Europe’s main stock markets tumbled Thursday and the euro hit another four-month dollar low as worries spiked over the eurozone debt crisis that is plaguing Greece and now circling Spain. In early afternoon deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index dived 1.30 percent to 5,335.61 points and Frankfurt’s DAX 30 slid 0.86 percent to 6,329.61 points. [...]

Drink-driving will be included in the penalty point system which will be introduced in the Road Traffic Act soon. Under this system, first-time offenders risk having their licence suspended for a period of six months and repeat offenders will see their licence revoked. The penalty point system carries a maximum of 15 points which are [...]

World stocks and the euro fell and borrowing rates for eurozone countries signalled alarm on Wednesday at new elections in Greece, prolonging agony for the eurozone. Inconclusive talks between German leader Angela Merkel and new French President Francois Hollande were followed by insistence from the German finance minister that Greek voters should not think they [...]

EU foreign ministers slapped a 15th round of sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad due to the “appalling violence” in Syria and discussed further support for Kofi Annan’s peace plan. The new European Union sanctions, to take effect Tuesday, mean 129 people and 43 firms or utilities are now targeted by an assets freeze and travel [...]