http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Europe.aspx?NavId=8&NavsId=37 Europe- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:55:22 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/22232403/Denmark-says-65-world-leaders.html Denmark 10 days ago formally invited the heads of state and government of 191 UN member states to come for the final two days of the 7-18 December conference John Acher / Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:54:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/22232403/Denmark-says-65-world-leaders.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/20150737/EU-names-Belgian-PM-as-first-P.html Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy named as EU’s first President and Baroness Catherine Ashton, a little known Briton, as foreign affairs chief, under a deal that kept out more established figures such as Tony Blair Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/20150737/EU-names-Belgian-PM-as-first-P.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19170359/EU-leaders-deadlocked-over-top.html EU’s 27 leaders deadlocked over who to name as the bloc’s first full-time president and new foreign policy chief AP Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19170359/EU-leaders-deadlocked-over-top.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16171837/Merkel-decides-to-attend-Copen.html Complex negotiations towards a legally enforceable successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which expires in 2012, would then continue to work out differences between rich nations and developing countries including China AFP Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:48:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16171837/Merkel-decides-to-attend-Copen.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11194507/British-unemployment-rate-at-7.html “The number of unemployed people increased by 30,000 over the quarter to reach 2.46 million” AFP Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11194507/British-unemployment-rate-at-7.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10170430/Lloyds-to-cut-further-5000-jo.html Lloyds said it would take mitigating actions, including redeploying staff and releasing contractors and temporary employees, to limit the net reduction in permanent jobs to 2,600 Reuters Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:34:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10170430/Lloyds-to-cut-further-5000-jo.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09151427/Britons-face-higher-credit-car.html Britain, the only country in Europe with more credit cards than people, has seen borrowing drop 3% in the past year as consumers cut back and banks tighten the purse strings Reuters Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09151427/Britons-face-higher-credit-car.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09092642/Germany-celebrates-memory-of-B.html On 9 November 1989, East Germans came in droves, riding their sputtering Trabants, motorcycles and rickety bicycles. Thousands crossed over the following days AP Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:56:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09092642/Germany-celebrates-memory-of-B.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/06170009/G20-FMs-to-pledge-stimulus-st.html No sign of stimulus withdrawal expected from G-20 finance ministers; meting to focus on new scheme for balancing world growth; officials to discuss coordination of eventual exit Sumeet Desai / Reuters Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/06170009/G20-FMs-to-pledge-stimulus-st.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/06105908/Global-unemployment-up-despite.html The upturns in many countries recorded have been largely driven by temporary factors such as industry restocking, stimulus programs Greg Keller / AP Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:29:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/06105908/Global-unemployment-up-despite.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/03164907/Fiscal-austerity-may-hamper-EC.html Analysts expect the ECB to start raising interest rates from a 1% record low in the fourth quarter of 2010, likely reaching 2.25% by mid-2011 Reuters Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:19:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/03164907/Fiscal-austerity-may-hamper-EC.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/01174946/France-proposes-climate-plan-t.html France’s ecology minister Jean-Louis Borloo hopes the plan will help break the deadlock between rich and poor nations at Copenhagen summit Reuters Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:19:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/01174946/France-proposes-climate-plan-t.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/29222403/Unilever-to-replace-more-top-m.html Since taking the helm in January, Polman has replaced 40 of the top 100 people and Unilever will be going through another round in November, he said on Wednesday at a conference of the American Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam Jeroen Molenaar / Bloomberg Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/29222403/Unilever-to-replace-more-top-m.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/23181806/WTO8217s-Lamy-sees-no-progr.html WTO Doha talks make no progress despite intensive meetings; 2010 target for deal won’t be met at this rate Jonathan Lynn / Reuters Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:48:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/23181806/WTO8217s-Lamy-sees-no-progr.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/23145228/Developing-countries-must-boos.html Lack of broadband Internet access deprives countries of the possibility of building up offshoring industries, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said Reuters Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:55:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/23145228/Developing-countries-must-boos.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/18210309/Russia-sees-Chinese-Communist.html Putin’s party is looking at ways to emulate the one-party system of keeping tight control while still driving growth Clifford J. Levy / NYT Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/18210309/Russia-sees-Chinese-Communist.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/14175526/Britain-to-send-500-extra-troo.html Britain currently has around 9,000 troops in Afghanistan, the second largest deployment after the United States. There have been 221 British deaths there since the war began in 2001 AFP Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:25:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/14175526/Britain-to-send-500-extra-troo.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/13182917/EU-for-linking-climate-change.html There is a need to assess the impact of the FTA on the social groups of the country, member of European Parliament, Lena-Kolarska Bobinska, said PTI Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:59:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/13182917/EU-for-linking-climate-change.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/12200036/Food-prices-to-stay-high-vola.html The food price spikes caused a sharp rise in the number of hungry people around the world to more than 1 billion this year Silvia Aloisi / Reuters Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/12200036/Food-prices-to-stay-high-vola.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/09235646/Swine-flu-toll-climbs-to-4525.html This is an increase of 417 fatal cases from a week ago when 4,108 deaths were recorded AFP Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:26:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/09235646/Swine-flu-toll-climbs-to-4525.html