cinema

• A new look at Central America’s illegal migrants

  A new film is out in America tracing the ordeals endured by illegal immigrants, chasing the promise… 20/03/09 16:32 CET

corporate

• Northern Rock lending criticised

  More disturbing news about Northern Rock: the British mortgage lender which had to be saved from… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

economy

• Euro zone industrial output slumps

  Industrial output in the 16 countries of the euro zone plunged by a record amount in January… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

• Italy helps fashionistas

  The Italian government is going ahead with measures to help the country’s fashion and textile… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

• France moves to defuse car row

  A French government minister has created a row by saying that a temporary production increase by… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

europa

• Conservatives back Barroso 2nd term

  The latest summit in Brussels saw Jose Manuel Barroso win endorsement from Conservative leaders… 20/03/09 18:30 CET

• EU billions salve against recession

  European Union leaders have agreed to provide 75 billion euros in new loans to the International… 20/03/09 18:30 CET

• EU doubles guarantees to aid in crisis

  European Union members are looking at more support for their crisis-hit economies. At a… 20/03/09 15:14 CET

• EU tries to settle tax haven row before G20 summit

  Amid a bitter war of words, the EU is seeking to end a dispute over the branding of any European… 20/03/09 11:53 CET

• Dissent thin over EU stimulus

  The leaders of the European Union at a two-day summit have agreed in principle to provide more for… 20/03/09 00:26 CET

le mag

• Lithuanian sculptors ignite heated debate in Vilnius

  Some of the scupltures that have been created in Vilnius as part of its year as a European Capital… 20/03/09 16:32 CET

markets

• Friday 19th March

  European shares ended higher after a day of market volatility as multiple futures and options… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

parlamento

• Eurosceptics divided ahead of EU elections

  Criticising the way the EU works is the common currency of parties on the further reaches of the… 20/03/09 20:51 CET

world news

• Female front-runner challenges for Slovak presidency

  Slovakia holds its presidential election this weekend and, for the first time, a woman is one of… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

• Landmark bank vote in German parliament

  It is a vote that makes history in modern-day Germany. Members of the lower house of parliament… 20/03/09 20:01 CET

• Space station spreads its wings

  The International Space Station is spreading its solar wings, working at maximum power for the… 20/03/09 19:15 CET

• Croatia to support Serbia’s EU aims

  Serbia’s bid to join the European Union has won the backing of Croatia, despite a long-standing… 20/03/09 17:45 CET

• African Union suspends Madagascar over ‘coup’

  The chorus of international disapproval is growing over Andry Rajoelina’s claims to the Presidency… 20/03/09 17:06 CET

• Cautious welcome for Obama’s Iran message

  Iran has given a cautious welcome to President Barack Obama’s offer of a fresh diplomatic start… 20/03/09 16:26 CET

• Netanyahu gets more time to form government

  Israel’s right-wing Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu has won more time to form a government… 20/03/09 13:04 CET

• Device explodes in central Athens

  A bomb blast in central Athens has damaged an estate agency office, linked to the government. No… 20/03/09 12:42 CET

• Obama offers new start to Iran in video message

  US President Barack Obama has made an unprecedented videotaped appeal to Iran, addressing its… 20/03/09 12:21 CET

• US House votes 90 percent tax on bail-out bonuses

  Faced with public outrage, the US House of Representatives has moved to recoup lavish bonuses paid… 20/03/09 12:10 CET

• Chavez to nationalise local Santander bank

  Venezuela is to go ahead with the nationalisation of the local unit of the Spanish bank Santander… 20/03/09 07:45 CET

• Psychiatric hospital for “Cellar Monster”

  Sentenced to life behind bars for horrendous crimes against his own daughter, Josef Fritzl has been… 20/03/09 07:41 CET

• Attention! Space men-at-work

  In a bid to get the International Space Station functioning on full power, two visiting space… 20/03/09 07:41 CET

• Obama offers olive branch to Iran

  A new beginning of diplomatic engagement – that is the message President Barack Obama has made to… 20/03/09 07:40 CET

• Sarkozy under pressure after French protests

  An estimated three million people took to the streets of France in a second round of demonstrations… 20/03/09 07:28 CET

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