corporate
EADS and BAE shares fall on Airbus sale decisionShares in BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defence firm, and aerospace manufacturer EADS slipped in… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Tax reclaim case could go against mobile operatorsThe European Court of Justice looks set to deliver a major set back to mobile phone operators who… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Difficulties ahead for GDF-Suez mergerA massive battle is underway in the French parliament over the controversial merger of mostly… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
europa
European 2004 cotton reform picked over by courtThe EU’s cotton regime will have to be re-reformed. The European Court of Justice has ruled against… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
EP calls for role in new air data deal with U.S.A restructured agreement to give the U.S. air passenger data must involve the European Parliament… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
world news
British PM to make statement on his futureBritain’s Tony Blair is expected to confirm this afternoon he will step down within a year. The… 07/09/06 12:09 CET
Swedish electoral rivals duel on TV over jobsUnemployment was the main topic of a televised debate between Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson… 07/09/06 12:09 CET
Kidnap girl’s mother moved by interviewSome two and a half million Austrians watched the television interview with Natascha Kampusch… 07/09/06 12:09 CET
Austrian kidnap girl faces the camerasWearing a headscarf so she might more easily hide her identity in the future, kidnapped Austrian… 07/09/06 12:09 CET
Lebanon calls for prisoner exchangeIsraeli blockades on Lebanon should be gone by 6 o’clock local time this evening, as Israel hands… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
British PM to resign within next 12 monthsTony Blair has confirmed that he will stand down as Labour leader within the year but refused to… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Israel lifts air blockade, planes land again in BeirutThe Israeli air blockade of Lebanon is over. Just minutes after it came into effect at 6pm local… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Austrian kidnap victim describes her ordealEight years of lonliness, agony and hunger, obsessed with only one thing: her escape. Speaking… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Officials in the former soviet state of Georgia say they have uncovered a plot to overthrow the pro-western government of President Mikhail Sakashvilli.Its claimed opposition politicians with links to Moscow are behind the alleged coup. The… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
UN chief discusses troop role in Lebanon with Spanish governmentThe UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been continuing his tour of capitals making sure the… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Pyschiatrists call for calm for Austrian kidnap victimPsychiatrists working with Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch have called for her to be given… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Contaminated meat scandal spreads across EuropePolice say a German businessman at the centre of a european food safety scare into the sale of… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
Bush admits to existence of overseas terror jailsAfter months of international speculation, the President of the United States has publicly… 07/09/06 07:09 CET
