A third straight week of U.S. stock gains is on the line Friday as investors turning their focus to developments in Europe.
Unemployment in the 17-member eurozone jumped to an all-time high of 10.7 per cent in January, underlining the challenges facing European leaders as they gather in Brussels for a summit dedicated to finding ways to restart the continent's economy.
Strikes by trade unions in Belgium disrupted travel Monday on the Eurostar and Thalys international train lines, the companies announced, as European leaders gathered in the capital Brussels for an informal summit.
European stocks rose Friday as leaders unveiled plans for a fiscal union at their high profile summit in Brussels. But continuing concern from bond investors sent most European bond yields higher.
Businesses breaching European Union privacy rules will face fines of up to 5 per cent of their global turnover under sweeping proposals to be unveiled next month.
The European Commission is homing in on a list of concerns about Google's business practices that could form the basis of an antitrust complaint against the US internet search group.
David Cameron will today tell Angela Merkel, German chancellor, that he will back her plans to strengthen economic union in the eurozone, but only on condition that he wins safeguards to protect the City of London from unwelcome European legislation.
Greece is waiting to hear who will become its new prime minister. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has said he is confident of a positive outcome by the end of Tuesday, a spokesman said, as thorny discussions continue on forming a new government.
A new prime minister will be named Tuesday to replace George Papandreou, a Greek government spokesman said Monday.
Greece will form a new coalition government without current Prime Minister George Papandreou. Diana Magnay reports.
Traveling to beautiful places is already sweet, but the journeys can get decadent if you succumb to the power of chocolate.
Youth unemployment in Britain remains a problem. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.
This week is, simply, the anniversary of the saddest day in American sport. Fifty years ago, on the morning after Valentine's Day, a Sabena 707 plunged into a field near Brussels. Eighteen U.S. figure skaters were killed -- the elite of a nation's whole sport wiped out, along with coaches and officials. Proudly, they were flying to the world championships.
At least 10 are arrested in separate investigations in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.
Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with a suspected terror plot targeting Belgium, officials there said Tuesday.
Direct rail travel between London and Germany moves a step closer in the Channel Tunnel, as Ayesha Durgahee reports.
A German high-speed train which is expected to offer a direct service from London to Frankfurt from 2013 was unveiled Tuesday at London's St. Pancras station following safety tests in the Channel Tunnel.
Its flemish sisters Antwerp and Bruges may be better known, but the town of Ghent, a 30-mile drive northwest of Brussels, has the best of both worlds: stylish new restaurants, bars and boutiques that compete with Antwerp's line centuries-old cobblestoned streets similar to those in Bruges. Together, they bring a palpable energy to this city of roughly 240,000.
European trade unionists descended on Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday in the tens of thousands, determined to both vent their anger at austerity measures and to tell European governments to "put people first."
Union members strike in Spain slowing down transportation, but is their message getting across? Al Goodman reports.
With all due respect to esteemed chefs and restaurateurs, anyone who's ever bought fresh steamed crab from a Bangkok canal boat or sampled hot, crisp frites on a Brussels sidewalk knows that not all stellar meals are served in courses -- or even come with silverware.
A suspect has been arrested in the shooting deaths of a female judge and clerk at a Brussels courthouse, Jean-Marc Meilleur, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, said Friday.
Two people have been shot and killed at a courthouse in Brussels, Belgium, police and Belgian news outlets said Thursday.
CNN's Jim Boulden explains what "naked" short selling is and why it was banned in Germany in three products until 2011.
The experience of minority and coalition governments worldwide shows the advantages and risks for the UK as the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties build an alliance that can command a parliamentary majority following an election that produced no clear winner.
A discussion on who will be Britain's next Labour Party leader.
Belgian bishop Roger Joseph Vangheluwe has resigned after admitting to sexually abusing a child, a spokesman for the Brussels bishop said Friday.
A trial for nine terror suspects accused of having ties to al Qaeda opened in a Belgian court Monday, with the main defendant suspected of nearly launching a terror attack just hours before a 2008 European Union summit in Brussels.
An Internet privacy expert expects the Italian conviction of Google executives to ultimately be overturned.
A high-speed train carrying more than 700 passengers broke down in England late Sunday, delaying their journey by more than four hours, Eurostar said Monday.
Several were killed when two commuter trains crashed head-on in Halle, Belgium.
Belgian authorities were holding a crisis meeting Tuesday morning in the aftermath of a commuter train crash near Brussels that left 18 people dead and more than 160 injured.
Tony Blair's chances of becoming the European Union's first full-time president were in serious trouble late on Thursday as a Brussels summit opened with a chorus of criticism from his own supposed center-left allies.
Six hundred years ago, Brussels was just a nice place to stop and buy a waffle on the way to France. Today, it's a city of 1.8 million, the capital of Belgium, the headquarters of NATO and the political center of the European Union. It may be easy to skip as you zip from Amsterdam to Paris by train, but its rich brew of food and culture pleasantly surprises those who stop. Its magnificent grand square, rightly named La Grand Place, alone makes a visit worthwhile.
Europe is investing in its infrastructure, and travelers know the results are breathtaking. With the English Channel tunnel, trains speed from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower in about 2.5 hours. You zip under the English Channel in 20 minutes ... looking out the window for fish.
Between late July and early December of 2008 four members of a Belgian-French group returned to Europe from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.
Six hundred years ago, Brussels was just a nice place to stop and buy a waffle on the way to France. Today, it's a city of 1.8 million, the capital of Belgium, the headquarters of NATO and the political center of the European Union. It may be easy to skip as you zip from Amsterdam to Paris by train, but its rich brew of food and culture pleasantly surprises those who stop. Its magnificent grand square, rightly named La Grand Place, alone makes a visit worthwhile.
Center right and minority parties make gains across Europe as turnout in elections for the new European Parlimanent dips to a record low of 43 percent. Below is a country by country selection of some of the key results at national level.
European intelligence agencies are on alert for new al Qaeda terrorist plots following the arrest of two men at an Italian port and investigations into the activities of an alleged al Qaeda network based in Brussels.
Two children and one adult were killed Friday after a man with a painted face launched a knife attack at a children's daycare center in Belgium.
Belgian authorities charged six suspected al-Qaeda-linked extremists with membership in a terrorist group Friday, including a woman they called an "al Qaeda living legend," according to media reports.
Belgian police Thursday arrested a woman they called an "al Qaeda living legend" as part of an operation to thwart a terror attack being planned to coincide with an EU summit in Brussels, a Belgian police source told CNN.
CNN's Eunice Yoon reports on how some Hong Kong businesses are coping with the recession.
One of the things that charms me about traveling through Europe is its ethnic variety. Hop on a train and two hours later you step into a different culture, different language and different heritage.
The Group of Eight major industrial nations announced Wednesday they will hold a global summit
Everybody's working on plug-in cars, but their success depends on gas prices and cleaner power plants
A cargo plane crashes at the end of the runway and splits in half at Brussels airport.
An investigation has been launched to investigate whether drug firms have been fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines
Belgium is on high alert after the arrest of 14 suspected extremists. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen
Though European leaders are about to sign a new treaty, the event has been dubbed a diplomatic vanity trip and an environmental extravagance
Belgium heads for 149 days with no government unless the two winners of this year's elections suddenly resolve linguistic spats deadlocking their bid to form an alliance
The traditional British pint of beer is here to stay after the European Union finally ceded in the battle to convert the country's traditional imperial measures to metric versions.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Thursday in Brussels, after the Iranian postponed the meeting by a day without an explanation, Solana's office said.
Authorities evacuated and closed a busy terminal at Brussels' Zaventem International Airport after a man who was behaving suspiciously fled inside to evade a security check.
More than 2,300 people are attending the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
A 12-year-old Turkish girl has died from suspected bird flu in the eastern city of Van, officials said on Sunday.
A person who was admitted to a Brussels hospital with flu symptoms after returning from areas in Turkey affected by bird flu has tested negative for the virus, according to a Belgian government official.
After more than two weeks of nightly rioting and arson in France, unrest spread northeastwards to Belgium, where more than two dozen similar incidents took place overnight Saturday.
GENEVA -(Dow Jones)- Talks among trade ministers from the world's biggest commercial powers to open global markets ended in acrimony Tuesday night.
The European Commission has called an emergency meeting of its food and animal health committee for Friday after it confirmed that the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in Turkish poultry and suspected of being present in Romania.
For centuries, the beer faithful have made pilgrimages to places like London, Brussels and Munich in search of the perfect pint.
A car bomb exploded Friday evening in a northwestern Baghdad neighborhood, killing nine Iraqi civilians and wounding 15 others, Iraqi security forces said.
Paul Wolfowitz, Washington's nominee to head the World Bank, will be in Brussels Wednesday to meet with European Union officials, diplomats said.
Money Magazine: More Europe, Fewer Eurosupdated: Tue Mar 01 2005 00:01:00
You could just go to Paris. You could take your precious week or two of vacation, fly all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, park yourself in a hotel, eat at a different café and go to a different ...
Much of Europe fell silent for three minutes on Wednesday as busy rail stations, stock exchanges, offices and shops paused to mourn the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to meet with NATO and European Union leaders in February in an effort to mend trans-Atlantic relations that have been strained by the war in Iraq, officials say.
Treasury prices fell sharply Monday ahead of a week of corporate debt issues as a sudden wave of speculative selling sent yields to new ranges and triggered market-timers to jump in on the action.
If you go ...updated: Mon Nov 22 2004 15:16:00
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At least 10 people were killed and 100 others injured when a leaking underground natural gas pipeline exploded in southern Belgium, officials said.
Iraq's foreign minister has urged NATO to speed up promised training for his government's fledgling military and provide extra assistance.
The release of early results from European Parliament polling has sparked a row between Brussels and the Netherlands.
On May 1, Europe becomes a much bigger place when ten countries join the European Union. With the addition of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Baltic states, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary, Poland, and Sl...
Spurred by a sense of unity after the Madrid bombings, European Union leaders have agreed to major reforms in the bloc's fight against terrorism.
A letter bomb exploded at the office of a British member of the European Parliament, but no one was hurt, a parliamentary official said.
When it comes to winter vacation planning, Europe probably doesn't rank very high on your list of places to go. After October, the only destinations worth visiting are for skiers, right? Actually, ...
THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE, a thousand bonfires will be set across the Continent to mark the opening of the single European market. But the celebration will be less festive than it might have been. All ki...
Fortune: EUROCONDOM TREATYupdated: Mon Dec 30 1991 00:01:00
Europe may be riven over the weighty issues of monetary policy, federalism, and agricultural subsidies, but continental unity has at last been reached in one area. Yes, folks, there will be a Euroc...
Fortune: Moguls in Aspenupdated: Mon Feb 15 1988 00:01:00
It began 20 years ago as a lark: Roger LeGuay, Jean Peterbroeck, and Peter Reitinger, partners at large brokerages in Paris, Brussels, and Munich, were skiing in France and decided to turn their tr...
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