European Nations

Trade minister Piyush Goyal will meet with his UK counterpart, Kemi Badenoch, as well as representatives from British industry, the ministry said in a statement.

North Korea says may reconsider steps taken to build trust with US: KCNA

"The fact that the U.N. Security Council unfairly puts the issue of our self-defense in the wrong hands... is prompting us to reconsider the crucial preemtive steps we have taken to build trust with the U.S.," a statement attributed to North Korea's foreign ministry spokesman said, according to KCNA.

India imposes anti-dumping duties on some steel products

The government imposed the anti-dumping duty on products imported from China and European nations for a period not exceeding six months, the circular said.

See limited Greek impact on Asia, stronger euro: Lakefield

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 about the future outlook on European market, Bruno Verstraete, Lakefield Partners says will remain volatile and weak depending upon the political developments that take place amongst European Central Bank (ECB) and the Internaionla Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European nations.

Spain unlikely to go solo; IMF-EU in spat over Greece:Citi

Citi's Jurgen Michels explains to CNBC-TV18 that it is highly unlikely that Spain will be able to fund itself on relatively low rates and with no improvement in the Greek situation, he adds that the IMF and the European nations are locked in a dispute over contributing to ease the debt scenario in Greece.

Brent slips, stock release report pressures

Brent crude fell for a second session on Wednesday, weighed by the possibility of a release of strategic oil reserves by the United States and European nations.

India signs multilateral pact on sharing tax information

India has entered into a multilateral convention on tax matters which until 2010 was available only for European nations and OECD members, a development that will boost the government's efforts to bring back money illegally stashed abroad.

Pranab, Stiglitz discuss Eurozone problems

Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz today discussed the Eurozone debt crisis with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

See a slow and patchy growth, not recession, says Citigroup

Tobias Levkovich, chief US strategist at Citi doesn't anticipate a recession in the US economy, but sees a slow and patchy growth. He told CNBC-TV18 in an interview that credit conditions in the US are still very favourable for business investments.

Jaiswal on 10-day trip to Europe to seek coal technology

Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday left on a ten-day tour to three European nations --Czech Republic, Belarus and Poland -- to seek technology for underground coal mining.

G8 says world economy gaining strength, eyes debt

The Group of Eight leaders agreed on Friday that the global economy recovery was becoming more "self-sustained", although higher commodity prices were hampering further growth.

FDI in India plunges 48% in Jan; Apr-Jan dip by 25%

With economic recovery in the rich countries, especially European nations, remaining fragile, FDI inflows to India plunged by 48% to USD 1.04 billion in January over the same period last year.

Europe may freeze Mubarak's assets on Egypt's request

European nations today backed calls to freeze assets held abroad by former president Hosni Mubarak but held off taking action until Egypt submitted a request.