Vienna  - BauMax AG, an Austrian home improvement retailer, is opening its first two stores in Bulgaria this week, the company said Monday.

Zagreb - Croatia will definitely not hold a referendum on its membership in NATO as opponents of the alliance have failed to gain enough support to force a vote on the issue, reports said Monday.

Paris  - The 30 hostages held by Somali pirates have been freed, the Elysee Palace in Paris said Friday.

Vienna - Finland's new foreign minister said Thursday finding solutions to the frozen conflicts in the region of the former Soviet Union remained core to his country's chairmanship of the Organizat

Frankfurt- The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected