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| Mixed reactions | |
 The Greek press reported on the tough times ahead for the country after the government announced further, tougher measures to deal with its economic woes.
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| VIDEO: Caglayan upbeat about target | |
 Turkey's foreign trade minister sounded upbeat about the prospects for an increase in country's exports this year, saying that the country targeted to exceed 110 billion USD in 2010.
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| VIDEO: Istanbul tops unemployment list | |
 Istanbul ranked highest in unemployment in 2009 among Turkish cities with an unemployment rate of 16.8%.
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| VIDEO: Two more Turkish officers charged | |
 An Istanbul court charged two more active duty army officers over an alleged 2003 plot to overthrow the AK PARTY, government, bringing the number of suspects held to 37.
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| Income gap & poverty key issues | |
 When the National People's Congress, China's parliament, convenes Friday, maintaining high economic growth and dealing with the country's ever widening wealth gap will be two issues high on the agenda.
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| Taxi drivers close streets in strike | |
 Taxi drivers blocked Athens streets with their yellow cabs to stage a rally as part of a strike over the government's economic measures. |
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| Toyoda apologises for recalls | |
 The President of Toyota, Akio Toyoda offered a sincere apology to Chinese car buyers over Toyota's massive global recall, which has had limited impact in the Chinese market.
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| VIDEO: Goods imports up by 24.1 pc in Jan | |
 There are positive signs today about the health of the Turkish economy.
The Turkish Board of Statistics says imports of intermediate goods rose up to 8-point-6 billion U-S dollars in January.
That constituted nearly 75- percent of Turkey's total imports for the period. |
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| Papandreou speaks on economy | |
 Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says he will do whatever it takes to save the economy, no matter how painful.
He said no other country will pay for Greece's debts. |
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| Airbus CEO:The project to continue | |
 The Chairman of the aircraft maker Airbus says an agreement to save Airbus' A-400-M military cargo transport plane is close. |
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