BERLIN (Reuters) – More than half of Germans are pessimistic about the economy but support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives is holding firm, thanks partly to their tough stance on the euro zone, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. ... More »
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Discord in Southeast Asia over how to deal with Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea comes as the region struggles to overcome competing national interests and form a European Union-style economic community by 2015. Political leaders and... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Only one third of Germans still believe Angela Merkel is making the right decisions over the euro zone debt crisis, according to a survey published on Sunday, pointing to a steep erosion in domestic support for the chancellor over the last w... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose jailing for abuse of power soured Ukraine’s relations with the European Union, has completed her medical treatment at a local hospital, Healthcare Minister Raisa Bohatyryova was quoted as saying on... More »
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Euro zone member Slovenia will hold a regular presidential election on November 11, Parliamentary Speaker Gregor Virant said on Wednesday. One of president’s duties will next year be to nominate a central bank governor who will also sit o... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s former spin doctor and a friend who was a top executive in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire face phone hacking charges, prosecutors said on Tuesday, a twist that may expose Cameron to more awkward questions about ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A veteran economist at the International Monetary Fund has accused the global lender of suppressing information on difficulties in dealing with the global financial meltdown and euro zone crisis. In a resignation letter to the IMF’s boar... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain would become a sort of “greater Switzerland” if it left the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Thursday, promising instead to claw back powers from Brussels to protect Britain from the side effects of euro zone re... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Al Jazeera has closed the China bureau for its English channel after Chinese authorities refused to renew its correspondent’s visa, marking the first time an accredited foreign correspondent has been forced to leave the country in over a de... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will on Friday request it be allowed to see evidence at a high profile judicial inquiry into press standards before it is made public, recognition of how seriously the hearings have damaged the reputation of leading po... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson – the two former News of the World editors who took the British phone hacking scandal into the political domain with their close ties to government – will appear before a judicial press inquiry next week. Coul... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch makes a keenly anticipated appearance before a high-profile media inquiry on Wednesday to confront charges that he used his powerful stable of British newspapers to influence politicians for the benefit of his business interes... More »
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s revised growth and budget targets are consistent with a balanced budget in the medium term and creating a “sizable” primary surplus to cut the country’s massive 1.9-trillion-euro debt, according to an internal European Commission docum... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British legislators said on Thursday they hoped to publish on May 1 a long-awaited report into a phone hacking scandal centered on News Corp’s now-closed News of the World tabloid. Parliament’s culture committee is widely expected to critici... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – News Corp faces a call to appoint an independent board chairman on concerns Rupert Murdoch’s media company needs to pursue more reforms to deal with its phone-hacking scandal and other issues. The proxy proposal, filed by Christian Brothers ... More »
