Call for German poll angers ProdiA call by the commissioner in charge of enlarging the EU for a referendum in Germany before new member states are admitted has…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Low turnout for 20th anniversary of SolidarityThere was no shortage of pomp and splendour outside the former Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk yesterday as Cardinal Jozef Glemp led…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Poles gather to mark 20 years of SolidarityThousands of Poles will gather in the Baltic port city of Gdansk today for the climax of three days of celebrations to mark the…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Duisenberg and 16-man crew poised for their sixth increase in interest ratesWhen Mr Wim Duisenberg and his 16 colleagues on the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) meet at Frankfurt's …Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Eastern Europe tackles problems of corruptionIn Slovakia these days, a policeman's lot is not a happy one - especially if he happens to be corruptMon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Bomb blasts in Riga may be terrorismPolice in the Latvian capital of Riga believe that two bombs that ripped through a shopping centre in the city centre on Thursday…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Uncertainty over interest rates forces value of euro lowerUncertainty over the future of European interest rates drove down the value of the euro yesterday morning after overnight gains…Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
FAS touring Eastern Europe for IT recruitsIn the lofty, brightly-lit conference room of a gleaming, glass structure in Ljubljana, about 20 young Slovenians are clustered…Wed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
Black Madonna may yet be invoked to help new homeownersPoland's conservative politicians will join thousands of pilgrims in the southern town of Czestochowa tomorrow to celebrate the…Tue Aug 15 2000 - 01:00
Court clears Walesa of spying for communist intelligence servicesA Warsaw court has cleared Poland's former president and Nobel peace laureate, Mr Lech Walesa, of spying for the communist regime…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Walesa accused of being communist spyPoland's former president, Mr Lech Walesa, who led the Solidarity movement that brought down the communist regime more than a…Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
Central Bankers remain calm despite troublesAlthough the ECB president is on holiday (somewhere in the euro zone) ECB officials insist that it is business as usual at the…Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
Schroder insists German racism is confined to a small minorityThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has called on his country's international partners not to blame all Germans for the…Wed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Crusade launched against racismGerman politicians, celebrities and civil rights activists will start a national campaign against xenophobia next month in an…Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Irish firms eye central EuropeWhen Leoni, a cable manufacturer, announced last month that it was moving its production to Slovakia, the news came as a shock…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Dramatic change in strategy by Deutsche BankDeutsche Bank's plan, announced in Frankfurt this week, to create a single, Europe-wide, banking network represents a dramatic…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Hungary's Roma speak openly of the Gypsy HolocaustIn a shabby upper room at the back of a run-down courtyard, a young violinist plays a mournful melody while an old couple, their…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Hungarians gloomy over economic futureAt 30, Tibor Koltai has just given up his job as a nurse because he has found something better - staffing the cloakroom at one…Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Victims were due to take cruiseThe passengers who took off from Paris on board the doomed Concorde flight yesterday were on their way to New York to start a…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Western politicians sounding more shifty on EU enlargementThe news this week that only 37 per cent of EU citizens regard enlarging the Union as a priority will come as no surprise to …Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Kosovan children hurt in asylum hostel attackA fire-bomb attack on a hostel for asylum-seekers in the German town of Ludwigshafen has left three Kosovan children injured, …Mon Jul 17 2000 - 01:00
Major reform of German tax-system boosts stock marketThe German stock market soared yesterday after the country's upper house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a sweeping reform…Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Schroder government proposal of gay marriage draws fireAs one and a half million young people prepare to shed their inhibitions in Berlin's Love Parade today, Germany's politicians…Sat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
FAS wooing German jobseekers to IrelandMAIK (20) and Thomas (22) looked bewildered as they roamed around the stands at Berlin's Jobs Ireland exhibition, organised by…Sat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
US slowdown is dismissed by DuisenbergThe President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mr Wim Duisenberg has played down the threat to Europe's economic recovery posed…Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Austria plans referendum in effort to get EU diplomatic boycott liftedAustria's right-wing government meets today to plan a referendum on the country's relationship with the rest of the European …Tue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Austria agrees to work with human rights monitorsAustria's right-wing government has promised to co-operate with three "wise men" nominated by the European Court of Human Rights…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Inquiry in chaos as Kohl denies swaying membersA German parliamentary inquiry interrupted its questioning of Dr Helmut Kohl amid chaotic scenes yesterday after it emerged that…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
EU plan to end freeze on Austria backfiresAn initiative aimed at ending the diplomatic freeze between Austria and its 14 EU partners looks set to backfire amid Austrian…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
DT's hunt for partner spurred by lower profitThe collapse this week of a planned take-over by T-Online, Deutsche Telekom's Internet subsidiary, of Britain's Freeserve Internet…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Chirac arrives in Germany for three-day visitThe French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, arrived in Germany last night for a three-day visit aimed at demonstrating the renewed…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Kohl in new row after Jewish parallelGermany's disgraced former chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, has started a fresh row by comparing the governing Social Democrats' treatment…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Fischer denies German vision of a federal Europe is form of imperialismGermany's Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer, has defended his vision of a federal Europe and insisted that Germany has come…Thu Jun 22 2000 - 01:00
Duisenberg concerned over `worrisome' Irish inflationThe President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mr Wim Duisenberg, has described Irish inflation as "worrisome" and warned the…Wed Jun 21 2000 - 01:00
Dresdner Bank in `co-operation' talks with CommerzbankTwo months after the collapse of its planned merger with Deutsche Bank, Germany's Dresdner Bank has started talks about possible…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Deutsche Bank chief is not looking for more acquisitionsDeutsche Bank, still smarting after the collapse of its planned merger with Dresdner Bank, is not seeking any new acquisitions…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
EU's biggest players in accord on way forwardFrance and Germany are in broad agreement about how the European Union should be reformed before it accepts new members, their…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
`First Canine' scoots off to beer barGerman police and border guards were breathing a sigh of relief last night after President Johannes Rau called off a three-day…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Centre-left leaders stress markets must be controlledPresident Bill Clinton has joined other world leaders, including Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and the French prime minister…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Austria proposes formula for EU sanctionsAustria's right-wing government, itself the target of sanctions imposed by its 14 EU partners, has proposed a new formula for…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Clinton calls for Europe to reach out to RussiaPresident Clinton has called for Russia to be allowed to join the European Union and NATO as the final step in uniting Europe…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Clinton's visit may help to ease strains in US/German relationsPresident Clinton will travel to Aachen this morning to accept the International Charlemagne Prize for his contribution to European…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Political in-fighting in Poland could slow down preparations to join EUPoland's squabbling coalition partners have given each other two weeks to resolve a crisis that threatens to bring down prime…Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Ahern rejects Donaldson's alternative proposalThe Taoiseach has rejected the alternative proposal for governing the North proposed by Mr Jeffrey Donaldson, and ruled out any…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Price increases by greedy traders fuelling inflation, says TaoiseachConsumers should start questioning unjustified price rises more closely, as greedy traders raise prices simply because the economy…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Haughey has betrayed FF ethos, says AhernThe scale of the financial wrongdoing by Mr Charles Haughey uncovered by the Moriarty tribunal was "deeply shocking" and an affront…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Poland seen as ideal place for Irish firms to investPolish television viewers were treated this week to a mouth-watering account of the luxurious lifestyle enjoyed by the Irish …Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Poles to readmit rejected refugeesPoland has agreed to introduce a readmission procedure to facilitate the swift repatriation of asylum-seekers whose applications…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
