corporate
German train strike loomsGerman train drivers have said they will begin an indefinite strike from 7 January, stopping… 20/12/07 19:26 CET
New gas pipeline to pass through RussiaRussia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have signed a deal to build a pipeline that will allow Moscow… 20/12/07 19:26 CET
Morgan Stanley gets Chinese capital infusionDue to the sub-prime crisis, a Chinese state-owned fund, China Investment Corp., now owns almost… 20/12/07 19:19 CET
europeans
Schengen eases some Slovenian border-crossings, challenges othersSlovenia is one of the nine new members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen zone. This… 20/12/07 20:35 CET
world news
Hoey acquitted in Omagh bombing trialSean Hoey has been acquitted on all charges of involvement in the 1998 Omagh bombing. The… 20/12/07 20:40 CET
Border region residents look forward to freer crossings but harbour doubts over crimeFollowing the years of preparation, Schengen is being promoted as “a big space of security and… 20/12/07 19:44 CET
Schengen frees nine new members of border controlsNot waiting for midnight, Slovakia and Austria have already begun festivities on the eve of… 20/12/07 19:44 CET
Slovenia gives Kosovo centre-stage at EUThe European Council in Brussels has become the new focus for finding a solution in Kosovo after… 20/12/07 19:37 CET
FARC: Uribe must resign for hostage releaseThe Colombian Marxist guerilla group FARC have demanded the resignation of the country’s president… 20/12/07 13:12 CET
Ex-Camp Delta inmate wanted in Spain for terrorismOne of the three British residents who returned to the UK after release from Guantanamo Bay prison… 20/12/07 13:12 CET
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine.Emphasizing the fact that the 90-year old title is not an endorsement, the US current affairs… 20/12/07 08:03 CET
UN fails to break deadlock over KosovoIn what was described as a tense debate, the UN Security Council has listened to the views of… 20/12/07 08:00 CET
Campaigners welcome news of death row Briton’s imminent releaseA British man who has spent 21 years on death row in the US is to be freed after agreeing to a plea… 20/12/07 07:58 CET
