corporate
New UK Channel Tunnel rail link opening date announcedExactly one year from now, it is going to be a lot quicker to travel from Paris to London. The… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
Brussels s Suez-Gaz de France mergerThe European Commission has approved the 42.1 billion euro merger between the giant French utility… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
Euro zone GDP growth weak in Q3Rising interest rates and a slowdown in the global economy are damping growth in the 12 countries… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
europa
Red tape cutting target: save 150 billion eurosSetting out to “make a real difference to European businessmen,” the EU’s commissioner in… 14/11/06 06:11 CET
Georgian warns over Russian gas prices: us today, EU tomorrowGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has warned that Russian price pressure on gas customers can… 14/11/06 06:11 CET
world news
Rights group files Rumsfeld complaint in GermanyAn American-led group of civil rights activists is asking the German authorities to prosecute… 14/11/06 12:11 CET
Mass kidnapping in Baghdad after US raidEarlier this morning, gunmen in police uniforms drove new pick-ups into this street in the suburb… 14/11/06 12:11 CET
Blair to outline Iraq policy to US panelTony Blair’s foreign policy speech on Monday night may not have heralded a new era of relations… 14/11/06 12:11 CET
Italy signals major overhaul of drugs lawsThe Italian Government has passed a law that will double the amount of cannabis a person can… 14/11/06 12:11 CET
Poland holds up EU-Russia partnership talksTalks on a new partnership deal between the European Union and Russia are being held up – by … 14/11/06 08:11 CET
Blair challenges Iran and Syria to help with IraqBritain’s Prime Minister has called for Iran and Syria to help stabilise Iraq or face international… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
Bush reticent after private talks with Iraq panelUS President George W. Bush has held private talks with the experts of the bipartisan Iraq Study… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
Georgia compares Russian actions to Nazi GermanyAmid talks with the EU in Brussels, Georgia has compared Moscow’s treatment of ethnic Georgians to… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
Chad declares state of emergencyThe government of Chad has declared a state of emergency, fearing that violence from the Sudanese… 14/11/06 07:11 CET
Iraq begins inquiry and arrests policemen over mass kidnappingIraq´s government says it has begun an inquiry into the kidnapping of dozens of people from an… 14/11/06 06:11 CET
Nuclear scare in SwedenFor the second time in recent months there has been a scare at a nuclear power plant in Sweden. … 14/11/06 06:11 CET
Activists file war crimes case against Rumsfeld.An American-led group of civil rights activists is asking German authorities to prosecute former … 14/11/06 06:11 CET
Mixed message over Iraq strategyThe message is unclear on the part of London and Washington on the one hand, and Iran and Syria on… 14/11/06 06:11 CET
Blair talks to US Iraq Study GroupA day after urging Iran and Syria to join the “push for peace”, Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair… 14/11/06 06:11 CET
