UK’s Brown-IMF should help with self-insurance

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday that the International Monetary Fund should have the means to help countries insure themselves against future crises and lessen the need for reserve accumulation.

Turkey needs EU message on commitments-Cyprus

European Union candidate Turkey should face repercussions if it ignores a call from the 27-nation bloc to open its ports and airports to Cyprus, the island's foreign minister said. Markos Kyprianou told