EUROPEAN UNION

Expectations of more stimulus from other global central banks was also lifting markets.

ECB President Mario Draghi will present updated forecasts from the bank's staff for growth in output as well as inflation.

The pipeline can currently supply 142.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe every year.

The referendums reflect a growing public view that Switzerland is under siege from foreign workers eroding its Alpine culture.

Daniele Nouy told Reuters on Friday that simply finding more capital to plug shortfalls uncovered by the stress test may not be enough.

Ukraine and Russia had signed a deal in late October to continue gas supplies through the winter as a temporary solution to a payments stand-off.

European regulators say the policy is ineffective if limited to European domains like .eu and .co.UK.

Investor protection is among the most contentious issues in the proposed EU-U.S. trade pact.

Members of the SAARC regional bloc are unlikely to make substantial progress on trade amid tensions on the subcontinent.

The plan reportedly calls for the unbundling of Google Search from its other products and services.

As Modi prepares for his maiden SAARC summit, the future of the three-decade old bloc remains hostage to the India-Pakistan relationship.

Draghi said there was now no sign of economic improvement in the months ahead.

The EU cap on bankers' bonuses is designed to reduce risk-taking, and British authorities decided that a challenge was "unlikely to succeed."

Today's ruling is not legally binding, but the court, which will make the final decision, follows such rulings a majority of the time.

Data showed factory output contracted in the world's second-biggest economy for the first time in six months.

"I guess I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you: You need to get out of Ukraine," Canadian PM tells Russian president.

Year-on-year, euro zone growth was 0.8 percent in the third quarter, the same as in the second quarter.

British opposition leader Ed Miliband hopes to appeal to businesses against Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to hold an in/out referendum.

More EU countries could soon join Sweden and UK in recognising Palestinian state.

The majority of requests are for public Facebook posts — and most could be handled if the user understood their privacy settings.

"The situation in the euro area remains extremely fragile," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. The next two years don't look much better.