corporate
VW may be about to decide Hartz’s successorThe Volkswagen supervisory board’s steering committee may decide at its Wednesday meeting who will… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
ECOFIN cuts 2005 growth forecast for euro zone to 1.3%Europe’s finance ministers have been meeting under their new chairman, Britain’s Gordon Brown, to… 12/07/05 06:07 CET
WTO trade officials making progress at meeting in ChinaCommerce ministers from 32 countries appear to be making progress at a crucial meeting on trade in… 12/07/05 06:07 CET
europa
EU swoops on Intel, probing unfair competition claimsAmerican computer corporation Intel has been raided by European Commission authorities as part of… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
Hardening EU legal front against counterfeit goods tradePeople who make or sell counterfeit goods that threaten health and lives ought to be locked up or… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
France harpooned for ignoring EU fish size rulesFrance’s failure to police its fishing habits has earned it a whale of a punishment. France has… 12/07/05 06:07 CET
Tracing phone calls and money high on British EU presidency agendaGordon Brown, of the EU’s current presiding nation Britain, after chairing his first meeting of the… 12/07/05 06:07 CET
world news
Beirut bomb targets outgoing ministerLebanon’s caretaker Defence Minister, Elias Al-Murr, has been hurt by a powerful explosion in… 12/07/05 12:07 CET
Police make first swoop in London bombing probeBritish police have searched five homes in what they say is a significant part of their… 12/07/05 12:07 CET
Bomb attack on Italian cultural centre, policeman woundedA policeman was injured when a coffee machine at the Italian cultural centre in Barcelona exploded… 12/07/05 12:07 CET
EU court fines France for flouting EU fish lawsEurope’s highest court has given France a 20 million euro fine plus an additional six-monthly… 12/07/05 12:07 CET
NASA shuttle ready to resume space flightThe countdown is continuing for Wednesday launch of the shuttle Discovery at Cape Canaveral in… 12/07/05 12:07 CET
EU’s three big spenders warnedEurope’s Finance Ministers meet today to hear how Britain’s Gordon Brown hopes to lead them over… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
UN begins reform debatesThe United Nations General Assembly has begun debating major changes to the organisation, plans… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
EU police forces work together on London bombs inquiryPolice are vowing they will eventually catch those responsible for the London bomb attacks… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
Spanish gay marriage makes historyIt is a wedding ceremony that will go down in Spanish history. Two men have become the first in… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
Albert II enthroned as ruler of MonacoIn the start of a new era for one of the smallest states in the world, Prince Albert II has taken… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
Lebanese minister targeted by car bombLebanon’s outgoing defence minister has survived an assassination attempt after a powerful car bomb… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
Police announce first arrest in London blast probePolice have arrested a man from the Leeds area in northern England in connection with last week’s… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
British muslims face race hateDespite efforts to protect British muslims amid fears of a backlash, a higher than usual level of… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
Palestinian militants end 5-month truceA suicide bomber has killed at least two people and injured more than 30 at a shopping centre in… 12/07/05 07:07 CET
