|
| Mar.21 |
|
Zuckerberg 'sorry' over Cambridge Analytica 'breach'
San Francisco Bay Area: Facebook founder has admitted that the social network 'made mistakes' that led to millions of users having their data exploited by a political...
|
| Jan.28 |
|
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies in Sweden at 91
| Jan.18 |
|
Deadly storm causes Dutch and German transport chaos. Netherlands
|
| Oct.30 |
|
Ceta: EU-Canada trade deal signed |
| Jun.2 |
|
Louvre to close as Seine rises further. Paris
| May.30 |
|
France: Rail workers strike as protests continue |
| Apr.21 |
|
VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal |
|
| Sep.22 |
|
Volkswagen facing multiple US probes. USA
| Jul.19 |
|
Banks reopen after three-week shutdown. Greece
| Jun.30 |
|
IMF payment missed as bailout expires
Athens: Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its b...
| Jun.28 |
|
Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week
Athens: The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency...
| Jun.27 |
|
Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension |
| Feb.20 |
|
Greece agrees deal with eurozone
Brussels: Greece and eurozone nations have agreed a deal to extend financial aid after bailout talks in Brussels
|
| Nov.27 |
|
Oil prices plunge after Opec meeting
Map of Vienna Austria Austria: The price of oil slumped after the Opec oil producers' cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna
| Oct.30 |
|
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply |
| Oct.26 |
|
Vulnerable European banks identified |
| Oct.20 |
|
Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash
| Aug.6 |
|
Putin orders retaliatory sanctions |
| Jul.29 |
|
US and EU widen sanctions on Russia |
| Mar.21 |
|
Ukraine signs EU trade pact. Brussels
|
| Jun.11 |
|
Greece suspends state broadcaster
| Apr.2 |
|
Eurozone unemployment rate hits 12%
| Mar.25 |
|
Cyprus banks closed until Thursday |
| Mar.24 |
|
Deal reached in Cyprus bailout talks. Brussels
| Mar.22 |
|
Cyprus MPs pass banking reforms |
| Mar.15 |
|
Eurozone agrees Cyprus bailout deal. Brussels
| Jan.5 |
|
Italian fashion boss Missoni missing off Venezuela
|
| Dec.10 |
|
HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal |
| Jul.3 |
|
Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns |
| Jun.29 |
|
European leaders reach key deal on banks |
| Jun.14 |
|
Spain crisis costs enter 'danger zone' |
| Jun.9 |
|
Spanish bank bailout request welcomed. Spain
| May.25 |
|
Spain's Bankia seeks 19bn euros |
| Mar.29 |
|
Workers commence a general strike |
| Mar.8 |
|
Greece confirms debt deal success
| Feb.19 |
|
Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France |
| Jan.13 |
|
9 eurozone nations downgraded by S&P New York: Standard & Poor's said Friday that it has downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro area governments, including AAA-rated France and Austri...
|
| Dec.5 |
|
France, Germany outline fiscal pact |
| Nov.2 |
|
Bailout loan withheld from Greece |
| Oct.31 |
|
Greece to hold bailout referendum |
| Oct.26 |
|
EU leaders reach eurozone agreement. Belgium
| Oct.9 |
|
Euro crisis talks 'end in accord' |
| Oct.2 |
|
Greece to miss targets on deficit |
| Jul.15 |
|
Murdoch apologizes as deputies resign |
| Jul.13 |
|
News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB |
| Jul.9 |
|
NoW goes to presses for last time |
| Jul.7 |
|
Hacking scandal spurs paper's closing
London: The embattled tabloid News of the World, one of the oldest and best-selling newspapers in Britain, will shut down after Sunday's issue
| Jun.28 |
|
Christine Lagarde named IMF chief |
| Jun.19 |
|
European ministers: Greece to get loans |
| Jun.5 |
|
Beansprouts 'likely E.coli cause' |
| May.29 |
|
Germany pledges nuclear shutdown |
| May.24 |
|
Volcano ash shuts German airports |
| Apr.6 |
|
Portugal seeks bail-out from EU |
|
| Dec.20 |
|
Europe is digging airports out of snow |
| Dec.15 |
|
U.S. to sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill |
| Dec.3 |
|
Air controller walkout disrupts travel |
| Nov.21 |
|
Irish government backs bail-out |
| Oct.11 |
|
French unions launch new strike |
| Sep.29 |
|
Unions stage day of action over cuts |
| Sep.21 |
|
Bank investigated over money laundering |
| Jul.27 |
|
BP ousts CEO Hayward |
| Jul.23 |
|
Europe's big banks pass stress tests |
| Jul.15 |
|
BP says oil has stopped leaking. Louisiana
| Jun.16 |
|
US Congress set to grill BP chief |
| Jun.4 |
|
BP fits cap but yet to stop leak in Gulf |
| May.16 |
|
Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick |
| |
|
Ash closes airports in England, Ireland |
| May.9 |
|
EU approves $560B crisis fund. Belgium
| |
|
Volcanic ash cloud disrupts flights |
| May.4 |
|
Tansport halts as strike extends |
| Apr.19 |
|
Europe airport start to reopen for flights |
| Apr.17 |
|
Volcanic ash wreaking travel chaos 
Iceland: A cloud from an Icelandic volcano continued to blanket Europe, shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing misery for millions of travelers
Virtually all of Europe's major airports remain closed as a huge plume of ash drifts south and east across the continent. Airlines are losing some $200m a day in an unprecedented shutdown of commercial air travel
|
| |
| Mar.19 |
|
BA cabin crew begin strike action. London
| Mar.15 |
|
EU ministers agree Greek plan |
| Mar.3 |
|
Greece backs new round of tax rises |
| Mar.2 |
|
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM Greece: Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy
The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including rises in sales taxes, a cut in holiday bonuses paid to civil servants, and a pensions freeze.
The EU had called for austerity measures
|
| |
| Feb.23 |
|
Greece steeled for 24-hour strike |
| Feb.21 |
|
Lufthansa four-day strike begins |
| Feb.10 |
|
PM vows to slash huge government deficit |
|
| Sep.5 |
|
G20 pledges tougher bank action |
| Jul.23 |
|
VW prepares to take over Porsche |
| Apr.17 |
|
Court jails Pirate Bay founders. Sweden
| Apr.2 |
|
G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal London: Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis
| Mar.14 |
|
G20 leaders vow to restore growth. London
| Feb.14 |
|
G7 pledges to avoid protectionism |
| Jan.29 |
|
Huge crowds join French strikes |
| Jan.19 |
|
Russia turns on gas for Europe |
| Jan.10 |
|
Accord signed in Russia gas row |
| Jan.6 |
|
European gas supplies disrupted Several countries say their supplies of Russian gas have been cut sharply amid an energy price dispute between Moscow and Ukraine
|
| Nov.14 |
|
Eurozone officially in recession |
| Nov.13 |
|
German economy now in recession |
| Oct.11 |
|
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
| Oct.8 |
|
World's central banks slash interest rates |
| Oct.7 |
|
UK bank rescue package imminent |
| Oct.4 |
|
No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
| Sep.17 |
|
Barclays agrees $1.75B Lehman deal |
| Sep.16 |
|
World markets continue to slide. New York
| Jun.2 |
|
Summit targets global food crisis. Rome
| Jan.24 |
|
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Paris: Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
| Jan.21 |
|
World markets plunge on U.S. fears Global: Stock markets were, prompted by pessimism about Bush's plans to boost the U.S. economy. India's Sensex stock index fell nearly 11%
|
| Nov.14 |
|
Strike brings travel chaos |
| Feb.28 |
|
Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs. France
| Jan.8 |
|
Russia oil row hits Europe supply
|
| Oct.30 |
|
Warming 'may cause economic chaos' |
|
| Jul.15 |
|
New Harry Potter book hits shops. Scotland
| Jun.11 |
|
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal. London
| Apr.27 |
|
Airbus A380 completes test flight |
| Jan.18 |
|
Largest passenger jet unveiled |
|
| Jan.1 |
|
Euro mark celebrations People lined up in freezing temperatures to get a jump on the most ambitious currency swap in history. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency in 1999 and launched as physical coins and... | |
|
| Sep.28 |
|
Denmark rejects euro |
| Jan.1 |
|
Y2K bug fails to bite USA: A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000
before year 2000
|
| Jan. 1, 1999 |
 |
Europe is united with a common currency 'euro' The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit | |
| Oct. 10, 1987 |
|
Black Monday (1987)
Map of Manhattan Manhattan: Stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time. The crash began in Hong Kong | |
| Jun. 24, 1948 |
|
Russian blockade of Berlin began The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control
| Oct. 27, 1871 |
|
Britain annexes Kimberly diamond fields
South Africa: Griqualand West, together with some adjacent territory to which the Transvaal had laid claim, was proclaimed British territory
| Nov. 25, 1835 |
|
Andrew Carnegie born. Scotland
| Sep. 15, 1830 |
 |
Manchester to Liverpool Railway opened
Map of Liverpool United Kingdom Northern England: L&MR between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester was the first railway to rely exclusively on steam power
| Jun. 5, 1783 |
 |
First fire balloon ascent by Montgolfier Brothers
Map of Annonay France Southern France: The brothers succeeded in launching the first manned ascent, carrying Étienne into the sky. Their father Pierre was elevated to the nobility
| Jun. 5, 1776 |
|
Adam Smith born
Map of Kirkcaldy United Kingdom Scotland: A Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and key Scottish Enlightenment figure
| Mar. 20, 1602 |
 |
Dutch East India Company established
Netherlands: A chartered company when the States General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia
|
|
2015 |
| Jul.19 |
Banks reopen after three-week shutdown. Greece
| Jun.30 |
IMF payment missed as bailout expires
Athens: Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its b...
| Jun.28 |
Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week
Athens: The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency...
| Jun.27 |
Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension |
| Feb.20 |
Greece agrees deal with eurozone
Brussels: Greece and eurozone nations have agreed a deal to extend financial aid after bailout talks in Brussels
2014 |
| Oct.26 |
Vulnerable European banks identified |
2013 |
| Mar.25 |
Cyprus banks closed until Thursday |
| Mar.24 |
Deal reached in Cyprus bailout talks. Brussels
| Mar.22 |
Cyprus MPs pass banking reforms |
| Mar.15 |
Eurozone agrees Cyprus bailout deal. Brussels
2012 |
| Dec.10 |
HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal |
| Jun.29 |
European leaders reach key deal on banks |
| Jun.14 |
Spain crisis costs enter 'danger zone' |
| Jun.9 |
Spanish bank bailout request welcomed. Spain
| May.25 |
Spain's Bankia seeks 19bn euros |
| Mar.8 |
Greece confirms debt deal success
| Jan.13 |
9 eurozone nations downgraded by S&P New York: Standard & Poor's said Friday that it has downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro area governments, including AAA-rated France and Austri...
2011 |
| Dec.5 |
France, Germany outline fiscal pact |
| Nov.2 |
Bailout loan withheld from Greece |
| Oct.31 |
Greece to hold bailout referendum |
| Oct.26 |
EU leaders reach eurozone agreement. Belgium
| Oct.9 |
Euro crisis talks 'end in accord' |
| Oct.2 |
Greece to miss targets on deficit |
| Jun.28 |
Christine Lagarde named IMF chief |
| Jun.19 |
European ministers: Greece to get loans |
| Apr.6 |
Portugal seeks bail-out from EU |
2010 |
| Nov.21 |
Irish government backs bail-out |
| Sep.21 |
Bank investigated over money laundering |
| Jul.23 |
Europe's big banks pass stress tests |
| May.9 |
EU approves $560B crisis fund. Belgium
| Mar.15 |
EU ministers agree Greek plan |
| Mar.2 |
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM Greece: Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy
The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including rises in sales taxes, a cut in holiday bonuses paid to civil servants, and a pensions freeze.
The EU had called for austerity measures
|
| |
| Feb.10 |
PM vows to slash huge government deficit |
2009 |
| Sep.5 |
G20 pledges tougher bank action |
2008 |
| Oct.11 |
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
| Oct.8 |
World's central banks slash interest rates |
| Oct.7 |
UK bank rescue package imminent |
| Oct.4 |
No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
| Jan.24 |
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Paris: Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
2005 |
| Jun.11 |
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal. London
2002 |
| Jan.1 |
Euro mark celebrations People lined up in freezing temperatures to get a jump on the most ambitious currency swap in history. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency in 1999 and launched as physical coins and... | |
2000 |
| Sep.28 |
Denmark rejects euro |
1999 |
| Jan. 1, 1999 |
Europe is united with a common currency 'euro' The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit | |
|
|
2011 |
| Jun.5 |
Beansprouts 'likely E.coli cause' |
2008 |
| Jun.2 |
Summit targets global food crisis. Rome
|
|
2009 |
| Jul.23 |
VW prepares to take over Porsche |
2008 |
| Sep.17 |
Barclays agrees $1.75B Lehman deal |
|
|
2016 |
| Apr.21 |
VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal |
2015 |
| Sep.22 |
Volkswagen facing multiple US probes. USA
|
|
2008 |
| Sep.16 |
World markets continue to slide. New York
| Jan.21 |
World markets plunge on U.S. fears Global: Stock markets were, prompted by pessimism about Bush's plans to boost the U.S. economy. India's Sensex stock index fell nearly 11%
1987 |
| Oct. 10, 1987 |
Black Monday (1987)
Map of Manhattan Manhattan: Stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time. The crash began in Hong Kong | |
|
|
2016 |
| May.30 |
France: Rail workers strike as protests continue |
2012 |
| Mar.29 |
Workers commence a general strike |
2010 |
| Dec.3 |
Air controller walkout disrupts travel |
| Oct.11 |
French unions launch new strike |
| Sep.29 |
Unions stage day of action over cuts |
| May.4 |
Tansport halts as strike extends |
| Mar.19 |
BA cabin crew begin strike action. London
| Feb.23 |
Greece steeled for 24-hour strike |
| Feb.21 |
Lufthansa four-day strike begins |
2009 |
| Jan.29 |
Huge crowds join French strikes |
2007 |
| Nov.14 |
Strike brings travel chaos |
|
|
2013 |
| Jun.11 |
Greece suspends state broadcaster
2011 |
| Jul.13 |
News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB |
| Jul.9 |
NoW goes to presses for last time |
| Jul.7 |
Hacking scandal spurs paper's closing
London: The embattled tabloid News of the World, one of the oldest and best-selling newspapers in Britain, will shut down after Sunday's issue
2005 |
| Jul.15 |
New Harry Potter book hits shops. Scotland
|
|
2013 |
| Apr.2 |
Eurozone unemployment rate hits 12%
|
|
2009 |
| Apr.17 |
Court jails Pirate Bay founders. Sweden
2000 |
| Jan.1 |
Y2K bug fails to bite USA: A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000
|
|
2010 |
| Mar.3 |
Greece backs new round of tax rises |
2008 |
| Nov.14 |
Eurozone officially in recession |
| Nov.13 |
German economy now in recession |
2006 |
| Oct.30 |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos' |
|
|
2010 |
| Dec.15 |
U.S. to sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill |
|
|
2011 |
| May.24 |
Volcano ash shuts German airports |
2010 |
| Dec.20 |
Europe is digging airports out of snow |
| May.16 |
Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick |
| May.16 |
Ash closes airports in England, Ireland |
| May.9 |
Volcanic ash cloud disrupts flights |
| Apr.19 |
Europe airport start to reopen for flights |
| Apr.17 |
Volcanic ash wreaking travel chaos 
Iceland: A cloud from an Icelandic volcano continued to blanket Europe, shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing misery for millions of travelers
Virtually all of Europe's major airports remain closed as a huge plume of ash drifts south and east across the continent. Airlines are losing some $200m a day in an unprecedented shutdown of commercial air travel
|
| |
2007 |
| Feb.28 |
Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs. France
2005 |
| Apr.27 |
Airbus A380 completes test flight |
| Jan.18 |
Largest passenger jet unveiled |
1889 |
| Jun. 5, 1783 |
First fire balloon ascent by Montgolfier Brothers
Map of Annonay France Southern France: The brothers succeeded in launching the first manned ascent, carrying Étienne into the sky. Their father Pierre was elevated to the nobility
|
|
1871 |
| Mar. 20, 1602 |
Dutch East India Company established
Netherlands: A chartered company when the States General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia
|
|
2018 |
| Jan.18 |
Deadly storm causes Dutch and German transport chaos. Netherlands
1830 |
| Sep. 15, 1830 |
Manchester to Liverpool Railway opened
Map of Liverpool United Kingdom Northern England: L&MR between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester was the first railway to rely exclusively on steam power
|
|
2014 |
| Aug.6 |
Putin orders retaliatory sanctions |
| Jul.29 |
US and EU widen sanctions on Russia |
2012 |
| Feb.19 |
Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France |
1948 |
| Jun. 24, 1948 |
Russian blockade of Berlin began The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control
|
|
2018 |
| Mar.21 |
Zuckerberg 'sorry' over Cambridge Analytica 'breach'
San Francisco Bay Area: Facebook founder has admitted that the social network 'made mistakes' that led to millions of users having their data exploited by a political...
2013 |
| Jan.5 |
Italian fashion boss Missoni missing off Venezuela
2012 |
| Jul.3 |
Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns |
2011 |
| Jul.15 |
Murdoch apologizes as deputies resign |
2010 |
| Jul.27 |
BP ousts CEO Hayward |
1835 |
| Nov. 25, 1835 |
Andrew Carnegie born. Scotland
|
|
2009 |
| Apr.2 |
G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal London: Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis
| Mar.14 |
G20 leaders vow to restore growth. London
|
|
2016 |
| Oct.30 |
Ceta: EU-Canada trade deal signed |
2014 |
| Mar.21 |
Ukraine signs EU trade pact. Brussels
2009 |
| Feb.14 |
G7 pledges to avoid protectionism |
|
|
2014 |
| Oct.30 |
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply |
2009 |
| Jan.19 |
Russia turns on gas for Europe |
| Jan.10 |
Accord signed in Russia gas row |
| Jan.6 |
European gas supplies disrupted Several countries say their supplies of Russian gas have been cut sharply amid an energy price dispute between Moscow and Ukraine
|
|
2016 |
| Jun.2 |
Louvre to close as Seine rises further. Paris
|
|
2018 |
| Jan.28 |
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies in Sweden at 91
2014 |
| Oct.20 |
Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash
|
|
2011 |
| May.29 |
Germany pledges nuclear shutdown |
|
|
2014 |
| Nov.27 |
Oil prices plunge after Opec meeting
Map of Vienna Austria Austria: The price of oil slumped after the Opec oil producers' cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna
2010 |
| Jul.15 |
BP says oil has stopped leaking. Louisiana
| Jun.16 |
US Congress set to grill BP chief |
| Jun.4 |
BP fits cap but yet to stop leak in Gulf |
2007 |
| Jan.8 |
Russia oil row hits Europe supply