Hungary minister expects decision next week about new reference rate
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will decide in coming days on whether to proceed with a technical change in the calculation of loan repayment rates, intended to cut the cost of…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will decide in coming days on whether to proceed with a technical change in the calculation of loan repayment rates, intended to cut the cost of…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s industry minister, Adolfo Urso, has no plans to promote measures to help borrowers in arrears and would rather leave the matter with parliament, he told Reuters,…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is weighing a number of measures to prevent Mexican nationals from flying into the country to request asylum, a top official said on Sunday, after Quebec’s…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s finance minister on Saturday warned against complacency despite a sharp fall in the European Union’s highest inflation rate, saying any new supply shock to the global…
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech appeals court has ruled that Prague can extradite to the United States an Indian man accused by the U.S. of involvement in an unsuccessful plot…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday the government was watching currency moves carefully, when asked about the yen’s recent fast-pitched declines. “It’s…
LONDON (Reuters) – A billionaire ally of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich renewed his bid to overturn British sanctions at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, saying he was targeted because…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s top international official spoke with Zambia’s finance minister on Wednesday and discussed Zambia’s ongoing debt restructuring and its response to…
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that attacks against Israel and its interests by the “Axis of Resistance” will stop if the Gaza war ends, warning that…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other leaders at the Word Economic Forum in Davos, the British government said…
(Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview made public on Monday, said there had been times when he had felt the urge to “punch in the face”…
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada is considering a cap on the number of international students allowed to live in Canada, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said according to…
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s export value fell 18.7% in 2023 compared with 2022, totalling $35.8 billion, the lowest figure recorded in a decade, the country’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on…
By Yew Lun Tian and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China named former Navy chief Dong Jun as its new defence minister on Friday to replace the last minister who…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Foreign Minister Alicia Barce said on Wednesday she spoke with U.S. authorities about the importance of reopening border crossings, following the shutdown of some passages…
(Reuters) -Russian forces shelled the railway station in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Tuesday as a train was set to evacuate residents, killing one policeman and injuring four…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will launch a program this week to encourage companies to update their machinery and acquire more modern equipment to increase productivity, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday to discuss the conflict…
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti raised doubts on Friday over whether Rome’s 2023 deficit target could be met due to costly fiscal incentives for green home improvements.…
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department added 14 officials from Central American countries, including former and current ministers, judges and prosecutors, to a list published on Thursday of “corrupt…
By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban economy minister Alejandro Gil said on Wednesday that the country’s economy likely shrunk this year and a hoped-for turnaround was…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe must race to ensure it can better defend itself as new military threats could emerge by the end of the decade even as the focus of…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s defence minister threatened on Wednesday to unleash a “hell of destruction” on neighbouring North Korea in retaliation for any reckless actions. The…
GENEVA (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Tuesday that Israel and the United States will never be able to wipe out Hamas and that Israel could only secure…
By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) – New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Monday he would draw the country closer to intelligence partners the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia,…