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Luxury sales defy economic gloom
Nina dos Santos is in Switzerland for the annual exhibition for the world's makers of watches and fine jewelry.
The business of beer
Heineken's president of Central and Eastern Europe talks about the beer giant's growth on the continent.
Portugal's textiles stitching up
Portugal based company Lameirinho is showing signs of recovery, despite deep economic bruises. Isa Soares reports.

[Courtesy of CNN.com - Europe]

Stagnation Stress: German ExportersExpectBleak Future
Companies in Germany that rely on exports are becoming increasingly concerned about the future of the country's eco ...
Champions League: Berlinto Host2015 Final in Olympic Stadium
The timing couldn't be better. Just as football fans around the world prepare to watch an all-German Champions Leag ...
Picture This: Hut on a Jut

EU rushes out tax transparency law
Big companies' tax affairs in Europe are to be opened up to greater public scrutiny with the EU rushing out a law ...
Market bulls run into the sand
Swing in sentiment marked the first significant interruption to what has been a prolonged period of rising stock ma ...
Spain's banks need '10bn more provisions
More than '200bn of loans rolled over before they expired ' often because corporate borrowers would be unable t ...

EU anti-fraud chief defends role in Dalligate
The head of the EU's anti-fraud agency has said public confidence in the office has increased despite allegations ...
[Ticker] German brewers: shale gas exploitation may ruin beer
The Brauer-Bund beer association is asking the German government to "carry out more research" before allowing the e ...
[Ticker] Netherlands not a tax haven, says Merkel
"I have not stored Netherlands in my brain under 'tax haven', so to my mind it has a very good reputation," German ...

France wants EU role in Georgia
France calls for an EU presence on the ground in South Ossetia to help implement the ceasefire it brokered.
Human cost
Georgia's inter-ethnic wounds will take years to heal
Russian tanks patrol Georgia town
There are reports of looting in the Georgian town of Gori, where Russian tanks are out on the streets despite a tru ...

[Courtesy of BBC: Europe]

Hungary Losing Its Best and Brightest
As the European Union accuses Hungary of shifting towards authoritarianism, a spike in emigration from the country ...
Q&A: Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment
The wake of the global financial crisis, as many national governments in Europe cut back on services to citizens an ...
Environmentalists See Seeds as Key to Agricultural Reform
As the global agricultural sector is faced with ever-greater challenges, the question of how to reform and improve ...

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An Abhorrent Form of Censorship
Two Zimbabwean journalists from the state-owned Sunday Mail and Herald newspapers—Munyaradzi Huni and Caesar ...
Albania's Do-Nothing Parliament
Albania is an extremely bureaucratic state and its parliament a bureaucratic organization in which the chief bureau ...
Hope for Coexistence Enthuses Delegates to World Conference on Dialogue in Spain
The sight of one Hindu priest in orange cloths wandering along a path just behind a Saudi imam in white thobe just ...

Georgia says Russian troops still fighting despite accord
An agreement was reached on Wednesday on a framework to end the war, but President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia s ...
France seeks to unite EU behind Georgia truce plan
France, flush with diplomatic triumph after negotiating a cease-fire in Georgia, sought Wednesday to unite the 26 o ...
After mixed U.S. messages, a war erupted in Georgia
Bush administration officials say they cautioned Georgia not to let Russia provoke it into a fight, but the warning ...

[Courtesy of IHT: Europe]

US Army urges accelerated FCS production
US Army officials who observed early Future Combat Systems (FCS) testing say they are impressed with its performanc ...
US Army sees urgent need for 'longer-range' infantry weapon
Modified infantry rifles will give US infantry units greater 'stopping power' in the field
Russia offers to team with India on new MBT
India and Russia may team up on the development and production of a future main battle tank

'Courageous' German reformers praised
President uses keynote speech at German Social Democratic party's 150th anniversary celebrations to show commitme ...
Italy's Democrats fracture over future
Deep divisions within the centre-left Democrats are undermining Enrico Letta as prime minister and raising question ...
Judges grill Lagarde over '400m pay-off
Judges probe IMF chief's role in 2008 arbitration process that settled a long-running legal dispute involving col ...

Shale-gas boom or bust?
European energy prices soar above US levels
Commission driven to the brink by Daimler's delays
German firm says new refrigerant is not safe
Switzerland seeks to limit number of EU workers
Between February 2012 and January 2013, more than 90,000 EU citizens took up residence in Switzerland.

Western Europe on track for 90% digitalization in 5 years
Digital TV penetration in Western Europe will hit 90% within five years, according to the latest research from TVI ...
Kangaroo investigation to take longer
The UK Competition Commission has extended the timetable for its ongoing investigation into Kangaroo, the proposed ...
Bharti reveals DTH launch plans
New details have emerged regarding the launch of India's fourth DTH service. Telecommunications firm Bharti Gro ...

[Courtesy of Europemedia]

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde in court over money to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie in 2008
The IMF chief Christine Lagarde may be formally accused of fraud tomorrow at the end of a two day grilling by a ...
A Berliner in 1963 ' but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?
President John F Kennedy openly admired Nazi Germany when he toured the country as a young man, according to a n ...
Pussy Riot member, Maria Alekhina, denied parole
A court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.

[Courtesy of EurActiv]