Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
French Economy Minister Pierre Moscovici on Wednesday defended the tax credit for companies that will be launched at the beginning of next year, emphasizing the urgent need of this measure.
Italian fiscal police was auditing Google Italy financial records after earlier investigations alleged the company had failed to declare income, local media said on Wednesday.
Russia is going to facilitate Belarusian accession to WTO and help to minimize political factors in the negotiations on joining the organization.
China is willing to join hands with Europe to fully tap the potential of mutually beneficial cooperation and push the ties between the two sides to a new level.
China on Tuesday urged all relevant parties to come to a settlement of the Kosovo issue through peaceful dialogue.
Russia has no plans to switch euro-denominated foreign exchange reserves into other currencies as Moscow believes the euro zone situation will improve, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
The road to recovery is now open, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Tuesday evening on the results of the agreement clinched between the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund on the Greek bailout and debt.
Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin arrived here Tuesday afternoon for an official goodwill visit to Italy.
Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed Tuesday to lower Greece's debt and put the financially troubled country on the way to receiving about $56 billion in bailout funding.
Euro zone finance ministers and IMF clinched agreement on reducing Greece's debt in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep the near-bankrupt economy afloat.
The former leaders of Germany and France told a financial conference over the weekend that a stabilizing Chinese economy will prove essential to economic recovery in Europe.
Mark Carney, the current Canadian central bank chief, is chosen to take over the reins as Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), the central bank of Britain, next year, British finance minister George Osborne announced on Monday.