Niedersachsen is the state of wind energy: 5,102 wind turbines producing more than 6,000 megawatts

Heavy industries across eastern Europe, once the beacons of communist “planned economies”, survived the collapse of communism 20 years ago but may not live to see the end of the current economic crisis

The EU executive has proposed a bigger 2011 budget, saying it aims to help the bloc recover from economic crisis

Tensions mounting between native job-seekers and immigrants competing for a declining pool of work in Spain will intensify in 2009 as generous benefits for those laid off reach the end of their fixed terms

Japan’s ruling party, roiled by a funding scandal, is gambling on the risky strategy of trying to discredit prosecutors as it tries to prevent the case from denting its chances in a mid-year election.

In northwest China, farmers count the costs of a changing climate in lost crops, dry wells and lives weighed down by poverty

Faced with a shortage of banknotes, people in Myanmar are resorting to bartering cigarettes and other items

Thai arms experts on Tuesday began inspecting more than 35 tonnes of cargo and heavy weapons seized from an impounded plane traveling from North Korea, as questions persisted over where the load was headed

The economy of Central Asia’s most populous nation is wilting behind its sparkling façade

Talks over China’s offer to join the WTO’s government procurement agreement will focus on purchase practices

In China, a university degree has long been seen as a ticket away from the grim production lines and workplace abuse of its boomtown factories, but some graduates now face a fate that belies their investment of time and money

China won no clear dividends from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s latest secretive visit