In times of global conflict and uncertainty, it would be helpful for the EU to have a big Muslim country like Turkey in its corner, says EU enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen in today's Die...
Most western companies that operate in the eastern European countries to join the European Union in 2004 underestimate the impact EU enlargement will have on their businesses, a study published...
09/07/2003
European stocks fell, paced by financial-services companies, after Swiss Reinsurance Co. said the dollar's decline may hurt future earnings from life insurance and ABN Amro Holding NV was downgraded...
09/07/2003
France's centre-right government was on Tuesday taken to task by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for failing to tackle its burgeoning budget deficit. In its first report...
09/07/2003
The European Union is ready to negotiate a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after the current round of WTO-led talks, the European Commission said on...
08/07/2003
It emerged this afternoon that the Swedish Deputy Prime Minister, Margreta Winberg, will be voting no in the forthcoming referendum on the euro, due to be held on 14 September. Ms Winberg was...
08/07/2003
A rift is widening between the German Government and its critics on the vexed issue of tax and budget policy. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has staked his reputation on digging Germany out of...
08/07/2003
German unemployment fell for a second month in June, suggesting Europe's largest economy may emerge from a slump later this year as consumer confidence recovers. The number of people out of work...
08/07/2003
European stock markets opened weaker on Tuesday as markets failed to capitalise on Wall Street's robust preformance overnight while losses in the heavily-weighted telecoms sector added to the...
08/07/2003
Proponents of an interest rate cut today received further ammunition with news that Britain's battered manufacturing sector shrank in May. Data from the office for national statistics showed that...
07/07/2003