agora
Turkey EU membership talks: what lies ahead?Few European topics cause as much controversy as Turkey’s accession to the EU. Turkey has made… 15/06/07 08:06 CET
corporate
Qatar royals become biggest Sainsbury’s stakeholdersThe royal family of Qatar has increased to 25 percent its stake in the UK’s third biggest… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Italy leaves it late to liberalise energy marketThe Italian government has approved a long-awaited decree that will allow households to choose… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
interview
Interview with World Bank boss nominee Robert ZoellickRobert Zoellick is the man nominated by Washington to take over the job of World Bank chairman… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
world news
Middle East quartet pledges support to AbbasThe so-called international quartet of Middle East mediators has pledged its support to the… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Ehud Barak becomes Israeli Defence MinisterNewly- elected Labour Party chairman and former prime minister Ehud Barak is Israel’s new Defence… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Three die in Italy train crashA collision between two trains on the Italian island of Sardinia has left three people dead. Police… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Palestinian factions entrenched in rival basesWith the Gaza Strip under Hamas control and the West Bank dominated by Fatah, the divisions between… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Abbas appoints interim prime ministerSalam Fayyad, an independent deputy, has been appointed Prime Minister of an emergency Palestinian… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Spain: Juan Carlos celebrates election anniversarySpain’s King Juan Carlos has called for unity and dialogue to tackle the fight against terrorism… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Argentina urges Britain to return Falklands IslandsThe Argentine President has repeated his vow to win back the Falklands Islands peacefully. Nestor… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Ahern wins third term as Irish premierBertie Ahern has been re-elected as Ireland’s prime minister for a third successive term, cementing… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
China shuts down child slave labour campsPolice in central China have rescued more than 200 people, including dozens of children, who had… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Hamas claims Gaza – state of emergency declaredThe final bastion of the Fatah Palestinian faction in the Gaza Strip has fallen to the gunmen of… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Angry demo outside UK embassy in TehranThere have been angry scenes outside the British embassy in Tehran, where Iranian students… 15/06/07 07:06 CET
Turkish president calls for referendum on presidential ballotTurkey’s president Ahmed Necdet Sezer has called a referendum to decide whether the head of state… 15/06/07 01:06 CET
Transalpine tunnel opens in SwitzerlandThe third longest tunnel in the world has opened in Switzerland. The 34.6 kilometre-long… 15/06/07 01:06 CET
Deadly train crash in ItalyThree people have been killed in a train crash in Italy. A train carrying goods and another with… 15/06/07 01:06 CET
Leader of militant group captured in IndonesiaIndonesia says it has captured the leader of the notorious militant group Jemaah Islamiah. The man… 15/06/07 01:06 CET
Palestinians divided as Hamas seizes GazaThere is relative calm after the storm on the streets of Gaza. It follows six days of bloody… 15/06/07 01:06 CET
South calls on North Korea to start denuclearisationNorth Korea is under new pressure to begin its process of denuclearisation. South Korea’s top… 15/06/07 01:06 CET
