Sweden’s central bank cuts negative interest rate further
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish central bank on Thursday sent its key repo interest rate into further negative territory as it said...
World Bank to help Serbia in transition to digital economy
BELGRADE: World Bank is ready to help Serbian economy to develop through implementation of new technologies, said Tony Verheijen, World...
EU overall employment rate reaches pre-crisis level in Q3 2015
BRUSSELS: Employment and activity rates have continued to increase in the European Union (EU), and in the third quarter of...
Philippines Customs seizes smuggled Peking ducks in Batangas
MANILA: Alert operatives of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) in the Port of Batangas have seized millions of...
Chinese customs rejects fewer wines in 2015
BEIJING: Fewer imported wines were rejected by Chinese customs in 2015 amid strong growth in wine import, shows official figures....
Russia aims for customs reforms to speed cargo processing
MOSCOW: Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has issued an order to the Russian Federal Customs Service to significantly...
Ireland police seize 13kg of cocaine worth €930,000
DUBLIN: A man in 40s has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the seizure of €930,000 worth of...
Ireland Customs seizes cigarettes, tobacco worth €10,700
DUBLIN: Revenue officers have seized contraband cigarettes and tobacco worth around €10,700 in Co Tipperary. The find was made after...
Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance imposes Customs duty on Jackup KS Java Star
JAKARTA: KS Energy Limited (the Company and together with its subsidiaries, the Group) reported Thursday that PT Java Star Rig...
US Customs seizes cocaine worth $1.2m
FAJARDO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) seized 93 pounds (42 kilos) of cocaine recovered ...
CBP ensures pest-free flowers for Valentine’s Day
LAREDO: As we approach Valentine’s Day 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s highly trained agriculture specialists stand poised to examine...
Mobile Passport Control App expands to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
DALLAS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) today announced the expansion of Mobile Passport...
Russia’s debt collectors bring back brutality of the 1990s
MOSCOW: In the dead of a cold January night in Ulyanovsk, a Molotov cocktail smashed through a ground floor window...
Russia ready to export Superjets and road & building equipment to Iraq
MOSCOW: Russia is ready to export SSJ-100 aircraft (Sukhoi Superjet 100) as well as other equipment to Iraq, Russian Deputy...
UK export failures highlight difficulties in rebalancing economy
LONDON: The UK’s trade deficit in goods widened to a new record last year in another illustration of the country’s...
UK Export Excellence award launched
LONDON: GTR is calling for entries to the UK National Awards for Export Excellence 2016, a new initiative launched by...
2015 sees exporting boom for UK small businesses
LONDON: UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises enjoyed a 6% increase in total payments from Europe in 2015 in comparison with...
Five more LNG import deals to be signed with Qatar: Minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that five more Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) based...
Senate committee on Ports and Shipping to meet today
ISLAMABAD: Senate standing committee on Ports and Shipping will meet at Parliament house on Friday (today). The meeting will be...
LCCI three-day IT exhibition begins at Alhamra
LAHORE: Dream of economic stability cannot come true without equipping the business community with IT based knowledge. The LCCI three-day...
