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Total returns second Danish shale gas licence
COPENHAGEN: French energy group Total has returned the second of two shale gas licences to Denmark after disappointing test drilling...
Record number of foreign workers leave Norway
OSLO: Norway’s economic recession has led to high unemployment rates among foreign workers and according to SSB a record number...
Qatar’s CPI at 1.6% in 2015: Report
DOHA: The year-on-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 1.6 percent for Qatar in 2015, compared to 3.3...
Kuwait authorities seize 17 kg of hashish
KUWAIT CITY: An Egyptian expatriate was arrested at Abdali border checkpoint for attempting to smuggle 17 kilograms of hashish into...
BPS estimates inflation to stay below 1% until July
JAKARTA: The Central Statistics Agency ( BPS ) estimates that the inflation rate will increase during Ramadhan and the Idul...
German inflation back above-zero
BERLIN: Annual inflation in Germany returned to an above-zero level in May, but remained far below European Central Bank's target,...
US Customs seizes cocaine worth $174,760
BROWNSVILLE: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine. CBP officers...
US Customs nabs man wanted for sexual assault
DALLAS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport arrested a man, with an active felony...
Eurozone manufacturing near stagnant
BRUSSELS: Manufacturing in the 19-nation eurozone barely grew last month, damping confidence in the strength of the region’s economic recovery,...
PMI climb signals stability, CIER says
TAIPEI: The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) last month climbed for a third consecutive month to 54.9, another encouraging sign...
Spain’s car sales rise by 12.5% in Jan-May
MADRID: Sales of new cars in Spain rose by 12.5 percent in the first five months of the year when...
Chennai Port to see investments of Rs 15b
CHENNAI: The Chennai Port Trust will see investments of around Rs 15 billion over the next five years, towards many...
Iraq oil exports from southern ports fall to 3.2 mln bpd in May
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports fell to 3.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, the oil...
‘Hassle-free’ partial e-services launched
AMMAN: The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply on Saturday launched partial electronic services related to issuing company-related "certificates" from...
Poland plans to raise minimum wage in 2017
WARSAW: The Polish government has adopted a bill to raise the minimum wage for casual and self-employed workers to PLN...
Oman plans to tender five oil blocks for development in Oct
MUSCAT: Oman government plans to start tendering of around five oil blocks sometime in October this year, a senior official...
Finland Volkswagen profit slumps in Q1
HELSINKI: Net profit of German carmaker Volkswagen slumped in the first quarter of 2016, said the company on Tuesday, insisting...
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves edge down to $28.8 bln
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves edged down to $28.8 billion at the end of May from a record high of...
Dubai Chamber honors leading exporters of the month
DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently honored its 15 best exporters, distributing trophies and certificates for their...
Carpet export up 11% despite border blockade
KATHMANDU: Export of hand-knotted carpet posted double-digit growth in the first nine months of Fiscal Year 2015/16 compared to data...
