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| Jul. 28 |
Greece |
|
Drivers told to end strike
|
| Jul. 27 |
United Kingdom |
|
BP ousts CEO Hayward Tony Hayward will step down amid ongoing outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and will be replaced by American Robert Dudley
| Hayward will receive a year's salary amounting to $1.6 million. Dudley is a long-time BP employee with more than 30 years in the oil business
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| Jul. 26 |
United Kingdom |
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BP set to announce record loss
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| |
London |
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BP boss set for £600,000 pension
|
| Jul. 25 |
United Kingdom |
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BP boss Hayward 'negotiates exit'
|
| Jul. 23 |
European Union |
|
Europe's big banks pass stress tests Officials led by the European Central Bank tested 91 banks, and most of banks passed stress tests aimed at shoring up confidence in the economy
| Seven banks have failed stress tests designed to assess the health of the EU's banking system
|
| |
|
| |
Netherlands |
|
Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste'
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| |
Kosovo |
|
Bank leader arrested in corruption probe |
|
| Jul. 22 |
European Union |
|
Europe banks set for stress tests |
|
| Jul. 19 |
London |
|
Airbus, Boeing battle for airshow sales |
|
| |
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| Jun.21 |
Greece |
|
Greece 'to compensate tourists' |
|
| Jun.20 |
Russia |
|
Russians 'to cut gas to Belarus' |
|
| Jun.18 |
United Kingdom |
|
BP 'strong despite spill setback' |
|
| Jun.17 |
Sweden |
|
Sweden to replace nuclear plants |
|
| |
|
| Jun.13 |
Switzerland |
|
Jailed businessman returns from Libya |
|
| Jun.7 |
Paris |
|
French trader Kerviel faces court |
|
| |
Spain |
|
Public sector to strike against austerity |
|
|
| May.25 |
European Union |
|
Euro continues slide against dollar |
|
| May.24 |
London |
|
BA cabin crew begins strike after talks fail |
|
| May.21 |
Belgium |
|
Ministers seek better crisis response |
|
| |
Berlin |
|
Germans approve euro rescue plan |
|
| |
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| May.16 |
London |
|
Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick
Britain's two busiest airports are to close shortly as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to thousands of...
|
| |
Northern England |
|
Ash closes airports in England, Ireland
Map of Liverpool England Airports in Manchester and Liverpool closed as a cloud of ash from a volcano moved east into England, but London airports were not affected
|
| May.9 |
Belgium |
|
EU approves $560B crisis fund
Map of Brussels Belgium| Europe's finance ministers approved in an emergency meeting a 'stabilization mechanism' that could provide 440 billion euros for a aid package. The members of the single currency bloc will have access to 440bn euros of loan guarantees and 60... | |
|
| |
European Union |
|
Volcanic ash cloud disrupts flights Ash spewing from an Icelandic volcano prompted flight cancellations in parts of Europe again. Eurocontro expects 500 flights below average
|
| May.4 |
Greece |
|
Tansport halts as strike extends Trains, planes and ferries are at a standstill, as a general strike has been called across Greeece as protests against spending cuts and tax rises continue
|
| May.2 |
Greece |
|
Bailout worth $146 billion
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|
| Apr.30 |
Spain |
|
Spain unemployment tops 20 percent
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| |
|
| Apr.27 |
Greece |
|
Greek bonds rated 'junk' by S& P's
|
| Apr.24 |
Greece |
|
IMF chief tries to ease Greece fears
|
| Apr.21 |
European Union |
|
Battle to clear flights' backlog
|
| |
|
| Apr.19 |
Netherlands |
|
Europe airport start to reopen for flights
The first flights in northern Europe have taken off after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland
|
| Apr.18 |
England |
|
Test flights: European skies may be safe |
|
| |
European Union |
|
Airlines and airports question flight bans |
|
| Apr.15 |
European Union |
|
Europe flights be grounded into weekend |
|
| Apr.11 |
Greece |
|
Greece is offered 30bn euros loan |
|
|
| |
|
| Mar.20 |
London |
|
BA cancels nearly half of flights amid strike |
|
| Mar.19 |
London |
|
BA cabin crew begin strike action| British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next 3 days | |
|
| Mar.15 |
Belgium |
|
EU ministers agree Greek plan
|
| Mar.3 |
Greece |
|
Greece backs new round of tax rises The government has approved a new package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis
|
| Mar.2 |
Greece |
|
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM| Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy | |
|
|
| Feb.23 |
Greece |
|
Greece steeled for 24-hour strike
|
| Feb.21 |
Germany |
|
Lufthansa four-day strike begins About 4,000 pilots have gone on strike for four days in a dispute over job security. Lufthansa has cancelled 3,000 flights and has warned of...
|
| |
Germany |
|
Lufthansa strike threatens global pain |
|
| Feb.10 |
Greece |
|
PM vows to slash huge government deficit Workers protest against austerity measures imposed by a government trying to dig its way out of a financial crisis that threatens to engulf ...
|
| |
|
|
| Sep.5 |
London |
|
G20 pledges tougher bank action
|
| Jul.23 |
Germany |
|
VW prepares to take over Porsche
|
| Apr.17 |
Sweden |
|
Court jails Pirate Bay founders
A court has jailed four men behind TPB, the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case
|
| Apr.2 |
London |
|
G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis
|
| |
|
| Mar.14 |
London |
|
G20 leaders vow to restore growth
Finance ministers from the rich and emerging nations have pledged to make a 'sustained effort' to pull the world economy out of recession
|
| Mar.13 |
Switzerland |
|
Switzerland eases banking secrecy
|
| Feb.14 |
Rome |
|
G7 pledges to avoid protectionism
|
| Jan.29 |
Paris |
|
Huge crowds join French strikes |
|
| Jan.19 |
Russia |
|
Russia turns on gas for Europe |
|
| Jan.17 |
Moscow |
|
'Gas to flow' after deal
|
| Jan.10 |
European Union |
|
Accord signed in Russia gas row |
|
| Jan.6 |
European Union |
|
European gas supplies disrupted Several countries say their supplies of Russian gas have been cut sharply amid an energy price dispute between Moscow and Ukraine
|
| Jan.1 |
Russia |
|
Gazprom cuts off Ukraine's gas
|
|
| |
|
| Nov.14 |
European Union |
|
Eurozone officially in recession
|
| Nov.13 |
Germany |
|
German economy now in recession |
|
| Oct.11 |
Paris |
|
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
|
| Oct.8 |
London |
|
World's central banks slash interest rates |
|
| Oct.7 |
United Kingdom |
|
UK bank rescue package imminent
|
| |
|
| Oct.4 |
Paris |
|
No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
|
| Sep.17 |
United Kingdom |
|
Barclays agrees $1.75B Lehman deal |
|
| Sep.9 |
Austria |
|
Oil falls as Opec ministers meet |
|
| Jul.29 |
Geneva |
|
Global trade deal falls apart
|
| |
|
| Jun.2 |
Rome |
|
Summit targets global food crisis A key UN-sponsored summit is set to open aimed at addressing the problem of soaring global food prices
|
| Mar.27 |
London |
|
Delays, protests as Heathrow's T5 opens |
|
| Jan.24 |
Paris |
|
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
|
|
| Nov.21 |
France |
|
Transport 'sabotage' hits France |
|
| Nov.14 |
France |
|
Strike brings travel chaos
|
| |
|
| Mar.21 |
European Union |
|
EU to vote on 'open skies' deal |
|
| Mar.14 |
European Union |
|
New fears rekindle global sell-off |
|
| Mar.9 |
European Union |
|
EU agrees renewable energy target |
|
| Feb.28 |
France |
|
Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs CEO Louis Gallois announced the restructuring plan: 10,000 jobs cut over four years; 4,300 in France, 3,700 in Germany
|
| Jan.10 |
European Union |
|
EU plans 'industrial revolution' |
|
| Jan.8 |
European Union |
|
Russia oil row hits Europe supply
|
|
| Oct.30 |
London |
|
Warming 'may cause economic chaos'
|
| Jul.24 |
Switzerland |
|
WTO global trade talks collapse
|
| Jan.26 |
Georgia |
|
Energy crisis as Georgia freezes |
|
| Jan.3 |
Russia |
|
Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal |
|
| Jan.1 |
Hungary |
|
Ukraine gas row hits EU supplies |
|
| |
Ukraine |
|
Russia cuts gas supplies Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute
|
|
| Dec.16 |
Belgium |
|
EU leaders agree 7-year budget |
|
| Jul.15 |
Scotland |
|
New Harry Potter book hits shops
|
| Jun.11 |
London |
|
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal Finance ministers have agreed to cancel up to $55 billion worth of debt owed by the world's poorest nations
|
| May.31 |
Moscow |
|
Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
|
| Apr.27 |
France |
|
Airbus A380 completes test flight |
|
| Jan.18 |
Southern France |
|
Largest passenger jet unveiled |
|
|
| Dec.19 |
Moscow |
|
Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction |
|
| |
|
| Mar.31 |
Berlin |
|
Afghanistan wins $8.2bn in aid |
|
|
| Dec.16 |
Germany |
|
Joint plan to relieve Iraq debt |
|
| Sep.14 |
Sweden |
|
Voters rejects euro currency |
|
| Jan.23 |
Switzerland |
|
Davos: Economy, Iraq top agenda |
|
| Jan.12 |
Austria |
|
OPEC to raise daily oil output |
|
|
| Jan.1 |
European Union |
|
Euro mark celebrations People lined up in freezing temperatures to get a jump on the most ambitious currency swap in history
|
|
| Nov.7 |
Paris |
|
Concorde back in business |
|
| |
|
|
| Sep.28 |
Denmark |
|
Denmark rejects euro |
|
| |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul. 23 |
European Union |
Europe's big banks pass stress tests Officials led by the European Central Bank tested 91 banks, and most of banks passed stress tests aimed at shoring up confidence in the economy
| Seven banks have failed stress tests designed to assess the health of the EU's banking system
|
| |
|
| Jul. 23 |
Kosovo |
Bank leader arrested in corruption probe |
|
| Jul. 22 |
European Union |
Europe banks set for stress tests |
|
| May.25 |
European Union |
Euro continues slide against dollar |
|
| May.21 |
Belgium |
Ministers seek better crisis response |
|
| May.21 |
Berlin |
Germans approve euro rescue plan |
|
| May.9 |
Belgium |
EU approves $560B crisis fund
Map of Brussels Belgium| Europe's finance ministers approved in an emergency meeting a 'stabilization mechanism' that could provide 440 billion euros for a aid package. The members of the single currency bloc will have access to 440bn euros of loan guarantees and 60... | |
|
| May.2 |
Greece |
Bailout worth $146 billion
|
| Apr.27 |
Greece |
Greek bonds rated 'junk' by S& P's
|
| Apr.24 |
Greece |
IMF chief tries to ease Greece fears
|
| Apr.11 |
Greece |
Greece is offered 30bn euros loan |
|
| Mar.15 |
Belgium |
EU ministers agree Greek plan
|
| Mar.2 |
Greece |
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM| Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy | |
|
| Feb.10 |
Greece |
PM vows to slash huge government deficit Workers protest against austerity measures imposed by a government trying to dig its way out of a financial crisis that threatens to engulf ...
| 2009 |
|
| Sep.5 |
London |
G20 pledges tougher bank action
|
| Mar.13 |
Switzerland |
Switzerland eases banking secrecy
| 2008 |
|
| Oct.11 |
Paris |
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
|
| Oct.8 |
London |
World's central banks slash interest rates |
|
| Oct.7 |
United Kingdom |
UK bank rescue package imminent
|
| Oct.4 |
Paris |
No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
|
| Jan.24 |
Paris |
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.16 |
Belgium |
EU leaders agree 7-year budget |
|
| Jun.11 |
London |
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal Finance ministers have agreed to cancel up to $55 billion worth of debt owed by the world's poorest nations
| 2004 |
|
| Mar.31 |
Berlin |
Afghanistan wins $8.2bn in aid |
| 2003 |
|
| Dec.16 |
Germany |
Joint plan to relieve Iraq debt |
|
| Sep.14 |
Sweden |
Voters rejects euro currency |
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.1 |
European Union |
Euro mark celebrations People lined up in freezing temperatures to get a jump on the most ambitious currency swap in history
| 2000 |
|
| Sep.28 |
Denmark |
Denmark rejects euro |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jun.2 |
Rome |
Summit targets global food crisis A key UN-sponsored summit is set to open aimed at addressing the problem of soaring global food prices
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Jul.23 |
Germany |
VW prepares to take over Porsche
| 2008 |
|
| Sep.17 |
United Kingdom |
Barclays agrees $1.75B Lehman deal |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jun.7 |
Paris |
French trader Kerviel faces court |
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.14 |
European Union |
New fears rekindle global sell-off |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul. 28 |
Greece |
Drivers told to end strike
|
| Jun.7 |
Spain |
Public sector to strike against austerity |
|
| May.24 |
London |
BA cabin crew begins strike after talks fail |
|
| May.4 |
Greece |
Tansport halts as strike extends Trains, planes and ferries are at a standstill, as a general strike has been called across Greeece as protests against spending cuts and tax rises continue
|
| Mar.19 |
London |
BA cabin crew begin strike action| British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next 3 days | |
|
| Feb.23 |
Greece |
Greece steeled for 24-hour strike
|
| Feb.21 |
Germany |
Lufthansa four-day strike begins About 4,000 pilots have gone on strike for four days in a dispute over job security. Lufthansa has cancelled 3,000 flights and has warned of...
|
| Feb.21 |
Germany |
Lufthansa strike threatens global pain |
| 2009 |
|
| Jan.29 |
Paris |
Huge crowds join French strikes |
| 2007 |
|
| Nov.21 |
France |
Transport 'sabotage' hits France |
|
| Nov.14 |
France |
Strike brings travel chaos
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Jul.15 |
Scotland |
New Harry Potter book hits shops
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Apr.30 |
Spain |
Spain unemployment tops 20 percent
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Dec.19 |
Moscow |
Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Apr.17 |
Sweden |
Court jails Pirate Bay founders
A court has jailed four men behind TPB, the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.3 |
Greece |
Greece backs new round of tax rises The government has approved a new package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis
| 2008 |
|
| Nov.14 |
European Union |
Eurozone officially in recession
|
| Nov.13 |
Germany |
German economy now in recession |
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.30 |
London |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos'
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul. 23 |
Netherlands |
Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste'
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul. 19 |
London |
Airbus, Boeing battle for airshow sales |
|
| May.16 |
London |
Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick
Britain's two busiest airports are to close shortly as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to thousands of...
|
| May.16 |
Northern England |
Ash closes airports in England, Ireland
Map of Liverpool England Airports in Manchester and Liverpool closed as a cloud of ash from a volcano moved east into England, but London airports were not affected
|
| May.9 |
European Union |
Volcanic ash cloud disrupts flights Ash spewing from an Icelandic volcano prompted flight cancellations in parts of Europe again. Eurocontro expects 500 flights below average
|
| Apr.21 |
European Union |
Battle to clear flights' backlog
|
| Apr.19 |
Netherlands |
Europe airport start to reopen for flights
The first flights in northern Europe have taken off after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland
|
| Apr.18 |
England |
Test flights: European skies may be safe |
|
| Apr.18 |
European Union |
Airlines and airports question flight bans |
|
| Apr.15 |
European Union |
Europe flights be grounded into weekend |
|
| Mar.20 |
London |
BA cancels nearly half of flights amid strike |
| 2008 |
|
| Mar.27 |
London |
Delays, protests as Heathrow's T5 opens |
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.21 |
European Union |
EU to vote on 'open skies' deal |
|
| Feb.28 |
France |
Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs CEO Louis Gallois announced the restructuring plan: 10,000 jobs cut over four years; 4,300 in France, 3,700 in Germany
| 2005 |
|
| Apr.27 |
France |
Airbus A380 completes test flight |
|
| Jan.18 |
Southern France |
Largest passenger jet unveiled |
| 2001 |
|
| Nov.7 |
Paris |
Concorde back in business |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jun.21 |
Greece |
Greece 'to compensate tourists' |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul. 27 |
United Kingdom |
BP ousts CEO Hayward Tony Hayward will step down amid ongoing outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and will be replaced by American Robert Dudley
| Hayward will receive a year's salary amounting to $1.6 million. Dudley is a long-time BP employee with more than 30 years in the oil business
|
| |
|
| Jul. 26 |
London |
BP boss set for £600,000 pension
|
| Jul. 25 |
United Kingdom |
BP boss Hayward 'negotiates exit'
|
| Jun.13 |
Switzerland |
Jailed businessman returns from Libya |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Feb.14 |
Rome |
G7 pledges to avoid protectionism
| 2008 |
|
| Jul.29 |
Geneva |
Global trade deal falls apart
| 2006 |
|
| Jul.24 |
Switzerland |
WTO global trade talks collapse
|
| Jan.3 |
Russia |
Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Apr.2 |
London |
G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis
|
| Mar.14 |
London |
G20 leaders vow to restore growth
Finance ministers from the rich and emerging nations have pledged to make a 'sustained effort' to pull the world economy out of recession
| 2003 |
|
| Jan.23 |
Switzerland |
Davos: Economy, Iraq top agenda |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jun.20 |
Russia |
Russians 'to cut gas to Belarus' |
| 2009 |
|
| Jan.19 |
Russia |
Russia turns on gas for Europe |
|
| Jan.17 |
Moscow |
'Gas to flow' after deal
|
| Jan.10 |
European Union |
Accord signed in Russia gas row |
|
| Jan.6 |
European Union |
European gas supplies disrupted Several countries say their supplies of Russian gas have been cut sharply amid an energy price dispute between Moscow and Ukraine
|
| Jan.1 |
Russia |
Gazprom cuts off Ukraine's gas
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Hungary |
Ukraine gas row hits EU supplies |
|
| Jan.1 |
Ukraine |
Russia cuts gas supplies Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jun.17 |
Sweden |
Sweden to replace nuclear plants |
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.9 |
European Union |
EU agrees renewable energy target |
|
| Jan.10 |
European Union |
EU plans 'industrial revolution' |
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.26 |
Georgia |
Energy crisis as Georgia freezes |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul. 26 |
United Kingdom |
BP set to announce record loss
|
| Jun.18 |
United Kingdom |
BP 'strong despite spill setback' |
| 2008 |
|
| Sep.9 |
Austria |
Oil falls as Opec ministers meet |
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.8 |
European Union |
Russia oil row hits Europe supply
| 2003 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Austria |
OPEC to raise daily oil output |