Article | February 8, 2012 - 3:51pm
By funding environmental programmes, the European Union can create more jobs at a lower cost, according to a new report by an alliance of environmental non-governmental organisations.
Article | February 8, 2012 - 3:35pm
The leaders of the three major Greek political parties are expected to meet Prime Minister Loukas Papademos on the evening of 8 February, to sign and seal or reject a deal to restore the country's creditworthiness, offered by the European Union, the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the country's banks.
Article | February 8, 2012 - 3:28pm
The European Union would like to launch new ideas in order to promote quicker settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Article | February 8, 2012 - 11:08am
The leaders of the three Greek parties that support the Papademos government in parliament received the draft text of the agreement to accompany the new soft-loan package for Athens of €130 billion, early on 8 February.
Article | February 7, 2012 - 9:04pm
Following invitations by US Vice President Joe Biden, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is set to visit their countries.
Article | February 7, 2012 - 8:49pm
The president of the Maldives, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, resigned on 7 February, and was replaced by his vice president after the police and army clashed in the streets due to protests over the arrest of a top judge.
Article | February 7, 2012 - 8:21pm
On 7 February, Iran’s parliament summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to explain his economic-, foreign- and domestic-policy decisions.
Article | February 7, 2012 - 7:37pm
In the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic outlook report on the world's second-largest economy, the fund has cut its forecast for China's 2012 economic growth to 8.25% from the 9% percent projected in September.
Article | February 7, 2012 - 5:42pm
Republican contenders are entering another big day in their pursue for the presidential nomination on 7 February with three states casting their votes – Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
Article | February 7, 2012 - 5:09pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have come up with a new plan for Greece – to create a 'blocked' bank deposit account, through which the Eurozone will pay for the interest rates and maturing bonds of the country's debt, so that Athens will not go bankrupt.
Blog entry | February 7, 2012 - 10:16am
NEW YORK – Nothing illustrates better the political crosscurrents, special interests, and shortsighted economics now at play in Europe than the debate over the restructuring of Greece’s sovereign debt. Germany insists on a deep restructuring – at least a 50% 'haircut' for bondholders – whereas the European...
Article | February 6, 2012 - 8:40pm
In a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC, Obama said that his administration was creating more than 250,000 jobs a month.
