Government Finances

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech central bank governor Jiri Rusnok defended on Sunday the bank's 75 basis point interest rate increase...

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria will implement a carbon levy of 30 euros per tonne next year as part of an overhaul...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will compile a large extra budget immediately after a looming general election to ease...

(Reuters) - Former British prime minister David Cameron is being investigated for the second time this year by the lobbying...

By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian government to look at curtailing spending from the...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss citizens who persuade their friends to get COVID-19 shots can look forward to a free restaurant meal...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's new leader will appoint little-known but well-connected lawmaker Shunichi Suzuki as...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Four Dutch political parties, including caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD Party, agreed on Thursday to hold...

By Marta Nogueira and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -A 715-km (440-mile) power line in Brazil's Amazon region has...

By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa told visiting climate envoys from the United States, Britain, Germany and France...

ROME (Reuters) -Italian prime minister and current president of the G20 Mario Draghi will meet climate activist Greta Thunberg in...

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Wednesday he will present plans to cabinet next week for a...

By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Octav Ganea BUCHAREST (Reuters) - For 32-year-old Romanian international trucker Nicolae, Britain's driver crisis could be...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday hailed the election of former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as...

By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is pushing ahead with a new project to restore historic Cairo, a sprawling...

By Julie Gordon and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday he will swear in...

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Thousands of Colombian protesters returned to the streets of major cities on Tuesday...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers are set to remove the Seychelles, Dominica and Anguilla from...

By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Premier Jason Kenney promised Albertans the "best summer ever" when...

BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party hinted on Sunday at new taxes on wealth, identifying landlords and shareholders...