Fiscal deficit reached 3.03% of GDP during the first half of 2012, compared to 3.59% during the same period in 2011, and 1.89% in the first semester of 2010, the central government’s
European shares were set to rebound on Thursday, with investors' risk appetite seen rising after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting raised expectations that the central bank might launch another round
A Nepali man who was bitten by a cobra snake bit it back and killed the reptile in a tit-for-tat attack, a newspaper said on Thursday. Nepali daily Annapurna Post said Mohamed
Spanish news organisations are being forced to cut staff and budgets as advertising revenues plummet, eroding the quality and range of the media at a time when the country is facing its
* Greek PM in Berlin on Friday, Paris on Saturday * Merkel, Hollande meet beforehand to agree message * German, French leaders struggle to project unity Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are
Forbes magazine ranked German Chancellor Angela Merkel the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row in the annual list dominated by politicians, businesswomen and media figures.
World No.2 retailer Carrefour may need to raise up to 3 billion euros ($3.7 billion) to fund a revival plan for its struggling European hypermarkets, but tight finances and dire economic times
Russia believes Syria has no intention of using its chemical weapons and is able to safeguard them, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Wednesday, citing a unidentified Foreign Ministry official. The report
Egypt has formally requested a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, a spokesman for its president said on Wednesday during a visit to Cairo by IMF chief Christine Lagarde to
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a travel advice for Lebanon, advising citizens of the Republic of Cyprus to avoid traveling to certain areas. In a press release it notes the
