Thousands of Greeks have been receiving pensions despite being long dead, the Labour Minister said on Monday, promising to crack down on social security fraud that is costing the debt-laden country millions
The head of a German farm facing an inquiry over a deadly E.coli outbreak was quoted on Monday as saying he could not understand accusations that bean sprouts grown at his farm
In the past few years the government has made steady progress towards improving the environment and green development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment points out in a press release
U.S. employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May and the jobless rate rose to 9.1%, raising concerns the economy might be stuck in a painful slow-growth mode. Nonfarm payrolls increased
The prospect of a second bailout for debt-stricken Greece assuaged market fears of default on Friday as the country's prime minister flew to Luxembourg to present plans for deeper austerity measures. Prime
* Brent crude falls more than $1 on U.S. growth jitters * European shares and U.S. debt yields slipped while the euro hovered near one-month highs against the dollar on Friday before
* Lockheed Martin, Google also victims of cyber war * Hackers broke into Sony Corp's computer networks and accessed the information of more than 1 mln customers to show the vulnerability of
China must master cyber-warfare as the Internet emerges as a crucial battleground for opinion and intelligence, two military officers said on Friday, two days after Google revealed hacking attacks it said came
* National Bank of Greece , EFG Eurobank , Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank downgraded * Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service cut the ratings of eight Greek banks on Friday following a downgrade
A leftist group on Friday blockaded the Greek Finance Ministry, the scene of negotiations on the nation's latest financial rescue, hanging a huge banner covering five storeys of the building in central
