corporate
US jobs figures rise enough to probably head off interest rate hikeThe latest US figures show that employers there added 128,000 workers to their payrolls in August… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Alcatel buys Nortel’s mobile network equipment making divisionAlcatel says it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy the third generation mobile phone… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
EDF’s first half growth boosted by strong international salesFrench power group EDF has reported better than expected first-half profit growth. It says that was… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
europa
Health sector competition linked with patients rightsHow to reconcile the offering of health services with the EU’s principle of free circulation in… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Bulgaria’s 2007 EU entry still not guaranteedBulgaria still needs to demonstrate it can ensure the rule of law, fight organised crime and tame… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
world news
French and Italian leaders in Lebanon talksItaly and France are at the forefront of the new peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The prime… 01/09/06 12:09 CET
Newcomers net top MTV awardScooping the top prize at the MTV awards capped a memorable year for Las Vegas band Panic at the… 01/09/06 12:09 CET
Europe opts for the diplomatic route over IranEuropean foreign ministers meeting in Finland have put on hold the idea of bringing in sanctions… 01/09/06 08:09 CET
Superman returns in Venice as Ben AffleckIf this year’s Venice film festival is remembered for one thing it could be the apparent resurgence… 01/09/06 07:09 CET
Donors pledge more than 700m euros for LebanonInternational donors at a conference in Stockholm have pledged more than 700 million euros to… 01/09/06 07:09 CET
EU continues to search solution over IranEurope’s Foreign Policy chief, Javier Solana, is to meet Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator in the… 01/09/06 07:09 CET
- Lebanese parliament prepares sit-in protest
The speaker of Lebanon’s parliament has called for a sit-in to protest against Israel’s continuing… 01/09/06 07:09 CET
Sanctions threat hangs over Iran as deadline passesIran now faces the threat of UN Security Council sanctions after failing to stop work on its… 01/09/06 07:09 CET
Donor pledge boost for PalestiniansInternational donors have pledged almost 400 million euros in aid for the Palestinian Territories… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
UN force set to deploy in LebanonThe Italian prime minister, who has been meeting his French counterpart Dominique de Villepin in… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Tons of rotten Kebab meat seized in BavariaGerman police in Munich have seized between 30 and 40 tons of meat passed its sell-by date… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Syria to reinforce border to stop arms smugglingThe shuttle diplomacy of Kofi Annan has paid off with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad promising… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Dozens die in Iran plane tragedyIt remains unclear how many people were killed when their plane caught fire after landing in… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Beslan remembers its deadA monument has been unveiled to those who died two years ago trying to rescue the hostages caught… 01/09/06 06:09 CET
Beslan families continue to grieve two years after the school massacreFloral tributes mark the second anniversary of the Beslan school massacre in North Ossetia in which… 01/09/06 01:09 CET
Syria backs UN resolution and strengthens border with LebanonKofi Annan’s shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East apears to have paid off with a rare pledge of… 01/09/06 01:09 CET
