International Customs

SALTON CITY: El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 checkpoint arrested a man suspected of drug...

Canada customs charges 4 Regina men for drugs trafficking

REGINA: Four Regina men have been charged after search warrants executed at two Regina residences reportedly turned up close to...

Guyana’s law enforcement agencies make significant seizures in 2015: Bryan Hunt

GEORGETOWN: Guyana is partnering with the United States in a number of initiatives including oil and gas management; and while...

Venezuela replaces new decree on its maritime boundary

CARACAS: Venezuela replaced a controversial decree on its maritime boundary, less than one week after the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom)...

Cuba sentences 7 citizens for corruption in Oil Company

HAVANA: Seven citizens, including an Argentinean, were given up to 13 years of prison in Cuba after being convicted with...

German Green power forces Neighbors to bolster blackout defenses

BERLIN: Germany’s drive to harness wind and solar power is producing so much electricity that it’s spilling over into neighbors’...

Germans forget postwar history lesson on debt relief in Greece Crisis

BERLIN: As negotiations between Greece and its creditors stumbled toward breakdown, culminating in a sound rejection on Sunday by Greek...

Polish economy sees growth until next year: survey

WARSAW: Economic growth will enable unemployment reduction, possibly temporarily below 9% in 2016. Deflation has already bottomed out and CPI...

No income tax for youth under 30: gov’t proposal

WARSAW: Following Law and Justice’s (PiS) plans outlined last weekend to introduce child benefits, to lower the retirement age from...

Economy Strong amid Shake-up, GDP growth 3.5%

WARSAW: There is every indication that, with its healthy GDP growth of around 3.5 percent, Poland will continue to rank...

ArcelorMittal to invest PLN 500m in Cracow-based unit

WARSAW: Steel giant ArcelorMittal's Polish unit will invest PLN 500 million in a Cracow-based plant, regarding both steel production and...

Polish labor market sees increasing number of foreign workers

WARSAW: Polish enterprises have been employing more and more foreigners with the number of permits hitting a record 43,700 in...

Prospects of new Greece rescue rise at euro zone summit

ATHENS: Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won a commitment to seek a last-minute rescue at an emergency euro zone summit,...

Greece Faces Euro Exit Unless Tsipras Bows to Demands Sunday

ATHENS: European leaders set a Sunday deadline to rescue Greece, saying otherwise they’ll take the unprecedented step of propelling the...

Greece crisis may affect shipping industry in future

ATHENS: The Greece economy accounts for only two percent of the EU’s GDP, but any news on the country is...

Technip to slash 6,000 workers in restructuring

MADRID: French offshore services giant Technip has announced that it will go through a major restructuring and cost reduction plan...

Farstad shipping fixes four in Brazil, the North Sea

ATHENS: Oslo-listed Farstad Shipping has fixed four of its offshore vessels to international charterers operating in Brazil and the North...

Germany’s Axel Springer, ProSiebenSAT1 likely to merger

BERLIN: Germany’s media group Axel Springer has announced to merge with the television group ProSiebenSAT1. According to Bloomberg News, discussions...

Nigerian customs destroys N70m worth poultry products

ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) in collaboration with the Poultry Association of Association (PAN) on Tuesday destroyed N70 million worth...

Greece’s gets hours to Save Place in Euro: EU