TEHRAN (ANA)- The number of company bankruptcies in Austria surged by 24.6 percent in the first three quarters of 2024 compared to the same period last year amid continued economic woes, Austrian creditor protection association KSV1870 said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The retail sales volume in the UK rose 1% on a monthly basis in August, after an increase of 0.7% in July.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Eurozone business activity saw a renewed decline in September, data provider S&P Global said. 

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) lowered the forecast for Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) this year from a 0.3 percent growth to a 0.7 percent contraction, citing an industrial recession and weak consumer spending.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Portugal's birth rate and marriage rate have both declined in the first seven months of 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Portuguese government announced plans to more than double the country's public housing supply by 2030, setting a target of building 58,993 homes as part of its Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Munich-based automaker BMW announced a global recall of 1.5 million vehicles and revised its profit forecast for the current year, according to a press release.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Finland and Norway have agreed to collaborate on carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage, meaning that in the future, captured CO2 could be transported from Finland to Norway for permanent storage.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Croatian government has introduced a 248-million-euro (275 million U.S. dollars) package of measures aimed at mitigating the impact of rising prices on households and businesses over the next six months, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Austria's foreign trade registered a weak performance in the first half (H1) of this year, with the imports declining by 12.2 percent and exports dropping by 5.5 percent year on year, Statistics Austria said.