corporate
Alcan reportedly looks to Rio Tinto as white knightCanadian aluminium producer Alcan is reported to be talking to Anglo-Australian mining company Rio… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
European Commission criticised over Schneider decisionThe door has been opened for dozens of companies to challenge decisions by the European… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
Ecofin unconcerned by euro’s new highsThe dollar has against hit a record low against the euro and foreign exchange traders expect the… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
europa
Enter Portugal pursued by Poland.The new European Union president plans to “take advantage of political momentum” in the bloc. Prime… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
Letter service competition deferred till 2011A two-year reprieve for post offices in the EU to prepare for full liberalisation of their service… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
Hailing EU arrest warrant as a successCelebrating 1,700 incarceration orders thanks to the European arrest warrant. Brussels’ second… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
world news
EU competition case opens way for further claimsThe European Court of Justice has ordered the European Commission to pay compensation to the French… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
Pakistan radical mosque siege nears endThe week long siege of a radical mosque in Pakistan appears to be close to an end. Authorities have… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
Dahrendorf takes Asturias prizeRalf Dahrendorf has been given the 2007 Prince of Asturias award for Social Sciences. Jury chairman… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
Portugal at EU helm, Poland still rocking the boatVowing to dispell uncertainty, Portugal has presented its programme for the next six months as… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
London bomb plotters jailed for lifeFour men found guilty of planning to attack London’s transport network two years ago have been… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
Memorial ceremony held on 12th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacreFamilies of the victims of the Srebrenica massacre have gathered to commemorate the twelth… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
Libyan court upholds death penalty on medicsThe Libyan Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentences on six foreign medics, convicted of… 11/07/07 12:07 CET
Appeal verdict due over Libyan HIV death sentencesSix health workers are due to find out today if Libya’s highest court will uphold a death sentence… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
Brazil looks once more at nuclear technology to meet energy needsBrazil has announced plans to beef up its nuclear capacity. President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
Red Mosque operation draws to a closeMore than 24 hours after it began, an operation to flush out militants from a radical mosque in… 11/07/07 07:07 CET
Srebrenica dares to hope for justice at lastThe tragedy of Srebrenica unfolded before a horrified Europe 12 years ago. Serbs surrounded the… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
Brown gives sneak preview of programmeNew British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made another attempt to stamp his mark on British… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
Nurse’s families await Libya’s decisionIn Bulgaria the families and friends of the five nurses are maintaining their vigil outside the… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
Kosovo PM wants deadline for independence dealKosovo’s Prime Minister, Agim Ceku, is urging the European Union to back the idea of a deadline for… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
EU expresses regret over medics death sentenceThe European Parliament has expressed its disappointment with the Libyan Supreme court’s decision… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
Libya upholds medics death sentencesThe fate of six overseas medics, condemned to death in Libya, is now to be decided by the country’s… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
Srebrenica a much-changed place 12 years onAlmost 37,000 people lived in Srebrenica before the war, most of them Muslim. 8000 of them were… 11/07/07 06:07 CET
The Pakistani army says it now has complete control of the Red Mosque in IslamabadA spokesman for the military said a second phase of its operation was now underway, in which the… 11/07/07 04:07 CET
