A court in the northwestern German city of Muenster has banned a man from tattooing his pony with the logo of British rock band the Rolling Stones. The court came to the
Europe's Mediterranean fishing nations have rejected measures to protect the endangered bluefin tuna proposed last month by the European Union fishing chief Maria Damanaki, EU officials said on Thursday. The decision late
A shortage of raw materials has become a systemic risk for the global economy, the European Union trade chief Karel De Gucht said on Thursday. Speaking to the European Parliament during a
British retail sales recovered in October after two months of declines but government borrowing hit another record high for the month, underscoring the need for tough fiscal retrenchment ahead. Thursday's batch of
The cost of insuring Irish debt against default fell on Thursday as investors grew increasingly confident that a deal would be reached on aid to the country. Five-year credit default swaps (CDS)
Greece pledged on Thursday to take further fiscal measures to cut its budget gap to 7.4% of GDP next year in its latest attempt to comply with the terms of a EU/IMF
The risk of leaving interest rates too low has grown, European Central Bank policymaker Yves Mersch said on Wednesday, adding that the euro would survive the current crisis engulfing Ireland, Greece and
Jumbo, Greece's largest toy retailer, said that net profit for the quarter to end-September fell 5.2%, hit by tax hikes and lower consumption as Greeks felt the effects of economic austerity. Jumbo
. Bulgaria is still interested in joining the euro zone as quickly as possible despite tensions in the bloc over the fiscal troubles of Ireland and Greece, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov
Greece's parliament charged three former ministers with fraud on Wednesday in a scandal over land swaps between the state and a wealthy monastery which helped bring down the former conservative government. All
