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HELSINKI – Denmark’s central bank has decided to cut its key interest rate by 0.15 percentage points to 0.05 percent in anticipation of the European Central Bank’s decision on Thursday which could increase upward pressure on the value of the Scandinavian country’s krone. Danmarks Nationalbank says the rate reduction will …

DUBLIN – Helen Heaphy’s number came up at the bingo hall. The prize was a trip to court. The 50-year-old grandmother pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of possessing cocaine for sale or supply after Irish police caught her with the narcotic outside a Cork bingo hall. Cork District Court …

BRUSSELS – Belgium’s finance minister says he sees some room to discuss the “modalities” of the Greek debt program with the other eurozone nations after the election victory of the left-wing Syriza party that seeks an end to painful austerity measures. Johan Van Overtveldt said on the eve of a …