China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it had complained to Japan about Japanese fishing boats operating in waters around a disputed and uninhabited group of islands in the East China Sea.
The European Commission said on Monday it will give 10 mln euros ($14.54 mln) of food aid to North Korea to help tackle famine in the reclusive state which has left over
* Budget talks, election may stir trouble * Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised "energetic engagement" as he took over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Friday and said the
Swedish car shipper Wallenius Lines said on Friday it had deployed guards with rifles on its vessels to ward off Somali pirates, the first Swedish-flagged shipper to state publicly it had armed
* Credibility of accuser called into question * Dramatic turnaround could alter French politics * The sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was close to collapse on Friday, sources
The government of Cyprus plans to cut the number of staff in its broad public sector by 5,000 over the next five years, spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said on Friday, a day after
A business forum will be held in Kiev on Monday, July 4, during an official visit to the Ukraine by President Demetris Christofias. The forum is being organised by the Cyprus Chamber
* Premiere a week away; could break records * As the studio behind the Harry Potter films likes to remind us, "It all ends here". "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –
Monthly earning rose by 2.3% over the same period of the previous year in the first quarter, according to the preliminary estimations of the Statistical Service. This was lower than the 3%
Thousands of British teachers and civil servants went on strike on Thursday over plans to reform public sector pensions, launching what could be extended action testing government resolve to drive through austerity
