Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) launched the i20 cars in the European market. These were premiered at the Paris Motor Show last month. The company has dispatched a consignment of 2,820 cars from the Chennai port for Europe.
i20s are very sophisticated new generation vehicles of Hyundai. These are designed at its Russelsheim design center in Germany. It is designed to fit in the European environment and pollution norms. The car will be available in 1.2 litre, 1.4 liter and 1.6 liter variants and will be powered by both diesel and petrol engines.
London/Frankfurt - Faced with a looming recession and rapidly falling inflation, Europe's leading central banks delivered hefty rate cuts Thursday as monetary authorities around the world stepped up efforts to trim the cost of money.
While the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting in Frankfurt lopped 50 basis points off its benchmark refinancing rate, the Bank of England meeting in London announced a more dramatic 150-basis-point reduction.
Sofia - Some 3,000 Bulgarian farmers on Thursday blocked several key highways in protest against the government's agricultural policy, the national radio said.
Grain producers, joining the months-long protest of dairy farmers, are demanding subsidies which they claim the state owes them and are demanding more money than what is planned in the 2009 draft budget.
They also are demanding the resignation of Agriculture Minister Valeriy Cvetanov, saying he did not meet promises he made.
London/Frankfurt - Europe's two leading central banks are expected to announce Thursday big rate cut, as monetary authorities around the world step up efforts to head off a looming recession.
Analysts are predicting that the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each announce hefty reductions in borrowing costs which are likely to be followed up with more cuts in the coming months.
Washington - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's announcement Wednesday of plans to deploy missiles in its Baltic Sea enclave to counter the US basing of a missile-defence system in Eastern Europe is "disappointing," the US State Department said.
"The steps that the Russian government announced today are disappointing," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
McCormack repeated US assertions that the 10 interceptor missiles planned for deployment to Poland and the radar system to the Czech Republic does not threaten Moscow's vast strategic nuclear arsenal. The shield is designed to protect against Iran's growing ballistic missile capability, he said.
Vienna - Eastern European leaders lapped up Barack Obama's pledge of a "new dawn" of US leadership and heaped praise on the president-elect, although some questioned his toughness toward Russia.
From the Baltics to Bulgaria, the ex-communist area that provided some of President George W Bush's most loyal European allies looked for even closer ties under Obama - minus the us-against-them tension of the last eight years.
"Barack Obama now faces immense tasks, and I place hopes on his youthful energy," Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said Wednesday.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) launched the i20 cars in the European market. These were premiered at the Paris Motor Show last month. The company has dispatched a consignment of 2,820 cars from the Chennai port for Europe. 
London/Frankfurt - Faced with a looming recession and rapidly falling inflation, Europe's leading central banks delivered hefty rate cuts Thursday as monetary authorities around the world stepped up efforts to trim the cost of money.
Sofia - Some 3,000 Bulgarian farmers on Thursday blocked several key highways in protest against the government's agricultural policy, the national radio said.
London/Frankfurt - Europe's two leading central banks are expected to announce Thursday big rate cut, as monetary authorities around the world step up efforts to head off a looming recession.
