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Transport: Eurostar trains back running

Eurostar trains back running

There is light at the end of the Channel Tunnel. Several long, cold days of travel hassle for Eurostar passengers have come to an end. High-speed trains connecting Britain with the European…

Transport

Weather: Europe’s yuletide travellers frustrated by severe weatherEurope’s yuletide travellers frustrated by severe… Air traffic: Passengers fury as budget airline goes bustPassengers fury as budget airline goes bust Defence: Lithuania confirms secret CIA prisonsLithuania confirms secret CIA prisons
Inclement weather continues to hold Europe in its icy grip as yuletide travellers face a battle against cancelled flights, delayed trains and…
Air Comet passengers, due to fly out from Madrid bound for Lima, blockaded access to Barajas airport to protest against the grounding of the…
The CIA had two secret prisons in Lithuania that could have been used to hold al-Qaeda suspects, according to a top parliamentary commission in…
  1. Days numbered for Lithuanian nuclear plant
  2. Auschwitz sign ‘stolen for international collector’
  3. Obama hopes for Xmas present on healthcare
  4. Volcano alert in the Philippines
  5. Stay sober on the piste
  6. Serbia officially applies to join EU club

latest economy news

Oil: OPEC output stays unchanged

OPEC output stays unchanged

OPEC members have agreed to leave the amount of oil they pumps unchanged, but some of them expressed concern that certain countries are not complying with quota restrictions. Saudi Oil Minister Ali…

Oil

Economy: Another Greek debt rating cutAnother Greek debt rating cut Economy: German consumers still downbeatGerman consumers still downbeat Economy: UK in recession in Q3UK in recession in Q3
Moody’s Investors Service is the latest to cut Greece’s debt rating. But the rating agency partially reassured financial markets by saying the…
The latest survey by the GfK market research group shows German consumer sentiment likely to decline going into January. Questionnaires filled out…
The latest official figures have shown that Britain’s economy remained in recession in the third quarter. Construction was up by more than in the…
  1. France China trade deals signed
  2. Dubai disappoints on debt
  3. Japanese exports bounce back
  4. Christmas cheer for German businesses
  5. Greece has suffered its second credit rating downgrade in a week
  6. Bernanke heads for second Fed term

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latest corporate news

Trade: Spyker still hoping for Saab

Spyker still hoping for Saab

Shares in Spyker soared over 17 percent on Monday after the Dutch luxury carmaker announced a fresh attempt to buy Saab from General Motors. Its renewed fast-track offer – just days after previous…

Trade

Airlines: EADS insider trading probe comes up emptyEADS insider trading probe comes up empty Airlines: Ryanair quits Boeing purchase talksRyanair quits Boeing purchase talks Cars: End of the road for SaabEnd of the road for Saab
Bosses and former bosses at EADS, the parent company of planemaker Airbus, have been cleared by stock market regulators of insider trading and market…
Irish airline Ryanair said it has pulled out of talks to buy as many as 200 aircraft from Boeing as they cannot agree price and contract terms…
General Motors has said it will wind down operations at its loss-making Swedish unit after an attempt to sell it to small Dutch luxury carmaker…
  1. Flyglobespan collapse strands thousands
  2. Deutsche Bank may buy RBS Sempra
  3. Microsoft browser case dropped
  4. VW to takeover MAN?
  5. First 4G network launched
  6. Cadbury rejects Kraft again

latest europe news

EU Enlargement: Serbia formalises EU membership bid

Serbia formalises EU membership bid

Serbia has formally applied for European Union membership. The move comes a decade after the end of the Balkan wars that tore apart the former Yugoslavia, isolating Serbia from mainstream Europe…

EU Enlargement

Environment: Europe after Copenhagen seeks new climate directionsEurope after Copenhagen seeks new climate… exhibition: EU goes ‘festive’ at Shanghai World Expo 2010EU goes ‘festive’ at Shanghai World Expo 2010 Consumer Protection: Right reinforcement for bus passengers proposedRight reinforcement for bus passengers proposed
The “disaster” of Copenhagen, as Sweden’s environment minister has called the failed climate conference, finds Europe considering how to rebound…
The European Union is taking part in a universal exhibition for the first time outside Europe — in Shanghai: World Expo 2010. The largest city in…
New Europe-wide rules have been proposed giving bus passengers more rights essentially on longer national and crossborder trips. They bear some…
  1. Europe honours Russian rights fighters
  2. Memorial honoured for dangerous human rights work
  3. Banana peace declared, EU to lower tariffs
  4. Fewer fish, hard times and Norway factor affect quota talks
  5. EU staff demand 3.7% pay rise
  6. Europe favours taxing financial transactions worldwide

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latest le mag news

Contemporary art: China meets Belgium at the Bozar in Brussels

China meets Belgium at the Bozar in Brussels

An exhibition in Brussels is bringing together the works of Chinese and Belgian contemporary artists. ‘The State of Things’ at the Bozar museum has been put together by the man who created…

Contemporary art

Art: Art for the environmentArt for the environment Music: Viva Elvis PresleyViva Elvis Presley exhibition: Ancient eroticism on show in AthensAncient eroticism on show in Athens
As tens of thousands of environmentalists gathered in Copenhagen, floating plastic bubbles filled the National Gallery of Denmark as part of an art…
Elvis may have left the building but he has not left the hearts of his millions of fans. To mark what would have been his 75th birthday in January…
Little, it seemed, could shock the Greeks or Romans, when it came to sex and love. An exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens groups…
  1. Rammstein: metal rock made in Germany
  2. The Automatic break free for album No.3
  3. 2009 Turner Prize as good as gold
  4. Let there be light
  5. Orchestra in Lyon supports rising musical stars
  6. Richard and his band The Shadows

latest cinema news

: European cinema honours Huppert and Loach

European cinema honours Huppert and Loach

The French actress Isabelle Huppert was honoured for her achievement in world cinema at the European Film Award Ceremony at Bochum in Germany. She has appeared in about 80 movies including several…

Festival: Documentary festival remembers ’89 revolutionDocumentary festival remembers ’89 revolution Festival: Cinema for the BlindCinema for the Blind Festival: Europe’s Oscars play second fiddleEurope’s Oscars play second fiddle
It is 20 years since the Romanian revolution that led to the overthrow of the Communist government. To mark that, this year’s DocumFest Film Festival…
For the second year running, the International film festival in Marrakech has offered blind cinema- goers the opportunity to attend screenings with…
They may be the highlight of the year for European cinema, but sadly the rest of the world does not rate Europe’s Oscars – the European Film Awards -…
  1. Movie Northless wins Marrakech Golden Star
  2. Morroco’s tribute to South Korean Cinema
  3. Emir Kusturica strikes gold in Marrakesh
  4. Cameron sets a new standard for 3D movies
  5. The festival of Marrakech
  6. Jordan Scott debuts with Cracks

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Politics: Correa talks Obama, Honduras and Iran

Correa talks Obama, Honduras and Iran

“If the US had wanted to stop the putsch in Honduras it could have done so in 48 hours,” says Rafael Correa the President of Ecuador.   Correa has allied his country to the Bolivarian group of…

Politics

Energy: Boyko Borisov: “There are no sacred cows”Boyko Borisov: “There are no sacred cows” Refugee: António Guterres: “The biggest crisis is in people’s minds”António Guterres: “The biggest crisis is in… Lisbon EU treaty: Interview: Portuguese Prime Minister José SócratesInterview: Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates
Energy is central to Bulgarian politics and the country’s prime minister is performing a difficult balancing act between east and west. Boyko…
His job is to find solutions for millions around the world who’ve been forced to leave their homes. How does his organisation cope with those forced…
At 52, José Sócrates has just been elected for a second time as Portugal’s prime minister. Despite the economic crisis Socrates remains confident…
  1. Turkey has place in a Europe of “liberté, egalité, and fraternité” says Pamuk
  2. Anti-mafia MEP Crocetta still unguarded
  3. Javier Solana talks about the Middle East
  4. Emir of Qatar’s wife speaks exclusively to euronews
  5. Kenyan PM on Africa’s challenges
  6. Interview with Brent Scowcroft, National security advisor in the George H.W. Bush Administration