AHMEDABAD: Maritime security along the coast is set to be enhanced with the state home department deciding to raise a...

BRUSSELS: European Union finance ministers failed to agree new rules to counter tax avoidance and have deferred until June a...

MADRID: Spain is hoping to open new fishery markets in China, India and the US. Secretary-General of Fisheries Andres Hermida...

BERLIN: German government considers revising the energy tax system. Solar advocates warn of heavy consequences for the industry. German Solar...

AMSTERDAM: Dutch electronics giant Philips on Friday realised €750m from the sale of shares in its lighting division, which is...

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s average unemployment rate among people aged 15-74 was 5.8 percent in February-April, down from 6.0 percent in the...

FARAH : Customs director for western Farah province on Thursday alleged a visiting Wolesi Jirga delegation had allowed 25 cargo...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government will establish a dry port in Sargodha to facilitate the export of fruits and minerals, produced...

DOHA: Qatar’s unprecedented $9 billion Eurobond sale has pressed the re-set button for the Gulf region’s debt market. The country...

KARACHI: Hascol Petroleum has announced to establish a 200,000-tonne oil storage facility at Port Qasim with the total cost of...

KUWAIT: Kuwait is expected to sign within two weeks a $1 billion contract with Italy’s Salini Impregilo and Turkey’s Limak...

GENEVA: Will a financial revolution follow the Jasmine uprising in Tunisia? A Swiss start-up, Monetas, is proposing just that, saying...

PARIS: A study on attractiveness across Europe shows that while the continent is generally on the up, France is the...

DUBLIN: Aer Lingus could increase its long-haul fleet to 20 over the next five years, creating 300 jobs in the...

COLOMBO: The envoy for Denmark, home to the world’s biggest container shipping line, met Sri Lanka’s ports and shipping minister...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s exports decreased for the twelfth consecutive month in April, though at a slower-than-expected pace, figures from...

ATHENS: The volume of trade between Russia and Greece fell by 16 percent in January-March 2016, Russian presidential aide Yuri...

LONDON: The tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the European Union have nearly halved Russia-UK trade, according to the Russian Embassy...

OSLO: Shareholders in the Norwegian company Opera Software have accepted a bid from a Chinese consortium valuing the group at...

TAIPEI: Production output from the local contract electronics industry might decline this year on the back of Apple Inc’s lower...