The Commission has proposed adjustments to its proposal for the 2014 EU budget. The changes mainly reflect the political agreement reached on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 between the leaders of the European Parliament, Council and Commission on 27-28 June. Reflecting the need to urgently tackle youth unemployment and strengthen research, the funding will
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President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it would cost about $1 billion to get rid of Syria's chemical weapons under a U.S.-Russian deal reached last week. In an interview on the Fox News television channel, Assad said his government would dispose of its chemical weapons arsenal and it would take about a year, Assad said.
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Looting broke out in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday as the government struggled to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by flooding that had claimed at least 80 lives. Stores were ransacked by looters who carried off everything from televisions to Christmas decorations after floodwaters wreaked havoc in the Pacific
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Asian shares and currencies flew higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve stunned markets by choosing not to taper its asset-buying programme for now, sending global bond yields and the dollar into a tailspin. From Jakarta to Manila, Tokyo to Sydney investors celebrated the prospect of prolonged stimulus in the world's largest economy. MSCI's broadest
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From Munich to New York, Chicago and Tokyo – Experience the “Oktoberfest on board” on all long-haul flights from Germany This year a Lufthansa crew wearing traditional Bavarian dress will once again take off from Munich during the annual Oktoberfest beer festival, bringing with them a touch of local colour to selected long-haul destinations served
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Holy water at religious shrines and churches in Austria is often contaminated with faecal matter and bacteria, researchers have found, advising the faithful not to drink it, especially in hospital chapels. Scientists at Vienna University medical school's Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology came to the conclusion after analysing the water quality at 21 "holy"
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Greek workers shut schools and forced hospitals to work on emergency staff on Wednesday at the start of a 48-hour strike against the government's latest plans to fire thousands of public sector staff. Efforts to rein in the 600,000-strong civil service, long seen as spendthrift and corrupt, have been met with resistance from labour unions
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U.S. regulators have accepted an experimental fish oil-based heart drug from AstraZeneca for review and will make a decision on whether to approve it by next May. Epanova, for treating people with very high levels of fatty triglycerides in their blood, was developed by Omthera Pharmaceuticals, which AstraZeneca acquired earlier this year. AstraZeneca said on
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Starbucks seems to have added water to its coffee and is asking its U.S. customers to keep guns out of its stores. Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz requested that the coffee chain's customers leave their firearms at home, shifting company policy amid an increasingly fractious debate over U.S. gun rights in the wake of
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An unmanned Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp. was poised for launch from Virginia on Wednesday to send a new cargo capsule to the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island was scheduled for 10:50 a.m. (1450 GMT). Meteorologists expected a 75% chance the weather would be suitable for
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