europa

• Swedish unions impeded Latvians’ freedom to offer services – ECJ

  Swedish unions have been found in the wrong by the top EU court for preventing a Latvian… 18/12/07 20:08 CET

• Car emission limits set to carry new punch

  The European Commission is set to adopt proposals on new limits on carbon dioxide emissions from… 18/12/07 20:04 CET

fly

• Air today, what tomorrow?

  Planes without pilots, and air-traffic controllers getting ever more sophisticated help from… 18/12/07 19:36 CET

le mag

• Floyd’s full back catalogue boxed up for fans

  Pink Floyd have released a boxed set carrying all 14 of their studio albums. The Dark Side of the… 18/12/07 18:16 CET

terraviva

• Gazprom starts production at massive Siberian gas field

  A ceremony in Moscow has marked the start of production at the huge Yuzhno Russkoye gas field in… 18/12/07 20:07 CET

world news

• Turkish military steps up Kurd campaign

  Turkish military vehicles have advanced through the border town of Silopi, in what appears to be a… 18/12/07 19:35 CET

• UN vote leaves death penalty hanging by a thread

  An historic vote in the United Nations may signal the beginning of the end for capital punishment… 18/12/07 19:35 CET

• Tougher UK visa laws to curb illegal immigration

  Britain is planning tougher visa controls, in an effort to tackle illegal immigration. Tourists… 18/12/07 19:33 CET

• The face of Ukraine’s revolution back as PM

  Perhaps the most recognisable face of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution has returned as Prime Minister… 18/12/07 19:33 CET

• Ukraine’s ‘Orange Revolution’ still Timoshenko’s cause

  Iulia Timoshenko’s calls for social justice and her condemnation of Ukraine’s all-powerful… 18/12/07 19:31 CET

• Italy leads calls for death penalty abolition

  On Easter Sunday in Rome Italy’s Radical Party took to the streets to highlight the case for an… 18/12/07 19:31 CET

• Kosovan Serbs protest province’s independence

  Several thousand members of Kosovo’s Serbian minority have protested in the divided town of… 18/12/07 19:31 CET

• Failed suitcase bombers jailed for German plot

  A court in Beirut has handed down jail terms to two Lebanese men over a failed bomb attack on… 18/12/07 19:31 CET

• Cuba’s Castro hints he may stand down

  Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro- who has not been seen in public for sixteen months – has… 18/12/07 13:22 CET

• Belgians try new way to solve govt crisis

  The Belgian Organisation B-Plus has come up with a novel idea to bring harmony between Flemish and… 18/12/07 13:20 CET

• Fidel Castro hints at retirement

  Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, has suggested he… 18/12/07 07:32 CET

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