cinema
Burt Reynolds plays Lear in Stratford… SuffolkQueen Elizabeth attended the royal premiere in London’s Leciester Square of A Bunch of Amateurs… 18/11/08 17:30 CET
“Alien” actress Weaver honoured in MarrakechSigourney Weaver launched a marathon outdoor screening of her Alien films in the main square in… 18/11/08 17:28 CET
corporate
Ford sells Mazda stake to raise cashCash strapped US car maker Ford is selling a big part of stake in Japan’s Mazda. Ford will cut its… 18/11/08 19:51 CET
Fortis shareholders’ case rejectedA Belgian court has rejected a claim that the state dismantling of Fortis violated shareholder’s… 18/11/08 19:51 CET
Yahoo boss steps downJerry Yang, the embattled chief executive of Yahoo, is quitting and his departure caused the… 18/11/08 13:15 CET
economy
Paulson and Bernanke defend bailout plansUS Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has stressed government financial bailout money has to be used… 18/11/08 19:51 CET
europa
Polish plumber worries dismissedThe Polish plumber phenomenon has not materialized, says Brussels… That is, the feared invasion… 18/11/08 20:03 CET
French fondness for farm subsidies falls afoul of fundamental reform frontA health check of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is being decided this week… 18/11/08 20:03 CET
Fruit in school daily, against obesityTo counter obesity, free fruit and vegetables should be offered in Europe’s schools not just once a… 18/11/08 20:03 CET
interview
Rabier lauds ‘vanguard Europe’He calls himself a European dinosaur, Jacques-René Rabier. Now 89, he helped shape Europe through… 18/11/08 21:16 CET
le mag
Notes from Italian operaStep behind the scenes of 200 years of Italian opera with a fascinating interactive exhibition… 18/11/08 17:43 CET
markets
European stocks reboundAfter spending much of Tuesday in the red, Europe’s stock markets raced ahead by the end of the… 18/11/08 19:52 CET
world news
UN court says Serbia bound by Genocide ConventionThe International Court of Justice in the Hague, the UN’s highest court, has decided it does have… 18/11/08 20:06 CET
UN court agrees to hear genocide case against SerbiaOn the day the UN ruled it could consider Croatia’s accusation of genocide against Serbia, Croats… 18/11/08 19:21 CET
Berlusconi wants Alitalia/Lufthansa dealThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi proved recent health scares were behind him, with an… 18/11/08 19:14 CET
Modern art celebrates human rightsCelebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration next month have been launched… 18/11/08 18:46 CET
Riyadh slams tanker hijacking as terrorismAn outrageous act, which will trigger an international crackdown. That is the reaction from Saudi… 18/11/08 18:33 CET
Congolese rebels pull backRebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to pull back in the east of the… 18/11/08 17:55 CET
Spanish judge drops Franco inquirySpain’s most high-profile judge has dropped an investigation into thousands of people who… 18/11/08 17:47 CET
Uncertainty over bailout plan for US auto industryThe prospect of a bailout for the US’s ailing auto industry appears increasingly in doubt… 18/11/08 13:39 CET
Search intensifies for hijacked tankerEfforts are being stepped up to reach a fully-laden supertanker that has been hijacked by pirates… 18/11/08 13:32 CET
Colombia tackles “pyramid” crisisThe Colombian government has declared what it is calling a state of social emergency to deal with a… 18/11/08 13:24 CET
European Commission sends aid to Congo refugeesAs the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo deepens, children are among the worst affected… 18/11/08 13:07 CET
Hijacked tanker heading towards SomaliaPirates who hijacked a Saudi-owned supertanker off the east coast of Africa are reportedly heading… 18/11/08 08:13 CET
Democrats and Republicans clash over car bail-out planIn the United States, Democrats and Republicans have clashed over a federal bail out plan for the… 18/11/08 08:13 CET
California’s wildfires die downResidents have started returning to their homes in three areas of southern California ravaged by… 18/11/08 08:13 CET
Greece slams FYR Macedonia over lawsuitGreece has claimed a lawsuit brought in the International Court of Justice is proof that the Former… 18/11/08 08:13 CET
Obama and McCain pledge to work togetherPresident-Elect Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain have met face-to-face for the first… 18/11/08 08:13 CET
