cinema
Russian films on the comeback trailThe curtain has come down on Moscow’s 30th International Film Festival after nine days of… 04/07/08 17:59 CET
corporate
Banks pull down European stocks againEuropean shares ended down 1.3% on Friday, reversing the previous session’s tentative recovery… 04/07/08 19:28 CET
Oil and food prices dominate G8 summitEver rising oil prices will top the agenda at the G8 economic powers summit next week in Hokkaido… 04/07/08 19:27 CET
Air France mulling train joint venture with VeoliaWith soaring oil prices making like difficult for airlines, Air France-KLM is discussing setting up… 04/07/08 19:27 CET
Jail terms for nine over BAWAG bank scandalA court in Vienna has given jail sentences to nine people over Austria’s biggest ever banking… 04/07/08 13:46 CET
europa
Pact ready to get tough on some migrants, encourage othersFrance’s first political act as president of the European Union will be to present a Europe-wide… 04/07/08 19:12 CET
Eastern members want special CO2 concessionsThe EU’s environment and energy ministers have been taking part in an informal summit near Paris… 04/07/08 19:12 CET
europeans
EU aims to reduce workplace accidentsEach year in the European Union, 167,000 people die as a result of work-related accidents or… 04/07/08 07:30 CET
le mag
Eurockeennes: where bands belt it out in BelfortThe international rock festival the Eurockeennes celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The… 04/07/08 17:59 CET
parlamento
Mediterranean zest excites French EU PresidencyFrance’s six-month presidency of the European Union is under way, with EU-Mediterranean relations… 04/07/08 18:12 CET
reporter
Morning-after effect of Irish ‘No’ to LisbonSome consider the only people to have had a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and said ‘No’ as… 04/07/08 18:11 CET
world news
Video shows dramatic Colombian hostage rescueVideo has emerged of the daring Colombian commando raid, which finally brought to an end the six… 04/07/08 23:55 CET
Hero’s welcome in Paris for Ingrid BetancourtFor four years a huge photograpgh of Ingrid Betancourt has hung outside the town hall in Paris… 04/07/08 23:16 CET
German suicide video sparks outrageThe release of a video in Germany showing a former politician helping an elderly woman to commit… 04/07/08 19:40 CET
Another British teenager fatally stabbedA 16-year old boy has died after being attacked with a knife in London yesterday. It comes in the… 04/07/08 19:29 CET
Obama forced to clarify Iraq positionBarack Obama’s has been accused of backtracking on his plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. The… 04/07/08 18:53 CET
Tears as Betancourt thanks France for supportFrench/Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued on Wednesday from Colombian … 04/07/08 18:47 CET
Poland rejects terms of US missile shield dealPoland has rejected the terms offered to it as part of US plans to build an anti-missile shield in… 04/07/08 18:10 CET
Russia accuses Georgia of aggression in S. OssetiaThe Georgian shelling of its breakaway region of South Ossetia has been labelled by Russia as an… 04/07/08 16:16 CET
South Ossetia mobilises troops after Georgia shellingSeparatist forces in South Ossetia have been fully mobilised following the shelling of the region’s… 04/07/08 13:32 CET
China-Taiwan flights finally get off the groundWaves of Chinese tourists have begun arriving in Taiwan on the first regular direct flights for… 04/07/08 13:25 CET
Calls on FARC to release remaining hostagesCalls are growing for the FARC to release all of the hundreds of hostages they still hold. In… 04/07/08 13:18 CET
Paris welcome for ex-hostage BetancourtParis is preparing an emotional welcome for recently-freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who is… 04/07/08 11:36 CET
Belarus police find second bomb after concert blastPolice in Belarus have found a second bomb after last night’s explosion at a concert attended by… 04/07/08 10:16 CET
Life after captivity begins for BetancourtAfter six years in captivity, the former hostage Ingrid Betancourt and her children have finally… 04/07/08 07:44 CET
Chavez speaks on Betancourt releaseVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez waited an unusually silent 24 hours before congratulating… 04/07/08 07:43 CET
Flights begin between China & TaiwanRegular flights have begun between Taiwan and China, for the first time since 1949. Planes took off… 04/07/08 07:42 CET
Details emerge of double French murder in LondonNeighbours of the two French students murdered at their flat in London have been talking of what… 04/07/08 07:41 CET
French-Canadians celebrate their foundingThey have been celebrating a significant anniversary in Canada – 400 years since the explorer… 04/07/08 07:40 CET
Betancourt heads for ParisRescued Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt is on her way to Paris. A special diplomatic flight was… 04/07/08 06:06 CET
