EU leaders face tough talks at tax fraud summit
BRUSSELS: Leaders of recession-hit Europe take a fresh stab at fighting tax fraud and evasion worth a trillion euros a year at a summit Wednesday...
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Eurozone trapped in austerity-led recession
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BRUSSELS:Â The dogged recession across the eurozone has snared key economy France, with the latest EU figures released Wednesday showing a full year-and-a-half of contraction as...
Eurozone recession deepens in first quarter: EU
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BRUSSELS: Recession deepened across the eurozone in the first quarter of 2013, the latest growth figures released by the European Union on Wednesday showed with...
EU bailout fund releases Cyprus aid payment
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Brussels: The EU on Monday handed over the first two billion euros of loans agreed under the controversial Cyprus aid deal, the bloc’s European Stability...
EU finance ministers tackle growth as economy slumps
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BRUSSELS (AFP): EU finance ministers tackled ways of boosting the slumping economy on Tuesday as the debt crisis bites deeper, after eurozone ministers reported progress...
Greece tops agenda for eurozone finance ministers
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BRUSSELS (AFP) – (AFP) – Greece’s unrelenting debt drama tops the agenda Monday when Eurozone finance ministers discuss whether Athens has met conditions set by...
EU leaders tackle growth after bank compromise
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Brussels: EU leaders tackled Friday boosting jobs and growth to mend some of the damage caused by austerity policies, after France and Germany reached a...
EU vows banking union in 2013 amid Franco-German spat
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Brussels: EU leaders vowed Friday to set up a banking union during the course of 2013 after a Franco-German spat held up agreement on exactly...
French, German differences mark EU summit
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Brussels:Â EU leaders kicked off a two-day summit Thursday marred by French and German differences over how to tackle the bloc’s crisis as anger over...
EU leaders meet as crisis eases
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Brussels: EU leaders gather in Brussels for a summit Thursday on strengthening the bloc’s shaky foundations as Spain appears set finally to ask for financial...