Latest Europe Headlines
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No Progress at EU/China Trade Talks
Feb 24 2000 // Four days of negotiations failed to achieve results in talks between European Union (EU) negotiators and their Chinese counterparts in Beijing. The talks were aimed at resolving differences concerning China’s...
River Danube Poisoned by Cyanide
Feb 15 2000 // At the end of January, a breach in a retention dam at the Aural gold mine site in Baia Mare released more than 3.5 million cubic feet of highly toxic cyanide into the Tisza River, a tributary of the Danube. The site,...
Expert Says Nazis Stole Art
Feb 14 2000 // A U.S. government’s top art expert from the World War II era said the Nazis stole 600,000 pieces of art in Germany and the European lands they occupied during Hitler’s 12 years in power. About 200,000 works...
Allianz Estimates Europe Storm Losses at Over $600 Million
Feb 3 2000 // Germany’s Allianz reported that the storms which swept Europe at the end of December had resulted in claims estimated at 625 million Euros ( $612 million). $107 million in claims for property and automobile damages...
XL Capital Announces Impact of European Storm Losses
Feb 2 2000 // XL Capital Ltd. announced today that net operating earnings for the 4th quarter 1999 earnings will be reduced by $125 million, or $0.97 per share, after tax as a result of the impact of losses from two major windstorms...
