EU policymakers are weighing up the idea of a European Monetary Fund -- an emergency fund that would help out financially troubled EU member states. But so far little flesh has been put on the bones of a concept that just a few weeks ago was an academic idea.
The European Commission is promising to reduce the gender equality gap in the European Union but the gap -- women's salaries are on average only 82 percent of the male rate in the EU -- has not changed much for about 15 years. Will the EU be successful now?
Iraqis are voting today for a new parliament and despite the bombings in the run-up to the election, the over-all trend is down, according to the Brookings Institution. Not so in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theatre, America 's other war, which remains red-hot.
Singapore's warning of a terrorist threat in the Malacca Straits has again highighted the issue of who is in charge of security in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Besides the littoral states of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, regional powers such as Japan, China, India, Japan, not to mention the United States all have a stake and have in the past offered military assistance.
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Czech Airlines is to restart flights between Manchester and Prague at the end of the month, with a six-times weekly service using Boeing 737-400 aircraft
A new study suggested Africans are getting wealthier more quickly than previously believed and the poorest continent's riches are also spreading beyond the narrow confines of its elite.
Budget Asian hotel brand Tune Hotels.com is to open a 79-room hotel on Westminster Bridge Road close to London Waterloo station, with plans to add 1,500 rooms across 15 London properties by 2017
Could developing nations cause headaches for Iran at the U.N. nuclear watchdog? What they think about the International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on Iran is important because Tehran has often been able to count on a certain amount of support from the 118-nation bloc of mainly developing nations at the agency, which makes decisions by diplomatic consensus.
Afghanistan's Taliban have condemned a government plan to ban live coverage of their attacks, saying the measure was a violation of free speech. For a group that had itself banned television, not to mention music during its rule from 1996 to 2001, that's pretty rich irony.
Dutch carrier KLM is to add a fourth daily flight from Liverpool John Lennon airport to Amsterdam Schiphol, and will tweak its existing schedules in order to "increase long-haul connectivity"
Scandinavian Airlines will start a seventh daily flight between Heathrow and Stockholm on March 28, citing increased demand from both business and leisure travellers
The European Union is setting out a 10-year growth and jobs plan called the Europe 2020 strategy. The last such programme -- the 10-year Lisbon Agenda, which kicked off in 2000 -- was widely deemed a failure. What makes the EU think it can make it work this time around?
easyJet tickets for flights until July 14th are now available at up to 25% off regular price. Book before midnight Tuesday January 12th. Flights are available from February 3rd.
Italian low cost airline Blu-express.com is now selling flights for € 14.99 between Rome and Turin, Catania, Palermo, Genoa, Lamezia Terme and Brindisi. Fly between January 13th and March 18th. Tickets are available until January 13th.
Norwegian is now selling 100.000 flight tickets each for NOK 199. Taxes included. Tickets are available for flights between January 9th and April 11th. Book before midnight January 18th.
Italian airline Wind Jet now offer flights at reduced rates from their Sicilian hub airports at Palermo and Catania. Flights until end of June are available.
SkyEurope.com now offer flights from the UK to Prague, Bratislava, Poprad and Kosice for 48 pounds all inclusive. Tickets are available for flights in May and June and must be bought before midnight Friday May 9th.
