A jailed member of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot lost a court battle to be released but remained unrepentant over last year's protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova watched from behind the black metal bars of a courtroom cage as a regional court on Friday upheld an earlier decision
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Officials working for euro zone finance ministers signed off on the payment of the next batch of aid for Greece on Friday and the money will be disbursed on the approval of member states on Monday, euro zone officials said. "Approval is now given, national procedures will be finalised by Monday noon," one senior euro
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The dollar held at a five-week low and gold headed for its best month in over 1-1/2 years on Friday, after a report that the U.S. Federal Reserve will next week underline its intention to keep interest rates low for a long time. Setting the dollar on its slippery slope was a Wall Street Journal
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Britain's recovery from financial crisis sped up and spread through the economy in the second quarter, giving a boost to the government and to a swathe of companies which increased sales and profits. The pace of quarterly economic growth doubled to 0.6 percent between April and June, a contrast with worries just a few months
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The Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Mr Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, visited Limassol Marina on Thursday the 25th of July, accompanied by members of the Steering Committee for Marinas. During the visit, they were greeted by Limassol Marina Ltd’s Chairman and members of the Board of Directors who briefed them on the delivery of the
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At least one person was killed and three were seriously injured on Thursday after a fireworks factory exploded in central Italy, the local fire service said. Firefighters were searching for three missing workers at the plant in Picciano, near Pescara on Italy's east coast, and were trying to extinguish a large fire, a fire service
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Police put the driver of a Spanish train under investigation on Thursday after at least 78 people died when it hit a sharp bend at speed and derailed near the northern city of Santiago de Compostela, in one of Europe's worse rail disasters. Dramatic video footage from a security camera published on the website of
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Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, has expressed the wish that Cyprus and his state will develop bilateral relations in all fields. The wish was conveyed by the new Ambassador of the State of Qatar, Hussein Bin Ahmad Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Hmeid, who presented on Thursday his credentials to
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Dollar dawdles after snapping a three-day slide European assets were flat in early trade on Thursday as investors trod cautiously before German and British data expected to add weight to signs the continent's economy is reviving. The German IFO survey out at 0800 GMT is likely to show business morale picked up for a third
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China plans to invest 1.7 trillion yuan ($277 billion) to combat air pollution over the next five years, state media said on Thursday, underscoring the new government's concerns about addressing a key source of social discontent. The money is to be spent primarily in regions that have heavy air pollution and high levels of PM
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