SWEDEN’s rejection of the euro was not a landslide. It was an earthquake that will leave the economic and political topography of Europe permanently transformed. The initial reaction among shell-...
The EU's top trade official Pascal Lamy has said that the Union must look again at whether a multilateral trading system is the way forward, after the collapse of WTO talks in Cancún. Speaking to...
17/09/2003
While democratically correct, Scandinavia's referendum habit may have become a serious barrier to the region's further European integration, political scientists said after Swedes overwhelmingly...
17/09/2003
European stock markets were poised for gains on Wednesday after Wall Street rallied strongly on the Federal Reserve's signal that it was prepared to keep interest rates low for a considerable period...
17/09/2003
Firm clothing prices and a 0.9p rise in the cost of a litre of unleaded petrol keeps underlying inflation at 2.9 per cent The inflation rate remained above the Bank of England target rate last...
16/09/2003
The greater Paris region accounts for 4.5 percent of the European Union's production of goods and services, making the area the EU's single most productive, the French statistics institute INSEE said...
16/09/2003
The European Union yesterday urged a radical overhaul of the World Trade Organisation after the embarrassing collapse of trade liberalisation talks for the second time in four years. With...
16/09/2003
Sunday's 'nej' from the Swedes is likely to delay Britain's decision to adopt the euro for years, as UK Premier Tony Blair's plan to hold a referendum before the next election, in 2005 or 2006,...
16/09/2003
A new official index of the housing market has indicated that house prices rose almost 15% in the year to July. The new index - to be issued monthly - aims to provide a clearer indication of the...
16/09/2003
European equity markets were higher on Tuesday, but trade was cautious after stocks on Wall Street ended lower overnight, and ahead of key ecnonomic sentiment data from Germany. The FTSE Eurotop 300...
16/09/2003