Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine stalled for a third day on Monday, with authorities fearing the colliery is a powder keg of explosive gases and
Saudi Arabia is anxious to show its allies there will be no power vacuum in the world's biggest oil exporter as health problems beset its octogenarian rulers, but the danger of open
Alpha Bank, Greece's third-biggest lender, was seen reporting a 72% drop in nine-month net profit, as austerity and recession forced it to ramp up loan-loss provisions and curb lending, a Reuters poll
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed late on Thursday to step up contacts to try to overcome obstacles in the quest to reunite their island, divided for over three decades, U.N. chief
Shareholders of Cyprus-based Marfin Popular Bank on Thursday approved plans to boost its capital with a 488.6 mln euros rights issue and a convertible securities issue worth up to 660 mln euros.
Six countries have declined invitations to the Deccember 10 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee told Reuters on Thursday. The six nations that declined
A court in the northwestern German city of Muenster has banned a man from tattooing his pony with the logo of British rock band the Rolling Stones. The court came to the
Europe's Mediterranean fishing nations have rejected measures to protect the endangered bluefin tuna proposed last month by the European Union fishing chief Maria Damanaki, EU officials said on Thursday. The decision late
Jumbo, Greece's largest toy retailer, said that net profit for the quarter to end-September fell 5.2%, hit by tax hikes and lower consumption as Greeks felt the effects of economic austerity. Jumbo
France's Louvre museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts. The
