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Friday, February 8, 2013

EU budget hawks take spoils

EU budget hawks take spoils


EU budget hawks take spoils

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:01 PM PST

Deal includes €1bn cut in spending on the Brussels bureaucracy and big reductions in cross-border infrastructure projects supposed to boost growth

Politicians pilloried amid Spanish sleaze

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 10:05 AM PST

The slush-fund scandal in the ruling Popular party has been met with fury, despair and grim humour, and has exposed flaws in the post-Franco system

North Italy looks for leader to help business

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 11:28 AM PST

The fraying of the region's industrial fabric is playing into Italy's general election campaign amid strong disaffection with the entire political elite

Malian troops fight mutinous paratroopers

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 08:28 AM PST

The clashes illustrate Bamako's fragile situation, where an interim government cannot stamp its authority because of the power still with the coup leaders

America’s malls seek a life beyond retail

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:05 AM PST

Services such as hairdressers, nail salons and sports clubs are likely to occupy many former stores amid job losses and competition from Amazon

Tahrir sexual assault victims speak out

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:36 AM PST

Women publicise their experiences of violent sexual attacks in Egypt's iconic centre of protest even as society and politicians maintain silence

Myanmar plans its own ‘mini Singapore’

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:40 AM PST

Government draws up plan to transform the sleepy seaside town of Kyaukpyu into an industrial zone, complete with an airport, seaport and railway

India working on advanced nuclear missile

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:05 AM PST

Agni VI long-range missile will be capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads to different targets, says senior defence industry official

Health workers gunned down in Nigeria

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:49 AM PST

Gunmen kill nine workers who were vaccinating children against polio in the northern city of Kano, where militant group Boko Haram has been active

Belaid funeral stokes Tunisian tension

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:22 AM PST

General strike to protest assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid stops flights in and out of Tunisia as protesters and mourners gather

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