Switzerland's blue-chip index SMI dropped 4.5 percent Thursday to close below 6,000 for the first time since April 2005. Declines in shares of Swiss pharmaceutical companies helped pull down the Swiss Market Index to 5,798.84 points down 36.54 percent from the year's high of 9243.79 points on Oct. 11, 2007. The decline...
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After Hunger, faint echoes are evident in the Baader –Meinhof Complex, the movie about the spate of terrorism in Germany in the late 60s and 70s. Is the movie truth or terrorist chic? Produced by the producer of “Downfall”, the...
Last week £180m was confirmed for health infrastructure in the Greater Belfast area by Michael McGimpsey with the pledge that: “I will invest funds where improved health and social care services are most needed,” This morning...
More details of the arrangements connected with the expected Northern Ireland Executive meeting on Thursday may, or may not, emerge after the Assembly and Executive Review Committee’s closed session [Adds FairDeal has some...