ESSEN, Germany (Nov 15) - After 16 months of preparation German mass merchant Aldi opened its first four outlets in Switzerland. Before the end of the ...

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (Nov 1) - The enlargement of the EU by May 1, 2004 with 10 new member states has had big consequences for the European bike ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct 18)- Giant Manufacturing Co., Taiwan's biggest bicycle maker, filed a lawsuit contesting European Union tariffs on bicycles from ...

BIKE EUROPE: MANCHESTER, UK (October 17) - Avocet Sports Limited has acquired some of the fixed assets and stock of Concept Cycling Group Limited from ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (Oct 7) - North Korea began production on Friday of the country's first home-built bicycles, according to China's Xinhua news ...

DUBAI, Dubai (Oct 14) - The Sportex Middle East & Gulf Stadia, the premier international event for the Sports, Fitness, Health and Leisure ...

BRUSSEL, Belgium (Sep 27) --Belgian road racer Tom Boonen who won the world championship in Madrid last Sunday, was received today by Belgian King ...

MILANO, Italy - The 2005 EICMA Milan bike show opened with record number of floor space (+25%) and more exhibitors (+16%), and closed four days later ...

KISUMI, Kenya (Sep 15) - A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has lauded the bodaboda for employing over 5,000 people with each taking ...

NEW DELHI, India (Aug 23) -- The Yamaha Motor Company is planning to set up a second wholly owned subsidiary in India. The new subsidiary would co-exist ...

LUXEMBOURG (August 4) - China became in 2004 the EU's most important bicycle supplier and was dodging the anti-dumping duties in any possible way. The ...

SHANGHAI, China (June 7) - The Chinese Ministry of Commerce declared that export brands will have development priority for the years 2005 and 2006. ...

NUNSPEET, Netherlands (April 26) - Shimano Europe has launched a new website today with detailed information about all its products, including ...

PARIS, France (April 19) - The French two-wheeler show is set to be a bigger event than ever. The last edition already drew 415.168 visitors and 2.200 ...

BEIJING, China (April 6) - China should not revamp its exchange rate regime before the conditions are ripe, a senior World Bank economist said ...

BIRMINGHAM, UK (April 5) - Tubing specialists Reynolds Cycle Technology (RCT) have expanded their range of steel and aluminium tubing which will be ...

BIKE EUROPE TAIPEI, Taiwan (March 9) - At this year's Taipei international Cycle Show that ended last Monday, Colnago announced that it will enter the ...

DYON, France (14 January) - Cycles Lapierre has opened a new 400 m2 office building which contains offices, showrooms, fitness room, showers and Sauna. ...

LONDON, UK 9,000 IKEA co-workers in the UK recently received a folding bike as its traditional end-of-year gift. The gift fuelled rumours that are ...

MAARSSEN, The Netherlands This week we are turning to Poland for our Rumour of the Week section in this Newsletter and the Bike Europe website. Also in ...