Nine euro countries are prepared to finance tax
French Finance Minister, François Baroin, signaled on Tuesday that nine euro area countries are prepared to go further and impose a tax on financial transactions. In a letter to the Danish EU Presidency calls on countries that the proposal should be addressed at the next EU summit. Britain strongly oppose such by President Nicolas Sarkozy [...]
Greece: Merkel proposes Euro vote
Greece may consider holding a referendum on euro membership, while the country holds parliamentary elections on 17 June. The proposal came under a Greek government spokesman from the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in a telephone conversation with Greek President Carolos Papoulias. But a spokeswoman for the Federal Government refuses to news agency dpa that there [...]
Chelsea goalkeeper: Our crisis continues
Chelsea moves to the edge of an exit from the Champions League and the English championship is completely out of sight. So it looks like drawing to a really bad season for the London club. Goalkeeper Petr Cech is annoyed about developments in the domestic league league, each team is number five, and in the [...]
Total Austrian Four Hills triumph
The Austrian ski jumper took it all in this New Year edition of the Four Hills Tournament in ski jumping. Gregor Schlierenzauer won the overall victory, and on all four hills was an Austrian best. In Friday’s competition at home in front of 24,000 spectators in Bischofshofen was Thomas Morgenstern, who was crowned the winner. [...]
Quarterfinals at ice hockey
DM quarterfinals, second battle: Esbjerg Herning 1-3 (1-2, 0-0, 0-1) Goal: Simon Fergusson 1-0, 1-1 Jason Walters, Thomas Spelling 1-2, 1-3 Oliver Björkstrand Suspensions: Esbjerg 5 x 2 min., Herning 3 x 2 min. Attendance: 1,547. Herning leads 2-0 in matches. AaB-Rødovre 6-4 (2-0, 4-3, 0-1) Goal: 1-0 Robin Bergman, Rasmus Olsen 2-0, 3-0 Robin [...]