Skopje  - Leaders of central European countries discussed energy perspectives and challenges to the region during a summit in Ohrid Saturday, Macedonian media reported.

Munich  -  UniCredit's German banking arm, HypoVereinsbank (HVB), is to transfer some of its operations to Poland at a cost of 250 German jobs, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.

Bad Arolsen, Germany  - The storehouse of files on non-Germans persecuted and killed by the Nazis was officially opened Wednesday to all historians in the German town of Bad Arolsen.

Brussels  - The European Union gave a cautious reception Wednesday to amendments approved by the Turkish parliament on its infamous Article 301 of the criminal code regulating freedom of speech.

Brussels - Euro area inflation in April was estimated at 3.3 per cent on an annual basis, down from 3.6 per cent in March, according to preliminary estimates published Wednesday by the European sta