Government Finances

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank hopes to raise $100 billion in donations for...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Lebanon's power supplies were back to normal on Sunday after a blackout the previous day when the...

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador will invest some of the $4 million gains it has obtained...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday that his offshore investments are legal and were declared,...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs began voting on Friday in a tight election in which Prime Minister Andrej Babis hopes to...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will call for a sharp rise in defence spending in its election...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will raise nurses' salaries by 21% from January and plans to lift the monthly minimum wage...

By Robin Emmott, John O'Donnell and Jonathan Landay BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As desperate Afghans resort to selling their belongings to...

By Felix Onuah and Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's president unveiled a record 16.39 trillion naira ($39.8 billion) budget...

By Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament approved a law on Thursday for one of the...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress agreed on Wednesday to call Economy Minister Paulo Guedes to explain his...

ROME (Reuters) - The European Commission will soon present a plan to become the single buyer for energy for all...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes will provide prosecutors and the Supreme Court with voluntary evidence showing he...

By Gavin Jones and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -Divisions in Italy's government widened on Tuesday when the rightist League deserted...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coalition government agreed on Tuesday on a draft law to control rents through a mix of...

By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government has ditched a long tradition of frugality over the last few...

By Belén Carreño and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government plans to give all civil servants a 2%...

By Michael Nienaber and Rene Wagner BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel has steered Germany through many crises over the...

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that if left unchecked debt distress...

By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's government and opposition lawmakers are expected to start talks this week called for...