Chinese investors file petition in SHC against alleged police harassment and extortion
Karachi: Six Chinese investors have approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) to seek protection against alleged police harassment and extortion....
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Pakistan offers attractive investment opportunities for American Companies: Mohsin Naqvi
Celina Ali Islamabad: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the United States Chamber of Commerce and met with a high-level...
Ministry of Commerce: Advancing the development of international consumption center cities
Ta Kung Central Plains Zhengzhou: On January 24, the State Council Information Office held a press conference regarding ensuring market...
Portugal to assign more land for affordable housing as prices soar
Lisbon: Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a bill allowing rural land to be more easily reclassified for urban use and...
EU to target AI, biotech, cheap energy in global competitiveness push
Brussels: AI, biotech and affordable clean energy will be the focus of an EU drive to make the bloc globally...
Italy government backs Monte Paschi’s bid for Mediobanca
Rome: Italy's government gave its backing to Banca Monte dei Paschi's (MPS) (BMPS.MI), opens new tab bid for merchant bank...
Musk’s brother meets Italy PM Meloni in Rome
Rome: Elon Musk's brother Kimbal and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met briefly Friday at her Rome office, an Italian...
BRI high on agenda at China’s local governments’ 2025 work reports
Henan Daily Zhengzhou: At the just concluded local two sessions in various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, development of the...
Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first time
Paris: Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost...
Italy: 13 million users are interested in the crypto world but it is still behind
Milan: The report from the Osservatorio Blockchain & Web3 of the Politecnico di Milano found that in 2024, in Italy,...
China unveils new policies for electric bicycle trade-ins
Henan Daily Zhengzhou: China's Ministry of Commerce and four other departments on Thursday announced new policies for the electric bicycle...
‘China travel’ continues to heat up as impact of visa-free policies grows
Zhengzhou: With China relaxing and optimizing its visa-free policies and introducing measures to facilitate foreign travelers, "China travel" has become...
Family visa rules are ‘a tax on love’, says MP
London: Children are "bearing the brunt" of a "cruel" immigration policy which is keeping families apart, according to campaigners. As...
Portugal awards grants to 500 MW of energy storage projects
Lisbon: Portugal’s Ministry of Energy has announced that it has allocated €100 million ($104.2 million) to 43 energy storage projects...
Italy to begin gas refilling next month to avoid price spikes
Rome: Italy, the EU’s third-largest economy and the country holding the second-biggest natural gas storage space in the bloc, plans...
Henan reports 5.1% GDP growth in 2024
Henan Daily Zhengzhou: In 2024, Henan's GDP reached 6.3589 trillion yuan, growing by 5.1 percent year-on-year, according to Henan Statistics...
Henan’s foreign trade increasingly resilient: Foreign trade value hits 820 billion in 2024
Henan Daily Zhengzhou: In 2024, the total import and export value of foreign trade in Central China's Henan province reached...
Portugal to increase LNG purchases from US, Nigeria, reduce Russian imports
Lisbon: Portugal is considering increasing its liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from the US and Nigeria as part of a...
UK’s Reeves to tell Davos: ‘time to invest in Britain is now’
London:- British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will urge company bosses at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to...
Portugal’s AIMA introduces new measures to address golden visa delays
Lisbon: Portugal’s Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) has introduced new measures to address pending applications for the Golden...
Bulgaria sees sharp rise in companies with Russian participation
Sofia: According to Bulgarian Commercial Register data, the number of companies with Russian participation in Bulgaria started to increase sharply...
Gwadar International airport officially opens in Pakistan, welcomes first flight
Karachi: Pakistan’s largest international airport, Gwadar International Airport, officially began operations on Monday, marking a significant milestone in the country’s...
UK watchdog launches investigation into KPMG’s audit of Entain
London: Britain's accounting watchdog has started an investigation into the audit conducted by KPMG of the financials of bookmaker Entain...
Italy sees €10 billion data centre boom
Rome: Italy is poised to see a dramatic rise in data centre investments, with spending expected to double to €10...
China’s economic resilience makes a case for faith
Henan Daily Zhengzhou: Uncertainties and rising protectionism worldwide might fuel China skeptics' pessimism, but the country's economic resilience underscores why...
China’s home appliance sales surge in 2024 under trade-in scheme
China Economic Net Beijing: China's sales of home appliances surged in 2024 under its policy-backed trade-in program, according to the...
UK market turbulence pushes mortgage costs to 5-month high
London: The cost of the UK’s most popular mortgages have risen to their highest level since August as the turbulence...
Sofia Metro Leads Bulgaria’s лв32 Billion EU Boost
Sofia: In 2024, Bulgaria secured approximately 32 billion leva in EU funding. A significant portion of these funds has been...
Household wealth in real estate doubles in 10 years
Lisbon: The net wealth accumulated by Portuguese families exceeded 1.1 trillion euros by June last year, a growth of 72%...
Chinese, Pakistani companies reach $1.6 bln MoUs on medical equipment
China Economic Net Beijing: The memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth around $1.6 billion were signed at the China-Pakistan B2B matchmaking...
