corporate

• HSBC to cut more jobs

  HSBC has announced plans to lay off 1,200 people in Britain, outsourcing some of those jobs to… 25/03/09 20:54 CET

economy

• Netherlands unveils stimulus plan

  The Dutch government is planning to spend six billion euros over the next two years to stimulate… 25/03/09 20:54 CET

• German corporate sentiment slumps further

  German business morale in March fell to its lowest level since reunification in 1990. That is… 25/03/09 20:54 CET

• Continental workers protest as French jobless totals rise

  Hundreds of French workers for German car parts maker Continental have marched through central… 25/03/09 20:54 CET

europa

• Sadder Budweiser

  The EU’s second-highest court has told the world’s biggest brewer to ‘chill’: American… 25/03/09 20:32 CET

• Determination builds not to let Le Pen preside at EP session

  The main groups in the European parliament have agreed to prevent French far-right leader… 25/03/09 20:32 CET

• Czech PM: Govt collapse will have “no impact” on EU

  The Czech Prime Minister says his political downfall will have “no impact” on the country’s… 25/03/09 20:13 CET

• Lisbon Treaty’s further jolts in Prague

  Ratification of the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty by the Czech Republic will be harder with… 25/03/09 20:13 CET

futuris

• Radio tags and invisible ink to rescue European forests

  From the pine trees in southern Europe to the spruce forests near the Arctic Circle, about 25… 25/03/09 21:06 CET

interview

• Siniora welcomes US and EU warming of relations with Syria

  In a few days the Arab summit will be held in Doha, and the campaign for Lebanon’s parliamentary… 25/03/09 20:45 CET

le mag

• Journey in images across Europe

  Lithuania’s Fine Arts Museum is holding an exhibition of landscape pictures to tie in with other… 25/03/09 21:12 CET

• Art gallery takes centre stage in Vilnius

  One of the most important projects taking place in Vilnius – one of Europe’s Culture Capitals this… 25/03/09 21:12 CET

• Curtain up in Vilnius

  Vilnius, one of the European Capitals of Culture this year, is focusing on both its heritage and… 25/03/09 20:45 CET

markets

• Wednesday 25th March

  European shares finished the session up for the fifth day in a row. They tracked Wall Street… 25/03/09 20:54 CET

science

• Nanotechnology to destroy cancer cells

  British scientists are working on a new way of treating cancer – using nanotechnology. 25/03/09 20:45 CET

world news

• Europe rejects US stimulus boost calls

  Europe continues to resist US calls to increase government spending on anti-recession stimulus… 25/03/09 20:13 CET

• Vandals attack Sir Fred Goodwin’s home

  Vandals have attacked the Edinburgh home of the disgraced former head of the Royal Bank of… 25/03/09 20:13 CET

• Netanyahu pledges to talk peace with Palestinians

  Fresh from coalition talks with the centre-left Labour party, Israel’s prospective Prime Minister… 25/03/09 20:13 CET

• Space station prepares for new life

  High above the earth, the International Space Station is preparing to fulfill the dreams of its… 25/03/09 19:35 CET

• Romania gets IMF money to fight recession

  Romania has become the third European Union country to get a multi-billion euro loan to fight the… 25/03/09 18:36 CET

• Europe rejects US calls to spend more

  European leaders have distanced themsevles from American calls to dig deeper to beat the recession… 25/03/09 13:30 CET

• EU backs Czech presidency

  The European Commission says it is confident the Czech Republic will continue to effectively… 25/03/09 13:30 CET

• Romania wins IMF loan

  Romania has won a 20 billion euro loan from the International Monetary Fund, to help it tackle the… 25/03/09 12:15 CET

• Labour join Netanyahu’s coalition

  Israel’s Labour party has narrowly voted to join a coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu… 25/03/09 07:46 CET

• Czech political crisis poses problems for the EU.

  The Czech government has lost a vote of confidence mid-way through its tenure of the rotating … 25/03/09 07:45 CET

• US steps up its role in Mexico’s drugs war.

  The United States is to send more security personnel to its border with Mexico in a crackdown on… 25/03/09 07:45 CET

• Military aircrash trial opens in Madrid

  The trial of three Spanish army officers charged with wrongly identifying the bodies of 30 of the… 25/03/09 07:45 CET

• Obama sees the green shoots of recovery

  US President Barack Obama believes his strategy to battle the economic downturn is beginning to… 25/03/09 05:36 CET

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