corporate
Maersk to cut workforce seeking profitsThe world’s largest shipping group Maersk is to lay off between 2,000 and 3,000 employees from its… 08/01/08 19:36 CET
Gold goes higher as investors seek safe havenThe spot price of gold has hit an all-time peak of over 876 dollars an ounce in London. Traders… 08/01/08 19:36 CET
Almunia predicts lower EU economic growth in 2008The European Commission keeps trimming its forecasts for the EU economy’s growth this year. In… 08/01/08 19:36 CET
europa
Serbia has friends in SloveniaThe EU’s presiding nation for the next six months – Slovenia – has placed integration of the… 08/01/08 19:36 CET
African anger over new EU trade dealsA government-backed street march in Senegal’s capital has demonstrated the strength of feeling… 08/01/08 19:36 CET
world news
Obama and McCain ahead so far in New HampshireVoting is underway in US presidential primaries in New Hampshire, with Barack Obama and John McCain… 08/01/08 19:29 CET
No warm welcome expected for Bush in the Mid-EastIf President George Bush is hoping for a hero’s welcome on his first-ever trip to the Middle East… 08/01/08 19:29 CET
Italy launches emergency measures to deal with rubbish crisisThe Italian government is to introduce emergency measures to deal with a long-running row over… 08/01/08 19:29 CET
UN peacekeepers injured by Lebanon bombTwo United Nations peacekeeping soldiers have been wounded by a roadside bomb in Lebanon. According… 08/01/08 19:29 CET
Abbas and Olmert agree to get peace talks movingThe Palestinian and Israeli leaders have agreed to make a push for peace on the eve of the … 08/01/08 19:29 CET
Sarkozy resolute, but rebuffs marriage queryThe New Year is the time for resolutions, and President Nicolas Sarkozy has them in spades… 08/01/08 19:29 CET
Slovenia to concentrate EU attention in Western BalkansKosovo is one of the main focal points of meetings being held today in Slovenia. Almost all the… 08/01/08 13:59 CET
First votes already counted in New HampshireThe first results from the New Hampshire primaries are not looking good for Hillary Clinton. The 17… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
Obama waits to see if he can usurp Hillary againBy the end of today, Barack Obama’s supremacy in the race for the Democrat candidacy will either be… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
Little hope expressed ahead of Bush’s mid-east tripThe Israeli and Palestinian governments obviously want and expect different things from George… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
An irritated Sarkozy refuses to “name the date”French President Nicolas Sarkozy has laid out his plans for 2008, but he has refused to say whether… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
There’s been a double rocket attack on northern Israeli border village of Shlomi.According to police and military officials, the missiles were fired from Lebanon and caused damage… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
Police and protesters clash in trash-strewn NaplesThere have been further clashes between police and protesters in the southern Italian city of… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
Sri Lankan minister killed in roadside bombingTamil Tiger rebels are believed to have been behind the assassination of Sri Lanka’s housing… 08/01/08 13:27 CET
Naples turns violent as its rubbish row escalatesThe Italian cabinet is to meet later today in a bid to find a solution to the worsening rubbish… 08/01/08 07:47 CET
Protest planned by opposition in GeorgiaMikhail Saakashvili says a weekend election that has given him another term as president has made… 08/01/08 07:45 CET
McCain surge threatens Romney and HuckabeeUS Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said even he had some doubts about whether he could… 08/01/08 07:44 CET
Obama ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire raceWith her front-runner poll status well and truly gone, US Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary… 08/01/08 07:43 CET
Golden Globes hit by writers’ strikeAn on-going strike by Hollywood writers has claimed another high-profile casualty. Organizers of… 08/01/08 07:42 CET
