is hosting a “Friends of Syria” conference in a bid to bring an end to the bloodshed in… 24/02/12 18:38 CET

• Clinton: Syria’s Assad to pay “heavy price”

  Several hundred supporters of Syria’s President Assad tried to force their way into a hotel where… 24/02/12 17:33 CET

• Police clash with protesters at Jersualem holy site

  Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in in Jerusalem on Friday left 11 officers and nine… 24/02/12 17:03 CET

• Hamfisted robbers hunted in Spain

  Spanish police are hunting four gunmen who stole 50,000 euros worth of gold and jewels from a… 24/02/12 16:50 CET

• Copter collapses in botched landing

  Dramatic footage has emerged from Brazil where a rescue helicopter literally fell to pieces on… 24/02/12 16:50 CET

• Several killed in protest over Koran burning

  In Afghanistan, at least 12 people have been killed in the bloodiest day of protests over the… 24/02/12 16:04 CET

• Five dead as Syrian troops shell Baba Amr

  Syrian government forces again shelled the city of Homs on Friday in an attack which rebels… 24/02/12 15:34 CET

• Injured journalists trapped in Homs plea for rescue

  After the death of the two journalists Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlid, three more Western journalists… 24/02/12 15:29 CET

• High prices divide Reunion Island

  Price riots have taken place on the French island of Reunion for a third consecutive night, despite… 24/02/12 14:04 CET

• Iranian parliamentary battle begins

  Campaigning has started in Iran for a general election that is turning into a battle between… 24/02/12 12:53 CET

• Syria friends group calls for end to violence

  Syria will come under renewed pressure to end violence and human rights abuses against… 24/02/12 12:03 CET

• Putin tipped for one round victory

  Vladimir Putin will be re-elected as Russia’s president in the first round of next month’s ballot -… 24/02/12 11:33 CET

• Apple faces protests over foreign work conditions

  Top tech firm Apple is facing renewed protests over working conditions at the firm’s outsourcing… 24/02/12 10:34 CET

• Back in the Day: the Battle of Los Angeles

  *February 24, 1942.* Prompted by air raid sirens, the US military fires over a thousand… 24/02/12 09:29 CET

• Rudd challenges Gillard for Labour’s leadership

  Australia’s former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced he is to fight Julia Gillard for… 24/02/12 08:33 CET

• Chavez faces fresh treatment for cancer

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is due to fly to Cuba on Friday for new cancer treatment. The… 24/02/12 06:39 CET

• FARC rebels come under pressure in Colombia

  Military forces have been taking on FARC rebels in the Colombian town of Tulua. Children were seen… 24/02/12 06:39 CET

• Mladic slams war crimes tribunal

  Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic has accused the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal of being… 24/02/12 06:39 CET

• US army private charged in Wikileaks case

  A US army private has declined to enter a plea, after being formally charged with the largest leak… 24/02/12 06:03 CET

• New video captures Homs bombardment

  Amateur video posted on the internet captures what is purported to be one of the latest attacks by… 24/02/12 05:43 CET

• World powers gather for Syria summit

  Western and Arab nations are expected to demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate… 24/02/12 04:03 CET

• Afghan anger rages on over Koran burning

  Violent protests have continued across Afghanistan, after copies of the Koran were burned at Bagram… 24/02/12 00:24 CET

• Antique bible turns up in Turkey

  Turkish authorities have confirmed that an ancient bible thought to be 1,500 years old is being… 24/02/12 00:23 CET

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