PPF founded Home Credit Vietnam in 2008, becoming the second largest player in the Vietnamese consumer finance sector.
Russia’s largest state-controlled bank Sberbank (Sber) posted 5.5-fold year-on-year net IFRS profit jump to a record-high of RUB1.5 trillion ($16.3bn) and made a return on equity (ROE) of 25.3%.
Liberty Ostrava has not been operating since December after its main energy supplier cut off power and went into bankruptcy.
Politicians in the Moldovan separatist republic of Transnistria called on Russia and the international community for help, accused Chisinau of "economic strangulation".
Czechs use worldwide arms contacts to locate ammunition stocks which “for political reasons” the supplying countries won’t be able to deliver themselves.
North Macedonia had one of the highest inflation rates in the region, peaking in late 2022.
A lovestruck Brit was arrested on February 23 after attempting to illegally cross the border from Poland into Russia, where he wanted to meet a girl he had met online.
Split over Ukraine has led analysts and journalists to describe the group as the V2+V2 rather than the V4, and to speculate whether it had a function anymore.
And 87-year-old Ibrahim Elaslan says he's never leaving.
Country’s balance of trade heavily favours imports over exports.
Hungary’s economy has seen strong and general disinflation as headline CPI last month fell 1.7pp on a monthly basis to 3.8%.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Saudi Arabia on February 27 for discussions with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
The Kremlin warned that WWIII would become “inevitable” if Western countries sent troops to fight in Ukraine, "In that case, it’s not going to be about probability, but inevitability, " presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Policy brief from think-tank CEPS says there is an “acute and imminent risk” of collapse due to outdated infrastructure.
An Indian national was handed the heaviest sentence: 20 years in prison.
Despite Georgia's aspirations to join Nato and its status as a strategic partner of the US, the country has been actively seeking to strengthen not only economic but also political ties with China.
French president says Russia now presents a greater danger and nothing should be excluded.
Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya embarrassed Belarusian President Lukashenko after hacking 2,000 giant TV billboards in Minsk and broadcasting an anti-war message on the day of sham Belarus parliamentary elections.
The saga has further strained Hungary’s ties with allies, undermined the country’s credibility and reinforced views that Prime Minister Viktor Orban serves Russian interests.
Washington says secondary sanctions threat against financial firms has put “sand in the gears” of network used to help Kremlin get access to goods.