. The Risk Watch Column By Dr Alan Waring My previous Risk Watch article (‘Mari-Vassilikos Disaster: Did EAC Comply with Seveso Directive?’) summarised a number of the requirements of the EU Major
. Turkey’s latest sabre-rattling has once again paid off. In order to avoid a direct conflict with Israel, paymaster Washington has been called in to get Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Benyamin Netanyahu
. By Shavasb Bohdjalian Sentiment on the euro was hurt by the failure of European policymakers to calm markets about a Greek default and the risk of the debt crisis engulfing larger
European shares staged a late rally on Friday following a torrid week, helped by hopes of further measures from the European Central Bank to ease the region's debt crisis, while French banks
Greek bank stocks fell by as much as 5.2% in morning trade on Friday over reports that Greek default scenarios were being considered, underperforming European peers , which were up 1.5%. "Investors
Workers at Greece's biggest telecoms company OTE on Friday accepted wage cuts to avoid firings in the biggest labour deal of its kind reached so far in the austerity-stricken country. OTE, a
Scientists around the world said on Friday the discovery of sub-atomic particles apparently traveling faster than light could force a major rethink of theories on the makeup of the cosmos, but the
Russia moved closer to joining the World Trade Organization on Friday after reaching an outline deal with the European Union, the most powerful bloc still hesitating about Russia's accession, trade sources said.
Not every Oktoberfest reveller will know they're toasting the 19th-century marriage of a Bavarian crown prince as they guzzle beer and bratwurst for two weeks each autumn. But that's where the tradition
A young Chinese tourist travelling on his own in Beijing was forced back to his hometown and beaten unconscious after being mistaken for a petitioner who had come to the capital to
