cinema

• Kingsley and Peck star in The Wackness

  The winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Festival, The Wackness is set in 1994 New… 22/09/08 17:20 CET

corporate

• Alitalia closer to the end

  Alitalia could be grounded within days. Italy’s aviation authority, ENAC, has said it will take… 22/09/08 21:01 CET

• End of an era in investment banking

  Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the two big survivors of Wall Street’s recent turmoil, have given… 22/09/08 20:12 CET

economy

• Oil prices up as dollar falls

  The price of oil in the US rose over $112 a barrel at one stage on Monday and Brent was also… 22/09/08 20:12 CET

europa

• SMS price caps and per-second billing proposed by Brussels

  An 11 cent maximum on text messages and mobile phoning billed by the second are the main points in… 22/09/08 20:21 CET

• EU observers ready to monitor Russian troop pullout

  European Union observers are preparing for imminent deployment to monitor the Russian troop pullout… 22/09/08 20:21 CET

interview

• Trichet calls for overhaul of banking system

  Recent times have seen almost unprecedented turmoil in financial markets. The collapse of Lehman… 22/09/08 19:44 CET

le mag

• Fashion spotlight swings to Milan

  Giorgio Armani, Anna Molinari for Blugirls, Rocco Borocco and Roberta Scarpa show their… 22/09/08 17:20 CET

markets

• Shares slump on rescue plan jitters

  The euphoria over Washington’s plan to try to stop the financial sector turmoil didn’t last and… 22/09/08 21:07 CET

space

• Space looks back at 4 years of programmes

  Space is a source of inexhaustible fascination, discoveries and research. For four years Space has… 22/09/08 14:59 CET

world news

• Livni handed task of forming Israeli government

  Israeli President Shimon Peres has officially handed the job of forming a new government to Tzipi… 22/09/08 20:05 CET

• Slovenia heading for red-grey alliance

  Slovenia’s election winners are enjoying the first taste of success, but this is a country where… 22/09/08 19:23 CET

• Islam group claims it destroyed Islamabad Marriott

  A little-known group calling itself the Fedayeen Islam (Partisans of Islam) has claimed it planted… 22/09/08 19:17 CET

• China doubles baby milk victims count

  The Chinese baby milk scandal has claimed the head of the country’s quality control body, who has… 22/09/08 18:34 CET

• Miliband tries to rouse the troops at Labour conference

  British cabinet ministers have given a show of unity for their embattled leader Gordon Brown at the… 22/09/08 18:26 CET

• Cantabria denounces ETA for exporting violence

  The return of Basque terror attacks in Spain has sparked widespread condemnation of the separatist… 22/09/08 18:16 CET

• Aso swamps challengers to become Japan’s new PM

  Japan’s ruling Liberal Democrats have, as expected, picked the front-runner to be their new Prime… 22/09/08 17:39 CET

• Aswan tourists snatched at gunpoint

  Armed bandits have kidnapped 19 people including 11 holiday-makers in southern Egypt, according to… 22/09/08 17:03 CET

• Fifteen foreign tourists kidnapped in Egypt

  Egyptian security services say a group of ten to fifteen foreign tourists have been kidnapped. The… 22/09/08 14:14 CET

• Number of China baby milk victims doubles

  Chinese authorities have revised upwards the figures for those affected by contaminated baby milk… 22/09/08 13:43 CET

• Japan’s LDP chooses Aso to lead

  Former foreign minister Taro Aso has been elected as head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democrat party… 22/09/08 13:43 CET

• 72 hours to save Alitalia

  Italy may be just days away from losing its national carrier Alitalia. Italy’s Civil Aviation… 22/09/08 13:43 CET

• New UK inquest opens into de Menezes shooting

  The counter-terrorist tactics of Britain’s police are to come under scrutiny today as the latest… 22/09/08 13:43 CET

• ETA bomb kills soldier in Basque country

  Bombs over the weekend, and last night another, this time deadly device, indicate Basque terrorists… 22/09/08 13:43 CET

• Centre-left opposition wins Slovenian election

  Slovenia’s opposition centre-left parties have defeated conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa in… 22/09/08 07:26 CET

• Third bomb blast in Spain in a day

  Spain has been hit by a third bombing in 24 hours. The latest blast, in the early hours of this… 22/09/08 07:26 CET

• Alitalia to go under the hammer

  Italy’s stricken national airline is being put up for auction. Alitalia’s special administrator… 22/09/08 07:26 CET

• Obama and McCain address financial crisis

  As the world waits warily for Wall Street to open to a new, still uncertain, week, the presidential… 22/09/08 07:26 CET

• Leterme’s premiership faces Flemish threat

  The position of the Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme is in question, again, tonight because of a… 22/09/08 07:26 CET

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