cinema

• Angels and Demons in Rome

  “The Da Vinci Code” sequel, “Angels and Demons” premiered in Rome this week and director Ron Howard… 05/05/09 17:50 CET

corporate

• Adidas profit plunge prompts savings push

  Adidas has announcing a major reorganisation after the German sporting goods and clothing maker… 05/05/09 21:34 CET

economy

• EU finance minister consider recovery

  European finance ministers have started planning for the region’s economic recovery, which they… 05/05/09 21:34 CET

• Spanish jobless hits record

  The number of people out of work in Spain rose to a record four million in the first three months… 05/05/09 21:34 CET

• Fed sees sluggish US recovery this year

  US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke – sounding more confident than he has of late – has told… 05/05/09 21:34 CET

• Some US stress test banks ‘will need more capital’

  Source have said that about half of the nineteen largest US banks will be told by regulators to… 05/05/09 21:34 CET

europa

• Czechs vote on Lisbon

  The Czech Republic’s upper house of parliament is due to vote today on whether to approve the… 05/05/09 22:04 CET

• EU bans seal products

  Seal products are now banned in the European Union. Walruses and sea lions are included in this… 05/05/09 22:04 CET

• French posters supressed in Belgium

  Tension is mounting in Belgium between French and Dutch speakers ahead of regional and European… 05/05/09 22:04 CET

hi-tech

• Hot new heating invention

  Joseph Le Mer has invented a new kind of greener, money-saving heating system which recently won… 05/05/09 17:50 CET

le mag

• Toon Comp Triumph

  This year, out of more than 800 cartoons from 72 countries entered for the 5th “World Press… 05/05/09 17:50 CET

markets

• Tuesday 5th May

  European shares ended slightly lower having earlier been at their highest in almost four months… 05/05/09 21:34 CET

questions for europe

• Roaming charges

  Brussels continues to keep the heat on mobile phone operators. The biggest issue remains roaming… 05/05/09 13:33 CET

• Political groups

  736 members will be elected to the European Parliament in 4-7 June voting. How is the assembly… 05/05/09 13:33 CET

reporter

• Polish shipyarders cry foul

  The workers at Europe’s most famous shipyard are sending out a last SOS. Gdansk – Solidarity’s… 05/05/09 11:51 CET

terraviva

• terra viva

  Terra Viva will give you an insight into how people adapt in every day life to a fast changing… 05/05/09 09:58 CET

world news

• Georgia blames Russia for army mutiny

  The Georgian army claims it has quashed a Russian-backed mutiny within its ranks. Georgian… 05/05/09 21:09 CET

• First non-nationalist government in Basque region in 30-years

  The Basque parliament has sworn in a Socialist to lead the region’s first non-nationalist… 05/05/09 21:08 CET

• WHO eases Europe’s flu fears

  Europe is breathing a sigh of relief following news from the World Health Organisation on the… 05/05/09 20:49 CET

• Ankara says wedding murder cannot be justified

  The Turkish government has lashed out at the perpetrators of a mass murder at a wedding, saying… 05/05/09 20:49 CET

• Merkel visits Stasi dungeons

  As part of this year’s 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German… 05/05/09 20:49 CET

• Georgia blames Russia for army mutiny

  The Georgian army claims it has quashed a Russian-backed mutiny within its ranks. Georgian… 05/05/09 20:27 CET

• The Stasi: East Germany’s enemy within

  As the Berlin wall went up East Germany’s own version of the Ministry of Fear came into being… 05/05/09 20:27 CET

• Lavrov backs out of NATO talks

  Relations between NATO and Moscow continue to be strained at the highest level with Russia’s… 05/05/09 20:27 CET

• Cruelty is issue in EU seal ban

  The baby Harp seal’s white coat protects it from more than the elements. It also wards of hunters… 05/05/09 20:27 CET

• Nationalists hand over power in Basque country

  A socialist-led government is to be sworn in today in the Basque parliament, ending three decades… 05/05/09 14:20 CET

• The EU votes to save the seals.

  The European Parliament has banned the import of all products derived from seal hunting. The… 05/05/09 14:08 CET

• Georgia blames Russia for army mutiny

  The Georgian army says it has quashed a mutiny that it blames on Russia. Dozens of tanks and… 05/05/09 14:04 CET

• Wedding massacre in Turkey

  A hospital in south east Turkey is continuing to care for the survivors of one of the country’s… 05/05/09 13:51 CET

• Mexico focuses on economy after flu outbreak

  Mexico is to reduce its state of alert following its deadly flu outbreak, but the stricken country… 05/05/09 09:43 CET

• Basque country gets ready for political change

  After three decades of one-party domination, the northern Basque region of Spain is getting ready… 05/05/09 07:47 CET

• Mexico gets ready to ease flu curbs

  As Mexico got ready to ease curbs later this week following its deadly flu outbreak, health experts… 05/05/09 07:47 CET

• Obama pledges a crackdown on tax loopholes

  US President Barack Obama has vowed to overhaul his country’s tax policies that he says reward… 05/05/09 07:47 CET

• Traditional light bulb fans grab dwindling stocks

  With traditional light bulbs being phased out people in the English town of Tunbridge Wells in… 05/05/09 07:47 CET

• Dozens killed after gunmen open fire at Turkish wedding

  At least 45 people, including several children, have been killed after masked gunmen attacked a… 05/05/09 05:53 CET

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