Airbus announced its first jet order from Japan Airlines on Monday, breaking open the last big aviation market dominated by Boeing in a move that suggests the U.S. company may pay for the 787 Dreamliner's troubled debut. The landmark deal for 31 wide-body A350 jets with a combined $9.5 bln list price follows an intense

Greece will emerge from six years of recession next year, its draft 2014 budget projected on Monday, in one of the strongest signs yet that the country has left the worst of its crippling debt crisis behind. The economy, which has shrunk about a quarter since its peak in 2007, will grow by 0.6% next

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan would run for president next year if his party asked him to, he said, but dismissed suggestions of a rift with incumbent Abdullah Gul. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for a decade, cannot run again as prime minister in a general election in 2015, according to the rules of

Most Greeks view the far-right Golden Dawn party as a criminal organisation, according to a poll published on Friday that found the party had shed almost half of its support since its leader and lawmakers were arrested. Party leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos, five senior lawmakers and dozens of party members were arrested on Sept. 28 on

Ireland has agreed to sell a 20-year national lottery operating licence for 405 million euros ($552 million) to a joint venture that includes the owner of British operator Camelot, Ireland's spending minister said on Friday. The deal is the first step in a privatisation drive agreed under Ireland's EU-IMF bailout that aims to bring in

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is on track to post its second consecutive year of record earnings as a rebound in its semiconductor business shields the South Korean tech giant from a slower smartphone market. The world's biggest memory chipmaker is likely to see its semiconductor earnings charge to a three-year high – a much-needed shot

– Break someone's arm and leg for 300 euros – Set a car on fire for 1,000 euros – Put someone in hospital for a month for 1,500 euros A fortnight ago, Golden Dawn was feeling smug. Greece's neo-Nazi party was riding high in the opinion polls at about 15%, double what it got in

Fresh from surviving a political crisis, Prime Minister Enrico Letta must return rapidly to Italy's daunting economic problems but much depends on the fate of the man who tried to bring him down, Silvio Berlusconi. If a split in Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party becomes permanent after this week's failed attempt to topple Letta,