archive 30·04·2009

corporate

• Obama rallies to aid Chrysler

  Chrysler is to ask a court in New York for bankruptcy protection from its creditors . … 30/04/09 20:00 CET

• Deutsche Telekom cuts costs

  German phone company Deutsche Telekom is cutting costs. It plans to combine its fixed line… 30/04/09 20:00 CET

• BASF better than expected

  Green shoots are literally flourishing in the agro-chemical business. BASF, the world’s… 30/04/09 20:00 CET

economy

• Eurozone – unemployment worse

  The jobless total in the Eurozone is worse than predicted. Figures for March show… 30/04/09 20:00 CET

europa

• CAP funding disclosure deadline

  Who is getting what from Europe’s €55 billion Common Agricultural Policy? How much? Banks, big… 30/04/09 20:09 CET

• EPP backs Barroso mandate II

  The center-right European People’s Party has given public backing to the re-appointment of Jose… 30/04/09 20:09 CET

• Barroso set for key support in EU reappointment bid

  The centre-right European People’s Party looks set to back José Manuel Barroso in his bid to remain… 30/04/09 08:05 CET

europeans

• UK-EU pride and prejudice

  Eurosceptic Denmark and Iceland might see the recession as leading to an economic shotgun wedding… 30/04/09 21:25 CET

le mag

• Sixty years, sixty works: a German look at history

  At Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau, contemporaneous works of art illustrating the last sixty years of… 30/04/09 18:07 CET

markets

• Markets more positive

  In the European markets stocks rose , fuelling speculation that the worst of the global recession… 30/04/09 20:00 CET

parlamento

• EU no example when it comes to women in power

  In most European countries, women are a minority in the political elite: in the Italian parliament… 30/04/09 12:03 CET

reporter

• EUFOR: European troops at the heart of an African conflict

  European troops are at the heart of the peacekeeping operation to protect Darfur refugees in Chad… 30/04/09 21:11 CET

space

• 67°4 N, 26°6 E: a polar view

  Above the arctic circle, satellites observe the snow and ice to protect animals such as reindeer… 30/04/09 18:36 CET

world news

• EU ministers cool on Mexican flight ban

  EU health ministers have poured cold water on a French proposal to suspend all flights to Mexico as… 30/04/09 20:48 CET

• UN criticises Egypt over mass pig cull

  The outbreaks of swine-flu variant have prompted Egypt to start slaughtering all of the country’s… 30/04/09 19:14 CET

• Stay-at-home call for Mexicans

  Mexico will virtually close for business come tomorrow on one of the busiest holiday weekends of… 30/04/09 19:01 CET

• Holiday horror in the Netherlands

  The national Queen’s Day holiday in the Netherlands is normally a joyful affair, but not this year… 30/04/09 19:00 CET

• Russian rage over diplomat expulsions from NATO

  Russia has reacted strongly to the expulsion of two of its diplomats from NATO headquarters in… 30/04/09 18:59 CET

• Britain closes combat missions in Iraq

  UK combat operations in Iraq have formally come to an end with a ceremony to remember the troops… 30/04/09 18:58 CET

• Enlargement and the EU’s growing pains

  May 1, 2004 was a proud day for many new Europeans. Ten countries, mainly from what was the eastern… 30/04/09 18:07 CET

• Border deal and NATO exercises raise Georgia tensions

  Russia has taken formal control over the de-facto borders between Georgia and the breakaway regions… 30/04/09 13:44 CET

• 13 dead in Azeribaijan shooting

  At least 13 people are now known to have died in a gun attack at a university in Azeribaijan… 30/04/09 12:51 CET

• Europe prepares for swine flu pandemic

  Europe’s response to the threat of a flu pandemic varies but in general EU members say they have… 30/04/09 12:46 CET

• Security crackdown after Karachi violence

  Pakistani security forces have orders to “shoot on sight” after violent clashes between ethnic… 30/04/09 12:34 CET

• Mexican standstill in bid to beat the bug

  Mexico heads into one of its big holiday weekends, but fiesta looks likely to be off the menu as… 30/04/09 12:33 CET

• Chrysler on brink of bankruptcy

  Less than 24 hours remain to save one of the biggest names in American motoring. Chrysler’s workers… 30/04/09 09:03 CET

• France urges EU ban on Mexico-bound flights

  How far should Europe go to protect itself from swine flu? While passengers continue to… 30/04/09 08:05 CET

• Lebanese generals freed over Hariri killing

  Four Lebanese generals held over the 2005 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri have been… 30/04/09 08:05 CET

• Sarkozy unveils projects for his “Greater Paris”

  It has been billed as the biggest redevelopment of Paris since Baron Haussman carved his grand… 30/04/09 08:05 CET

• WHO warns swine flu pandemic is imminent

  Mexico reported another 17 suspected deaths from swine flu overnight, as the World Health… 30/04/09 08:05 CET

• Obama reflects on jam-packed 100 days in power

  In a prime-time press conference broadcast live across the United States, President Barack Obama… 30/04/09 08:05 CET

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