France spurns Swiss offer
2011-08-19 11:32:23
France has rebuffed for now a Swiss offer to tax French citizens' assets stashed in Swiss accounts modelled on a recent deal with Germany.
Three dead after storm hits Belgian pop festival
2011-08-19 08:36:11
Three people were killed after a storm ripped through a pop festival in Belgium on Thursday.
S&P optimistic about keeping France's AAA rating
2011-08-18 15:48:40
A senior Standard & Poor's (S&P) official Thursday expressed optimism that France's triple A debt rating will be kept.
Leaders push for eurozone plan
2011-08-18 07:00:46
Leaders of France and Germany have pledged to further improve economic integration and governance in the eurozone by proposing a slew of new measures.
Russian arms exports to reach $9b in 2011
2011-08-18 06:44:25
Russia would export arms worth some $9 billion in 2011, a leading Russian arms exporter said Wednesday.
China eyes closer aerospace co-op with Russia
2011-08-17 22:42:54
China is keen to deepen cooperation with Russia in the aerospace sector, especially in manned space flight and deep space exploration programs, a Chinese aerospace entrepreneur said Tuesday.
UK jobless claims post largest jump in over 2 years
2011-08-17 17:38:41
The number of Britons claiming jobless benefits saw its biggest jump in over 2 years in July and employment growth slowed, data showed on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the government to boost the struggling economy.
Sarkozy, Merkel push euro integration
2011-08-17 09:31:49
France and Germany unveiled far-reaching plans on Tuesday for closer euro zone integration and said joint euro bonds may be a longer-term option, leaving the currency area vulnerable to more attacks from traders.
Cameron pledges 'all-out war' on gangs
2011-08-16 08:41:26
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Monday a sweeping review of government policy to reverse a "slow-motion moral collapse" that he blames for last week's riots that left five people dead.
Russia foiled attack on bullet train
2011-08-15 20:06:04
Russian authorities have foiled a plot by militants who were building fertilizer bombs in a suburban apartment and planning to attack a bullet train between Moscow and St. Petersburg, a newspaper reported on Monday.
6 dead in knife attack in Britain
2011-08-15 09:41:58
Police said six people were killed after a knife attack in Jersey, local media reported on Sunday.
Norway attacker back on crime island
2011-08-15 08:17:35
Norwegian police took confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoeya island to stage a reconstruction of his hour-long slaughter of 69 people.