Norway says Venezuela opposition and government talks to continue
CARACAS: Talks between Venezuela’s government and the opposition will continue, the Norwegian and Venezuelan governments said on Thursday, after a...
Polish lawmaker Swiecicki to become Ukraine’s Business Ombudsman
Polish lawmaker Marcin Swiecicki will replace Lithuanian economist Algirdas Semeta as the head of the Ukrainian Business Ombudsman Council, the...
Greece secures EU okay to roll out 300 mln-euro broadband network
Greece secured EU regulatory approval on Wednesday for a 300-million-euro ($334.4 million) scheme to roll out an ultrafast broadband network...
Portugal seizes art from businessman who owes almost £1bn
Portugal has seized a trove of contemporary artwork, including paintings by Joan Miró and Piet Mondrian, from its debt-riddled owner,...
Brain drain claimed 1.7 million youths. So this country is scrapping its income tax
Being young and Polish has never been this lucrative. A new law that comes into effect in Poland this week...
Hungary PMI falls to 51.3 in July
Hungary’s seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to 51.3 points in July from 54.1 in June, the Hungarian Association of...
Oman oil price rises $1.50 for September delivery
Muscat: Oman oil price for September delivery has reached $65.28, a hike of $1.50, according to the Dubai Mercantile Exchange...
Silver Heritage gets US$34mln offer for Nepal ops
Boutique Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group Ltd says it has received a US$33.9 million offer to buy its Nepal...
Iraq, Kuwait to appoint British firm for joint oilfield development study
Iraq has agreed with Kuwait to appoint British energy advisory firm ERC Equipoise to prepare a study for the development...
Qatar implements IMF’s e-GDDS to support data transparency
Qatar has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP) in implementing the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination...
Zain Iraq Revenues up 14%
Zain Iraq‘s revenues for the first half of 2019 were up 14 percent on the same period last year. In...
Jordan Silos company bought 25,000 tonnes wheat in tender-trade
HAMBURG: Jordan’s state-owned Silos and Supply General Company is believed to have purchased about 25,000 tonnes of wheat in an...
Afghanistan Government Reduces Internet Prices By 37%
Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Mohammad Fahim Hashemi, stated that all internet service providers purchasing internet by the national...
Taiwan hikes Q2 economic growth to 2.41%
TAIPEI: The economy likely grew by 2.41 percent during the second quarter, not by 1.78 percent as originally forecast, the...
Italy’s Intesa clinches 10 billion euro soured loan deal with US hedge fund
MILAN: Italy’s biggest retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) has clinched a deal with U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner over 10...
Trump promises to ‘work on a free trade agreement with Brazil’
President Donald Trump said he will pursue a United States trade agreement with Brazil. The move suggests a friendly relationship...
Two Japanese lizard smugglers get prison time in Australia
Two Japanese men arrested last month for trying to smuggle lizards out of Australia have each been sentenced to five...
Vietnam seizes 125kg of smuggled rhino tusks worth $7.5m
More than 125kg of smuggled rhino horns have been seized in Vietnam in one of the biggest wildlife trafficking cases...
500 Indian star tortoises being smuggled in train rescued from Vijayawada station
A search operation was conducted on the Navajeevan Express and a passenger was taken into custody for allegedly smuggling the...
