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ATHENS: Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has given a very grim assessment of his country's economic health. It came...

ROME : The sale of Italy’s struggling carrier Alitalia has been further delayed because of continued political uncertainty following March’s...

WILLING TON: Making businesses pay for their cost to the environment would drive up the price of dairy and petrol, industry...

MADRID: A segment of the Spanish tuna fleet, grouped in the organization of associated large tuna freezing vessels (OPAGAC), has...

SEOUL: South Korea’s economy bounced back last quarter, buoyed by booming exports of data memory chips and a boost from...

BANGKOK: Thailand imported 1.09 million b/d of crude and condensate in March, an increase of 9.7% year on year, Customs...

CAPE TWON: South African Tourism has launched a campaign featuring deals to South Africa that is timed to tax day...

MUMBAI: Indian farmers are likely to expand soybean planting areas by nearly 15% after the government raised edible oil import...

TAI PEI: Taiwan is set to lag further behind its three peers -- Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea --...

BERLIN: Germany has the second-highest tax burden for single earners among high-income countries, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...

OSLO: The Norwegian unit of Nordic bank Nordea expects a positive development in the coming quarters as the economy gathers...

DOHA:  Qatar’s economy has proven its resiliency and robustness as it swiftly recovered from the effects of this blockade, Qatar...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Energy PLC started producing natural gas from Siba on Wednesday, the first gas field to be brought...

MUSCAT: Omani government amended its withholding tax regime to bring within its scope payments of (i) dividends, (ii) interest and...

KATHMANDU:  Nepal's per capita income is estimated to have crossed 1,000 U.S. dollar mark for the first time, a major...

MADRID: The relationship between Turkey and Spain will be brought to a new level, while trade and investments will also...

HELSINKI: Finland has denied widespread claims its basic income experiment has fallen flat. A series of media reports said the Finnish government had decided...

JAKARTA:  Indonesia will keep its export tax for cocoa unchanged at 5 percent in May and will again not charge...

BRASILIA: The company's net profit jumped 19 percent for the first quarter to nearly 2.1 billion Norwegian kroner ($265 million,...

WILLING TON: Labour and its governing partners have been laying the groundwork for a Budget that will signal new priorities...