 Graffiti
 04.10.2009 18:39  20 views  0 comments
 Royal Festival Hall, London Few leading composers have written as little for voices as Magnus Lindberg. He did complete an untitled piece for voice and piano back in the 1970s and a set of children's songs 16 years ago, but Graffiti is Lindberg's first substantial vocal work. For chamber choir and orchestra, it was part-commissioned by London's Southbank Centre, and introduced to Britain in a...
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Renato uses his head to earn Sevilla victory against Real Madrid
04.10.2009 18:39 23 views 0 comments
 Sevilla 2-1 Real Madrid Sevilla's Brazilian midfielder Renato celebrates his winner against Real Madrid. Photograph: Jose Manuel Vidal/EPA 's 100% start to the season came to an end at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán as made it seven victories in a row in all competitions. Missing several of their star names, Real were comprehensively outplayed in the first half and went behind to Jesús Navas' 33rd-minute header. Pepe equalised against the run of play but Renato headed a deserved winner in the 67th minute to draw Sevilla level on points with Real and three behind the league leaders, Barcelona. Real's players had said...
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Greek PM quits as socialist leader George Papandreou claims election victory
04.10.2009 18:39 18 views 0 comments
 GREEK socialist leader George Papandreou has declared victory in the general election after trouncing the ruling conservatives of outgoing Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis....
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Greek Conservatives Concede Election Defeat
04.10.2009 18:39 19 views 0 comments
 Greek Socialist party supporters react as they watch exit poll results from the parliamentary elections on a display in AthensGreece's ruling conservative party has conceded defeat in Sunday's national election. Prime Minister Costas Karmanlis acknowledged a...
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Italy to Rebuild Homes Destroyed by Mudslides
04.10.2009 18:39 22 views 0 comments
 Firefighters remove debris in Giampilieri near Messina, southern Italy, 3 Oct 2009Italy's prime minister visited areas struck by deadly mudslides in Sicily and promised to build new houses for the hundreds of people left homeless. He said he would provide new homes for them just like he did for the victims of the quake in l'Aquila earlier...
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Greek conservative PM concedes election defeat
04.10.2009 18:08 19 views 0 comments
 ATHENS - Greece's conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis conceded election defeat and resigned as head of his...
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SNAP ANALYSIS: Greece's Papandreou faces big economic challenges
04.10.2009 18:08 22 views 0 comments
ATHENS - Socialist leader George Papandreou faces a tough task ahead leading Greece at a time of low budget revenues, a growing deficit and an economy on the brink of recession after years of steady 4 percent growth. IMMEDIATE MARKET CONCERNS * Local analysts say all eyes will be on Papandreou's ministerial appointments. They say it would be good news for markets if he picks one of the several talented younger economists as finance minister rather than one of the older generation of diehard socialists because it will signal a more pragmatic approach to the economy. * Rating agencies have said they will closely observe the new...
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Papandreou fought long, hard battle to the top
04.10.2009 18:08 16 views 0 comments
 ATHENS - He may be the son and grandson of two famous Greek prime ministers but it has been a long, difficult road to the top for George Papandreou, who won Sunday's general election by a landslide. Along the way, he had to prove his mettle within a socialist PASOK party still nostalgic for his late father Andreas. And it took him three national elections to defeat his arch-rival, outgoing conservative prime minister Costas...
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FACTBOX: Key facts about next Greek PM Papandreou
04.10.2009 18:08 31 views 0 comments
ATHENS - Socialist leader George Papandreou's party won a snap national election on Sunday after more than five years in opposition. Here are some key facts about Papandreou: -- He is the...
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Haggling starts over EU jobs
04.10.2009 18:08 23 views 0 comments
 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's closest aides treated themselves to a celebratory pint of Guinness in Kitty O'Shea's, a pub opposite the EU building on Saturday. Nothing like a relaxing drink before settling down to the real horse-trading that begins this week. The irritating hornet that was the initial Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, which had been buzzing around the commission president's ear for 16 months, had finally been swatted. Now he can play his favourite role, that of political Santa Claus - handing out desirable gifts...
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Czech President who accepts Lisbon Treaty is a staunch opponent of the EU
04.10.2009 18:08 19 views 0 comments
 Vaclav Klaus compares the EU with the Soviet Union and rejects its crusade against man-made global warming as a leftist plot. The 68-year-old Czech President, an economist and admirer of Baroness Thatcher who oversaw the peaceful split from Slovakia while prime minister in 1993, has earned a reputation as an outspoken maverick who misses no opportunity...
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French football boss Raymond Domenech an online hit with fan's love song
04.10.2009 18:08 21 views 0 comments
 He is the French Steve McClaren, a hapless figure under fire from football fans, commentators and even his own players as his side struggles to qualify for the World Cup. But at least Raymond Domenech, manager of the French national team, can claim a quality that McClaren never advertised - sex appeal - and it may help to turn around his fortunes. The middle-aged manager has become the unlikely star of France's hit song of the season - a track entitled Je Kiffe Raymond (I Fancy Raymond)....
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Too late for the Tories: Czechs dash hopes of delaying EU treaty
04.10.2009 18:08 19 views 0 comments
 The last hurdles for the Lisbon treaty - and to Tony Blair's chance of becoming Europe's first president - seemed to fall away yesterday when the Poles pledged to sign and the Czech President warned David Cameron that it was "too late" for him to stop the document taking effect. Vaclav Klaus signalled that he would pass the treaty once it had been reassessed by the Czech Constitutional Court, a process which could take some weeks but is unlikely to last until May or June, when Mr Cameron hopes to take power and then hold a referendum. With the Polish President, Lech Kaczynski, also saying yesterday that he would ratify following the emphatic approval of the treaty by Ireland in its re-run...
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Socialists trounce conservatives in Greece
04.10.2009 17:37 20 views 0 comments
 ATHENS, Greece - Greece's opposition Socialists won an early election by a landslide Sunday, initial results indicated, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis. Official results from 39.66 percent of votes counted showed former foreign minister George Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK, ahead with 43.66 percent, compared to 35.29 percent for Karamanlis' New Democracy party. If the figures remain unchanged, the result gives PASOK a comfortable majority of about 158 seats in the 300-member parliament, bringing the party back to power after five years of conservative governance. Papandreou, 57, now follows...
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How the Greek general election works
04.10.2009 17:06 20 views 0 comments
 A look at how...
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Socialist Papandreou defeats Greek PM
04.10.2009 17:06 19 views 0 comments
 ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Socialist candidate George Papandreou is set to become Greece's next prime minister, with his party defeating that of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in Sunday's elections, the nation's interior minister said, citing preliminary results....
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Comfortable Socialist win suits Greek markets
04.10.2009 16:35 17 views 0 comments
 ATHENS - The Socialists' victory over the conservatives in Sunday's Greek election should please markets as the change of guard brings a strong government, which will be needed to steer the country out of an economic crisis. The Interior Ministry projected, based on partial results, that PASOK had won nearly 44 percent of the vote, giving it 160 out of 300 seats in parliament, and New Democracy was trailing with...
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How The Greek General Election Works
04.10.2009 16:04 19 views 0 comments
 How The Greek General Election Works Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments (AP) A look at how Greek voters chose their government and members of parliament in Sunday's election:...
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INSTANT VIEW: Socialists make comeback in Greece - exit polls
04.10.2009 15:33 25 views 0 comments
 ATHENS - Exit polls indicate Greece's socialist opposition has won a national election on Sunday with an absolute majority, on a ticket promising a 3 billion euro ($4.36 billion) stimulus package for the economy. Following are comments from analysts. THEODOROS KOULOUBIS, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS "If PASOK were to manage 151 to 155 seats, then it will govern. With respect to foreign policy I don't expect any dramatic departure from existing policies because there is more or less a consensus between the two major parties regarding the Euro-Atlantic orientation of the country;...
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France sees slight opening in Iranian dialogue
04.10.2009 15:33 19 views 0 comments
 PARIS - There is a small opening in the dialogue between Iran and the international community, even if Tehran must still answer questions over its suspected nuclear ambitions, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said. Noting Sunday's announcement by the IAEA nuclear agency that U.N. experts would inspect...
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