GREECE/CYPRUS: Downturn could shake up tourism sector

Greece expects the number of tourists to fall by 7-11% in 2009 because of the global economic...

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RUSSIA: Protectionism may have driven abrupt WTO shift

Representatives from Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus are meeting World Trade Organisation (WTO)...

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Heads of state from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) held their first summit on June 16....

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Negotiations continue on a Canada-EU free trade agreement (FTA), following the EU-Canada summit...

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First-quarter GDP expanded by 1.9% year-on-year in Poland but contracted by 4.5% across the...

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Despite 15 years of post-apartheid governance, South Africa is confronted by widespread popular...

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Financial isolation and higher prices for gas exports have protected Uzbekistan from global...

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Widespread international support for decentralisation in Africa has resulted in a wave of reforms...

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On May 11, the government reported that 39 oil services companies had been taken over. ...

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Some countries saw FDI drop away last year, but others saw inflows rise. This may be a more...

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