Bloomberg Serbs in Kosovo began removing road barricades erected in protest against the largely ethnic-Albanian government, after the US and European Union increased pressure on both sides to avert a new Balkan conflict. After weeks of obstruction, protesters ceased blocking traffic at Merdare, the key border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, police said. At the same time, two trucks ...

  Bloomberg Strike-weary Britons may face further travel disruption on Friday, when road traffic officers and control-room staff begin a two-day action, the latest in a wave of walkouts sweeping across Britain. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union working for National Highways in the southwest and the West Midlands will strike, a move the union said would reduce ...

  Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced two additional rounds of unscheduled bond-purchase operations, fighting back against traders betting it will further relax its yield-curve control policy. The central bank offered to buy unlimited amounts of two- and five-year notes at a fixed yield, along with 600 billion yen ($4.5 billion) of one-to-10 year bonds. That was on top ...