Proposed rule changes designed to introduce more competition in the credit and debit card markets lack standards to protect consumers from fraud and data security breaches, officials told the European Parliament on
Strained by a long-lasting economic crisis, Greece aims to use its presidency of the EU to regain European partners’ trust and credibility, as the country is slowly creeping along the path to
97 million Chinese tourists went abroad in 2013 “Chinese tourists spend so much abroad that some foreigners are calling them ‘walking wallets’,” researcher says. World's biggest-spending travellers likely to have topped 2012
The EU will operate under the “Creative Europe” programme a Financial Guarantee Facility from 2016 onwards, allocating more than €120 million to share the risk on loans offered to small and mid-sized
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 0.8% in December 2013, down from 0.9% in November, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat. Looking at the main components of Euro area
Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, announced a “step-change in global aviation”, with the launch of its first branded regional operation, after taking a 33.3 per cent stake
Latvia joined the euro zone on January 1, banking on its experience of austerity to bring it prosperity in a currency union where other economies have floundered. The small Baltic country adopted
The European Union sought to calm fears in countries like Britain, France and Germany that they face a mass influx of Romanians and Bulgarians following the lifting of restrictions on January 1,
* As EU president, Athens will have work to do to clear the air – and its name – during the six-month stint * Greece embarks on its six-month term as rotating
Dubai's non-oil foreign trade managed to cross the Dhs 1 trln (US$ 270 bln) threshold within nine months in 2013, to reach a volume of Dhs 1.009 trln by the end of
