The German government on Wednesday played down reports that tax cuts, one of the main platforms of Chancellor Angela Merkel's allies, were back on the agenda after being shelved because of the
G20 agriculture ministers considered French proposals to tighten regulation of commodity markets and set up emergency reserves as they gathered on Wednesday for a first-ever summit that aims to tackle rising food
Russia and the European Union signed a deal agreeing conditions for the resumption of EU fresh vegetable imports to Russia, which banned them because of a deadly E.coli outbreak, both sides said
Israeli leaders holed up in a new underground nuclear bunker on Wednesday as part of annual manoeuvres to prepare for a possible missile war with Iran, Syria and their Lebanese and Palestinian
Greece has clear objectives that it needs to achieve if it is to overcome its debt crisis and there is no alternative to meeting those goals, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
Hedge fund managers are sifting through the rubble of the deepening Greek debt crisis to find money-making opportunities, though political uncertainty makes it a risky business. Executives at the annual GAIM conference
Andreas Moleskis, Head of the Secretariat of the Cypriot EU Presidency, resigned on Wednesday over allegations of nepotism for a job appointment in Brussels. Moleskis was criticised by Auditor General Chrystalla Yiorkadji
The ghost of Lehman Brothers stalks European financial markets as central bankers warn a Greek debt default could trigger even worse turmoil than the collapse of the U.S. investment bank. But there
The Greek government will approve its new austerity package on Wednesday after it survived a confidence vote, clearing the first hurdle in a battle to secure emergency loans and avert the euro
A passenger jet slammed into the ground and caught fire while trying to land on a foggy night in northwestern Russia, killing 44 people and leaving eight survivors badly hurt, officials said
