Stories for July 2nd 2004

Friday, July 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Euro zone interest rate unchanged at 2%.

The European Central Bank decided this Thursday to leave interest rates unchanged at 2%, the lowest in half a century in the area. In its official release the ECB stated that:

Friday, July 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
South Georgia transhipment order irritates fishing company; AWG: Memorial was not vandalised; Film to help avoid seabird mortality; Lady Slipper declared endemic; School lessons with a Chinese flavour.

Friday, July 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Bill Rammell MP launches UK Overseas Territories inaugural newsletter.

“The United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association is an important forum in which issues of interest and concern to the United Kingdom Overseas Territories can be discussed,” says Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell MP, who today will launch the inaugural United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) newsletter, at the CPA Room in Westminster Hall.