Just three days after a series of bomb blasts rocked the country, Spain has elected the Socialist party led by José-Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to government - ousting the incumbent conservative...
European equities opened higher on Tuesday, shrugging off overnight losses on Wall Street and rising fears of global security risks, as financial and media stocks were buoyed by merger speculation....
16/03/2004
Fresh from his sensational victory in last night's general election, Spain's new Prime Minister-elect confirmed today his intention to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...
15/03/2004
The European Commission looks set to impose fines of 200 million euro on software giant Microsoft for breaching EU competition laws, according to reports in German daily Die Welt. In addition to...
15/03/2004
Ireland indicated Sunday it was considering calling an emergency meeting of European Union foreign ministers to consider the security situation following the train blasts in Madrid that killed 200...
15/03/2004
The dollar fell in London after the Spanish government's receipt of a videotape purportedly from al- Qaeda claiming responsibility for last week's Madrid bombings raised concern about more attacks on...
15/03/2004
Jitters over who was behind last week's Madrid bombings soured the mood on equity markets on Monday, but stocks got some support from bullish earnings news from the likes of Thales, the defence...
15/03/2004
Germany is waiting for Ireland to put concrete proposals on the table to break the deadlock on the voting system in the EU Constitution. German government circles, quoted by Reuters, said on...
12/03/2004
European Commission chief Romano Prodi condemned Thursday deadly bomb blasts in Madrid as "bestial" acts against defenceless people. "I'm here to express our deep grief at this bloody, ferocious...
12/03/2004
Oracle, the world's second-biggest maker of computer software, saw profit rise 11% in the third quarter. The main driver of growth was sales of database software, with the chief executive Larry...
12/03/2004