by WTCD | Nov 17, 2014 | News
A special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang today for Russia to discuss ways to improve trade and political ties. Choe Ryong Hae, a senior official in the ruling Workers’ Party and one of the leader’s close associates, is scheduled to...
by WTCD | Oct 15, 2014 | News
By Christian Oliver and Henry Foy The night shift at Agropolychim, Bulgaria’s biggest fertiliser plant, received a fax at 4.30am on January 6 2009 warning that their gas supply was going to be cut off immediately. The engineers demanded four more hours: an instant...
by WTCD | Oct 1, 2014 | News
The ongoing tensions between the European Union and Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are creating obstacles for Irish exporters to Russia, according to the Ireland Russia Business Association (IRBA). IRBA, the non-profit which promotes trade links between the two...
by WTCD | Sep 12, 2014 | News
(Reuters) The European Union put into effect on Friday a new round of sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine, including restrictions on financing for some Russian state-owned companies and asset freezes on leading Russian politicians. The EU and the United...
by WTCD | Sep 3, 2014 | News
Wednesday 03 September 2014 09.17 by RTE News Markit’s Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to an eight-month low of 52.5, well below July’s 53.8. Euro zone business grew at the slowest rate this year in August as escalating tension between...