40,000 lorries pass through Port of Hamburg every day
BERLIN: The Port of Hamburg is becoming a ‘smart port’. Some 40,000 lorries pass through the port every day, and a...
Ship owners claim Brussels 50% tax relief for seiners and longliners
MADRID: The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA) and the National Association of Freezer Tuna Vessel Owners (ANABAC) have asked the European...
SwissLeaks scandal: Paris court sentences Nina Ricci’s heiress to one year jail, a million-euro fine for tax fraud
PARIS: A Paris court sentenced Nina Ricci’s heiress to a year in prison and handed her a million-euro fine for...
French Lafarge, Swiss Holcim name candidates for BoD in $40n merger
ZURICH: Holcim and Lafarge on Tuesday named the candidates for their combined company’s board of directors as the two cement...
France, Morocco sign 2 agreements worth 43 million Euros to promote SMEs
RABAT: Morocco and France signed two agreements worth 43 million Euros to promote small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The agreements...
Cargo volumes at Dublin Port increase by 5.3% to 7.8 million tonnes
IRELAND: New figures show that in the first quarter of this year, the Dublin Port Company saw its strongest rate...
Cannabis with street value of €500,000 seized by gardaí in Co Cork
Cannabis with a street value estimated at more than €500,000 has been seized by gardaí in Co Cork. A man has...
Ship owners claim Brussels 50% tax relief for seiners and longliners
MADRID: The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA) and the National Association of Freezer Tuna Vessel Owners (ANABAC) have asked the European...
40,000 lorries pass through Port of Hamburg every day
BERLIN: The Port of Hamburg is becoming a ‘smart port’. Some 40,000 lorries pass through the port every day, and a...
Netherlands ranked 3rd in Netflix speed index
AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands moved up to third place in the countries ranked on broadband speed by Netflix in March. The...
Netherlands witnesses 20% increase in sales of electric and hybrid cars
AMSTERDAM : There was a 20% increase in the number of electric and hybrid cars sold in the Netherlands last...
Vessel-builder Vard Holdings incorporates new subsidiary in Norway for paid-up capital of $0.37m
OSLO: Singapore-listed offshore vessel-builder Vard Holdings has incorporated a new subsidiary, Vard Contracting, in Norway for a paid-up capital of...
European Commission helping Italy find solutions to its bad bank loans
ROME: The European Commission is helping Italy find solutions to its bad bank loans, a top European official said, raising...
After selling 7.5b euros of bonds, Italy expected to issue bonds worth 40b euros this week
ROME: Italian bond yields inched up on Monday as the country kicked off the busiest week for euro zone sovereign...
British retail spending rises 4.7%, biggest year-on-year since April 2014
LONDON: British retail spending rose at its fastest annual rate in almost a year last month, boosted by Easter falling...
Turkey PM to launch first homegrown $115 million seismic ship
ANKARA: The first Turkish-made seismic-survey vessel, Turkuaz, is to be launched this weekend in Istanbul. Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz...
Turkey to purchase 15 KT-1T basic trainer aircraft from South Korea
ANKARA: A top Turkish official confirmed that the country will go ahead with a planned purchase of 15 KT-1T basic...
Cameron announces plan to cut inheritance tax to protect millions from ‘death duty’
LONDON: David Cameron has announced a radical plan to cut inheritance tax, with a landmark election promise to protect millions...
Azerbaijan Minister meets Netherlands enjoy to discuss expansion of economic cooperation
AMSTERDAM : Azerbaijani Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev met with Ambassador of the Netherlands to the country Robert...
Netherlands customs seizes £75,000 of illegal tobacco
AMSTERDAM: Smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco, valued together at nearly £75,000, have been seized by KCC Trading Standards officer...
