businessweekly
Spanish debt threatens fragile eurozoneIt was an uncomfortable week for investors. After a first quarter of an almost constantly rising… 06/04/12 18:19 CET
europeweekly
Europe Weekly: Chocolate, the bitter sweet truthIn this week’s programme we take a look at how Europe’s austerity drive appears to be hitting the… 06/04/12 19:07 CET
focus
TV: the dinosaur of the digital age?Television is becoming increasingly global. The programs we see on our screens, whether… 06/04/12 20:50 CET
pictureoftheday
US attacks Japanese tsunami ghost shipThe U.S. Coast Guard opened fire on a derelict Japanese fishing vessel washed out to sea by last… 06/04/12 10:59 CET
reporter
Far-right voters: unusual suspectsLyon is France’s second city and birth place of the 1990s urban riots which spread across the… 06/04/12 17:20 CET
Sport
Spain takes 3 Europa League semifinal spotsIn the Europa league quarter-finals Schalke went to Bilbao but were unable to overcome Athletico… 06/04/12 07:38 CET
u talk
What is the European Citizens’ Initiative?In this edition of U-talk, Damien, from Lyon, France, poses this question: “I was recently… 06/04/12 14:32 CET
world news
ArcelorMittal France workers reach Paris after 10-day marchSinging “we have arrived”, 17 steelworkers from global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal… 06/04/12 23:04 CET
Egypt ex-VP Omar Suleiman to run for presidentEgyptian former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will run for president, despite refusing to… 06/04/12 21:54 CET
One-man US town sold for $900,000America’s smallest town, with a population of just one, has been snapped up by investors from… 06/04/12 20:05 CET
US employers add fewest jobs in five monthsUS payrolls grew at their slowest rate for five months, according to the latest Labor Department… 06/04/12 20:04 CET
Gay activists freed by St Petersburg policeTwo gay men were freed on Friday, a day after being arrested during a protest in St Petersburg… 06/04/12 20:04 CET
Turkey frustrated with IranIrritation has been building between traditionally friendly Turkey and Iran, surrounding Iran’s… 06/04/12 19:42 CET
Rebels fly the flag for AzawadThe National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, the MNLA has declared independence for a… 06/04/12 19:34 CET
Greece dockworkers protest at government debt-swap dealDockworkers gathered outside Greece’s central bank in Athens to protest against a debt swap deal… 06/04/12 19:24 CET
3,000 Syrians flee violence for TurkeyNearly 3,000 Syrians have fled the unrest to Turkey over the past 24 hours, Turkish authorities… 06/04/12 19:03 CET
Bosnia marks 20 years since deadly Sarajevo siegeIt is being called the ‘River of Blood’. The 11,541 red chairs symbolise every person killed during… 06/04/12 17:44 CET
Twenty-three die in Syria clashes as UN deadline edges closerAt least 23 people died following fresh fighting in Syria on Friday, opposition groups said, as a… 06/04/12 17:33 CET
Arms dealer’s jailing sparks diplomatic rowThe jailing of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has prompted a diplomatic war of words between… 06/04/12 17:33 CET
Easter and Passover celebrations in JerusalemThousands of Christians are in Jerusalem marking Good Friday by walking the same path they believe… 06/04/12 15:45 CET
Italian politician accuses government of plotA leading Italian politician who resigned on Thursday has accused the government in Rome of… 06/04/12 15:44 CET
Fishing boat scuttled to the ocean floorA fishing boat came under fire off the Alaskan coast from repeated machine gun blasts by a … 06/04/12 13:53 CET
Syrian refugee numbers reach record figuresRefugees have fled in their thousands from the conflict in Syria. Now the numbers have topped… 06/04/12 12:53 CET
Google glasses raise privacy fearsThis is the future as seen through technology giant Google’s web-based digital glasses. The video… 06/04/12 12:13 CET
Energy firm says water leak stopped at nuclear plantA water leak at a French nuclear plant has been stopped according to the company that operates the… 06/04/12 10:34 CET
Death of Malawi’s presidentPresident Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi has died. The 78-year-old suffered a heart attack on… 06/04/12 10:13 CET
Rebel group declares independent state in MaliA Tuareg rebel group in the West African state of Mali has declared independence in the northern… 06/04/12 09:24 CET
Mali rebels declare independenceIn Mali, Tuareg rebels have declared independence in a northern area of the West African country… 06/04/12 07:33 CET
25 years jail for ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealerThe Russian arms dealer known as the ‘Merchant of Death’ was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years in a… 06/04/12 06:23 CET
Remembering 11,500 victims of the Siege of SarajevoCommemorations are taking place on Friday to mark the beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo and the… 06/04/12 05:43 CET
Second night of clashes in Athens following pensioner’s suicideGreek police clashed with protesters for a second night on Thursday at the site where a 77-year-old… 06/04/12 01:33 CET
No to women priests, Pope tells Easter massPope Benedict XVI has held a traditional Holy Thursday mass as part of series of Catholic rituals… 06/04/12 00:23 CET
Main Italian opposition leader quits amid corruption scandalUmberto Bossi, the head of Italy’s opposition Northern League has quit amid allegations that… 06/04/12 00:03 CET
