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Cyprus opposes financial transaction tax
Cyprus' finance minister is ruling out a tax on financial transactions as part of a rescue package for the country, one of the 17 European Union ...
Cyprus trial of Hezbollah member wraps up
The trial of a Hezbollah member accused of preparing attacks on Israelis in Cyprus concluded on Thursday with final summations submitted to the court ...
German industrial orders drop unexpectedly
A fall in demand for German exports, particularly from other countries in the eurozone, caused an unexpected decline in industrial orders in Europe's ...
Top Tymoshenko lawyer loses parliamentary immunity
The top lawyer for jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was stripped of parliamentary immunity and his seat in the Ukrainian ...
EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact
The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet ...
Key dates in EU antitrust action against Microsoft
The European Union has fined Microsoft Corp. €561 million ($733 million) for failing to live up to the terms of a settlement that was to end the ...
Bulgarians mourn self-immolation victim
A Bulgarian mayor stepped down on Wednesday as his country held a nationwide day of mourning for a man who committed suicide in a protest demanding ...
Poland lowers key interest rate to 3.25 percent
The National Bank of Poland lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point to a record low of 3.25 percent on Wednesday, a surprise move ...
EU probes Germany's energy discounts for industry
The European Commission formally launched an investigation Wednesday to find out whether energy price cuts granted to industrial clients in Germany ...
Germany: Will fight female boardroom quotas
Germany's foreign minister says Berlin will fight a European Union proposal to introduce mandatory quotas for the number of women on the boards of ...
Britain stepping up non-lethal aid to Syria rebels
Britain says it will provide armored vehicles, body armor and search-and-rescue equipment to Syria's opposition — but is still stopping short of ...
Cyprus bailout talks resume
Senior officials from Cyprus' prospective international lenders are starting a new round of talks with Cypriot authorities with the aim of finalizing ...
EU pushes ahead with bonus cap despite UK concerns
Britain stood isolated against a broad majority of European Union countries Tuesday in refusing to back legislation that would strictly limit bankers' ...
Greek farmers drive to Athens to protest
Farmers from across Greece travelled to central Athens on Tuesday, waving black flags to protest austerity cuts that the country's rescue lenders say ...
EU concerned by pressure on jailed ex-PM's lawyer
Top European Union officials are warning Ukraine against a possible move to strip a lawyer for jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of ...
Toyota Europe seeks profits through efficiency
Toyota Europe will post for the first time in five years a profit from just its car business for the 2012 fiscal year thanks to cost-cutting and ...
Cyprus OKs audit of anti-money-laundering policies
European finance ministers on Monday pushed cash-strapped Cyprus into accepting an independent audit probing whether the country's financial ...
Women emerge as crisis leaders in macho Balkans
Women in the Balkans are leading a political revolution. Historically given little say in the politics of the conservative region, they are ...
Latvia signs formal request to join euro area
Latvia has formally applied to adopt the euro currency 2014, a move that could see the Baltic state become the bloc's 18th member. The move had been ...
French official: No more austerity this year
France's finance minister says his government won't enact any more austerity measures this year, even though it has acknowledged it won't meet its ...
Swiss voters approve tough limits on bosses' pay
Swiss voters voiced their anger at perceived corporate greed Sunday by approving a plan to boost shareholders' say on executive pay. Some 67.9 percent ...
Ukraine may pardon jailed opposition leader
Ukraine's president said Friday he will consider pardoning an imprisoned ally of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in an apparent move ...
Italy behind rise in eurozone jobless to record
Italy's voters gave their verdict on the austerity medicine they've been forced to take when they went to the polls earlier this week. By Friday, one ...
Euroskeptics land election blow on UK's Cameron
David Cameron's Conservative Party suffered an embarrassing defeat Friday when an insurgent, anti-European Union Party knocked his party into third ...