International Customs

LISBON: Portuguese securities advanced, extending their world-leading gains this year, as the European Central Bank’s 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) bond-buying...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs confiscated about 5.2 kg of suspected cocaine worth HK $5 million (645,161 U.S. dollars) at...

PETALING JAYA: Several clicks of the mouse is all it takes for consumers to check if businesses are legally charging...

BEIJING: China, the world's second-largest corn consumer, imported 574,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine in February, nearly triple the level...

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir: Much of my professional life involves applying democratic, participatory decision-making methods in order to catalyze and bring to...

COPENHAGEN: Maersk Line has reduced its fuel consumption by almost 40 percent since 2007, said the company spokesman. The Danish...

ROME: The Vatican signed an agreement to share tax-relevant information with Italy, in the latest phase of a wider campaign...

  MUSCAT: Tenders worth RO 285 million were awarded by the Tender Board since the beginning of this year in...

ROME: The Italian National Statistical Office shows an increase in the Government's fiscal deficit in 2014 despite a further significant...

ROME: eClerx Services, an outsourcing company announced plans to acquire 100 per cent stake in Italian digital services company CLX...

SEOUL: South Korea imposed a ban on all poultry imports from Britain and the Netherlands, in a move aimed at...

BRUSSELS: Belgium is committed to importing more palm oil from Malaysia for its food industry, according to its ambassador to...

BELGIUM: The 10th conference of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (Textile ETP) took place...

BERLIN: Czech police say they have seized a record amount of cocaine in a shipment of bananas for a supermarket....

BERN: The recruitment agency Randstad, announced the 10 winners of its 2015 best-Swiss-employer awards. Nine of the top ten were...

BERN: Temporary employees worked a total of 161 million hours and earned total wages of 4.7 billion francs, said temporary...

AMSTERDAM: The US and Canada are fuelling a record influx of foreign investment in the Netherlands. Despite a fair bit...

AMSTERDAM: Starbucks Corp. is going through the grinder in Europe. The world’s biggest coffee chain has raised suspicions among regulators...

BERLIN: Before getting behind the wheel of a £200,000, 200mph sports car, you might at least spare a few months...

BERLIN: The German police announced that they had seized a record haul of heroin, estimated to be worth $63 million...