cinema
Alan Ball’s Towelhead opens in EuropeAfter HBO’s Six Feet Under, Alan Ball returns to the big screen with Towelhead. By turns shocking… 12/11/08 17:45 CET
economy
UK jobless total hits ten year highUnemployment in the UK rose to its highest level in more than a decade in the three months up to… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
US financial rescue plan revisedUS Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the US government is not going to go ahead with its plan… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
Germany told to spend more to avoid deeper recessionThe German government has been told it should increase public investment spending to bolster… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
WTO examines credit crunch effectsThe World Trade Organisation is trying to find out exactly how bad an effect the credit crunch is… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
europa
Simplify and modernise is the message for future EU budgetsEurope’s Budget Commissioner wants to simplify and modernise the bloc’s spending. The global… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
Huge fines for companies price fixing glass used in carsThe European Commission has fined four companies Asahi, Pilkington, Saint-Gobain and Soliver more… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
Credit rating agencies squeezed by EU legislationCredit rating agencies are to come under close EU scrutiny as the commission announces the creation… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
hi-tech
Ride Zero G; the rollercoaster in the skyWith Europe’s space ambitions facing a budget squeeze due to the weak economy, the industry plans… 12/11/08 17:45 CET
le mag
Tributes pour in for Mama AfricaKnown as Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba was one of South Africa’s most politically committed and iconic… 12/11/08 17:45 CET
markets
European markets in the red againWednesday was another grim day for European shares which ended down just over three percent after… 12/11/08 21:00 CET
world news
US and Russia in nuclear pact talksThe US and Russia will hold talks in Geneva over the next week to try to find a replacement for the… 12/11/08 20:24 CET
Two-term limit on Algerian presidents liftedIt is a measure the Algerian opposition claims is aimed at letting the country’s president stay in… 12/11/08 19:42 CET
Russia buries victims of nuke submarine disasterMourners paid homage to the victims killed in the Nerpa nuclear submarine disaster. Thousands of… 12/11/08 19:42 CET
Secularist becomes Jerusalem’s MayorJerusalem has chosen Israeli businessman and secular politician Nir Barkat as its new mayor… 12/11/08 19:42 CET
- US and Russia in nuclear pact talks
The US and Russia will hold talks in Geneva over the next week to try to find a replacement for the… 12/11/08 19:41 CET
Brawl in Ukraine parliament as election is scrappedUkraine’s political tensions have erupted into a parliamentary punch-up. It came as members… 12/11/08 19:41 CET
A third term for Algeria’s Bouteflika?After nine years in power, Abdelaziz Bouteflika is widely credited with restoring some stability to… 12/11/08 19:41 CET
Rebels slam Sudanese leader’s Darfur ceasefireA unilateral ceasefire has been declared in Darfur by the Sudanese President, just months after the… 12/11/08 19:41 CET
Hardship mounts for Congolese caught in fightingWhile the UN considers whether to send more troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war zone… 12/11/08 16:34 CET
Alitalia must pay back loanThe EU has given the go ahead for the takeover of Alitalia, but the airline must pay back a 300… 12/11/08 14:25 CET
Limits lifted on Algerian presidential termsA controversial move to lift the limits on presidential terms in Algeria has been approved by the… 12/11/08 13:25 CET
Secularist politician becomes Jerusalem’s new mayorIsraeli businessman and politician Nir Barkat has won Israel’s mayoral election, defeating ultra… 12/11/08 13:03 CET
Ex-Taiwanese president detainedThe former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian has been formally arrested after 11 hours of… 12/11/08 13:03 CET
Russia pays tribute to submarine deadRussia buries its dead — as thousands of mourners pay homage to the victims killed in the nuclear… 12/11/08 13:03 CET
McCain defends Palin in TV appearanceDefeated US presidential candidate John McCain has given his first post-election TV interview… 12/11/08 13:03 CET
Russia softens stance on Kaliningrad missile baseRussia’s foreign minister has said his country will abandon plans to station missiles on the Polish… 12/11/08 07:38 CET
Bush and Obama mark US Veterans DayGeorge W. Bush commemorated his last Veterans Day as US President on the former aircraft carrier… 12/11/08 07:38 CET
US unveils rescue plan for struggling homeownersIn what could be a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of hard-pressed homeowners, authorities in… 12/11/08 07:38 CET
World warned to manage its expectations over G20Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said he does not expect major results from this… 12/11/08 07:38 CET
French deny paying ransom to free oil workersThere was no rescue operation and no ransom was paid. That is the official version of events after… 12/11/08 07:38 CET
British girl wins right to dieA British teenage girl has won the right to refuse a potentially life-saving heart operation… 12/11/08 07:38 CET
