
Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) confirmed on Wednesday they would create a private market to support small growth companies in Israel. Many Israeli start-ups opt to be sold rather than go public due to a lack of
by Reuters7 Jan 2016, 1:55 AM PST0

WARSAW, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), on Wednesday, a party source said, in an apparent move to strengthen an emerging eurosceptic axis in
by Reuters6 Jan 2016, 5:09 AM PST0

One year on, an anxious, fragmented France is paying tribute to the victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine, with old divisions made worse by what President Francois Hollande has called “a terrible year”. After the Islamist attacks that
by Reuters6 Jan 2016, 1:50 AM PST0

Britain has raised its concerns about human rights in Saudi Arabia with authorities there following the execution of 47 men including a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric, a Foreign Office minister said on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s execution of Nimr al-Nimr has
by Reuters6 Jan 2016, 1:40 AM PST0

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday sacked his Europe policy chief for disloyalty and gave the defence post on his top team to a lawmaker who shares his view that the country’s nuclear deterrent should not be renewed. After days
by Reuters6 Jan 2016, 12:49 AM PST0

Slovakia will send 25 police officers to help Macedonia guard the Balkan country’s borders strained by migrants flooding to the European Union, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday. More than 1 million refugees and migrants came to the European
by Reuters5 Jan 2016, 9:14 AM PST0

Israeli security forces on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, the Israeli military said, as a surge in violence entered its fourth month. The attack occurred at Gush Etzion Junction,
by Reuters5 Jan 2016, 1:50 AM PST0

The British government said it was seeking to hold talks with doctors in its state-funded health service in a last-ditch bid to avert a series of mass walkouts, potentially the first such strikes for four decades. Junior doctors, or doctors
by Reuters5 Jan 2016, 1:47 AM PST0

Catalan far-left party CUP said on Sunday it would not support acting regional head Artur Mas in his bid for another term, forcing new local elections and increasing the likelihood all Spaniards may have to return to the ballot box
by Reuters4 Jan 2016, 1:27 AM PST0

The majority of big British businesses that favour Britain remaining in the European Union has dwindled over the last six months, according to a quarterly survey of chief financial officers published on Monday. Accountancy firm Deloitte said 62 percent of
by Reuters4 Jan 2016, 1:06 AM PST0

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised more than 40 million pounds to rebuild and improve the country’s flood defences that failed to protect thousands of homes over the Christmas holidays. Homes and businesses across northern England, Scotland and northern Ireland were
by Reuters3 Jan 2016, 2:25 AM PST0

Dutch police said they arrested a 29-year-old British man at gunpoint at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Friday after he shouted several times that he had a bomb. The man, whose identity is not being released in accordance with Dutch privacy
by Reuters1 Jan 2016, 7:58 AM PST0

Israel’s Education Ministry has ruled against the inclusion of a novel about a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man in the Hebrew high school curriculum because it feared it could raise tensions among pupils, an official said
by Reuters1 Jan 2016, 5:12 AM PST0

Belgian police held three people for questioning on Thursday, as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out an attack in the capital on New Year’s Eve. Authorities on Wednesday called off the usual New Year’s Eve
by Reuters1 Jan 2016, 3:17 AM PST0

Ayoob Kara, a deputy Israeli cabinet minister, used to double as an unofficial intermediary with the few of his fellow Arab citizens who have left to join Islamic State insurgents in Syria or Iraq. Negotiating discreetly through relatives and go-betweens,
by Reuters31 Dec 2015, 2:52 AM PST0

BERLIN – German society and the economy stand to benefit from the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, repeating her optimistic mantra “we can do this”. In her New Year address to the
by Reuters31 Dec 2015, 2:01 AM PST0

Border checks on train passengers aimed at curbing the number of asylum seekers entering Sweden from Denmark will cost Denmark’s rail operator nearly 1 million Danish crowns (99,370 pounds) a day, the state-owned company said on Tuesday. Travellers have been
by Reuters30 Dec 2015, 7:31 AM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS) theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured
by Reuters30 Dec 2015, 1:44 AM PST0

VIENNA – Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
by Reuters29 Dec 2015, 4:05 PM PST0

BERLIN – Germany should limit the social benefits foreigners from within the European Union are entitled to receive, German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles told a newspaper on Tuesday. “There is clearly a need for legislative action. We need to spare
by Reuters29 Dec 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

ROME – Italy has expelled a Moroccan man after investigations revealed he wanted to commit acts of terrorism and planned to travel to Syria, the interior minister said on Tuesday. The 40-year-old, who had briefly acted as a Muslim cleric
by Reuters29 Dec 2015, 4:03 PM PST0

A man died on Christmas Day in Germany after he was hit in the head by a flying piece of metal from a condom machine that he and two accomplices blew up in an apparent robbery attempt, police said on
by Reuters29 Dec 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies will support British Prime Minister David Cameron if he wants to address Europe’s weaknesses but do not want a British Europe, an EU conservative leader told a German newspaper. Britain is due to hold
by Reuters28 Dec 2015, 1:36 PM PST0

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bill that would impose new regulations on Israeli non-profit groups that receive funds from foreign governments won ministerial approval on Sunday, a move critics said targets pro-Palestinian organisations. Dubbed a “transparency bill” by its sponsor, far-right
by Reuters28 Dec 2015, 2:26 AM PST0

Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security”, his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement,
by Reuters28 Dec 2015, 12:36 AM PST0