Topic: Europe
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece can go without borrowing until the end of April and has not yet decided when it will tap capital markets for funds to refinance maturing debt, the country's deputy finance minister said on Sunday. Greece has already borrowed more than 15 billion euros ($20.28 billion) this year via T-bills, syndicated bond issues and a private ...
Japanese cross country skier Yoshihiro Nitta won his second gold of the 2010 Paralympics on Sunday when he claimed victory in the 1km sprint (standing) event. Nitta, 29, clocked 3min 30.7sec to beat out Russia's Kirill Mikhaylov (3:32.3) while Finland's Ilkka Tuomisto (3:33.9) won bronze. The Japanese skier had won the 10km classic ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour government will unveil a 2 billion pound ($3 billion) "green" investment bank in Wednesday's budget to help Britain's transformation to a low carbon economy, a government source said on Sunday. Finance minister Alistair Darling has said there will be no pre-election giveaways in the budget, with polling day expected on May 6, but he ...
