Asian shares pulled back from multimonth highs on Monday, while the yen firmed after touching a new low in choppy trade ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision that is expected
Angela Merkel's coalition and the centre-left opposition were neck-and-neck in exit polls in a state election in Lower Saxony on Sunday, which could deprive the German chancellor of a boost for her
A makeshift time-bomb lightly injured two security staff at a large shopping centre near Athens on Sunday, in escalating political violence in the crisis-hit country. The blast followed gun and bomb attacks
Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face
The new bank that emerged from the breakup of Greece's troubled Hellenic Postbank will initially hire all of the old lender's staff but offer voluntary redundancies as it tries to cut payroll
The Central Bank of Cyprus said on Saturday that consultations on defining a bailout sum for its Greece-exposed banks were still in progress, effectively overshooting a deadline to decide how much aid
Cypriot tennis ace Marcos Baghdatis’ Australian Open singles campaign came to an end on Friday night in Melbourne when he was beaten by World No. 4 David Ferrer, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3, in
From January 19th 2013, all new driving licences issued across the EU will be in the form of a plastic "credit card," with a standard European format and tougher security protection. The
Eleven candidates officially submitted their nominations in total on Friday at the official nomination process for the forthcoming February 17 Presidential elections. For the first time in the history of Presidential elections
Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand, whose documentaries and books helped shape many Turks' understanding of their recent tumultuous history, died in Istanbul late on Thursday. Birand suffered cardiac arrest due to complications
