The inflation rate dropped in September to 2.4%, after recording 2.9% in August 2011 and 3.5% in September 2010. The main reason was a decline compared with the year earlier in the
The trade deficit based on provisional data from the Statistical Service widened in August to EUR 480.8 mln from EUR 416.9 mln in August 2010. Total imports/ arrivals were provisionally estimated at
British landmark Big Ben is leaning to such an extent that the tilt can now be clocked with the naked eye, according to a report commissioned by London Underground and the Parliamentary
Workers at state-owned Greek companies including oil refiners, power utilities, ports and water operators plan to walk off the job on Oct. 18 to fight planned pay cuts that are part of
Four years ago, Senator Claire McCaskill was one of Barack Obama's biggest boosters in his presidential campaign. But when he recently visited her state of Missouri, she did not have time to
Greece's debt crisis is hitting the health of the nation hard, with the number of suicides increasing, more people turning to drugs and prostitution and rapidly rising rates of HIV infections, researchers
Christians clashed with military police, leaving at least 24 people dead in Cairo, and the cabinet called an emergency meeting for Monday, vowing the violence would not derail Egypt's first election since
Donald Tusk will be the first Polish prime minister since the fall of communism more than two decades ago to rule for a second consecutive term after his centre-right Civic Platform trounced
Greek petroleum and electricity workers threatened late on Sunday to go on strike, to oppose planned wage cuts that form part of the debt-laden country's austerity drive. Workers at the country's biggest
Chief executives of leading public companies in Cyprus deservedly take home the highest earnings and by default are the biggest income tax contributors to the Internal Revenue Dept. Although their salaries and
