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EU Presidency: EU to choose executive commission

EU to choose executive commission

The European Union has turned it’s attention to choosing an executive commission, after electing a new president and foreign affairs chief last night. France and Germany have already staked…

EU Presidency

EU Presidency: EU gaining appreciation in WashingtonEU gaining appreciation in Washington EU Presidency: Chinese perceptions of EuropeChinese perceptions of Europe EU Presidency: EU shortens its phone numberEU shortens its phone number
For an outside look at Europe moving forward, euronews sought out an American expert in international relations who specialises in the EU: Dr…
Reinforcing Europe’s influence on the world stage is one of the big goals behind the EU’s streamlining of its highest positions. Europe wants to be…
Rounding off coverage of Europe’s launch of new leaders, euronews’ in-house cartoonist harps on Kissinger’s quip which captured the imagination…
  1. Body of dead police officer found after UK floods
  2. Henry says replay with Irish would be fair
  3. Freed sailors speak of death threats
  4. Sanctions on Iran not the way, urges IAEA chief
  5. UN marks the Convention on the Rights of the Child
  6. Afghanistan: A deadly place for children

latest europe news

EU Presidency: Congratulations pour in for new EU president

Congratulations pour in for new EU president

From now on the US knows who to call if President Obama wants to phone Europe – the old so-called Kissinger question attributed to the former US secretary of state is finally answered. And…

EU Presidency

EU Presidency: Pro-Europe Ashton gets to sit at EU high-tablePro-Europe Ashton gets to sit at EU high-table EU Commission: Citizens’ initiative, fleshing out the Lisbon TreatyCitizens’ initiative, fleshing out the Lisbon… : Anna Lindh journalism prize in MonacoAnna Lindh journalism prize in Monaco
The choice of Catherine Ashton could be seen as a nod towards understated efficiency rather than the influence of a high-profile big-name diplomat…
With the Lisbon Treaty about to come into effect, new light is being shed on what it means when it talks about the Citizens’ Initiative. The European…
The Anna Lindh Foundation for intercultural dialogue has held the awards ceremony for the fourth Euromediterranean prize for journalism in Monaco.
  1. Havel’s democracy speech wins warm EP ovation
  2. Auditors’ Court approves EU accounts, with a sting in the tail
  3. Age discrimination feels worse with recession
  4. Herbal drug mix alert
  5. Internet access protection wins telecoms deal
  6. EU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana’s rights record

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latest corporate news

Industry: Severstal’s surprise profit

Severstal’s surprise profit

Russia’s largest steelmaker, Severstal, has posted an unexpected third-quarter net profit. It said the almost 45 million euro profit was due to a strong performance at its plants in Russia. By…

Industry

Trade: Ahold to cut costsAhold to cut costs Food: Cadbury to partner with Ferrero?Cadbury to partner with Ferrero? Banking: UBS targets profit through transformationUBS targets profit through transformation
Supermarket chain Ahold is planning to cut its costs by more than 350 million euros over the next three years. The Dutch company announced that…
Italian chocolate maker Ferrero is reportedly considering an alliance with Cadbury to counter a hostile takeover bid for the British company from …
UBS has said it is targeting an annual pretax profit of almost 10 billion euros. At a meeting of the loss-making Swiss bank’s shareholders…
  1. Bad fuel hedge hit easyJet profit
  2. Canon buying Oce
  3. Mixed news from GM
  4. EADS profit plunges
  5. Investors ask did Vivendi overpay for GVT?
  6. BA and Iberia hope merger can bring profits

latest economy news

Diplomacy: A new model for the Mediterranean

A new model for the Mediterranean

Its now one year since the launch of the Mediterranean Union and the organisation is still searching for its identity. As a result the Forum for Young Mediterranean Leaders came together in the…

Diplomacy

Economy: French special loan commission reportsFrench special loan commission reports OECD: OECD ups global growth forecastOECD ups global growth forecast Economy: Spain told wait for better timesSpain told wait for better times
A special commission looking at ways to build the French economy has recommended that 35 billion euros should be spent on strategic investments…
Asia is leading the global economy out of recession but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation has advised Spain that it should to hold off on measures to cut its budget deficit until the economy is in…
  1. Gold tops $1,150
  2. US housing starts tumble
  3. Data theft prompts credit card recall
  4. Madoff boats sold to repay victims
  5. IMF and US push for stronger Chinese currency
  6. Surprise trade surplus for euro zone

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education: Emir of Qatar’s wife speaks exclusively to euronews

Emir of Qatar’s wife speaks exclusively to euronews

She is a member of an exclusive club – the world’s royal families – but she is also a hands-on public figure. Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, the wife of the Emir of Qatar, discusses education…

education

Africa: Kenyan PM on Africa’s challengesKenyan PM on Africa’s challenges : Interview with Brent Scowcroft, National security advisor in the George H.W. Bush AdministrationInterview with Brent Scowcroft, National security… : Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President…
Kenya’s current Prime Minister Raila Amolla Odinga was an opposition leader when he ran for president in the December 2007 elections. The…
Brent Scowcroft was in the White House when the Berlin Wall came down. At the time he was National Security Advisor under the George H. W. Bush…
In 1986, the Soviet regime made the first breach in the Iron Curtain. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new Secretary General of the Communist Party, used…
  1. Interview with Walter Momper, former Mayor of West Berlin and Berlin
  2. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader
  3. Jacques Delors: Former European Commission President
  4. Former Irish President Mary Robinson turns to climate change
  5. euronews meets Mauritania’s Foreign Minister
  6. Ali Larijani : “We build, we develop missiles as a force for deterence.”

latest futuris

Influenza A (H1N1): Flu vaccine: A race against time

Flu vaccine: A race against time

Each year hundreds of thousands die as a result of influenza, millions become infected and the loss to the economy runs into billions. Vaccines are available but they are manufactured using old…

Influenza A (H1N1)

Society: Making shipbreaking a safer craftMaking shipbreaking a safer craft technology: Where the virtual world and reality meetWhere the virtual world and reality meet Research: Exploring cold water coralsExploring cold water corals
Every day, hundreds of workers dismantle large vessels at Aliağa, Turkey, in the heart of ancient Aeolia. Ships are pulled ashore and cut…
Virtual reality is entering a new era of touch-sensitive tiles and immersive animations. Researchers in Barcelona have created a unique space at the…
Deep underwater lie mysterious worlds that scientists are only now beginning to explore. Steve W Ross is US coordinator, for the Traces…
  1. A faded past… but a bright future for stained glass
  2. Futuris: Noise pollution in The Mediterranean
  3. Europe experiments to preserve plastic art
  4. Mega threats, micro solutions
  5. Robots designed to roam city streets
  6. High-tech textiles for a material world

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: Neukölln puts accent on integration

Neukölln puts accent on integration

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 per cent of the Berlin city district of Neukölln is made up of immigrant familes and the unemployment rate in the immigrant community is…

Society: Take the European Route of Roma Culture and Heritage!Take the European Route of Roma Culture and… : Two sides of the wallTwo sides of the wall Festival: Big deals are done at Europe’s Cartoon ForumBig deals are done at Europe’s Cartoon Forum
The story of Europe’s Roma people is a road movie, criss-crossing Europe since their arrival from India hundreds of years ago, but their story is…
Twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, two families reflect on the changes they have seen since the reinforced concrete that divided a…
A Cartoon Forum may sound like fun and games but big business was the order of the day as movers and shakers of the animation world got together in…
  1. Striving for a multicultural society
  2. Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty vote approaches
  3. German elections
  4. Norway crowns Oslo its intercultural capital
  5. europeans: Europe’s green footprint
  6. Intercultural Lyon, republican contortionism

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Controversy: Minaret debate angers Swiss muslims

Minaret debate angers Swiss muslims

In Switzerland populist right-wingers and Christian Fundamentalists say minarets are not Swiss and in the run-up to a referendum on whether or not to ban the construction of them, have wall-papered…

Controversy

Africa: Kenyans fight drought with stone-age technologyKenyans fight drought with stone-age technology Independence: Mitrovica: Kosovo’s divided cityMitrovica: Kosovo’s divided city Economy: Latvia blues, from military-political to economicLatvia blues, from military-political to economic
Kenya, and other Horn of Africa countries, have been suffering a drought of rare intensity. Now, urgent efforts are underway to save the people from…
The 2008 declaration of independent statehood in the Balkans has stoked tensions between Kosovan Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica. What are the…
Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, today Latvians are facing another battle… for economic survival.
  1. Zimbabwe: a long way from food security
  2. Velvet generations
  3. Hungary reflects on the fall of the Berlin Wall
  4. Training for Armenia
  5. Cyprus – digging up the past together
  6. The sex trade: the dark side of tourism in Brazil

terra-viva

Environment: Lighting the way

Lighting the way

Old style light bulbs – incandescent or filament bulbs – are disappearing from the shelves. In France, bulbs like that of more than 100 watts have not been on sale since June.   The aim is that…

Environment

Food: British wine wins prizesBritish wine wins prizes Environment: China: a step into the greenChina: a step into the green Renewable Energies: Hjortshoj the eco-villageHjortshoj the eco-village
The sene almost looks like France or even Italy – vineyards rolling almost as far as the eye can see – but in fact these 265 acres of vineyards are…
The University of Nottingham in Ningbo is one of the most advanced centres in China for research and teaching of sustainable energy technologies…
In Denmark, in the eco-village of Hjortshoj near Aarhus, they are using new technologies and working together to carve out a sustainable life style…
  1. Terra Viva: a future for the past
  2. A green challenge in the Red Sea
  3. Wind turbine blows in good fortune
  4. Zero waste in Tuscany
  5. Dutch opt for living on water rather than fight it

latest science news

Medicine: Antibiotic resistance is “everybody’s problem”

Antibiotic resistance is “everybody’s problem”

The discovery of antibiotics revolutionised medical care in the 20th century. Today, however, the wonder drugs are losing their effectiveness at an alarming rate as more bacteria become resistant to…

Medicine

Archaeology: Scientists uncover evidence of new dinosaurScientists uncover evidence of new dinosaur Research: AIDS cells as therapyAIDS cells as therapy Agriculture: Spuds UpSpuds Up
Gigantic dinosaurs like these once roamed across parts of Africa. Scientists have found bones from what they believe is a completely new species -…
Andres is a little boy with ALD which is a form of leukodystrophy, a rare genetic disorder which can destroy the brain. Left untreated, within…
In Peru, at the International Potato Centre, researchers have developed aeroponics, meaning they can grow grow potato seeds with only air, water and…
  1. Maternal stress can harm unborn child
  2. Could worm therapy be answer to allergies?
  3. Giant web-spinning spider found
  4. Himalayan glaciers shrinking
  5. Galileo at the Vatican: from heretic to hero
  6. Noah’s Ark of plants reaches first milestone

latest le mag news

Music: Slovenian guitarist Anze Palka

Slovenian guitarist Anze Palka

Slovenian guitarist Anze Palka has developed a style all of his own – a mix of Spanish flamenco and classical guitar. He says: “The most important thing is that I feel this music and play it…

Music

Music: Britain swings to African street rhythmsBritain swings to African street rhythms Fashion: Westwood presents AnglomaniaWestwood presents Anglomania Painting: Botticelli and Rubens on show in GermanyBotticelli and Rubens on show in Germany
Staff Benda Bilili sings an incredible musical story. A group of street musicians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo – some disabled by polio…
British designer Vivienne Westwood held her Anglomania Spring Summer 2010 show in the car park of the London department store, Selfridges.
More than 80 works by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli have gone on show in Frankfurt in Germany. Meanwhile, in Munich, the Alte…
  1. Shakira’s She Wolf goes platinum
  2. Kate Voegele/Alejandro Sanz
  3. Miles Davis expo in Paris
  4. Mamco in monochrome
  5. The East Side Gallery
  6. Daring to bare: Pakistan’s fashionistas defy Taliban

latest cinema news

Movies: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Werner Herzog directs Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. The film is a remake of the Harvey Keitel outing in 1992 – and has little to do with the original…

Movies

Documentary: Petrol-heads will ‘Love the Beast’ moviePetrol-heads will ‘Love the Beast’ movie : Transit 89 looks back at ‘year of the miracle’Transit 89 looks back at ‘year of the miracle’ War: Andy Garcia stars in Georgia “anti-war” filmAndy Garcia stars in Georgia “anti-war” film
The actor Eric Bana motors on to the wide screen this week with the release of his film ‘Love The Beast’. It charts his obsession with a sports car…
For many the year 1989 is known as the year of the miracle. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the culmination of months or, depending on your point of…
Just over a year after the Russia-Georgia war of 2008, a film based on the conflict is being shot, using many of the same locations. It stars Andy…
  1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon – out soon
  2. Harry Brown hits the street
  3. Dear Wall
  4. Amelia flies in
  5. Out of The Box
  6. A Christmas Carol gets the Zemeckis touch