BREGANA BORDER CROSSING, Croatia (Reuters) – Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union’s youngest member joined both the EU’s border-free Schengen[...]
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Politics
Germany’s finance minister sees 2023 inflation at 7%
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s finance minister expects inflation in Europe’s biggest economy to drop to 7% this year and to continue falling in 2024 and beyond, but believes high ener[...]
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Meta set to make decision on Trump’s return to Facebook – FT
(Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Inc is preparing to announce whether it will allow former U.S. President Donald Trump back on to Facebook and Instagram, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. T[...]
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Bulgaria expects fiscal deficit of 1% of GDP for 2022
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria expects to end 2022 with a fiscal deficit of 1.5 billion levs ($821.11 million), equal to 1.0% of economic output, outperforming a revised target of 3.4%, the finance[...]
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Analysis-Citgo may face new upheaval under Venezuela’s political changes
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil refiner Citgo Petroleum could face supervisory board shakeups leading to a review of its plans following Friday’s vote by Venezuela’s oppo[...]
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U.S. judge orders Norwegian Cruise Line to pay $110 million for use of Cuba port
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) – Norwegian Cruise Line must pay $110 million in damages for use of a port that Cuba’s government confiscated in 1960, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, a mi[...]
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Petrobras’ next CEO seen overseeing strategic shift with renewables focus
By Marta Nogueira, Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Maria Carolina Marcello RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – The nomination of a Brazilian senator and longtime energy consultant to lead Petrobras sugge[...]
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Russia outlines plan for ‘unfriendly’ investors to sell up at half-price
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign investors from “unfriendly” countries selling stakes in Russian assets may have to do so at half-price or less, the finance ministry said on Friday, with t[...]
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Venezuela economy grew 17.73% y/y through September – central bank
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s economy grew 17.73% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2022, the South American country’s central bank said Friday, following an eight-year[...]
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