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EU referendum turnout estimated at over 90 per cent

Malta yesterday voted in a referendum on whether or not to join the European Union in the next enlargement that is to take place on 1 May 2004 more »

Madonna to Publish Children's Books, New Album

Madonna recently signed a five book publishing deal with Calloway Editions more »

Swedish poll blow to euro

Opposition to Europe's single currency is on the rise in Sweden, a member of the European Union which is outside the euro zone more »

Brits Give Barclays ATMs a Break Over Christmas

British ATMs had less work to do this Christmas than last year, according to Barclays Bank’s annual seasonal survey of its ATM network more »

US troops arrive at Romanian air base

An air of secrecy surrounds the arrival of thousands of US military personnel at the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta in preparation for a war on Iraq more »

Inflation in Estonia 0.3% in Feb

Consumer prices grew 0.3% in Estonia in February more »

FIX uptake is good news for Swift

Interbank payments network Swift is likely to be the primary beneficiary of FIX uptake by European securities firms, according to a survey conducted by London consultancy City IQ. more »

Visa to hide card numbers in bid to cut identity theft

Visa is to require merchants to display only the last four digits of a credit card number on receipts in a bid to combat a rising tide of financial identity crime more »

Best of world cinema at NatFilm festival

143 films from around the world will grace the city's screens, when this year's NatFilm festival gets underway in Copenhagen more »

The Visit of Baghdad Mayor

A delegation led by Baghdad Mayor Adnan Abed Hamed arrived in the Belarusian capital more »

Investors Trust Lithuania

The Economist Calls it “the Fastest Growing Baltic Economy” more »

The academy for ex-communist states

Cyber-savvy Estonia, an ex-Soviet republic that has embraced information technology with the velocity of a Baltic Sea storm, will now teach other former communist states to do the same more »

Norwegian Court Approves DVD Hack Retrial

A Norwegian court has approved prosecutors' appeal of a teenager's acquittal on charges that he created and circulated online a program that cracks the security codes on DVDs more »

Swedish retail sales up

The total turnover in Sweden's retail trade increased by 4.4% in the 12 months from January 2002 to January 2003 more »

China's defense spending up 9.6 percent this year

The Chinese government has planned a 185.3 billion yuan budget for national defense in 2003 more »

In 2002, banks up, telecoms down

Preliminary figures for Czech blue-chip companies are mixed more »

Turkey seen rethinking over US troops

Oil prices rose sharply on Tuesday (GMT) as the US government continued to push for a possible war against Iraq and dealers speculated Turkey would ultimately agree to allow an attack to be launched from its territory more »

Russia, Bulgaria Split Over Iraq

The presidents of Russia and Bulgaria pledged Monday to restore traditionally strong ties after more than a decade of post-communist cool-down more »

The Reappointment

The Lithuanian parliament has confirmed the nomination of Algirdas Brazauskas as the country's prime minister more »

Klaus elected president

Czech Republic: Former prime minister's victory a blow to ruling government coalition more »