You are currently browsing the Business & Financial News weblog archives for January, 2007.

Gazprom is against of the EU reforms on the interdiction of long-term contracts

The vice-president of board of Russian Open Society “Gazprom” Alexander Medvedev has opposed developed by the European Union (EU) reforms focused on the interdiction of long-term contracts in power industry. He has also said that it was not necessary to limit the rights of the companies on gas and oil- pipelines networks possession.
The vice-president […]

UNO is reviewing its Development program

The Organization of United Nations (UNO) is concerned by the fact that Northern Korea can pump over millions dollars from money of the United Nations for the illegal purposes. The United States require that the Program of Development of the United Nations in North Korea was updated and put forward to external audits.
In reply […]

The USA and Korea have come to the nuclear compromise

The unwillingness of the USA to soften the economic and political sanctions imposed to Northern Korea remains the subject of concern on the nuclear program between Korea and the USA. The external observers mark, that even the slightest step in this question may be considered as a successful progress.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of […]

European Union and China are ready for negotiations on the New Cooperation Treaty

The European Union and China begin negotiations this week concerning the all-round agreement which will include climate change and energy topics. The E.U. regards these topics as critical concerns of China’s present economic development.
The special representative of E.U. external relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, has met the Chinese leaders in Beijing. Concerned with the future negotiations, two […]

Music pirates want to buy a state

The sea platform can become a zone without the copyright
Owners of The Pirate Bay piracy network, providing its users with a free-of-charge piracy musical files, are going to buy the island located approximately in 8 kilometers from the Great Britain. Thus they wish to avoid the responsibility for the infringement of copyrights.
The island is a […]

The total growth of Chinese economy has made 10, 5%

On the preliminary data, the economic growth in China made 10, 5 % in 2006.This information was published by the National commission on development and reforms of China.
According to the commission, the gross in the national product of China in the last to year has exceeded 20 billion yuanes (2, 6 billion US […]

Nicaragua will be included into the economic union Venezuela-Сuba-Bolivia

The new president of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega has declared about joining to the trade and economic union of Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia.
After the official ceremony of inauguration where the presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia, and also the chapter of official Cuban delegation of the vice-president of state advice of Cuba, were present, Ortega has […]

Vatican is going to join the Schengen Agreement

Last Saturday the General public prosecutor of Sacred Throne, Nicola Picardi, has declared, that Vatican is going to join the Schengen convention on the free visa moving of citizens.
Picardi stressed that such decision of Vatican is caused by the threat of the international terrorism and the necessity of close cooperation between countries in the struggle […]

A new tendency of the world oil market

The world prices for oil are continuing to fall. The price of oil of the Brent mark at the London International oil stock exchange made $53,28 for barrel, what is more than on 40 cents less than the price of Wednesday which has made $53,69. The prices for oil in the USA are shoving the […]

Indonesian Boeing-737 is found by the fisherman!

A part of the tail of the Indonesian jetliner which has disappeared 10 days ago with 102 people aboard (96 passengers and 6 members of the team board) has been found in the sea from the island Sulawesi.
The commander of the Makassar air base (Eddy Suyanto) reported that the part of the jet’s tail has […]