archive 09·05·2008

corporate

• Oil price rises speed up

  Ever faster rises in crude prices are prompting the question – are we heading for a new oil crisis… 09/05/08 20:37 CET

• Citigroup to shed billions in assets

  Citigroup, the biggest bank in the US, has said it plans to sell almost 260 billion euros worth of… 09/05/08 20:37 CET

europa

• EU to apply diplomatic salve in Georgia

  Heading to Georgia to breathe life into flagging relations with Russia, a group of European Union… 09/05/08 20:19 CET

• Microsoft appeals new record EU fine

  Microsoft says it is appealing against another record fine – this one 899 million euros – imposed… 09/05/08 20:19 CET

• Pan-continental integration celebrated on Europe Day

  Europe Day has been celebrated in both the European institutions and in cities across the… 09/05/08 20:19 CET

europeans

• Spanish and Portuguese construction workers close to blows, say unions

  Unemployment has risen in Spain, and at the same time the competition for jobs. The Spaniards… 09/05/08 09:01 CET

interview

• The French prepare for the EU Presidency with plenty on the table

  Jean-Pierre Jouyet is the French Minister for European affairs. He is currently preparing for when… 09/05/08 20:32 CET

• The truth about Aldo Moro’s murder?

  Thirty years ago this month, the extreme left terrorist group, the Red Brigades murdered former… 09/05/08 20:19 CET

le mag

• Body and Soul at the Lyon music festival

  The Lyon music festival Nuits Sonores welcomed for the first time in France the legendary Body and… 09/05/08 21:06 CET

• Magnificent palaces in Genoa, a heritage site

  The New Street and the system of Palaces dei Rolli, or Lists in the Italian city of Genoa became a… 09/05/08 20:46 CET

world news

• Red Brigades’ victim Moro remembered 30 years on

  Italy has paid hommage to Aldo Moro, the politician assassinated thirty years ago by the Red… 09/05/08 20:34 CET

• Belgian PM given time to overcome language barrier

  Belgium’s French-speaking politicians have managed to delay a showdown with their Dutch-speaking… 09/05/08 20:32 CET

• Albanians protest over vote in Kosovo

  Kosovar Albanians have protested against Serbian election votes being cast in their new state… 09/05/08 20:28 CET

• Election race crucial to Serbia’s role in Europe

  Sunday’s tight election race between Serbian nationalist radicals and pro-western democrats is seen… 09/05/08 20:26 CET

• UN forced to suspend aid flights to Myanmar

  The UN’s food agency has suspended aid flights to Mynamar after the military government seized two… 09/05/08 20:22 CET

• Beirut clashes bring months of tensions to a head

  This week’s fighting in Beirut erupted after the government launched a legal crackdown on… 09/05/08 20:21 CET

• Hizbollah in control of western parts of Beirut

  Hizbollah has tightened its grip on western districts of Beirut as relative calm returns to the… 09/05/08 20:19 CET

• Beirut clashes sparked by anti-Hezbollah move

  Hezbollah militants and their Shi’ite allies from the Amal group overran some predominantly Muslim… 09/05/08 14:04 CET

• Hizbollah cedes parts of Beirut to army

  The Lebanese army has been retaking control of parts of Beirut seized by Hizbollah in fighting… 09/05/08 13:21 CET

• Myanmar under pressure over foreign aid workers

  There are mounting concerns for victims of the recent cyclone in Myanmar as the country’s military… 09/05/08 13:21 CET

• Israeli premier denies receiving illegal funds

  Israel’s prime minister Ehud Olmert has admitted accepting cash from a US businessman, but says he… 09/05/08 13:21 CET

• Russia puts its military might on display

  Russia celebrated Victory Day today with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of… 09/05/08 13:21 CET

• Serbian election result too close to call

  Campaigning in the Serbian general election has ended with two cooling off days before the vote on… 09/05/08 07:43 CET

• Olmert vows to fight on in teeth of scandal

  A defiant Ehud Olmert says he has not taken bribes, and will only resign if indicted on criminal… 09/05/08 07:40 CET

• Hezb’ullah claims government has “declared war”

  At least 10 people have died as violent clashes erupted in Beirut, after Hezb’ullah said the… 09/05/08 07:40 CET

• Belgium staves off disintegration… for now

  Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme appears to have won a stay of execution for his government, but… 09/05/08 07:40 CET

• Suspected Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq captured

  The leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been captured according to Defence Ministry officials there. The… 09/05/08 07:40 CET

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