Europe Intelligence Wire articles from July 2008, page 7

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from July 2008

Budapest Stock Exchange - bonds and treasury bills.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31, 2008 (MTI-ECONEWS) =================================================== Trade volume in nominal Price value (mHUF) in pc ---------------------------------------------------...

US Ambassador visits tolerance camp for Roma and non-Roma children.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31 (MTI) - US Ambassador to Hungary April H. Foley paid a Thursday visit to a tolerance camp organized for Roma and non-Roma children at the Lake Balaton holiday resort area in W Hungary....

Nitrokemia to build HUF 40bn lactic acid plant in NW Hungary.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31, 2008 (MTI-ECONEWS) - Hungarian chemicals company Nitrokemia plans to build a HUF 40bn lactic acid plant in Balatonfuzfo (NW Hungary), the company announced at the site on Thursday ...

Refugees hold sit-down strike in E Hungary.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31 (MTI) - Around 80 refugees held a silent sit-down strike at the entrance to a refugee camp in Debrecen, E Hungary, on Thursday to protest against the arrests of fellow refugees who were...

Global trade agreements insulated from collapse of WTO talks - analysts.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31, 2008 (MTI-ECONEWS) - The collapse of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on reducing tariffs and subsidies will not affect other global trade agreements, analysts polled by MTI on...

Forint weakens on interbank forex market.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31, 2008 (MTI-ECONEWS) - The forint traded at 232.40/50 to the euro late Thursday, weakening from 231.30/40 on Wednesday. Traders said they saw little reason for the weakening,...

Investment fund assets contract 4.3pc in Q2.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31, 2008 (MTI-ECONEWS) - Assets in Hungarian investments funds fell 4.3pc to HUF 3,010bn in the second quarter of 2008, the Hungarian Association of Asset and Investment Fund Managers...

Analysts review impact of WTO talks' collapse.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31 (MTI) - The collapse of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva this week will not affect food prices or everyday life in Hungary, analysts polled by MTI on Thursday said. ...

UPDATE3 - Paramedic killed, three injured in ambulance helicopter crash (adds details, change type of craft).
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31 (MTI) - One paramedic died and three passengers were injured when an air rescue helicopter crashed with five aboard just south of Budapest on Thursday, a police spokeswoman told MTI....

Opposition Fidesz leads poll, Socialists slightly improve position.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31 (MTI) - The main opposition Fidesz party has maintained its massive lead, while the governing Socialist Party (MSZP) has slightly improved its position in popularity polls since spring,...

Hungary chief of staff meets Bulgarian counterpart to discuss co-operation.
July 31, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, July 31 (MTI) - Hungary's chief of staff Andras Havril met his Bulgarian counterpart Zlatan Kirilov Stoykov in Veszprem (W Hungary) on Thursday, and discussed possibilities of military...

Fitness race for telfer.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Teenager Bexx Telfer is fighting to be fit for major under-20 championships later this year. The 17-year-old from Leicester, one of Britain's hopes for the 2012 London Olympics, has been undergoing a lengthy...

EADS posts positive results but outlook cautious (EADS ameliore ses resultats mais reste prudent).
July 31, 2008... (From Les Echos) EADS, the European aerospace and defence group, has posted an 8 per cent increase in sales for the first half, to 19.7bn euros, as well as a rise in operating profit from 358m euros to 1.16bn euros, despite concerns...

Tories pledge to act on poverty in Bristol.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The gulf between rich and poor in Bristol is a Charles Dickens-style Tale Of Two Cities, the Conservatives have claimed. There is a "subculture of poverty, deprivation and alienation from society" in some...

Lostyourwedding snaps?
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Memory card containing wedding photos has been found in the street. Johnson Yakoob, who found the card while he was filling up his car at the petrol station at Tesco Eastgate near the M32, wants to...

On a voyage of discovery with consort.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Munday Consort have made many visits to Bristol Cathedral and they returned again for the first of a series of summer concerts under the general title Voyages and Discoveries. The Munday Consort:...

Love with added laughs.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Like Moliere's original Ballet Comique on which it was based, author A C H Smith made clever use of the stock characters and situations to be found in Commedia dell'Arte. Doctor Love: Tobacco Factory...

Car causes grief during break-ups.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Car is the big custody battle when Britons split up, according to new research. Loss of the family motor causes the most rows and distress during a relationship meltdown, the poll from website...

Different dragsters.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Many more attractions have been added to the third ever dedicated Silverline Power Tool Drag Racing day, taking place on Sunday 10 August 2008 at Haynes International Motor Museum near Yeovil. Power tool...

Do the twingo test.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Bristol motorists are being offered the chance to put their driving skills to the test thanks to a sporting new offer from City Motors and SJ Cook & Sons. Customers who place an early order for the latest...

Classics set to race.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Castle Combe circuit's first ever two-day classic race meeting takes place this weekend (August 2-3), with saloons, sports cars and single seaters from the 50s, 60s and 70s providing the bulk of the...

Latest lotus unveiled.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Lotus has unveiled its first all-new model since the mid-1990s at the British International Motor Show. The name of the new 150mph Lotus Evora, above, which will go on sale in the UK next spring, had been...

Fuel crisis linked to rocketing drive-offs.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Drive-offs - where motorists fill up with fuel and leave the forecourt without paying - have risen dramatically since the fuel crisis began to bite. A Bbc probe found seven out of nine police force who...

How long before the bickering starts?
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Backseat bickering begins an average three hours, 15 minutes into family holiday car journeys, it has been revealed. For 12 per cent of families, this "backseat brawl syndrome" kicks in less than an hour...

Boris reviews the congestion zone.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The public are to decide whether to scrap, keep, or change the western extension to London's congestion charge zone, it has been announced. A five-week GBP500,000 consultation, starting in September, will...

Special cat marks 60th birthday.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Jaguar has announced a new special edition version of its XK sports car to mark the 60th anniversary of the model. Like the rest of the XK range, including the high performance XKR and recently launched...

Nissan Micra celebrates with trip to London.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Nissan has marked the 25th anniversary of the Micra by driving a motorcade of 25 to London from its factory in Sunderland. The 25 Micras, wearing a special livery, featured a single letter on the roof of...

Car dealer's team work lands prize.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Th White Land Rover, in Wootton Bassett, is celebrating again after the dealer picked up two prizes at the recent Land Rover Dealer of the Year awards for achievements in 2007. The parts and service...

Drivers due to get road tax shock.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) 84 Per CENT of British drivers are unprepared for the radical changes to road tax rates, which will see a million people pay more than double over two years, according to the Environmental Transport...

Investment sparks recruitment drive.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) There's more good news coming from the Midlands after the successful sale of Jaguar and Land Rover. As part of a joint initiative, the firms have announced a recruitment drive. The focus of the campaign...

Helping you stay on the road.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A New guide to help disabled drivers and passengers find wheelchair accessible vehicles has been produced by Motability. The Motability scheme, which aids disabled people in staying mobile by providing...

Bakers dolphin online is going swimmingly.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A New online bookings website for West Country coach tour operator Bakers Dolphin is proving a worldwide hit. Almost as soon as the ticket sales site went live, the Weston-super-Mare based travel firm...

Sensible but speedy? Take a look at an sxi.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Vauxhall has a cunning scheme to satisfy those who aspire to drive an Astra VXR or SRi but lack the cash to realise their ambition. It comes in the form of the Astra SXi. A hot hatch it is never going to...

Lexus is sportster takes on iconic teutons.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Simon Harding discovers that the entry-level Lexus IS Compact Sports Saloon has an appealing cross- me-at-your-peril understatement Its cars may not be as common on the roads as the heavy hitting German...

For all alfa males and females.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Italian car maker Alfa Romeo's eagerly anticipated sporty compact, the Alfa MiTo, is making its UK public debut at the British International Motor Show, which runs until August 3 in London. Boasting...

Figures reveal roads are getting busier.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Car traffic increased by 11 per cent since Labour returned to power in 1997, according to new Government figures. Car traffic makes up 79 per cent of all traffic, but its rate of growth between 2006 and...

AA voted top for customer service.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The AA has topped a breakdown company customer satisfaction table compiled by Which? magazine, it was announced today. The AA scored 84 per cent - just ahead of Britannia Rescue and the RAC, which were...

Vintage vehicle experts join auction squad.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions, based in Stalbridge, North Dorset, has announced the expansion of the West Country auction house by appointing two new area representatives. Ray Potter, pictured left,...

Give your car the star treatment on our website video.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Want to say more about your car than a picture and printed text can? Here's how to make the perfect video and post it to our www.motors.co.uk website. Always shoot outdoors and in good daylight; never when...

My beeping baby kept crying.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Young people got a taste of what it's like to have a new-born baby when they enrolled on a "beeping babies" course. They had to tend to the needs of the electronic babies, which are programmed to cry, need...

How one man's idea took flight.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The past 30 years of the world-famous Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is being celebrated in print. Don Cameron, 68, who made the first modern hot-air balloon in Western Europe, the Bristol Belle, in...

Hundreds sign up to fight parking zones.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Campaigners fighting plans to introduce residents' parking zones in Bristol have handed a 1,500-strong petition to the city council. It calls for Councillor Mark Bradshaw, the council's executive member...

Garth preparing for an event on his doorstep.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Garth Kinlocke travels around the UK and Europe to play table tennis, but he will be bidding for glory closer to home at the UK School Games. The 16-year-old, from Bristol, regularly travels to play...

'Caddy' is returning at just the right moment.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Andrew Caddick's return to full fitness is a real bonus to our hopes of challenging for the County Championship title. Interview: Mark Easterbrook We're still only halfway through our four-day season,...

Perrett hits last-hole birdie to secure best result.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Clevedon's Danny Perrett earned his biggest cheque as a touring professional in the Europro Tour Oceanano tournament in Portugal last week. ? Gloucestershire's Hannah Barwood and Charlotte Ellis won the...

Roadside snack bar under threat.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The owner of a snack bar in Wraxall says her livelihood has been put in doubt as council chiefs threaten to move her off her pitch. Kelly Westlake, 24, of Nailsea, has been running The Griddle snack bar...

You'll be charmed by snakes.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Some of the world's most venomous snakes are on view at a wildlife farm in Wraxall. Black mambas and cobras are among the 20 poisonous snakes at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm for its Reptile Week. These also...

Green hotel goes for gold.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Congresbury hotel has become the only one in Somerset to be awarded a gold award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme. Cadbury House Hotel Health Club and Spa was awarded the accolade after impressing...

Mystery surrounds opening ceremony for Bristol's new cabot circus shopping centre.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The finishing touches are being made to plans for a grand opening event to launch Bristol's GBP500-million Cabot Circus shopping centre. The shopping centre will be opened in eight weeks' time on...

Bristol cricket captain: Falling branches could kill a passer-by.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A cricket captain is warning that someone could be injured or killed by branches falling from trees near his club. Dave Millard, the executive chairman of Knowle Cricket Club, says that a large amount of...

Chefs have a ball.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Student chefs, waiters and other trainee hospitality staff held a summer ball to raise funds for a centre that provides riding lessons for disabled people. The students, who are all taking the City of...

Festival's big green promise.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Organisers have promised to make this year's Organic Food Festival in Bristol the best and greenest so far. At the Harbourside event, organised by the Soil Association and sponsored by Yeo Valley Organic,...

Nurses put on glad rags for fun and fundraising.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Group of nurses at a Kingswood charity have raised more than GBP5,000 to support the children they help. The Jessie May Trust nurses go into the homes of youngsters with life-limiting conditions and care...

Marines recreate Afghanistan in the Welsh valleys.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) It's not often you stumble across rocket launchers, Chinook helicopters and tanks on a stroll through the Welsh countryside. But if any ramblers were out walking through the hills and valleys in the last...

Check-up on GP and dental care.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Patients across the Bristol area are generally satisfied with the service they receive from dentists and GPs. The views of thousands of patients have been gathered nationally by watchdog the Healthcare...

Linda reels in eels for prize.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Clevedon pier mistress Linda Strong netted the award for fisherman of the day after catching five conger eels. Mrs Strong, pictured, a member of Clevedon Pier Sea Angling Club, surprised fellow fisherman...

Craig's bid to judge with spacey.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Film buff Craig Trow has beaten off stiff competition to be in with a chance of judging a short film competition alongside Oscar-winning actor, Kevin Spacey. Craig, 27, pictured, has reached the finals of...

Withywood play scheme under threat as creche closes.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Creche in Withywood has closed and a holiday play scheme is under threat after funding dried up. Mothers who used the creche said it would be a major loss to the area as private nurseries were too...

Beckingsale preparing for Beijing treble.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Oli Beckingsale will shortly go into the record books as the most prolific Olympian in Bristol's history. ? Joining Beckingsale in Beijing will be 19-year-old Liam Phillips, from Burnham-on-Sea BMX Club as...

Goodwin frustrates Somerset's attack again.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) If Somerset do not win their first County Championship this summer, they may come to reflect on the role Murray Goodwin, pictured, played in denying them. The Zimbabwean, the leading runscorer in Division...

Clifton mum's fury after Bristol grammar school 'fines' her GBP2,000.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Single mother says she feels "victimised" after being landed with a GBP2,000 "fine" by Bristol Grammar School. Michele Coss, 41, from Clifton, was considering moving her eight-year-old daughter Hanna...

North and Brown to the rescue for Glos.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Marcus North saved Gloucestershire's blushes on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. Staring down the barrel of further County Championship embarrassment when their top order slumped to 110-5, the...

Kent set to miss out?
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The participation of English sides in this winter's lucrative Champions League tournament will be determined by discussions within the England and Wales Cricket Board over the next few days. Officials...

Hard times for Bristol's independent shops.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The crippling effects of the credit crunch have been felt far and wide. House prices are plummeting, utility costs are rising and fuel prices are spiralling upwards - leaving everyone from home owners to...

City renew interest in maynard.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) "We're very close and the chairman (Steve Lansdown) is backing me all the way at the moment. We're aware of what might happen and we'll get there. "By the time we play Blackpool (in the opening...

Bristol seal deal with the circus.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Richard Belt, Cabot Circus Centre director, added: "The Cabot Circus management team is proud to be supporting Bristol Rugby Club. "It is an important part of the city's cultural heritage and makes a...

Saints win in shoot-out.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) St Aldhelms twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Hengrove, then won 3-0 on penalties in the second round of the Fry Club Cup at Somerdale. Steve Ratcliffe fired Hengrove in front, but Chris...

Lambert strike sees off millers.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Rickie Lambert's 56th-minute goal fired Bristol Rovers to victory over Rotherham at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, last night. After weathering early pressure from the home side, Rovers eased...

City back in for maynard.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Bristol City are making a fresh attempt to sign highly-rated Crewe Alexandra forward Nicky Maynard. The 20-year-old goal ace is the man Robins boss Gary Johnson wants to lead his attack after failing to...

The circus comes to Bristol's new jerseys.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Bristol Rugby have signed a "lucrative" one year sponsorship deal with the city's new shopping centre Cabot Circus. The contract, which has an option to extend for another 12 months, replaces the...

Residents brand wraxall pub an eyesore.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Residents in Wraxall are calling for a mass tidy up of a historic pub, claiming the Grade I-listed building has become a blot on the landscape. People living at The Grove in the village say they are fed up...

British Gas hikes prices by 35%.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) British Gas has become the latest energy supplier to hit customers with a rise in prices, following on from recent moves by rivals. Prices are set to rise by 35 per cent and electricity by nine per cent....

Avonmouth deep dock plan moves forward.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Plans for a GBP500 million deep sea container terminal at Avonmouth docks have taken a further step forward. The Bristol Port Company has applied to the Government Department for Transport for permission...

Schools consider uniting as a primary.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) An infant and junior school in Congresbury could be merged to create a new primary school, education chiefs have revealed. North Somerset school bosses are investigating the possibility of merging Glebe...

Horses and ponies join forces with tourist bus.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Horses and ponies waited for a bus to turn up at their paddock at the HorseWorld visitor centre to help launch a new tourist scheme. The Whitchurch charity will be teaming up with the Bristol City...

PM Gordon Brown should be left alone.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Why don't people get off Gordon Brown's back and give the man a chance? He gave the country the prosperous years as a chancellor, especially the pensioners. There is no one in the Labour Party at the...

City council should treat seagulls humanely.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Post carried a report about the proposed use of a Harris hawk to deter seagulls from nesting on new buildings in new Broadmead ("Hawk has eye on city centre gulls", July 23) The report also included...

Ex-servicemen and women are sought.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The British Korean Veterans Association is trying to contact former members of HM Armed Forces who served in Korea/Japan from 1950 to 1953, and also those servicemen and women who served in these two places at...

Thanks so much for helping rescue our daughter.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) We would like, through the Post, to thank our eldest daughter Wendy Ryan's neighbours in Middle Road and Station Road, Kingswood, for their gallant efforts in successfully rescuing both Wendy and her partner...

GBP100,000 in coins lost in fire.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Wednesday, July 30: Up to GBP100,000 in cash is thought to have been melted and mangled in the blaze which destroyed the pavilion at Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier. Wednesday, July 30: Boyd Carter and...

Steam fair answers plea.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Steam fair operators have come to Weston-super-Mare early to give a boost to the tourism trade following the loss of the Grand Pier. North Somerset Council's tourism team has been in talks with the...

Open for business.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Grand Pier at Weston- super-Mare is open for business again, three days after fire destroyed the pavilion. Have taken the decision to open the foreshore catering outlets and shops, as well as 80 per...

'Foolish to hunt for pier money'.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Grand Pier owner Kerry Michael said it would be foolish to go looking for money in the sea, as "there is simply nothing there". Mr Michael spoke exclusively to the Evening Post yesterday about the fire,...

Crimestoppers celebrates its one millionth call.
July 31, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Charity which allows people to anonymously shop criminals to the police has taken a million calls in the last two decades. Crimestoppers has been responsible for an average of 17 arrests and charges...