Bulgaria's ruling party candidate Rosen Plevneliev won 40% of the votes in the first round of a presidential election, according to results on Monday, suggesting he will win a run-off and cement
Greece is keen to grow trade with China and attract more investment, its development minister told a Chinese delegation headed by Beijing's number four-ranked leader on Monday as Greek firms closed half
Bulgaria aims to bring down its budget deficit to 1.35 percent of gross domestic product next year to protect its economy from the impact of the European debt crisis, Finance Minister Simeon
First the good news: European leaders are nearing a strategy to counter the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis. Now, the less good news: it has some apparent flaws and may fall apart.
Greek seamen ended on Monday a week-long anti-austerity strike which stranded ferries and passengers at ports, hitting the key tourism sector and disrupting food and fuel supplies to islands. Greece's Socialist government
"Cutting Greek debt must be voluntary" — Greece's debt must be lowered and banks must share part of the burden, the country's prime minister George Papandreou said on Sunday, following a meeting
European Union leaders made some progress towards a strategy to fight the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis on Sunday, nearing agreement on bank recapitalisation and on how to leverage their rescue fund
France's push to use more European Central Bank money to fight the euro zone debt crisis has run into strong resistance from Germany and other EU partners, leaving Paris increasingly isolated before
The Greek parliament approved a painful set of austerity measures on Thursday, defying violent protests in central Athens and a general strike which shut down much of the country. The struggling government
The euro on Friday clung to gains eked out in volatile overnight trade but looked increasingly vulnerable as European leaders remained deeply divided ahead of a weekend summit on the region's debt
