LONDON, Sept 3 - A worldwide liquidity injection by the International Monetary Fund is already helping smaller emerging economies to support their currencies and improve their credit standing, although it may carry inflation risks. Just...
ATHENS, July 31 - Greece will vaccinate its entire population of 12 million against the H1N1 swine flu pandemic which has swept around the world in weeks, killing hundreds of people, the country's health minister...
LONDON, June 24 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development warned on Wednesday against excessive optimism about global economic recovery and said bolstering eastern Europe's weakened banks and debt restructuring were now key priorities....
ATHENS, May 1 - Greece has banned the export of two anti-flu drugs to safeguard its stockpiles in case a new strain of H1N1 flu hits the country, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Although...
SOFIA, April 20 - The much-touted Nabucco pipeline project, designed to ease the European Union's dependence on Russian gas, is headed for failure unless the EU commits to buying Caspian gas quickly. Competition for resources...
TIRANA, April 13 - Albania will apply soon, probably at the end of April, to join the European Union, even though Brussels has told Tirana to first hold free and fair elections in June, the...
Feb 18 - A union representative was shot dead and several policemen were wounded by protesters on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe overnight in growing violence over the cost of living. Here are some...
Feb 9 - Here are some details of protests linked to the global financial crisis: * BOSNIA: -- Workers of Bosnia's only alumina producer Birac protested on Monday in Banja Luka, demanding payments and government...
BUCHAEST, Jan 2 - Russian natural gas supplies to Romania suddenly fell by 30-40 percent on Friday as a result of the Russia-Ukraine gas row, the head of Romania's state-controlled pipeline operator Transgaz said. "Gas...
BRESTOVITSA, Bulgaria, Dec 23 - Bulgaria's economy is fast losing steam, exports are shrinking and corruption is threatening the European Union aid that has underpinned growth. But the Todoroff winery has a strategy. "We expect...