Norway’s minority government in budget deal, sets stage to expand cabinet
Norway’s minority center-right government has reached a preliminary deal with the independent Christian Democrats (CDP) on a 2019 fiscal bill, negotiators told public broadcaster NRK.
Spain would not oppose future independent Scotland rejoining EU: minister
Spain would have no objection to Scotland rejoining the European Union as an independent nation, as long as the secession process from the United Kingdom was legally binding, Spanish foreign minister Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
Suicide bomber kills over 50 at religious event in Kabul
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a banqueting hall where Islamic religious scholars had gathered in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people, three government officials said.
French prosecutor investigates some of Macron’s campaign finances
French prosecutors on Tuesday opened an investigation into the source of funds worth 144,000 euros that helped finance President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign in 2017, a source at the prosecutor’s office said.
Exclusive: Libya sees currency stabilizing next year, squeezing militia
Libya expects to end a long-running liquidity crisis by early 2019 as a foreign currency tax helps the official and black market exchange rates converge at less than 3 dinars to the dollar, the Tripoli-based deputy prime minister said.
Ex-Macedonia PM Gruevski says he has been granted asylum in Hungary
Former Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski, who fled abroad after being sentenced to two years in prison on corruption-related charges, said on Tuesday that he had been granted political asylum in Hungary.
Libyan coast guards force stranded migrants off rescue ship
Libyan authorities on Tuesday forcibly disembarked more than 90 migrants who had refused to leave a cargo ship that rescued them before docking in a port west of Tripoli, a coast guard commander said. The Panama-flagged ship rescued them and other m…
Brazil to create privatizations secretariat: incoming minister
Brazil will establish a privatizations secretariat under far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, future Economy Minister Paulo Guedes told reporters on Tuesday.
Factbox: What might a no-deal Brexit look like?
Britain is due to leave the European Union in just over four months’ time but it still cannot count on a transition period to cushion the shock for its economy.
UK PM May to meet Austria’s Kurz in London on Thursday
British Prime Minister Theresa May will host Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for talks at her Downing Street office on Thursday at 1230 GMT, her spokesman said.
