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KATHMANDU:  The Nepali government is considering raising the minimum threshold for receiving aid from foreign donors as it is preparing...

MUSCAT: A recovery in oil prices and a ramp-up in gas output will boost the Sultanate’s economic growth, according to...

LISBON:  The Portuguese government is to establish a working group to combat illegal overland fuel imports from its neighboring country Spain,...

HELSINKI:  Finnish consumer confidence rose to a record high in February while industry confidence stayed buoyant, pointing to a further...

ATHENS: Greece's economy minister quit early Tuesday, the prime minister's office said, hours after his wife was ousted as a...

KIEV: According to the European Commission, revenues from Ukrainian agricultural and food exports to the European Union gained 27% (EUR...

HANOI: Vietnam ranks 141st in the 2018 Index, lagging behind all regional countries, though its economic freedom score increased by...

ROME: Figures from the national statistics body Istat say the eurozone's third-largest economy recorded growth of 1.4 percent last year,...

OSLO: A Hamilton fruit technology manufacturer has been bought by a Norwegian giant. A $66.9 million acquisition of BBC Technologies...

WARSAW: Prior to the launch of Venezuela’s new currency, the petro, the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade, José Vielma Mora,...

MANILA: Excise tax collections skyrocketed in January following the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) law,...

WILLING TON: This milestone was first reached in 2016, and statistics from the latest Gomberg Fredrikson Report show New Zealand...

BRASÍLIA:  Brazil’s federal tax revenues reached 155.619 billion reais ($48.11 billion) in January, 10.12 percent more than reported in the...

TOKYO: Japan’s steel industry wants the country to be excluded from any U.S. import curbs as steel from Japan poses...

SEOUL: South Korea’s crude oil imports from Iran fell 47.3 percent in January from a year earlier, while its total...

MUMBAI: Economic Times reported that caught between logistical bottlenecks and surging demand from power plants, India will likely increase coal...

TOKYO: Headquartered delivery giant Yamato Group, through its Singapore-based subsidiary Yamato Asia Pte Ltd, and domestic firm Aye International Group...

BANG KOK: Thailand imported 939,864 b/d of crude oil and condensate in January, rising 18.5% year on year, according to...

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands’ permissive drugs policy has been hailed worldwide, but immigrant-dominated crime gangs are taking advantage to create a...

BERLIN: Germany imported 15 percent more natural gas last year than in 2016 and paid 27 percent more as oil-linked...