Archive for the 'Europe | World Edition' Category

Scots and Welsh eye Euro 2016 bid

The Scottish Football Association could launch a bid with Wales to host the European football championship in 2016.

Telecom Italia to axe more jobs

Telecom Italia, burdened with a 37bn-euro debt, plans to cut an extra 4,000 jobs and sell non-core assets worth 3bn euros.

Nations sign cluster bomb treaty

The first of more than 100 countries are to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs, at a ceremony in Norway.

Eurozone retail sales slump 2.1%

Retail sales across the 15 nations that share the euro fell more than expected in October, increasing the chance of an interest rate cut.

Many hurt in Spanish ‘gas blast’

At least 25 people are injured in a suspected gas explosion near the Spanish city of Barcelona, officials say.

Moscow racist killers convicted

A Moscow court finds seven skinheads guilty of 20 racially motivated murders in Russia's capital.

Mandelson rejects euro talk claim

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has denied telling the head of the European Commission the UK should join the euro.

Bear necessities: Berlin Zoo may lose its star attraction

The warm feeling surrounding Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut is turning icy ahead of his second birthday, because Berlin may lose him.

Boom to bust

Latvia's once rampant economy seeks economic aid

Sterling rebounds from sharp fall

The pound claws back against the US dollar after suffering the largest percentage drop since 1992 on Monday.


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