House prices in Britain unexpectedly fell 1.5 percent in February, the first drop since June last year, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday. The decline followed a downwardly revised 0.4 percent rise
European equities slipped in early trade on Thursday from six-week highs a day earlier, led lower by energy shares on weaker crude prices, and ahead of some interest rate decisions in Europe
World stocks slipped on Thursday while the euro held above a recent 9-month low against the dollar as the European Central Bank prepared to announce next steps in stimulus withdrawal after its
The European Central Bank is set to hold interest rates at a record low level of 1.0 percent on Thursday and detail the next steps in its gradual withdrawal from emergency lending.
Greece should consider selling some of its islands as one option to reduce debt, two members of the German parliament in Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition said. Josef Schlarmann, a senior member
Moody's Investors Service said that the additional fiscal measures announced by the Greek government are consistent with Moody's current A2 rating, with a negative outlook, for Greece's government bonds. Moody's also published
In the last two years, the UK pub sector has experienced significant pressure ensuing from the current economic downturn as well as changing beer-consumption habits and the ban on smoking in public
Two people have been killed and seven injured by a large wave which struck a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Spain, coast guard officials said on Wednesday. A coastguard spokesman
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said on Thursday he was optimistic that his government's extra savings package aimed at fighting a debt crisis would allow its 2010 budget target to be
Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport on Tuesday announced that it was freezing all airport charges and fees (landing, parking, safety, terminal and ground services) this year, while promoting a package of additional
