European markets have fallen sharply as investors look to offload riskier assets amid fears that the eurozone debt crisis is spreading. Britain's FTSE-100 dropped 1.5 per cent while Germany's DAX-30 and Paris CAC-40…
Friday, 11 January 2013 12:57
The unemployment rate across the eurozone hit a new all-time high of 11.8% in November, official figures have shown. This is a slight rise on 11.7% for the 17-nation region in October. The…
Thursday, 05 April 2012 14:25
Unemployment in the eurozone reached its highest level in almost 15 years in February, with more than 17 million people out of work, and economists saying they expected job office queues to grow…
Saturday, 08 December 2012 16:03
Unemployment in the eurozone hit a record high in October, with more than 170,000 extra jobs lost and youth joblessness at almost 24 per cent, as the economy slumped into recession. Overall, the…
Friday, 16 November 2012 12:30
Workers across the European Union have staged a series of protests and strike against rising unemployment and austerity measures. Organisers of the strike urged national leaders to abandon austerity and address growing social…
Thursday, 13 June 2013 19:45
The European commission estimates that 700,000 people die and millions of EU citizens suffer as a result of smoking related diseases every year. Tobacco consumption is by far the largest avoidable health risk…
Thursday, 02 May 2013 19:23
Intercessors from many European nations will meet again in Dublin, May 11th-18th, to pray for Europe and especially for Ireland. In the planning good contacts were made with the Evangelical Alliance and the…
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:12
Representatives of European theological faculties and church theological institutes have warned against universities dropping the teaching of theology in favour of religious studies that are seen as a more general approach, reports Ecumenical…
Thursday, 29 March 2012 18:34
Same-sex marriages are not a human right, European judges have ruled. Their decision shreds the claim by ministers that gay marriage is a universal human right and that same-sex couples have a right…
Thursday, 22 August 2013 19:13
Al-Qaeda is plotting attacks on Europe’s high-speed rail network, a German newspaper reported, citing intelligence sources. The extremist group could plant explosives on trains and tunnels or sabotage tracks and electrical cabling, said…