PARIS: President François Hollande may have had little success reviving France’s sluggish economy, but his socialist government has become an...

WARSAW: Registered unemployment in Poland hit 9.8 percent in December, according to the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS). The figure...

ZURICH: Switzerland's watch-industry exports fell in 2015 for the first time since the global financial crisis, dragging overall exports lower...

WARSAW: The Polish economy grew 3.6 percent last year, up from 3.3 percent in 2014, the country’s Central Statistical Office...

DUBLIN: In spite of a disappointing  2015, Irish beef exports to the US could still reach the €100m mark in...

MANILA: The Philippines' trade deficit widened in November as imports rose at a double-digit pace, expanding for a sixth month...

LISBON: Company bankruptcies in Portugal rose by 7.6 percent in 2015 with a total of 7,288 folding, IGNIOS, the risk...

TORONTO: A blame game is underway in Canada aimed at whoever was responsible for the butter shortage there just ahead...

HELSINKI: Sales in retail trade increased by 1.5 per cent year-on-year in December 2015, according to Statistics Finland’s retail trade...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released Rs 316.351 million for several developmental projects of Ministry of Industries and Production Division...

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC) plans to boost its capital by 390 million dirhams ($106 million), it...

SHIBERGHAN: The revenue of northern Jawzjan province has surged by more than 50 million afghanis this year, but taxpayers complainof...

BUDAPEST: Hungarian Eximbank has expressed readiness to invest in establishing a regional DATA-center in Azerbaijan, Hungarian ambassador to Baku Imre...

SEOUL: South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix’s profits have slashed by half in fourth quarter. The company’s profits decreased mainly...

MUSCAT: National Bank of Oman (NBO) said that the bank’s board has recommended a cash dividend of 17 per cent...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways need over 500 locomotives to meet anticipated freight and passenger traffic in next ten years. An official...

MADRID: Lionel Messi's tax fraud trial in Spain has been set for May 31-June 3, conflicting with the start of...

NEW DELHI: Amid production concerns due to back-to-back drought, the government has issued a tender for importing 5,000 tonnes of...

ANKARA: Turkey will gradually reduce its inflation rate within the next three years, the head of Turkish Central Bank told...

ANKARA: Islamic banks in Turkey are expected to maintain high growth rates in loan volume this year, the credit rating...