Asian shares rose on Monday with sentiment brightening at the start of the third quarter after Europe leaders agreed to shore up the region's troubled banks, but the euro gave up some
By George Hay The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. The European Central Bank rightly wants to loosen the grip of ratings agencies. That is why
More than 15,000 anti-nuclear protesters blocked streets outside the Japanese prime minister's office on Friday, beating drums and chanting slogans against the restart of reactors nearly 16 months after the world's worst
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to raise pressure on Russia on Thursday ahead of a crucial meeting on the Syria crisis, saying all countries involved must back international mediator Kofi
Western states trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are increasingly struggling to deal with, or even understand, Russia's dogged support for him. Arms deals, Russia's naval base in Tartus and fear
Italy once again proved to be Germany's nemesis after Mario Balotelli struck two first-half goals to set up a UEFA EURO 2012 final against Spain on Sunday. Joachim Löw's side came into
Cyprus’ Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades on Friday said that the EU wants Cyprus to exit the economic crisis and therefore the discussions that will take place in the next days, must
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it is going to send a “fact-finding” assessment mission to Cyprus next week, following a request by the Cypriot authorities for financial assistance. Speaking during
Action Global Communications, the truly independent, full service, public relations consultancy, was appointed by the Cyprus Government to manage the website of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Euro zone leaders agreed on Friday to take emergency action to bring down Italy's and Spain's spiralling borrowing costs and to create a single supervisory body for euro zone banks by the
