China’s President Hu Jintao has warned that the global financial crisis could weaken his country’s competitiveness.
Mr Hu gave his warning at a meeting of the Politburo and his words have been made public by the state media.
As growth slows, Mr Hu said that in the coming period China would starkly confront the effects of [...]
Somali pirates holding a ship full of military hardware have reached a deal with its Ukrainian owners to release it, reports say.
Gunmen seized the Kenya-bound MV Faina, carrying 33 tanks, grenade launchers and ammunition, on 24 September.
A pirate spokesman said releasing the ship was "a matter of time", but gave no details of a [...]
Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister, has opened cross-party talks on setting up a federal agency of investigation after the Mumbai attacks. He said they were to discuss a new legal framework following the gun and bomb attacks which caused at least 172 deaths in the commercial capital.
Questions have been asked about India’s failure to [...]
A small and heavily forested country, Estonia is the most northerly of the three former Soviet Baltic republics.
Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence following the collapse of the USSR, the republic was welcomed as an EU member in May 2004. The move came just weeks after it joined NATO.
These historic [...]
KOLKATA — Mercedes Benz India, the Indian arm of Daimler of Germany, is set to launch its premium AMG cars in India next week.
The German giant will also showcase its entire product range in the next quarter to reverse the trend after a 20% fall in growth in October sales.
“AMG cars are special, [...]
PRAGUE
Prague is an elegant, atmospheric city at any time of year, but Christmas brings out something special. The city’s markets run daily from November 25 to January 1 (Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square are the largest), and are a key ingredient in the Czech festive magic.
Details: 1800hotels (1800 468357; 1800hotels.ie) offers three nights [...]
29 November 2008.
28 November 2008. Berlin, Germany.
Photo: AP
Drink up and don’t break the bank.
Thanks to the recent strides in quality achieved by wine makers, particularly in France, Italy and Spain, festive belt-tightening no longer has to mean resigning yourself to dull, insipid wines.
The secret lies in avoiding offers of bargain wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy and Châteauneuf-du-Pape that are cheap but rarely [...]
A member of a rescue team covers a room of the Taj Mahal hotel Photo: GETTY
The death toll in the Mumbai terror attack is expected to soar to nearly 300, Indian officials said, as details emerged of the highly-organised terror plot.
Piles of bodies were found yesterday after commandos stormed the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, the [...]
Die Meinung eines Verfassers, welche in einzelnen Artikeln zum Ausdruck gebracht wird, muss nicht mit der Meinung der Redaktion der Baltischen Rundschau übereinstimmen.
