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10.12.2007Job growth remains steady in US
US employers added 94,000 jobs in November according to the latest government statistics. The Labor Department slightly revised upwards its estimate for October job creation, to 170,000 but slashed its estimate for September new jobs to 44,000, the weakest monthly gain in more than three and a half years.
10.12.2007Five killed in air crash in Ukraine
Five people died when a civilian aircraft crashed near Zhulyany airport in Ukraine Sunday, the country's Channel Five cited preliminary reports as saying.
03.12.2007Integral to turn into joint-stock company, though not in the near-term perspective, First Vice-Premier says
The Integral company will turn into a joint-stock company though not in the near-term perspective, First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko told on November 29.
Vladimir Semashko noted that Integral needs to turn into a joint-stock company and to join or merge with another company. But when answering the question as to whether Integral will be put on the list of the companies which will turn into joint-stock companies in 2008, Vladimir Semashko said: “It won’t happen that fast”.
03.12.2007Five dead as third blast in two weeks hits Ukrainian mine
The third blast in just over two weeks ripped through the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, killing five people and injuring 66, the regional administration said.
03.12.2007Putin extends mineral resources term for geological survey
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law extending the term for the use of mineral resources for geological prospecting from five to ten years, the Kremlin press office said on Monday.
03.12.2007German jobless total falls
Unemployment in Germany fell for the 22nd month in November, dropping to the lowest level in more than 14 years.
The latest figures show the number of people out of work went down by 55,000.
29.11.2007Belarus GDP to be 1.5 times up by 2011, Alexander Kosinets says
By 2011, Belarus intends to grow its GDP in 1.5 times. In the ten months 2007, GDP amounted to Br 78 trillion 277 billion, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Kosinets reported on November 28 at a joint session of the two houses of the Belarusian parliament.
29.11.2007Belarus sets up over 98,000 jobs in 2007
In 2007, as many as 153,100 people have been employed and over 98,000 new jobs were created in Belarus under the State Employment Programme, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Kosinets reported on November 28 at a joint session of the two houses of the Belarusian parliament.
29.11.2007Business wants Belgium to resolve political impasse
Belgium has long been seen as a profitable country for foreign investments, but that could change if the country's on-going political crisis continues.
Numerous well-known international companies have been attracted to the country's strategic location, multilingualism and association with international institutions such as the EU and NATO.
29.11.2007EU and China seek compromise over currency and trade
China and the European Union look to be making moves to reduce tensions over currency and trade issues at the tenth annual summit in Beijing.
28.11.2007Labour Party funding crisis grows in Britain
Gordon Brown has been facing a grilling in parliament over the funding row that has engulfed his Labour party. The British prime minister is being asked to explain exactly what he knew about the nearly one million euros donated by property developer David Abrahams through various intermediaries.
28.11.2007Europe to ask China to bridge the trade gap.
European leaders have been meeting their Chinese counterparts at the tenth annual trade summit in Beijing. Behind the handshakes, there have been tough talks on how to ease European concerns over an imbalance in business relations between the two.
27.11.2007Sarkozy super salesman on China visit
Rich pickings in China for the French president and his cohort of ministers and business leaders, who between them have won 20 billion euros worth of orders on day two of Nicolas Sarkozy's three-day visit.
27.11.2007Dozens of police hurt in second night of Paris riots
There have been running battles between French police and youths for the second consecutive night, reviving memories of the riots that shook the country in 2005. Then as now, the deaths of two teenagers sparked the unrest. The latest violence follows a crash between a police car and a motorcycle ridden by two youths, both of whom died.
26.11.2007Atomstroyexport in talks to build nuclear plant in Belarus
Atomstroyexport, Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, has begun talks on building a nuclear power plant in Belarus, the company's first vice president said on Monday.
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