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Meeting Mario Monti, interim Italian prime minister

('Tobias Sauer',) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:45:42 -0000

On 13 November the independent candidate, known as the president of Italian university Bocconi, officially succeeded Silvio Berlusconi in the middle of a deep debt crisis. Ave Mario, cries French newspaper Le Monde. Super Mario, scream spoof websites. We meet at a press conference in Berlin

Dutch supermarkets at war in Europe

('Joss Corner',) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Special offers, two for the price of one, price-cuts, buy one get one half price, loyalty cards, vouchers… are you familiar with these methods of seduction? Supermarkets are engaging themselves in heightening competition to the point of declaring war on one another, such as in the Netherlands, where leading brand names are selling at a loss

What the fridge is a monopoly?

('Hayley Worsley-Carter',) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:44:40 -0000

Each year, the European commission review over a thousand business mergers - and not all of them play by the rules

How the fridge do you abuse a market?

('leila reid',) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0000

The EU is taking a firm stance against market abuse – take the case of Microsoft. How much do you know about what ‘abusing a dominant market position’ actually means?

From imam to businessman

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Sausages without pork - a Turkish businessman tries conquering the EU

50 years of football - of Hungarians and Frenchmen

('Andrew Burgess',) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0000

Ferenc Puskás and Vikhash Dhorasoo's parallel career paths outline two universes - both of which feature a round ball

‘German businesses want to invest even more’

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Corruption stops German businesses settling in Bulgaria. But Mitko Vassilev of Sofia's German-Bulgarian Industry and Trade Council is optimistic

Neither vision, nor courage...nor leadership

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0000

In the Dutch parliamentary elections the EU clearly plays a secondary role

Sarkozy to toughen EU immigration laws

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:31:00 -0000

In Madrid, the leader of the French right wing party UMP declared the EU should decide on asylum issues

Montenegro goes on sale

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:41:00 -0000

For years the unspoiled beauty of Montenegro used to be the best kept secret in Europe. Now the sights of old Venetian squares, spectacular mountains, bays, sandy beaches are once more a favourite destination for globe-trotters around the world

“The ECB cannot please everyone”

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:00:00 -0000

The European Central Bank (ECB) maintains low interest rates, boosting growth and property prices. For economist José García-Montalvo, national governments should tax home buyers to control speculation

Sushi fashion hits tuna stocks hard

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:26:00 -0000

As the sushi fashion hits Europe, blue-fin tuna is increasingly in danger of extinction. Greenpeace France calls for more quotas

Europe meets Asia: reviving the Silk Road

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:00:00 -0000

As trade flourishes between the EU and Asia and regional integration accelerates, the Asian highway opens new routes to the East

The leopard prowls the Silk Road

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:07:00 -0000

Kazakhstan holds a key position on the Asian highway network which criss-crosses 32 Asian states. At the used car market “Barys”, traders discuss the merging of Europe and Asia

ASEAN and the EU: singing from different hymnals

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:00:00 -0000

As regional integration accelerates in Asia, ASEAN might one day resemble the former EEC. I talked to Ludo Cuyvers, professor of economics at the University of Antwerp, who says such comparisons are premature.

Lidl cracks the whip

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000

Lidl supermarkets are a familiar sight in malls around Europe, popular among students and cash-strapped families. But according to the German services employees’ union, ver.di, Lidl supervisors repress their workers and enforce 45-hour work weeks.