New Czech PM will talk to parties to try win support
PRAGUE (Reuters) – New Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok said on Wednesday he would negotiate with political parties to try to win support for his government in a vote of confidence that could take place around August 8.
Hungary promises teachers 34 percent pay hike, with more to come
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will raise wages for 150,000 teachers from September by an average 34 percent and give further hikes every year until 2017, a government minister said on Wednesday.
Luxembourg spying scandal threatens Juncker government
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Luxembourg faced the prospect of early elections being called on Wednesday, with a parliamentary debate about a spying scandal threatening to topple long-standing prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker’s ruling coalition.
Colombia demands explanation on NSA spying allegations
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia expressed concern early on Wednesday after revelations the United States had spied on the Andean nation, its closest military ally in Latin America, and called for an explanation.
Ethiopia expected to join WTO in 2015: ministry
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia expects to join the World Trade Organization in 2015 without heeding to demands that it liberalizes its state-run banking and telecoms sectors, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Junior partner says quits Morocco coalition, government fate unclear
RABAT (Reuters) – The junior party in Morocco’s governing coalition confirmed on Wednesday that it had quit over planned cuts in food and energy subsidies, raising the prospect of political instability and possibly an early election in the North Africa…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says leaders not arrested
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said its leaders had not been detained by midday on Wednesday after prosecutors ordered them arrested on charges of inciting violence.
Police sift through ‘crime scene’ days after Quebec train crash
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – Investigators sifted through the charred remains of Lac-Megantic’s historic downtown early Wednesday morning, as they searched for clues into what could turn out to be North America’s worst railway disaster since 1989.
Egypt orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s prosecutor’s office ordered the arrest on Wednesday of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie on charges of inciting violence outside the Republican Guard headquarters where 55 people were killed on Monday, state news agency …
Czech prosecutors mount “breakthrough” organized crime probe
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The police raids that brought down the Czech Republic’s prime minister last month were an off-shoot of another investigation into organized crime which could expose a web of corruption that has spread through this European Union memb…
