Government Finances

By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's consultative body, the Council of...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government and private sector employers have agreed on the main terms of a nearly 20% hike...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister on Wednesday warned Britain of far-reaching implications for its relations with the European Union...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's ruling centrist Liberals and their former USR ally inched closer to rebuilding their majority ruling coalition...

By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's three-way coalition talks are heating up as the two smaller parties, the pro-spending...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The next Czech government will not adopt the euro, the man tipped to be the finance minister...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist Liberals have cancelled a vote of confidence on the minority government line-up put forward by...

By Leonardo Benassato and Ana Mano SANTOS, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian truckers protesting high fuel prices have not disrupted any of...

By Ju-min Park, Antoni Slodkowski and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, invigorated by a surprisingly strong...

By Leika Kihara and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -The ruling party's solid victory in Japan's parliamentary election on Sunday will...

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's president said on Sunday he would address the nation this week on the country's political crisis...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies made important progress towards tackling the...

ROME (Reuters) - The leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have reached an agreement on the wording of...

By Tim Kelly and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -An unprecedented election pledge by Japan's ruling party to double defence spending...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese voters are deciding on Sunday whether to back the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A minority government lineup put forward by Romania's centrist Prime Minister-designate Nicolae Ciuca will face a parliamentary...

By Andrea Shalal ROME (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Saturday called on leaders of the Group of...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament launched a lawsuit against the bloc's executive on Friday for failing to apply a...

By Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Facing political uncertainty, Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa cancelled his presence...

By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of central...