Tokyo conference to decide on Afghanistan aid

The Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan will decide whether it will provide the country with 16-bln dollar aid until 2015, Japan’s Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba stated ahead of the event.

Barclay’s points finger on Bank of England – RT

Barclay’s Bank has issued an internal memo saying it understood that the British authorities indicated they might approve interest rates manipulation to avoid panic in the markets during the 2008 crisis.

The G20 and global economic challenges

 

 

 

An unprecedented crisis hit the global economy four years ago, sending visible ripples around the entire world and affecting every country to some degree.

Global companies gather in post-war Libya for revival of energy industry

Laaska News  Apr.25, 2012
TRIPOLI, April 24 (Xinhua) — Representatives from over 200 Libyan, Arabic and international energy enterprises on Tuesday continued exchanging ideas here on ways to maximize the benefits that Libya could gain from its oil and gas richness after the nation’s rebirth last year.

Japan, Venezuela agree on oil development tie-up

Japan has agreed to extend its energy cooperation with Venezuela to increase oil imports from the country amid a growing need for petroleum energy in Japan due to the suspension of its nuclear power plants.

IMF gets $430 bil. funding boost

The finance chiefs of the G20 nations have pledged more than 430 billion dollars to shore up the lending capacity of the International Monetary Fund.

Malta unfreezes Libyan assets

Malta has unfrozen some 300 million euros in bank deposits owned by Libyan companies. Nearly 90 million euros that were deposited by the Gaddafi clan remain under freeze.

Libya to honour contracts with Russia

In an interview with the ITAR-TASS news agency Friday, interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim Al-Keeb assured Russia that his country would honour all the contracts that it signed with Russian companies in

Libyan oil exports rise

Oil production in Libya has reached 1.4 million barrels a day officials with country’s oil ministry have said in a statement.

G20 issues joint statement

Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs say they won’t provide more funds to the IMF unless Europe makes further progress in tackling its debt crisis.