International Business News - Europe http://ibtimes.co.uk/subsection/globalnews/europe.htm All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://ibtimes.co.uk/ http://ibtimes.co.uk/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Labour lost one of its safest parliamentary seats on Friday, deepening doubts within the party about Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ability to win the next election. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4015-john-mason.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20090113/glasgow-east-election-result.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20090113/glasgow-east-election-result.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:46:41 EST A Spanish jet heading for the Canary Islands crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board, the government said. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4295-plane-crash.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080820/madrid-plane-crash-airport-spainair.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080820/madrid-plane-crash-airport-spainair.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:10:03 EDT The Kremlin said its forces would pull back from Georgia's heartland by Friday to positions set out under a French-brokered peace plan, amid mounting Western criticism about the slowness of the troop withdrawal. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4281-russian-forces.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080820/russia-troops-georgia.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080820/russia-troops-georgia.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:13:03 EDT Swapping Gordon Brown for a new leader would not help the Labour Party win the next general election, an opinion poll showed on Monday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080819/poll-gordon-brown-labour-leader.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:11:20 EDT One man died and dozens of people were injured on Monday when a coach collided with another vehicle and veered down an embankment in central England. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4267-coach-crash.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080819/coach-crash-england.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080819/coach-crash-england.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:07:20 EDT Russian troops and tanks were still deployed in several areas of Georgia on Tuesday, apparently defying pressure from the West to withdraw quickly. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4266-russian-soldiers.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080819/russian-troops-georgia.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080819/russian-troops-georgia.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:49:20 EDT Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed a successful weekend for the country's athletes at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday after the team won eight gold medals, its best performance for decades. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080818/gordon-brown-great-britain-olympics-gold-medals.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:58:20 EDT Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the Kremlin to discuss ways to avoid "discord for future generations" as Russian troops prepared to pull out of the Black Sea state on Monday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4251-tskhinvali.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080818/georgia-russia-withdrawal.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080818/georgia-russia-withdrawal.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:37:20 EDT Detectives have found the gun used to murder Ryan Bravo, the teenager shot dead in a grocery store in south London. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/police-gun-london-costcutter-murder.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:59 EDT Britain is on target to further reduce troops in Iraq next year as security in the southern oil hub of Basra steadily improves, the recently departed commander of British forces there said. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4239-soldier.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/iraq-troop-cuts.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/iraq-troop-cuts.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:45:59 EDT Poland agreed on Thursday in the midst of the Georgia crisis that it would host elements of a U.S. global anti-missile system after Washington agreed to boost Poland's own air defences. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/poland-missile-shield-deal.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:35:59 EDT Russian troops remain deep inside Georgian territory on Friday, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives to secure Tbilisi's signature to a peace deal with Moscow. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4238-georgia.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/russia-georgia-conflict-diplomacy.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/russia-georgia-conflict-diplomacy.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:33:59 EDT The euro zone economy recorded its first ever contraction in the second quarter, pulled down by falling activity in its biggest economies and raising the risk of a technical recession. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4237-jean-claude-trichet.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/euro-zone-shrink-recession.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080815/euro-zone-shrink-recession.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:27:59 EDT Sixth-form pupils have set a new record for top grades at A-level and the pass rate has risen for a 26th consecutive year, the examinations body said on Thursday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4236-hannah-wood-and-isabel-wilson.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080814/level-results.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080814/level-results.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:45:59 EDT A European court has asked Britain to delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United States until it can review his request to block his extradition. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4226-gary-mckinnon.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080814/british-hacker-extradition.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080814/british-hacker-extradition.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:35:59 EDT U.S. military planes began delivering aid to Georgia as Washington stepped up support for a shaky ceasefire with Russian troops around the breakaway region of South Ossetia. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4222-georgia.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080814/aid-georgia-ceasefire.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080814/aid-georgia-ceasefire.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:12:59 EDT Foreign Secretary David Miliband accused Russia on Wednesday of blatant aggression in its military incursion into Georgia and warned that it faced political consequences if it failed to uphold its international responsibilities. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4220-david-miliband.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080813/david-miliband-russia-georgia.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080813/david-miliband-russia-georgia.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:26:43 EDT Georgia and Russia agreed in principle to an EU-brokered peace plan over South Ossetia on Wednesday as the U.S. showed disapproval of Moscow's attacks on its neighbour by cancelling a joint naval exercise. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4209-ossetia.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080813/georgia-russia-peace-plan-truce-sarkozy.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080813/georgia-russia-peace-plan-truce-sarkozy.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:29:43 EDT The parents of swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington are among the victims of an internet ticket scam. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4207-joanne-jackson-and-rebecca-adlington.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080812/olympics-ticket-scam-rebecca-adlington.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080812/olympics-ticket-scam-rebecca-adlington.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:58:40 EDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy will lead efforts on Tuesday to end hostilities between Russia and Georgia as the conflict appeared to widen with pro-Moscow rebel forces opening a fresh offensive against Georgian troops. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4195-georgians.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080812/nicolas-sarkozy-russia-georgia-conflict.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080812/nicolas-sarkozy-russia-georgia-conflict.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:26:40 EDT