The International Monetary Fund is concerned by the parliament's adoption of a law raising the minimum wage.

Presidential election campaign has started in Ukraine today.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck the Indonesian island of Java, causing buildings to sway in the capital, Jakarta, officials have said.

Google has reported its highest quarterly profit, suggesting that the internet advertising market is bouncing back from the recession.

The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time, a top polar specialist has said.

Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating agency, has affirmed Ukraine's long-term, foreign- and local-currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at B.