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: World leaders mark fall of Berlin Wall

World leaders mark fall of Berlin Wall

More than 30 past and present world leaders are in the German capital to mark 20 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall. The event paved the way for the country’s reunification, the end of the…

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In recent years, the East or at least products from the former eastern half of the city, have become trendy once again. This has given rise to…
Palestinians have used the Berlin Wall anniversary to highlight their anger over what they see as an equally unjust and damaging division…
Britain says it is preparing to fast track changes to its planning regulations to build a new generation of nuclear power plants. The…
  1. Vatican says celibacy stays despite Anglican influx
  2. China executes nine people for ethnic riots
  3. Russia weighs up reintroduction of death penalty
  4. Iran and Turkey foster relations at Islam summit
  5. Hunt for survivors in hurricane-hit El Salvador
  6. Drugs-smuggling tunnel discovered in Mexico

latest europe news

European Union: EU top jobs

EU top jobs

The chances of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband becoming the European Union’s foreign policy chief are improving. Italian Massimo D’Alema’s communist past is considered a handicap by …

European Union

Drugs: Herbal drug mix alertHerbal drug mix alert Internet: Internet access protection wins telecoms dealInternet access protection wins telecoms deal Diplomacy: EU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana’s rights recordEU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana’s rights…
The European Union has sounded the alert about drug dealers targetting the European Union market with increasingly sophisticated strategies…
A compromise to defend the rights of people suspected of using the Internet illegally has secured a European Union agreement on reforms to the bloc’s…
Cuba will have to improve its record on human rights to help normalise relations with the European Union. The 27-nation bloc’s Humanitarian Aid…
  1. Cameron’s Lisbon climbdown
  2. Lisbon Treaty perceptions by ordinary Europeans
  3. Slovenia-Croatia border arbitration deal
  4. EU eyes turn to Prague for treaty decision
  5. Van Rompuy, from Belgian premier to EU president?
  6. Blair’s EU star wanes

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latest economy news

ECB: ECB keeps borrowing costs unchanged

ECB keeps borrowing costs unchanged

The euro rose against the dollar after the European Central Bank left it main interest rate unchanged at a record low of one percent. Economists do not expect any change until late next year…

ECB

Telecommunication: Deutsche Telekom’s earnings upDeutsche Telekom’s earnings up Federal Reserve: Fed commits to long-term low interest ratesFed commits to long-term low interest rates Growth: Marks and Spencer profits tonic for UK economyMarks and Spencer profits tonic for UK economy
Deutsche Telekom has posted quarterly earnings before tax and interest of 5.5 billion euros – up 5.2 percent – and said it is sticking to its…
The US economy may be on the up but the interest rates aren’t. The Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank, has decided to keep key rates close…
Rising house prices and profits in some sectors are fuelling hopes of recovery in the UK economy. The prospect of better times is further…
  1. Slowdown of global growth in wages
  2. Boost in euro zone manufacturing
  3. Is the US finally free of recession?
  4. Oil giants report big profit losses
  5. Russian interest rates cut again
  6. Good news on German jobless rate

latest corporate news

Airbus: EADS loses South African A400M order

EADS loses South African A400M order

EADS’s troubled Airbus A400M military transport project has suffered another blow. The South African government has dropped plans to buy eight of the planes. The order was worth 3.5…

Airbus

Cars: Toyota’s profit surprisesToyota’s profit surprises Leisure: Disney’s Shanghai adventure gets Beijing backingDisney’s Shanghai adventure gets Beijing backing pharmaceutical companies: Merck and Schering-Plough begin joint operationsMerck and Schering-Plough begin joint operations
Toyota has reported an unexpected quarterly net profit of 162 million euros and slashed its forecast for annual losses by more than half. The…
The Disney company has got the green light from the Chinese government to build a theme park in Shangai. It comes after years of delicate…
US pharmaceuticals giants Merck and Schering Plough have begun their first day of combined operations following the completion of their merger. The…
  1. UBS reports third quarter losses
  2. Deal on UK banking shake-up
  3. Ford surprises with quarterly profit
  4. Faurecia to buy US firm EMCON
  5. RBS faces forced sales
  6. Hugo Boss gives gloomy outlook

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latest le mag news

: The East Side Gallery

The East Side Gallery

The East Side Gallery in Berlin consists of a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall. It was originally painted back in 1990 by a collection of 106 artists. Until recently however, this section…

Fashion: Daring to bare: Pakistan’s fashionistas defy TalibanDaring to bare: Pakistan’s fashionistas defy… Sculpture: Antony Gormley spins into BeijingAntony Gormley spins into Beijing Festival: Puppet festival: pulling strings in PortugalPuppet festival: pulling strings in Portugal
Karachi Fashion Week has now gone ahead, despite a delay of three weeks over security fears.
It looks a bit as though a giant spider has been at work in the Galleria Continua in Beijing. But the steel cords are the work of British artist…
Lisbon and its surrounds are playing host to a month-long puppet festival.
  1. Young Brits exhibit at Russia’s Hermitage
  2. Bublé releases Crazy Love
  3. Falling for Spain’s autumnal arts show
  4. Christmas No 1 for The Soldiers?
  5. Mellow Yello
  6. Q Awards chaos

latest cinema news

Thriller: Out of The Box

Out of The Box

“The Box” is the latest offering from Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko. The addition of Cameron Diaz as a morally-challenged 70s housewife sadly doesn’t add to this genre horror-flick’s…

Thriller

Movies: A Christmas Carol gets the Zemeckis touchA Christmas Carol gets the Zemeckis touch Drama: Cambodia film hails the reporters who did not returnCambodia film hails the reporters who did not… Festival: Monsters and marvels of the deep in MarseilleMonsters and marvels of the deep in Marseille
The latest version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins and Colin Firth has just…
Inspired by the true stories of dozens of foreign photo-journalists who disappeared in Cambodia in the 1970s, The Road To Freedom will be released…
The Great Tide took the top prize at this year’s World Festival of Underwater Pictures held in the French port of Marseille.
  1. French documentary flies off with Golden Dove
  2. The Book of Masters
  3. Chloe at London Film Festival
  4. Leipzig and Kiev Film Festivals
  5. Is this it?
  6. Rome Film Festival

latest hi-tech news

Medicine: Artificial heart goes into production

Artificial heart goes into production

An artificial heart that acts almost like a real one could be available to patients within a few years.

Medicine

Robotics: Navigation robot leads the wayNavigation robot leads the way Research: Harnessing Irish wave powerHarnessing Irish wave power Research: Monitoring the planetMonitoring the planet
This robot is able to find its way around a building, without crashing into obstacles or ending up down dead ends. Developed by Portuguese researcher…
The Atlantic coast of Ireland has some of the highest concentrations of wave power in the world. If this power is harnessed, it can be turned into…
Ocean currents play an important part in regulating the Earth’s climate. Driven by the density and the salinity of the water, they transport warm…
  1. French health watchdog urges caution over mobiles
  2. Spiderbot is coming!
  3. Electric cars a step closer
  4. Genoa: International Boat Show
  5. The robot that can
  6. Swimming on the moon?

Latest interviews

: Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”

Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”

In 1986, the Soviet regime made the first breach in the Iron Curtain. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new Secretary General of the Communist Party, used the 27th Party Congress to annouce an ambitious…

: Interview with Walter Momper, former Mayor of West Berlin and BerlinInterview with Walter Momper, former Mayor of… : Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leaderWojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist… : Jacques Delors: Former European Commission PresidentJacques Delors: Former European Commission…
Walter Momper was mayor of West Berlin when the Wall came down almost twenty years ago. In the autumn of 1989 city authorities had been preparing for…
Wojciech Jaruzelski was Poland’s last Communist leader. He is a controversial figure, because as Prime Minister he imposed martial law in 1981. He…
“The event was a shock, we had to wait and see if it was going to happen peacefully.” 20 years ago Jacques Delors, then President of the European…
  1. Former Irish President Mary Robinson turns to climate change
  2. euronews meets Mauritania’s Foreign Minister
  3. Ali Larijani : “We build, we develop missiles as a force for deterence.”
  4. Yelena Isinbayeva, Prince of Asturias Award for Sports
  5. Chan defends WHO’s record in fighting H1N1
  6. Interview with Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer