cinema

• Almodóvar and Cruz dish up “Broken Embraces”

  Romance, sex, drama and comedy-the hallmarks of the work of Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar… 16/03/09 17:22 CET

corporate

• Continental workers protest closure

  Hundreds of workers have demonstrated against the closure of Continental’s tyre factory at Clairoix… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Obama tries to block AIG bonuses

  The White House has said it is going to try to block millions of dollars of bonus payments to staff… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

economy

• Euro zone inflation rebounds

  Higher gas and electricity costs help cause a rebound in euro zone inflation in February. The… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• StatoilHydro finds big gas field

  StatoilHydro has announced what it describes as “one of the bigger discoveries of gas off Norway in… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

europa

• Brown backs Barroso for 2nd term

  Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed Jose Manuel Barroso for a second five-year term as head of… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Belarus sanctions remain suspended

  The EU’s foreign ministers have agreed to keep sanctions against Belarus suspended. This means a… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

le mag

• Bolshoi theatre presents “Coppelia”

  Russia`s celebrated Bolshoi theatre has recently presented the 19th century piece “Coppelia“… 16/03/09 17:22 CET

markets

• Monday 16th March

  European shares finished up for a fifth straight session, led higher by financials. That came… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

questions for europe

• The European Investment Bank

  Helping regions in difficulty, modernising small and mid-sized companies, developing… 16/03/09 20:19 CET

science

• Female vampire uncovered in Venice

  Tales of vampires have stalked history for generations and became rooted in the wider popular… 16/03/09 17:22 CET

world news

• Fritzl pleads guilty in Austria’s incest case

  A court in Austria has heard a man, who had seven children with his daughter, admit incest while he… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• El Salvador chooses ex-Marxist party

  Voters in El Salvador have turned their backs on the conservatives who have run the country for… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Pakistani chief justice reinstated; tensions ease

  Pakistan’s government has caved in to popular pressure and agreed to re-instate the sacked chief… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• World water forum opens in Istanbul

  Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. With apologies to the English poet Samuel Taylor… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• World water shortages: no quick-fix solution

  Turning the tide on the planet’s water problems will be enormous. It is estimated that one in six… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Israeli rightwingers accused of racism

  Israel’s anticipated next government has been accused of flirting with racism, with a far-right… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Power at last for ex-Salvadoran rebels

  The FMLN, or Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, went from rebel group to political party in… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Brown against price rise in UK booze battle

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has rejected a proposal for a minimum alcohol price as a way of… 16/03/09 20:09 CET

• Clashes at world water crisis summit

  A looming global water crisis and how to avert it is the big talking point at a conference of… 16/03/09 13:06 CET

• Israel moves towards forming a coalition

  Israel has taken a step towards forming a coalition government. The Prime Minister designate… 16/03/09 12:45 CET

• Austrian incest father denies murder

  Prosecutors claim Fritzl was responsible for the baby boy’s death because he neglected to seek… 16/03/09 12:04 CET

• El Salvador turns left after 20 years on the right

  Leftists in El Salvador are celebrating after the candidate of former Marxist guerrillas won the… 16/03/09 11:57 CET

• Fritzl stands trial for murder and incest in Austria

  A man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years, and fathering seven children by her, is… 16/03/09 10:25 CET

• Ex-Marxist rebel party leader claims victory

  The leader of the former Marxist rebel FMLN party has claimed victory in El Salvador’s presidential… 16/03/09 08:03 CET

• Pakistan rally called off as government gives ground

  Pakistan’s political crisis has been defused – for now at least. Oppostion leader Nawaz… 16/03/09 08:00 CET

• EU is briefed on Palestinian unity talks

  EU leaders in Brussels have been given a first-hand briefing on how Palestinian power-sharing talks… 16/03/09 07:43 CET

• Space Shuttle Discovery blasts-off for ISS

  After a month of delays, the US space shuttle Discovery has successfully blasted off on a two-week… 16/03/09 07:37 CET

• Fritzl trial due to start in Austria

  The world’s media has gathered outside a court in Austria, ahead of the start of the trial of Josef… 16/03/09 07:27 CET

• Rallies in support of feuding Madagascar factions

  The feuding political factions in Madagascar have held separate demonstrations to rally support as… 16/03/09 07:19 CET

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