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New Year celebrations: 2010 starts with spectacular firework show down under

2010 starts with spectacular firework show down under

2010 started with a bang for thousands of people in Sydney. The Australian city put on a spectacular firework show to celebrate the New Year – lighting up the sky and the harbour bay area in a…

New Year celebrations

Attack: Suicide bomb attack ‘undermines’ mentoring strategySuicide bomb attack ‘undermines’ mentoring… United Nations: UN pulls some staff out of PakistanUN pulls some staff out of Pakistan Demonstration: Iran opposition says teargas fired at rallyIran opposition says teargas fired at rally
Heightened security is being imposed in Khost and Kandahar in Afghanistan after two Taliban attacks took the lives of 13 Westerners including eight…
Safety concerns are forcing the UN to withdraw some of its staff from Pakistan. Amid increasing attacks from Taliban militants, some workers are…
Unconfirmed reports from Iran claim riot police have fired teargas at anti-government protesters in central Tehran. The claims cannot be…
  1. Protests against Israel’s Gaza blockade
  2. Six dead in Finnish shooting spree
  3. Lithuania to close its only nuclear power station
  4. Putin’s progress – a decade in power
  5. Iceland agrees to repay lost billions
  6. British hostage released in Iraq

latest corporate news

Airlines: JAL shares plummet

JAL shares plummet

Japan Airlines’ shares have fallen to a record low – slumping 24 percent in one session – amid growing concerns it could be headed for bankruptcy. After a meeting of the cabinet to discuss how to…

Airlines

Economy: Cadbury given more time over takeoverCadbury given more time over takeover Cars: Saab sale still possibleSaab sale still possible Trade: Spyker still hoping for SaabSpyker still hoping for Saab
Cadbury has been given an extra three days to prepare its defence against a takeover bid from the US company Kraft. The UK Takeover Panel says the…
Saab has said its parent company, General Motors, will be flexible in its deadline for bids for the Swedish car marque. GM had given itself to the…
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…
  1. End of the road for Saab
  2. Chinese airline buying 16 Airbus planes
  3. Veolia eyes French train service
  4. Volvo sale to Chinese closer
  5. EADS insider trading probe comes up empty
  6. Ryanair quits Boeing purchase talks

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Afghans protest against the killing of civilians resulting from a NATO attackAfghans protest against the killing of civilians resulting from a NATO attack 31/12 10:03 CET

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Elephant race in NepalElephant race in Nepal 30/12 09:53 CET

latest economy news

Eurozone: Euro zone lending down

Euro zone lending down

Despite the fact that the European Central Bank is lending billions of euros to commercial banks it seems that money is not getting into the real economy. The latest figures show the euro zone…

Eurozone

Banking: Record French public debtRecord French public debt European Union: Sales season vital for retailersSales season vital for retailers Inflation: German inflation risesGerman inflation rises
France’s public sector debt was at an all time record in the third quarter – 75.8 percent of gross domestic product. The national statistics agency…
It is sales season across Europe with retailers hoping to boost their annual profits with an influx of shoppers after a grim year. Britain is…
There are signs of rising inflation in Germany indicated what is likely to have happened across the whole euro area. Inflation accelerated in four…
  1. Spanish shoppers spurn spending
  2. French Q3 GDP grows
  3. Oil prices heat up as US shivers
  4. Tills jingle for US retailers
  5. UAE deal boosts Korean nuclear shares
  6. Japan’s industrial output rises

latest futuris

technology: Hi-tech tools help sniff out volcanic gas

Hi-tech tools help sniff out volcanic gas

Armero was once a prosperous place. Now it is an open-air graveyard and a place of bitter memories. The village in central Colombia was literally wiped out in one of the deadliest volcano…

technology

Energy: Advancing on hydrogenAdvancing on hydrogen Climate: Cracking climate changeCracking climate change Health: Flu vaccine: A race against timeFlu vaccine: A race against time
Francisco Muñoz Tierno is 89 years old. A few months ago he retired from his farm to live in the calm and quiet of a care home in Soria, a Spanish…
Our climate is changing. The effects can be seen all around us but time is not on our side. euronews catches up with researchers all over the world…
Each year hundreds of thousands die as a result of influenza, millions become infected and the loss to the economy runs into billions. Vaccines…
  1. Making shipbreaking a safer craft
  2. Where the virtual world and reality meet
  3. Exploring cold water corals
  4. A faded past… but a bright future for stained glass
  5. Futuris: Noise pollution in The Mediterranean
  6. Europe experiments to preserve plastic art

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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

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