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30. 12. 2008

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France and UK put heat on Merkel

Leaders will pressure Germany’s chancellor at meeting to co-ordinate Europe-wide package of financial stimulus to address problems their countries face in downturn - Dec-05

Russia’s church mourns patriarch

Alexei II, the patriarch of Russia’s Orthodox church who presided over the return of Orthodoxy to Russian society after 70 years of repression, has died, church officials said - Dec-05

Lithuania pledges to slash deficit

Lithuania’s new centre-right government will slash the budget deficit to avoid having to seek help from the IMF, like Latvia, Andrius Kubilius, the prime minister, has said - Dec-05

Eurotunnel wants firefighting change

The company that runs the Channel Tunnel has concluded firefighting rules worsened September’s truck shuttle fire - Dec-05

Oil consumption forecasts slashed

The world economy will consume far less oil than previously assumed, the western countries’ energy watchdog said in a further sign of the impact of the economic crisis - Dec-05

Data show grim future for German economy

Germany’s economic prospects have darkened after a collapse in industrial orders and the country’s central bank predicted a downturn at least as bad as the 1993 recession - Dec-05

German manufacturing orders collapse

German manufacturing orders plunged in October after a record decline the previous month, pointing to a deepening recession in Europe’s biggest economy - Dec-05

Poland and Germany clash over CO2

Berlin has sparked a row with Warsaw after demanding free permits for its coal-fired power stations in a dispute that threatens agreement on the EU emissions-reduction package - Dec-06

Tories attack Labour’s ‘euro-fanatics’

The single currency is back on the domestic political agenda, as the fall in sterling prompts speculation that the government may reconsider joining the euro - Dec-06

Outside Edge: Europe’s identity crisis

A new exhibition in Bregenz, capital of Vorarlberg, Austria’s most westerly province, provokes thoughts about questions of identity, writes Haig Simonian - Dec-05