cinema

• Van Damme gets real

  Jean Claude Van Damme plays himself in “J.C.V.D.”, made by French-based director Mabrouk el… 05/06/08 17:27 CET

corporate

• WIC discusses European competitiveness

  Business leaders from all over the globe are discussing ways to keep Europe competitive at the… 05/06/08 19:48 CET

• Markets unnerved by ECB interest rate hint

  Most European stock markets closed marginally except London, Milan and Lisbon which were slightly… 05/06/08 19:46 CET

• TeliaSonera says France Telecom’s bid is not enough

  The Scandinavian telecoms company TeliaSonera has found itself in the sights of France Telecom. The… 05/06/08 19:46 CET

• ECB, BoE keep interest rates unchanged

  The European Central Bank has kept eurozone interest rates unchanged for the 12th month in a row… 05/06/08 19:46 CET

europeans

• Spotlight on human rights as Chechnya rebuilds

  Ravaged by years of war Chechnya is struggling along the path of reconstruction. But the rebuilding… 05/06/08 19:49 CET

• Slovakians anxious about euro

  Euro-group membership for Slovakia has companies’ approval, but almost half the public worrying. 05/06/08 17:30 CET

futuris

• FISHING FOR TOMORROW

  From Senegal to Germany, Spain to the Philippines, hundreds of fish species are on the brink of… 05/06/08 17:27 CET

hi-tech

• New mobile friendfinding service not to be sniffed at

  Sniff, standing for Social Network Integrated Friend Finder, is a permission-based application that… 05/06/08 19:10 CET

le mag

• Puglia biennale continues to surprise

  Thanks to the Biennale Puglia 2008, art is coming in the strangest of ways to Bari, in southern… 05/06/08 17:44 CET

world news

• ECURIE – Europe’s little-known nuclear incident warning system

  The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident in 1986 shocked the western authorities into creating… 05/06/08 20:24 CET

• Slovenian nuclear plant shut down until next week

  A nuclear power plant in Slovenia that was shut down because of a water leak is expected to stay… 05/06/08 19:22 CET

• UK bikers join protest against expensive fuel

  In the latest protest against the rising cost of fuel, hundreds of British bikers caused massive… 05/06/08 19:21 CET

• Alleged 9/11 mastermind says he wants death penalty

  The five alleged terrorists accused of plotting the September 11 attacks have appeared at a… 05/06/08 19:20 CET

• UN urges world’s citizens to cut carbon

  “It’s time to kick the carbon habit” — that is the message of a UN report marking World… 05/06/08 19:18 CET

• Court annuls Turkish headscarf reform

  Turkey’s top court has dealt a blow to the country’s ruling party over its plans for headscarf… 05/06/08 19:17 CET

• France bids farewell to fashion icon

  France has bid farewell to fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent at a memorial service in Paris. The… 05/06/08 19:17 CET

• Immigrant returns pit MEPs against determined governments

  Rights groups are calling an emerging EU law against illegal migrants “blunt and inappropriate“… 05/06/08 19:10 CET

• Illegal immigrants face 18-months detention in EU

  Illegal immigrants to the EU may be detained for 18-months after the 27 member states reached… 05/06/08 13:12 CET

• Medvedev on 1st official visit to Western Europe

  The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been welcomed to Berlin by the German Chancellor Angela… 05/06/08 13:08 CET

• French Truckers block roads in more fuel price protests

  Truck drivers in France are blocking roads as the protests against soaring fuel prices continue… 05/06/08 13:01 CET

• Obama searches for running mate

  Barack Obama has begun the search to find his running mate in the race to be US president. With the… 05/06/08 12:06 CET

• No danger as Slovenia shuts nuclear plant after leak

  Slovenia is closing down its only nuclear plant temporarily following a leak in the cooling system… 05/06/08 11:06 CET

• New Yorkers consider possible Obama/Clinton ticket

  It is Hillary Clinton’s home state, but many commuters and tourists in New York were happy at… 05/06/08 08:11 CET

• Obama launches search for a running mate

  A day after becoming the Democratic Party’s presumptive Presidential candidate, Barack Obama has… 05/06/08 08:10 CET

• Fresh doubts cast on Brown’s terror laws

  Gordon Brown’s plans to toughen Britain’s terrorism laws have come under attack from an influential… 05/06/08 08:08 CET

• Slovenia shuts nuclear plant over leak

  Slovenia has shut down its only nuclear plant after a water leak but said there has been no impact… 05/06/08 07:54 CET

• Bush warns Olmert of Iran threat

  US President George W. Bush has told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that Iran poses a serious… 05/06/08 07:53 CET

• German milk protests starts to hurt supermarkets

  Protests by dairy farmers in Germany over milk prices are beginning to be felt in some of the… 05/06/08 07:51 CET

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