corporate
Berlin considers protecting German firms from foreign state controlBerlin is considering moves to prevent strategic companies there falling under foreign political… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Bidder withdrawal leaves Alitalia auction in tattersItaly’s government is trying to avoid the collapse of the sale of flag carrier Alitalia after the… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Imperial set to takeover AltadisBritain’s Imperial Tobacco has made a friendly takeover bid for the Franco-Spanish tobacco group… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
europa
Mobile TV, ‘Go Europe go!’ says BrusselsGiving mobile TV a helpful push… Handheld Digital Video Broadcasting has strong supporters in… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Absurd pay gap between women and men persistsThe EU’s top equality official calls it “absurd” that women are still getting paid an average 15… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
EU water debate targets climate of wasteTaking water for granted is out. Valuing it properly is in. Brussels has launched a debate on water… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
world news
Train crash toxins a cause for Ukranian concernAuthorities in Ukraine have advised local residents to wear gas masks and stay indoors following… 18/07/07 12:07 CET
Bulgaria wants HIV medics homeTalks are due to begin on the transfer from Libya to Bulgaria of six Bulgarian medics convicted of… 18/07/07 12:07 CET
North Korea ready to dismantle nuclear facilitiesNorth Korea says it’s ready to dismantle all its nuclear facilities before the end of this year. It… 18/07/07 12:07 CET
Anger at airport as aircrash families wait for newsThe agony of relatives wanting to know the fate of their loved ones provoked emotional and angry… 18/07/07 12:07 CET
Brazil counts its dead after Sao Paolo air disasterRescue services in Brazil are saying it would be a miracle if any survivors are found from this… 18/07/07 12:07 CET
UK police arrest man in Berezovsky murder plotPolice in London say they arrested a man in connection with an alleged plot to murder the exiled… 18/07/07 08:07 CET
Money talks in Anglo-Russian relationsIs the diplomatic conflict between Moscow and London a threat to British business investors in… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Ukraininan authorities issue health warningsAuthorities in Ukraine have advised local residents to wear gas masks and stay indoors following… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Bulgaria presses for extradition of its jailed medicsBulgaria is making moves to have six of its citizens transferred home from Libya, after their death… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Bulgaria’s tourist image tarnished by rapesBulgaria’s Sunny Beach is marketed as “The sunniest resort for the sunniest people.” But it has… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
US Senate gears up for sleepless night over IraqA rare round-the-clock session is on the cards for the US Senate, as the Democrats try to force… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
No hope for survivors after Brazil’s worst air crashIts feared scores of people may have died after a plane with 176 people on board crashed on landing… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Hopes of a homecoming for Bulgarian medicsA ruling commuting the death sentences imposed on Bulgarian medics in Libya to life in prison has… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Clear-up after toxic train crash in UkraineEmergency services in Ukraine are battling to contain the effects of a train crash that unleashed… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
French row deepens over repeat offenders billFrance’s under-fire Justice Minister Rachida Dati has faced down her critics in the country’s lower… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Brazil counts the dead from its worst-ever aircrashAs dawn revealed the extent of the wreckage of the crashed Brazilian airliner, which is thought to… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
Relatives of aircrash victims demand answersRescue workers are continuing the grisly task of collecting the bodies from the Sao Paolo disaster… 18/07/07 07:07 CET
