Brown to address European Parliament
European VoiceMarch 12, 2009 UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will address the European Parliament on 24 March during its plenary session in Strasbourg. more
Month: March 2009
€3 billion of loans for auto industry
European VoiceMarch 12, 2009 The European Investment Bank (EIB) today approved loans of €3 billion for EU carmakers and truckmakers. The loans are targeted at improving fuel-efficiency and cutting carbon dioxide emissions. more
U.S. weighs Iran route for NATO supplies
International Herald TribuneMarch 12, 2009 The United States is seeking new supply routes for the war in Afghanistan that would bypass Russia and has even had logistics experts review overland roads through Iran that might be used by NATO allies, according to military planners and Pentagon officials. more
For Sweden, tiny Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are too big to fail
International Herald TribuneMarch 12, 2009 For Sweden, tiny Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are too big to fail. Sweden’s banks plowed billions of kronor into the three booming but small countries across the Baltic Sea over the past decade. But severe recessions in the Baltic states are turning them into the Swedish equivalent of subprime U.S. […]
France ends four-decade Nato rift
BBCMarch 12, 2009 French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced his country is to return to Nato’s military command, reversing four decades of self-imposed exile. more