corporate
LSE unveils latest move to fend off NasdaqThe London Stock Exchange has said it plans to return as much as 380 million euros to investors to… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
Bernanke warns of booming deficitsA warning of a future “fiscal crisis’‘ in the US has come from Ben Bernanke, the head of the… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
European transport ministers take trip on Airbus A380In the week that Airbus lost out to US rival Boeing in terms of total orders for planes during last… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
europa
EU proposes to open rail services to competitionIs international rail travel set to become cheaper? In a move that surprised many observers, the… 18/01/07 06:01 CET
EU urges action in Libyan medical workers caseThe case has aroused deep misgivings throughout the world. Now the European Parliament has taken up… 18/01/07 06:01 CET
world news
Taliban leader in Pakistan, claims captured spokesmanPakistan has dismissed as absurd claims the Taliban’s fugitive leader Mullah Omar is living in the… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
Stoiber to step down as Bavarian leaderThe Bavarian premier Edmund Stoiber has announced his resignation, a day after winning the backing… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
Rice in Berlin to talk Middle East peaceUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Berlin to meet German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
Dirty tricks claim in French presidential election raceFrance’s presidential battle may have barely begun but the opening salvoes have already been fired… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
French who hid Jews during WWII rememberedThe French President has paid tribute to the hundreds of people who risked their lives hiding Jews… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
Europe lashed by severe weatherBritain and Ireland have felt the full force of Europe’s worst winter storm so far, and the weather… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
The French village that risked all to save Jews during warA commemorative plaque has been unveiled in Paris in honour of the hundreds of French citizens who… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
US troop increase in Afghanistan on the cardsUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates says he may support sending more American troops to Afghanistan… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
Russia sees red over Estonian war memorialRussia’s relations with Estonia have taken a turn for the worse. The state parliament, the Duma… 18/01/07 07:01 CET
EU starts talks with China on important treatyEurope and China have begun talks on a new trade and security treaty. The EU’s head of foreign… 18/01/07 01:01 CET
US gets Middle East Quartet back into actionWashington is calling the Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators back into action. The … 18/01/07 01:01 CET
Rare criticism from Baghdad against President BushThe US has also today come in for unprecedented criticism from the Iraqi Prime Minister. He has… 18/01/07 01:01 CET
UK politicians embroiled in reality TV show rowIt is a row politicians have now become embroiled in and it has done wonders for the viewing… 18/01/07 01:01 CET
US Senators slam Bush over Iraq strategyThe US President is facing a renewed attack over his plans to increase troop numbers in Iraq. … 18/01/07 01:01 CET
