cinema
Dolphin doc The Cove opens across EuropeDocumentary The Cove shows the annual capture and slaughter of thousands of wild dolphins in Japan… 22/10/09 18:08 CET
corporate
Falling Eurocopter orders prompt cutsThe world’s biggest civil helicopter maker, Eurocopter, has said falling orders mean it will have… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
Ericsson’s profit dropsIt seems the economic downturn has finally caught up with the world’s biggest mobile phone network… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
Nestle to speed up share buybackNestle is to use some of its large cash reserves to buy back shares quicker than originally… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
Vital OS launch for MicrosoftMicrosoft has launched its latest personal computer operating system – Windows 7. It is a… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
europa
Poor coordination wastes aid billionsUp to six billion euros is wasted per year in development aid given to other countries by the… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
Barriers render EU eCommerce ‘non-existent’A call to break down remaining barriers to online shopping in the EU, such as national laws on … 22/10/09 20:56 CET
Russian group Memorial wins Sakharov PrizeA Russian organisation, Memorial, has won the European Union’s foremost human rights recognition… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
hi-tech
French health watchdog urges caution over mobilesOne of the latest studies on the health effects of mobile phones and other wifi devices – by French… 22/10/09 18:17 CET
le mag
Editors go straight to No. 1British band Editors have just released their third album, In This Light And On This Evening, which… 22/10/09 18:08 CET
Heady fashion in JapanJapan Fashion Week presents more than 40 collections for spring and summer next year. Label Mint… 22/10/09 18:08 CET
markets
Markets: 22nd OctoberEuropean shares finished down one percent with Ericsson’s poor results hitting the technology… 22/10/09 20:56 CET
world news
Sarkozy’s son drops drive for plum postThe 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has dropped his bid to take over the public… 22/10/09 22:21 CET
Italy probes ‘kill Berlusconi’ Facebook pagesIn Italy, an investigation has been launched into groups on the social networking site Facebook… 22/10/09 19:19 CET
Swedish Lutherians allow gay marriageSweden’s Lutherian church has decided to conduct gay weddings, the first major church to do so… 22/10/09 19:18 CET
Afghan opium fuelling ‘perfect storm’ of drugs and terrorAfghanistan is fuelling a 43 and a half billion euro heroin and opium market serving 15 million… 22/10/09 19:17 CET
Pakistan army takes new ground in WaziristanThe Pakistani army says it has killed 24 militants for the loss of two soldiers in the latest… 22/10/09 19:16 CET
Romania gives backing to new US missile planThe American vice-president Joe Biden has secured the support of Romania for the revised US missile… 22/10/09 19:15 CET
Amnesty International calls for Taser gun clampdownStun-gun maker Taser International is advising police forces to avoid firing the devices at the… 22/10/09 19:15 CET
Dozens die in Somali mortar fireRenewed and intense fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu has claimed the lives of at least 30… 22/10/09 17:44 CET
Vancouver flame begins Olympic journeyIn a ceremony in Ancient Olympia in Greece, the Olympic flame has been lit with the sun’s rays, and… 22/10/09 13:50 CET
Taser company admits heart risksThe company that makes Taser stun guns has admitted for the first time that the weapon carries a… 22/10/09 13:50 CET
UN report warns of Afghan heroin threat to peaceThe United Nations has published a report on Afghanistan’s opium industry, warning that a “perfect… 22/10/09 13:50 CET
Fresh attacks sow more panic in PakistanThe Pakistani capital Islamabad has been rocked by another fatal assault just two days after twin… 22/10/09 13:50 CET
Russian NGO wins EU human rights prizeRussian human rights group Memorial has been awarded the European Parliament’s 2009 Sakharov Prize… 22/10/09 13:50 CET
Biker gangs out of control in DenmarkA new opinion poll in Denmark says eighty percent of people think the biker gang wars with… 22/10/09 07:25 CET
Swiss justify tip-off to US over Polanski visitThe Swiss authorities have admitted they tipped off their US counterparts that director Roman… 22/10/09 07:23 CET
Pakistan pushes on with Taliban offensiveDay five of Pakistan’s offensive against Taliban bases in southern Waziristan. Pakistan… 22/10/09 07:22 CET
Postal workers strike in politically charged disputeThousands of UK postal workers have begun a 48 hour national strike in a long-running dispute over… 22/10/09 07:21 CET
Ancient auditorium revealed in RomeIt must be an occupational hazard in Rome – dig so much as a trench and you hit ancient Roman… 22/10/09 07:20 CET
Afghan repatriations slammed by human rights groupsThe first illegal migrants to be deported jointly by Britain and France have arrived in… 22/10/09 07:20 CET
