Archive 01·12·2004

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

corporate

Euro zone manufacturers losing out to weak dollar
The combination of a weak dollar and a strong euro is taking its toll on manufacturers in the euro… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
ThyssenKrupp profit soars
Continuing strong demand for steel helped the Germany industrial group ThyssenKrupp boost its net… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
Employment agencies investigated in France
The French government’s competition watchdog has launched an inquiry into the operations of the… 01/12/04 09:12 CET

europa

NATO hands over Bosnia peacekeeping mission to European Union control
The SFOR contingent in place in Bosnia since the end of the 1992-95 war has shrunk from 60,000… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
Greece in disciplinary purgatory over euro-entry accounts
Greece would not have been able to join the euro if the real state of its budget deficit had been… 01/12/04 09:12 CET

world news

Ukraine’s parliament votes to sack government
In what is a major victory for the opposition in Ukraine, parliament has voted to sack the… 01/12/04 12:12 CET
President of Serbia survives attack
Serbia is in shock after what looks like an assassination attempt on its president. Boris Tadic… 01/12/04 12:12 CET
Romanian elections contested
Ukraine isn’t the only eastern European country to have been plunged into political uncertainty. In… 01/12/04 12:12 CET
French socialists vote on Euro constitution
France’s socialist party will hold a key vote today in an internal referendum on whether or not to… 01/12/04 12:12 CET
Portugal crisis: what happened?
It all started last July, when Jose Manuel Baroso resigned as prime minister to become president of… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
Women under spotlight on World AIDS Day
The global effect of AIDS has been dubbed the “genocide of a generation” and on World AIDS Day this… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
Court reduces Juppe’s ban
A French appeals court has reduced the ban on French ex-Prime Minister Alain Juppé holding elected… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
Demonstrators in Donetsk
Thousands of demonstrators have poured into the central square of the easternUkranian city of… 01/12/04 09:12 CET
Ukraine awaits Supreme Court decision
Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has concluded the latest session of round table… 01/12/04 08:12 CET
Focus on China on World Aids Day
The spread of HIV in China and the plight of female sufferers of the disease is under the spotlight… 01/12/04 07:12 CET
Caution over Middle East talks
The Israeli army has carried out its first raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah since the death… 01/12/04 07:12 CET
Portuguese left upbeat amid government crisis
Portugal’s opposition Socialists are in a strong position as mounting pressures on the ruling… 01/12/04 07:12 CET