economy
Sales season vital for retailersIt is sales season across Europe with retailers hoping to boost their annual profits with an influx… 29/12/09 20:05 CET
French Q3 GDP growsThe French economy grew by 0.3 percent in the third quarter of this year lifted by strong exports… 29/12/09 19:30 CET
Spanish shoppers spurn spendingThe cash in Spain stayed mainly in people’s wallets in November. Retail sales figures for the… 29/12/09 19:30 CET
German inflation risesThere are signs of rising inflation in Germany indicated what is likely to have happened across the… 29/12/09 19:30 CET
US consumers more optimisticUS consumer confidence rose to a three-month high in December, reinforcing the view that the… 29/12/09 19:30 CET
markets
Markets: 29th DecemberEuropean shares finished at their best in 15 months, though holiday-affected trading was thin… 29/12/09 19:30 CET
world news
Afghan soldier kills US serviceman at army baseAn American serviceman has been shot dead and two Italian troops lightly injured after an Afghan… 29/12/09 21:21 CET
China condemned over Briton’s executionChina’s execution of a British man said to have mental health problems has sparked widespread… 29/12/09 19:24 CET
Pro-government supporters rally in IranShowing support for Iran’s government, people have taken to the streets of the Islamic Republic in… 29/12/09 19:14 CET
Egypt delivers warning to IsraelEgypt has called on Israel to do more to ease restrictions on the movement of Palestinians. The… 29/12/09 18:34 CET
China’s execution laws examinedChina is the world’s biggest user of the death penalty, killing more prisoners than the rest of the… 29/12/09 18:32 CET
Kurdish father jailed for daughter’s ‘honour killing’A Kurdish father of 10 has been jailed for life for ordering the murder of his 20-year-old daughter… 29/12/09 18:29 CET
Angry clients occupy Portuguese bankPeople attempting to get their money out of a financially-troubled Portuguese bank have agreed to… 29/12/09 18:29 CET
Big end-of-year catch for Somali piratesSomali pirates have ended the year with a bumper catch, including a UK-flagged chemical tanker… 29/12/09 17:21 CET
Slave children rescued from Russian ‘factory’Immigrant children forced to work as slave labourers in an illegal clothes factory near Moscow have… 29/12/09 16:24 CET
Iran hits back at critics of crackdownAs new amateur footage emerges of Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protesters over the weekend… 29/12/09 13:11 CET
Underpants bomber came close to causing carnageDutch authorities are to make new, more sensitive passenger scanners compulsory after Umar Farouk… 29/12/09 13:10 CET
Missile defence still a thorn in US-Russia relationsTension between the US and Russia over plans for an American missile defence shield in Europe has… 29/12/09 13:09 CET
Record breaker Susan Boyle to rock JapanSusan Boyle, the Scottish spinster whose talent show performance catapulted her to global stardom… 29/12/09 12:34 CET
Brown ‘appalled’ by execution of UK citizenBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is appalled by China’s execution of a UK citizen… 29/12/09 11:36 CET
President Obama says release Iranian prisonersWorldwide support is growing for the protesters in Tehran. Iranians living outside the country… 29/12/09 07:39 CET
US criticises Israeli settlement buildingIsrael is being criticised by the United States after announcing plans to build more Jewish homes… 29/12/09 07:36 CET
Russia promises no oil cutsUkrainians and some of their neighbours are breathing a sigh of relief as Russia promises there… 29/12/09 07:36 CET
British citizen executed by lethal injectionThe British man convicted of drug smuggling in China has been executed. Akmal Shaikh’s sentence was… 29/12/09 06:04 CET
President Obama promises to hunt terroristsAmerica will use all its power to stop terrorists threatening its people. That is the message… 29/12/09 00:04 CET
