GERMANY, backed by France, is bringing about a fundamental change in the European Union.

AN agreement that ensures compatibility between America’s Global Positioning Satellite system and its future European counterpart, Galileo, was signed at the Dromoland Castle summit.

A strategic alliance between Datalex, the Dublin-based travel reservation software developer, and Galileo, the worldwide flight reservation system, has won a contract to deliver a web-based booking platform for United Airlines, one of the world's leading airlines.