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Cyprus drops limits on 8 more foreign banks
Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the ...
Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other ...
Glance: Europe's Key Institutions
Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who ...
Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region ...
IMF says Cyprus at risk of even deeper recession
The International Monetary Fund said Friday that substantial risks still loom for the Cypriot economy even after a multi-billion dollar international ...
Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but ...
Eurozone's struggling economies mired in recession
The eurozone is stuck in recession — its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office ...
Cyprus may get its moon rock after 40 years
Cyprus may finally get its piece of the moon. Some 40 years ago, the Mediterranean island nation was supposed to receive a 1.1 gram piece of moon rock ...
Euro ministers urge troubled Slovenia to act
European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under ...
Iran recalls its ambassador in Cyprus
Iran has withdrawn its ambassador in Cyprus to protest the country's decision to extradite an Iranian to the United States for prosecution, officials ...
Slovenia announces anti-bailout measures
Slovenia's government announced Thursday an austerity plan designed to raise 540 million euros ($707 million) in new taxes as part of an effort to ...
Cyprus keeps limits on money flows
Cyprus will keep limits on money transfers and withdrawals until it is more confident that its ailing banks will not face a run, the central bank's ...
Cyprus parliament approves bailout
Cyprus' lawmakers approved on Tuesday a multi-billion bailout agreement with international creditors aimed at preventing the crisis-hit country from ...
Cyprus tries to make politicians more accountable
Cyprus' president and other politicians will have their immunity from prosecution significantly curbed as part of a package of new reforms aiming to ...
Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus
When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider ...
Cyprus further eases limits on money transfers
Cyprus significantly eased restrictions on money transfers inside and outside the country Thursday to help businesses spur a deeply slumping economy.
Cyprus to open casinos to restart economy
Cyprus' president said Friday that the bailed-out country will open casinos and bolster its tourism sector to get the economy going again.
EU lawmaker: Cyprus must reunify, spur Turkey ties
A prominent European lawmaker scolded Cyprus' bailout creditors Wednesday for failing to insist on the ethnically split country's reunification.
Official: Cyprus lawmakers to vote on bailout deal
Cyprus' parliament must vote on the 23 billion euro ($30 billion) bailout deal the country has agreed upon with international creditors, the Cypriot ...
Cyprus president to ask EU for more help
Cyprus' president said Friday he will ask the European Union to provide more help for the crisis-hit country, which has to pay for most of its ...
Cyprus bailout swells to $30 billion
The cost of bailing out Cyprus has swollen to 23 billion euros ($30 billion), with the crisis-hit country having to take on the lion's share of the ...
Cyprus crisis ruins dying father's plans for kids
When Costas Kalapodas was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago and given months to live, he saw one sure place to put his money: Cyprus' biggest ...
UN: Chemical investigators ready to go to Syria
U.N. experts are ready to move into Syria immediately to investigate reported chemical weapons attacks but President Bashar Assad's government still ...
Cyprus government rejects euro area exit
Cyprus' new finance minister is ruling out any notion that the cash-strapped country will abandon the euro as its currency. Harris Georgiades says the ...
Cyprus allows limited bank-to-bank money transfers
Cyprus' finance ministry further loosened restrictions on access to accounts in the debt-ridden country's two biggest lenders on Friday by allowing ...