European markets again fluctuated Friday closing out a highly volatile week of trading. Most of the markets were making gains by midday. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London reports. Stock traders talk at the stock exchange in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 16 O...
European markets are reacting nervously again as the banking crisis continues to worry many. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London. While financial jitters were felt right across Europe Tuesday, European stocks generally posted moderate gains on h...
French, German, British and Italian leaders are meeting in Paris Saturday to look for a common European response to the world financial crisis. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (l), and the head of the Intern...
European shares extended gains by midday on Tuesday with banks rebounding from lows ahead of U.S. President George Bush's speech on the financial sector rescue package. Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell by as much as 3 percent in e...
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the European Union is considering sanctions against Russia following its recognition of independence for the Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. France has called an EU meeting Monday in...
European countries have begun evacuating their citizens from Georgia. One of the first countries to do so was Italy. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. The Italian government has wasted no time in evacuating its nationals from Georgia as fears m...
The European Commission is calling for Russia to halt its military incursion into Georgia. Tendai Maphosa has the details from London. EU flag outside European Commission's Berlaymont building The European Commission expressed extreme concern about...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 June 2008 The European parliament has passed tough new immigration guidelines that sparked protests on the part of human rights groups and some lawmakers. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. European Parliament vote in...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 June 2008 Several governments and women's rights groups say forced and arranged marriages are a growing problem in European countries. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul the Turkish city recently hosted one of a series me...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 May 2008 The French government has called for the European Union to suspend certain gas taxes and for OPEC to increase production as part of a series of measures to ease the high cost of oil - which has topped $130 a barrel. L...