British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here Saturday to consider a tax on financial transactions to make banks more accountable ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands' well-known tolerance of the ...
Walter Smith says Rangers must win their two remaining games if they are to have any chance of playing in Europe in the New Year after watching his side concede a late equaliser to Unirea Urziceni in their Champions League Group G ...
Schweitzer-Mauduit's adjusted 3Q profit exceeds expectations, raises 2009 guidance Specialty paper maker Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. said its third-quarter profit plunged by one-third, but its adjusted results widely exceeded Wall Street expectations and it raised its 2009 outlook. Shares of the Alpharetta, Ga., ...
Opposition leader David Cameron, tipped as the next prime minister, vowed Wednesday to take back powers from Europe as he confirmed his party would no longer hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The Conservative leader said he did not want a ...
Italian political leaders of left and right were united with the Vatican Wednesday in condemning a European court ruling that crucifixes displayed in schools are a breach of human rights. The reactions came quickly after the European Court of Human Rights ruling ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helmut Kohl's dream of a united Germany leading to a politically united Europe remains unfinished business. It is set to stay that way despite the expected entry into force of ...
Europe's main stock markets rebounded on Wednesday after sharp falls a day earlier as investors assessed earnings news and record gold prices and awaited a US interest rate decision. In late morning European trade, London's FTSE 100 index of top shares rose ...
Tory leader David Cameron, tipped to be the country's next prime minister, will outline a new policy on Europe on Wednesday after dropping a pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Cameron's Conservative Party U-turned on a "cast-iron guarantee" to ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel used a historic address to the US Congress Tuesday to issue a heartfelt plea on climate change, likening the problem to a second Berlin Wall. "I'm convinced, just as we found the strength in the 20th century to ...
European rights court rules against display of crucifix in Italy classrooms; Vatican outraged The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. ...
Mikhail Gorbachev said Tuesday that he was proud of his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, defending himself against Russian critics who accuse him of losing the Soviet empire. "I am proud that we -- and by ...
