International Business News - Europe http://hk.ibtimes.com/subsection/globalnews/europe.htm All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://hk.ibtimes.com/ http://hk.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as climate and energy issues at Germany's chancellery Thursday, part of a tour aimed at lifting the first-term senator's international standing. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2810-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/obama-german-leader-discuss-war-economics.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/obama-german-leader-discuss-war-economics.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:14:20 EDT The euro roared to a new high against the dollar on Tuesday, reaching US$1.6038 in European trading as markets worried about the ongoing U.S. lending crisis and the state of the country's economy. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2716-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/euro-dollars.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/euro-dollars.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:41:47 EDT A zookeeper's house cat has adopted a baby red panda abandoned by its mother and is nursing the cub along with her own kittens, the Artis zoo said Wednesday. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2630-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/dutch-cat-adopts-red-panda.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/dutch-cat-adopts-red-panda.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:00:46 EDT The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2599-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/global-emission-greenhouse-gases.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/global-emission-greenhouse-gases.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:31:05 EDT Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized powers are deeply concerned about rising oil and food prices but remain positive about the outlook for the global economy, they said in a communique released Tuesday. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2605-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/oil-food-price-possitive-outlook.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/oil-food-price-possitive-outlook.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:31:05 EDT The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2583-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/climate-food-crisis.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/climate-food-crisis.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:33:21 EDT Belarusian lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a crackdown on Internet journalism, one of the last remaining independent sources of information in the repressive former Soviet republic. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/belarus-controal-internet-journalism.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:39:59 EDT German business confidence fell in June, dragged down by concerns over record high oil prices, a closely watched survey of attitudes in Europe's biggest economy showed Monday. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/german.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:16:30 EDT The European Union on Thursday agreed to lift its diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposed tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations, officials said. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2369-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/lift-sanctions-cuba.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/lift-sanctions-cuba.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:59:29 EDT Stop by for a drink at the Roosevelt cocktail bar and you'll be asked: "Do you have a membership?" http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2371-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/german-bar.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/german-bar.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:45:35 EDT Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday the country will freeze assets of Iran's largest bank in a further move to discourage the country from developing nuclear weapons, after which he also announced additional troops for Afghanistan. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/bush-brown-iran-tougher-sanctions.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:29 EDT Kosovo's government took control of the newly independent nation Sunday as the country's constitution went into force after nine years of U.N. administration. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2306-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/kosovo-charter.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/kosovo-charter.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:30:16 EDT U.S. President George W. Bush said there should be no definitive timetable for the withdrawal of Coalition forces from Iraq, according to a British Sunday newspaper. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2309-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/bush-irap-withdrawals.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/bush-irap-withdrawals.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:10:16 EDT President Bush's vision of a new era of trans-Atlantic relations will last at least seven more months. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/bush-europe-pope.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:04:16 EDT President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel both want to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, but right now, they're standing on opposite sides of a revolving door. He's on his way out of office. She's trying to stay in. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2253-bush-german-chancellor-merkel-discuss-iran.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/bush-trip-iran.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/bush-trip-iran.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:33:08 EDT President Bush opened his last summit with the European Union on Tuesday with a long list of trans-Atlantic issues on his plate — Iran's nuclear ambitions, Afghanistan's woes, climate change, Mideast peace and perhaps even the U.S.-Europe flap over chickens. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2234-eu-summit-is-bushs-first-stop-in-last-europe-trip.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/bush-trip.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/bush-trip.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:33:08 EDT Gas stations in Madrid and the northeastern Catalonia region began running out of fuel Monday as an indefinite strike by truckers began to bite. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2235-spanish-truckers-begin-fuel-protest.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/spanish.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/spanish.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:33:08 EDT The administrator of collapsed business-class airline Silverjet PLC, confirmed on Monday that it has received a formal offer from a Swiss investment firm to buy and relaunch the airline. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/bids.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:31:24 EDT World leaders at a U.N. summit pledged Thursday to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat a food crisis that is spreading hunger and violent unrest across the world. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/food-crisis.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:23:11 EDT The largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulence. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2174-art-basel-_-worlds-largest-art-fair-_-opens-in-switzerland.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/art-basel.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/art-basel.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:23:11 EDT