Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris traveled to Moscow on March 19, AFP reported.

The eurozone will give Cyprus a $13 billion bailout, but is forcing depositors in Cyprus' banks to forfeit some money so the country can avoid bankruptcy, Reuters reported March 16.

As many as 150 workers at the Dzidziguri mine in Georgia have gone on strike, Trend news agency reported March 15.

Egypt rejected an $750 million International Monetary Fund rescue loan offer March 12, Finance Minister El Morsi Hegazy said, AP reported.

Gazprom head Alexei Miller is holding talks in Athens on March 12 with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras over a potential bid for DEPA, Greece's national natural gas company, the Capital.gr website reported.

Tens of thousands of people marched across dozens of Spanish cities to protest high unemployment March 10, blaming the government's corruption and inefficient handling of the economy, AP reported.

The U.N. Security Council has approved new sanctions against North Korea in response to Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, AP reported March 7.

Russia's consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has approved the registration of products in Russia from 36 Georgian wineries and four Georgian producers of mineral water, Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti reported March 6.