A senior lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives warned on Wednesday against any writedown of public holdings of Greek debt, saying it would send a fatal signal to other bailout countries and
Greece's international lenders failed for the second week running to agree how to get the country's debt down to a sustainable level and will have a third go at resolving their most
President Demetris Christofias has said he disagrees with the Troika (EC, ECB, IMF) on matters relating to semi-government organizations and natural gas. Speaking at the inauguration of the new community building in
The economy continues to increase demand for higher skills, however more than 70 million Europeans have only low or no formal qualifications, Commissioner Androula Vasiliou has stressed. Speaking Tuesday at a press
* Gambling monopoly to be privatised next year * Greece's OPAP, one of Europe's biggest betting firms, reported a 16% fall in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, weighed down by the recession in
On the basis of the results of the Passengers’ Survey, arrivals of tourists rose by 0.8% to 261,997 in October 2012 compared with 259,863 in October 2011. An increase of 41.5% was
Cypriot Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly cancelled his trip to Brussels for Tuesday's Eurogroup meeting due to ongoing talks with foreign lenders on a bailout package, the finance ministry said on Monday. The
Pope Benedict published the last part of his trilogy on the life of Jesus on Tuesday, delivering an early childhood narrative which strongly reaffirms the doctrine of the virgin birth as an
The U.N. chief called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the region with a message that escalation of the
British low-cost airline easyJet doubled its dividend after annual results showed it took business from fading European rivals and customers bought more cheap flights for late summer holidays. Competitors are struggling to
