cinema

• Moscow International Film Festival Opens

  The Moscow International Film Festival opened this weekend at the Pushkinsky cinema to the delight… 22/06/09 17:48 CET

corporate

• Lufthansa gets Brussels go-ahead

  Lufthansa has got permission from the European Commission to buy Brussels Airlines. The… 22/06/09 19:36 CET

economy

• World Bank issues pessimistic forecast

  The World Bank is warning that prospects for the global economy remain “unusually uncertain“… 22/06/09 19:34 CET

• German future business confidence improves

  Another sign that Europe’s largest economy is stabilising after suffering its sharpest slump since… 22/06/09 19:34 CET

• Xstrata woos Anglo American

  Shares in Anglo American have jumped after rival Xstrata asked for talks about a tie up… 22/06/09 19:34 CET

europa

• British conservatives create new euro group

  British Conservative leader David Cameron’s efforts to create a new anti-federalist group within… 22/06/09 20:04 CET

• Road safety improving across Europe

  Road safety across the European Union is improving steadily but not by enough to meet targets set… 22/06/09 19:53 CET

• Bilt pledges to pursue Turkey membership talks

  Sweden which takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency in July has been setting out its… 22/06/09 19:53 CET

hi-tech

• Special house for companion robot

  A new companion robot has been designed by a team at Hertfordshire University as part of a European… 22/06/09 17:48 CET

le mag

• Michelangelo – did he or didn’t he?

  A small picture called “The Torment of St Anthony” is on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum… 22/06/09 17:48 CET

markets

• Monday 22nd June

  European shares finished the day down three percent as investors reacted to a pessimistic forecast… 22/06/09 19:36 CET

world news

• Speaker’s role in UK Commons

  The new Speaker of the House of Commons will play a pivot role in restoring the reputation of the… 22/06/09 19:53 CET

• Caucasus Islamists still thorn in Russia’s side

  In Grozny, last 16 April, against a peaceful urban backdrop in a capital previously reduced to… 22/06/09 19:53 CET

• UK Parliament votes on new speaker

  Britain’s MPs are voting to select a new speaker for the lower house. In the first round ballot, as… 22/06/09 19:34 CET

• Sarkozy hails French economic model

  Nicolas Sarkozy has ruled out introducing tough new austerity measures to ease France’s economic… 22/06/09 19:33 CET

• Protest rally in Tehran broken up

  A rally in Tehran to commemorate protesters who died in unrest at the weekend has reportedly been… 22/06/09 18:59 CET

• Russia’s Ingushetia leader hurt in bombing

  The head of Russia’s Muslim region of Ingushetia is fighting for his life after being seriously… 22/06/09 18:58 CET

• Future of whale hunting debated in Madeira

  The organisation that looks after the world’s whales, has begun its annual meeting in Madeira… 22/06/09 18:57 CET

• Weekend escalation of violence in Iran

  The situation in Iran began deteriorating rapidly over the weekend with the death toll rising… 22/06/09 16:43 CET

• Iran’s Revolutionary guard signals crackdown on protests

  Iran’s Revolutionary guards have issued a warning they will crackdown on any further unrest over… 22/06/09 13:29 CET

• Sarkozy making history at Versailles

  President Nicolas Sarkozy will today make an historic speech before a joint session of the French… 22/06/09 13:27 CET

• UK Government denies influencing Speaker vote

  The British government has denied putting pressure on parliamentary members to vote for Margaret… 22/06/09 13:27 CET

• Obama pressed to speak out on Iran election

  With Iranian opposition supporters stepping up their campaign around the world US President Barack… 22/06/09 13:27 CET

• Ingush president injured in bomb attack

  The president of the Russia Ingushetia is recovering after being seriously wounded in a bomb attack… 22/06/09 11:44 CET

• Whale catchers under scrutiny at IWC

  The organisation that looks after the world’s whales is holding its annual meeting on the island of… 22/06/09 07:43 CET

• Greenland celebrates self rule

  Greenland has introduced self-rule and moved a step closer towards independence from Denmark… 22/06/09 07:42 CET

• Berlusconi in new sex scandal

  Just weeks before he hosts a G8 summit 72-year-old Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is… 22/06/09 07:41 CET

• MPs to decide new Commons Speaker

  Britain’s MPs decide later who will take over in one the hottest seats in UK politics – the… 22/06/09 07:40 CET

• Iranian opposition keep up calls for protests

  In Iran, the opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has urged his supporters to continue the protests… 22/06/09 07:39 CET

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