Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis-German budget fix to further crimp growth in 2024
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's hastily agreed coalition pact to overcome a legal setback to its budget plans is based mainly on spending cuts that will drag further on already insipid ...
Dec 13, 2023
Human rights watchdog urges Portugal to address dysfunctional police complaints system
LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese authorities' system of investigating allegations of police violence is dysfunctional and should be subject to an independent review, human rights guardian the Council...
Dec 13, 2023
Bissau police fire tear gas to disperse defiant opposition MPs
BISSAU (Reuters) - Police in Guinea-Bissau fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse opposition members of parliament who had tried to convene in defiance of a decision by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo...
Dec 13, 2023
Main elements of Germany's budget for 2024
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition announced on Wednesday an agreement on the draft budget for 2024 following weeks of negotiations after a court...
Dec 13, 2023
Russia's Q3 GDP growth confirmed at 5.5% - Rosstat
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter was confirmed on Wednesday at 5.5% compared with the same period last year, when it shrunk 3.5%, the state statisti...
Dec 13, 2023
Polish justice minister starts procedure to join EU prosecutor's office
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's new justice minister on his first day in office signed a motion for the country to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), reversing the stance of the previous...
Dec 13, 2023
U.N. Palestinian refugee agency decries Swiss move to cut funding
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) denounced a move by Switzerland to cut aid as the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian crisis describe...
Dec 13, 2023
Coinbase's international exchange to launch spot crypto trading
(Reuters) -Coinbase will start offering spot crypto trading services on its international exchange from Thursday, the company said, as it expands beyond the U.S. Spot trading on the international exch...
Dec 13, 2023
Free press groups protest Slovak government's funding cuts for broadcaster
(Reuters) - Slovak government's plans to cut funding to state broadcaster RTVS and divide the group into radio and television units will undermine its independence and threaten media freedom, a group ...
Dec 13, 2023
US plans to resume partnership with Niger, diplomat says
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The United States intends to resume security and development cooperation with Niger provided it takes steps to restore democracy, a U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday after meeting the...
Dec 13, 2023
