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,...
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
UK house prices have fallen for the ninth month in a row a new survey shows, with London the hardest hit. According to online estate agents Rightmove, annual house inflation is now 9.1% versus 12.4...
15/09/2003
56% say no as sympathy vote fails to materialise Tony Blair's lingering hopes of staging a euro referendum in this parliament were finally shattered last night when the Swedes resoundingly rejected...
15/09/2003
Ex-Soviet Estonia planned for its future in the European Union on Monday a day after voting to join, and hoped Baltic neighbour Latvia would do the same in five days' time. "Hi, Europeans!" an...
15/09/2003
Swedes rejected Prime Minister Goeran Persson's bid to swap the 130-year-old krona for the euro, dealing a blow to companies including Ericsson AB and Volvo AB which said adopting the single currency...
15/09/2003
European stock markets were higher on Monday after a late rally on Wall Street in the previous session. Technology and telecoms stocks led the rally after Philips announced debt restructuring plans...
15/09/2003
THE summer heatwave claimed another industrial victim yesterday when new data revealed that car buyers in France, Italy and Germany deserted dealers’ showrooms in droves last month. Car sales across...
12/09/2003
Traditionally eurosceptic, Estonians seem to have made up their minds – 'yes' to EU membership. Two days before the historical referendum, Estonian Prime Minister Juhan Parts is very confident that...
12/09/2003