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The European Commission has opened proceedings against Microsoft in order to investigate whether the company has failed to comply with its 2009 commitments to offer users a choice screen enabling […]
The International Monetary Fund says global economic growth is slowing as debt problems continue in Europe, and expansion is less than expected in major emerging economies. IMF experts say the global economy […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission (EC) have postponed their joint bailout review mission to Bucharest until after the July 29 referendum to impeach president Traian Basescu, […]
The European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was not a surprising decision, but leading politicians and business figures warn the fight against Internet piracy must continue. In […]
The Hungarian government has sent an information pack to British actor Hugh Grant, who recently cited Hungary as an example of the dangers of state control of the media. “We […]
Romania’s two houses of parliament will meet on July 17 and July 18 to discuss legislative initiatives that would clarify the framework for the presidential impeachment referendum scheduled for July […]
The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR) and the Industry Development Agency (ARP) announced Wednesday they have signed a deal on setting up a research program on shale gas, […]
Negotiators from the International Monetary Fund, European Union and European Central Bank are to arrive on Tuesday to begin talks over Hungary’s second multi-billion-euro bailout, a local IMF official has […]
The owner of the Hotel Rodina in Sofia, Vassil Ninov, and the hotel’s manager, Konstantin Georgiev, were among four foreign citizens arrested in the Greek city of Thessaloniki after police […]
The International Monetary Fund says Greece has missed several financial targets it pledged to adopt as it secured its second bailout earlier this year. The IMF did say Greece kept […]
