Hundreds of thousands of people across France on Thursday began protests expected to draw at least a million demonstrators to the streets to denounce President Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of the economic crisis.
A bloc of fiscally conservative Democrats crucial to moving U.S. President Barack Obama's budget through Congress will demand strict spending and deficit controls as part of any final budget deal. Obama has
Unidentified assailants exploded a homemade bomb at the office of a Greek ruling party deputy on Wednesday, causing damage but no injuries, police said. Deputy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 41, brother of Foreign Minister
A social summit for growth and employment, between the EU presidency, Sweden, Spain, the Commission and the social partners, was held on Thursday in Brussels, before the commencement of the European Council,
The Pafos Aphrodite Festival will present in early September Leo Delibes’ opera “Lakme”, at Pafos Medieval Castle, performed by the National Opera of Sofia. According to an announcement, “Lakme” opera, in three
The ruler of the United Arab Emirates has ordered the release of 329 prisoners in a pardon that includes writing off more than 3 million dirhams ($816,800) of their debts, media reported
Iraq plans to tender for a 1,000 megawatt power plant worth about $1 billion, a senior electricity official said, part of efforts to plug a power shortage that has crippled reconstruction after
Revenue from tourism arrivals fell sharply in February but not as fast as the decrease in arrivals. According to the results of the Passenger Survey, revenue from tourism fell by 10.8% to
More than 1,000 leftist unionists marched through Athens on Tuesday to demand protection of workers' rights as the global crisis hits Greece. Members of the leftist PAME group waved red flags and
Cypriot Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Industry singed here today a project entitled ''Interdepedence,'' in a bid to boost business relations between Greek Cypriots and Turkish
