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MADRID: During the month of April the number of people registered as out of work in Spain fell by 118,923,...

WARSAW: Polish state-controlled insurer PZU and American financial holding Franklin Templeton will invest €81.7 million (roughly PLN 330 million) in...

WARSAW: Nederlandse Spoorwegen Dutch railway company has ordered 58 Stadler FLIRT units which will be manufactured at the Stadler Polska...

WARSAW: Poland's EUR-denominated exports likely grew by a strong 11.1% year on year and rose by 9.2% month on month...

BERN: The bank said its net profit hit 1.98 billion francs ($2.11 billion), compared with 1.05 billion francs in the...

BERN: Earnings after tax climbed to $5.26 billion in the three months to the end of March, compared with $5.21...

BUDAPEST: Fehrer Automotive-Raba, which produces foam products for car seats, completed a HUF 3.48 billion expansion at its base in...

BUDAPEST: First-quarter net income of Hungarian drugmaker Gedeon Richter rose 61% to HUF 15 billion from the same period a...

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Minster Mihály Varga announced that Hungary’s Economy Ministry proposes to reduce personal income tax (PIT) from 16% to...

ATHENS: Greece made a €200-million interest payment to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday, the Greek finance ministry said, and...

CAPE TOWN: Consumer confidence plummeted in the first quarter of 2015 as consumers felt pessimistic about the economic outlook due...

AMMAN: The Regional Economic Outlook Update released Tuesday in Dubai, projected that Jordan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by...

AMMAN: Jordan's first quarter tourism revenue dropped 11.9 per cent as visitor numbers from Europe and North America fell by...

ROME: Assocomaplast, Italy’s machine and molds manufacturers association, is urging the country to look beyond its successful export business. Assocomaplast...

OSLO: Norwegian power utility Skagerak Nett AS has chosen Eltel l (STO:ELTEL) its rollout partner in their smart metering project....

AMSTERDAM: Refining and trading cushioned a drop in Royal Dutch Shell’s first quarter profits, which fell less than expected after...

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition wants the European Union to loosen rules for savings banks and cooperatives that...

BERLIN: If EU law were properly enforced, Germany would face fines for endangering eurozone stability and breaching the Macroeconomic Imbalance...

HARARE: Government has increased the mandatory blending ratio of unleaded petrol from five percent ethanol to 10 percent, in a...

CANBERRA: The Australian operations of BMW have generated a 20 per cent jump in annual net profit to $56 million...