corporate
Dollar stronger against euro, for the momentThe US dollar, having been on a downward spiral against the euro for months, has rallied slightly… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
Raffarin wants to ease 35-hour working week lawsWith unemployment in France stubbornly high, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has pledged to put… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
europa
New Democratic Party foundedFrench centre-right politician Francois Bayrou has founded a new party, the European Democrats… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
Kroes blocks Portuguese energy mergerBrussels has blocked the merger of Portuguese energy groups EDP and GDP, the first such ruling in… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
EU diplomacy revolves around Turkey and vice versaTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to prepare for next week’s European… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
Lamy for WTOEU governments have given their formal backing to former Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as Europe’s… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
world news
Yanukovich hits campaign trail ahead of new pollsIt seems Ukraine’s Prime Minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich is already back in… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
Romania wraps up talks on EU entryRomania has taken a major step towards membership of the European Union with the conclusion of… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
UN members give Annan their backing amid corruption scandalUnited Nations members have given their backing to their Secretary General Kofi Annan with a long… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
Parliament vote clears path for Ukranian electionThere have been extraordinary scenes in Kiev as Ukraine’s pro-Western opposition leader Viktor… 09/12/04 07:12 CET
NATO Secretary-General warns Russia not to meddle in Ukraine’s affairsIraq’s future is one of the items on the agenda of NATO members meeting in Brussels but the hot… 09/12/04 01:12 CET
Israel’s Sharon puts coalition talks to the voteIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on his Likud party to accept talks with Labour to… 09/12/04 01:12 CET
