Farm protests grip Europe as prices slump
BRUSSELS (AFP) - From Greece to Bulgaria and Latvia, European farmers are mounting increasingly unruly protests as the economic crisis causes prices -- especially for milk -- to collapse.
Nations:Greece Latvia Bulgaria Romania Germany People:Michael Mann Activities:2008 EU Recession Source:(AFP)
2009-02-04
Euro currency turns 10; seen fulfilling promise
FRANKFURT, Germany - Ten years ago, Europe launched its grand experiment with a shared currency -- and watched it plunge in value before recovering.
Nations:Italy Germany U.K. Slovakia Sweden France Source:(AP)
2008-12-28
World leaders head for summit, euro zone in recession
LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders headed to Washington on Friday to seek ways to tackle a global economic crisis that has plunged much of Europe into its first recession since the euro currency was formed.
Nations:Italy Latvia Pakistan Russia Spain People:Dmitry Medvedev Gordon Brown Ben Bernanke Activities:2008 G20 Summit
2008-11-14
Plane crash in central Russia kills 88
MOSCOW - A passenger jet traveling from Moscow to the Ural Mountains city of Perm crashed near residential buildings as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said.
Nations:Russia Kyrgyzstan Latvia Turkey Italy Switzerland People:Vladimir Putin Source:(AP)
2008-09-14
Querrey's 2nd upset of Open earns match vs. Nadal
NEW YORK - Sam Querrey is so young that there isn't a trace of irony when he mentions growing up rooting for Andy Roddick and James Blake, two guys still very much on tour and still in their 20s.
Nations:Italy Latvia Ukraine Switzerland Japan People:Venus Williams David Nalbandian Svetlana Kuznetsova James Blake Andy Murray Tomas Berdych Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open
2008-08-30
Bush tells Russia to get out of Georgia
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.
Nations:Russia Poland Latvia People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Robert Gates Stephen Harper Joseph Biden Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia War Russia-U.S.
2008-08-17
Russian convoy heads into Georgia, violating truce
OUTSIDE GORI, Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday, rolling into the strategic city of Gori and violating the truce designed to end the six-day war that has uprooted 100,000 people and scarred the Georgian landscape.
Nations:Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(AP)
2008-08-13
Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia - Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia -- five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people.
Nations:Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine Turkey People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Georgia War
2008-08-12
Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia's army into a headlong retreat and left ports, military bases, towns and homes smoldering.
Nations:Russia Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(AP)
2008-08-12
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud
BOSTON - Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Nations:Ukraine U.S. Estonia Belarus Latvia Turkey Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Nasdaq to acquire OMX in Borse Dubai deal
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and Borse Dubai have reached a deal under which Nasdaq will take over Nordic bourse operator OMX AB, while Borse Dubai acquires just under 20 percent of Nasdaq and 28 percent of the London stock exchange.
Nations:Sweden United Arab Emirates Estonia Latvia Lithuania Denmark
2007-09-20
Russians silent on U.S. missile plans
Defense Secretary Robert Gates' assertion that the Bush administration will not replace its plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe with Russia's counterproposal for a radar site in Azerbaijan was met Friday with silence.
Nations:Afghanistan Azerbaijan Poland Romania Latvia Slovakia People:Robert Gates Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-06-15
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