Hong Kong shares fell for a fifth consecutive session on Monday, dragged lower by financial and property stocks after Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan warned the global economy is in a grim state,
Cyprus received 178 million euro in EU funding in 2010 according to the official website of the European Union. It contributed 158 million euro to the EU budget and collected 35.2 million
China has confirmed to visiting U.S. officials that Beijing plans to pour $1.7 trillion into the so-called "strategic sectors" over the coming five years, the U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson told reporters
Mariano Rajoy's centre-right People's Party stormed to a crushing election victory when voters punished the outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations. Rajoy, who led his party to an
Protesters demanding Egypt's ruling generals hand over power beat back a new police raid to evict them from Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Monday, witnesses said. The police fired tear gas and
Tobacco giant Philip Morris on Monday launched legal action against Australian laws forcing tobacco products to be sold in drab, plain packaging from late next year, and other tobacco companies said they
Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political accord to back the construction of a pipeline aimed to link the gas systems of the two neighbours and allow Caspian natural gas flows to
Greece's new prime minister headed to Brussels on Sunday to fight for the aid Athens needs to avoid bankruptcy, even as one of his coalition backers refused to give a written pledge
Asian shares fell on Monday as uncertainty remained over how euro zone leaders would respond to mounting funding difficulties for European banks, and an apparent failure by U.S. politicians to agree on
**Taxes on income and wealth leap 23.8% ** The Cyprus government made some headway in reducing its annual budget deficit by posting a budget surplus in the third quarter. According to preliminary
