The White House was locked down for more than an hour on Tuesday night as authorities investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb tossed over the fence of the executive compound,
Greece goes head to head with its creditors on Wednesday in a renewed attempt to break a deadlock in negotiations to slash the country's debt and stave off default. International private sector
Annual inflation in Cyprus recorded an increase during the month of December 2011, while subsideing on average in the EU and the Eurozone. According to Eurostat data, released today, the annual inflation
The World Bank warned developing countries on Wednesday to prepare for the "real" risk that an escalation in the euro area debt crisis could tip the world into a slump on a
Germany's exit from nuclear power could cost the country as much as 1.7 trillion euros ($2.15 trillion) by 2030, or two thirds of the country's GDP in 2011, according to Siemens, which
U.S. rating agency Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating of the euro zone's EFSF rescue fund on Monday, and Greece was under pressure to break a deadlock in debt swap talks
London Olympic organisers will buy back unwanted tickets for this year's Games directly at face value but fans wanting to get their hands on them will have to wait until April. An
The decline in Europe's car market accelerated in December, led by a slump at regional No.2 automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, as increasingly worried consumers held back from major purchases, industry figures showed
Striking Greek workers brought the Athens metro to a standstill on Tuesday and kept ferries docked to protest against austerity as the country's lenders visited Athens to try to avert a disorderly
Hungary confirmed on Tuesday that European Union is set to announce legal action over its disputed central bank and judicial reform, complicating the nation's efforts to secure aid needed to remain solvent.
