corporate
Peugeot profit goal fails to impress investorsPeugeot Citroen are going up a gear in a drive towards doubling profitability by the year 2010. The… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Spain loses multi-billion euro gas projectRelations between Madrid and Algiers have hit a rocky patch as two of Spain’s biggest natural gas… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
IFA electronics fair wows BerlinersOne of the fastest growing sectors in Europe is in electronic goods. In Berlin the world’s largest… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
europa
MEPs tackle reform of their own numbersEurodeputies in Strasbourg are debating how many of them there will be when the new EU treaty is… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Forest fire prevention requires rural re-population planning – EPCondemning deliberate fire-setting and calling for EU solidarity funds to help Greece in the… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
EU rule-squeeze on Gdansk raises political pressure in WarsawShipbuilding trouble in Poland is stoking political implications outside its borders. The European… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
world news
Dozens killed as bomb hits Pakistani garrison townTwo bombs have exploded in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi killing at least 24 people and wounding… 04/09/07 12:09 CET
Central America bracing as hurricane approachesPeople across much of Central America are bracing for potentially the most violent storm in almost… 04/09/07 12:09 CET
Deadly fires finally out in GreeceForest fires that have ravaged Greece for more than ten days have finally been extinguished. At… 04/09/07 12:09 CET
Engineers begin expansion of Panama canalThe Panama canal is being made wider. An explosive ceremony marked the start of a 3.8 billion euro… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Bush holds council of war ahead of Iraq showdownThe US President has been on a surprise visit to Iraq to meet top US officials, generals and… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
UN chief in Darfur to press for an end to the conflictThe UN Secretary General has arrived in Sudan to lay the groundwork for a possible solution to the… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Danish police say they’ve averted a terror attackThe Danish authorities say they have foiled a planned terrorist bomb attack. Eight men suspected of… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Nationalists accused of xenophobia over poster campaignA political campaign poster, deemed to be openly racist in that it shows white sheep ostracising a… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Desperate Romanian man sets himself alightIn south-east Spain, a Romanian man has been left seriously hurt after setting himself alight in a… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Central America braces as Hurricane Felix hits landCentral American countries are on high alert as potentially the most dangerous storm in ten years… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Two hours from London to Paris by EurostarEurostar has set a new Paris to London rail speed record of just over two hours. Food trolleys were… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Alitalia’s problems hit passengers in MilanThe financial problems troubling the Italian national airline, Alitalia, have spilled onto the… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Bush arrives in Australia for APEC summitThe US President has arrived in Australia ahead of this weekend’s Asia-Pacific leaders summit. As… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Thousands flee Hurricane Felix in Central AmericaTens of thousands of people have fled low-lying areas of the Central American coast as Hurricane… 04/09/07 06:09 CET
Danish police foil suspected terror plotIn Denmark, eight people have been arrested on suspicion of planning a bomb attack. Authorities say… 04/09/07 01:09 CET
FARC open to talks with Chavez on hostagesThe leader of Colombia’s Farc rebel group is reported to have agreed in principle to talks with… 04/09/07 01:09 CET
London tube workers set for talks to end strikeThe RMT union is to meet with London Underground management in a bid to end a strike that is… 04/09/07 01:09 CET
