cinema

• A Mouse’s Tale wins cartoon prize by whisker

  The cream of Europe’s cartoons competed in Germany for the Cartoon d’Or, a 15,000 euro prize for… 26/09/08 10:38 CET

corporate

• Fortis denies liquidity crisis

  Fortis has been strongly denying it has liquidity problems. Worried investors have been dumping… 26/09/08 21:13 CET

• Fortis denies liquidity crisis

  Fortis has been strongly denying it has liquidity problems. Worried investors have been dumping the… 26/09/08 20:52 CET

• HSBC job cuts

  Europe’s largest bank HSBC is cutting 1,100 people from its investment banking operation worldwide… 26/09/08 20:52 CET

economy

• French deficit problems loom

  France has admitted it will not be able to meet the budget deficit goals it has agreed with the… 26/09/08 20:52 CET

europa

• Sorbonne celebrates European language strengths

  ‘I speak lots of languages – it’s part of life’ was the message purring out of the Sorbonne… 26/09/08 19:44 CET

• MEPs launch new petition on keeping to one place of work – spurning Strasbourg

  MEPs who feel European unity belongs in Brussels have launched an official petition to desert… 26/09/08 19:44 CET

le mag

• Gaultier dresses cast of Snow White

  At the Maison de la Danse in Lyon, seamstresses were putting the final touches to the Jean Paul… 26/09/08 17:20 CET

markets

• Markets await rescue plan go-ahead

  Uncertainty over the US rescue plan continues to hammer share prices. Europe’s major markets lost… 26/09/08 20:33 CET

world news

• “Rocketman” succeeds in his cross-channel attempt

  In true “Boys Own” tradition a former Navy pilot has crossed the English channel strapped to a… 26/09/08 20:49 CET

• Bavarian poll outcome could trouble Berlin

  Bavaria goes to the polls on Sunday and for the first time in 46 years, the ruling conservatives… 26/09/08 20:48 CET

• Russia ups nuclear stakes after Georgia threat

  Russia is to beef up its nuclear arsenal in the next 12 years, including building its own missile… 26/09/08 20:45 CET

• Far Right gains ground in Austria as election looms

  In Austria, where the collapse of the ruling coalition has prompted an early election this weekend… 26/09/08 20:41 CET

• Terrorist suspects arrested on a plane in Cologne

  German police have foiled what they say may have been a plot to launch a terrorist attack. Two… 26/09/08 20:39 CET

• Lufthansa considers Alitalia stake, sources say

  German airline Lufthansa is considering a stake in Alitalia, as talks continue over a renewed… 26/09/08 20:34 CET

• Bush and Democrats still work on bailout plan

  President Bush has said that despite political disagreements over parts of the US government’s… 26/09/08 20:31 CET

• The debate is ON as Obama awaits McCain

  The stage is set, but who will steal the limelight? All day long the question has been: will the… 26/09/08 20:28 CET

• Belarus walks a tightrope as elections near

  The President of the former Soviet state Belarus insists this weekend’s elections will be fair and… 26/09/08 17:17 CET

• After the seizure: all eyes on bank fall-out

  The customers and employees of Washington Mutual, the first savings and loans bank to be closed… 26/09/08 13:41 CET

• Central banks inject cash into world markets

  Central banks across the world have been forced to meet a desperate demand for cash both in their… 26/09/08 13:41 CET

• McCain accused of blocking talks on bail-out plan

  Discussions on the proposed 480 billion euro debt buy up plan will continue today, and throughout… 26/09/08 13:41 CET

• Short reprieve for Alitalia, as unions meet over rescue deal

  The fate of Italy’s flagship airline Alitalia hangs in the balance, as unions representing pilots… 26/09/08 13:41 CET

• Russia and Venezuela tighten links

  The Presidents of Venezuela and Russia have met to further tighten military and economic… 26/09/08 13:41 CET

• Suspected terrorists arrested at Cologne airport

  German police have arrested two suspected terrorists on a plane at Cologne airport. Commandos… 26/09/08 13:41 CET

• JPMorgan snaps up Washington Mutual

  The US government has made a fresh market intervention, brokering the bail-out of Washington… 26/09/08 07:18 CET

• Chavez to get Russian nuclear help

  Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is in Russia again to sign a number of deals and, says Russian… 26/09/08 07:18 CET

• World leaders pledge to fight Malaria

  World leaders have agreed to pump more than 2 billion euros into fighting the deadly mosquito-borne… 26/09/08 07:18 CET

• US and Pakistani forces clash again in Afghanistan

  US and Afghan forces have exchanged gunfire on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. US military… 26/09/08 07:18 CET

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