Poland will look to rich EU states if budget vetoed: PM
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland, the biggest recipient of European Union funds, would seek common ground with countries that pay the most into EU coffers if a long-term budget proposal is vetoed, Prime...
View ArticleSteel sanctions cut deep into Iran’s economy
LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian manufacturers and builders face serious shortages of steel and other metals as a new European Union export ban adds to troubles for an economy already reeling from sanctions...
View ArticleAustria threatens to veto EU budget: reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria's Deputy Chancellor has threatened that the country will veto a deal on the European Union's long-term budget if it does not get its rebate or if subsidies for agricultural...
View ArticleGeorgian PM, on Brussels visit, criticized over arrests
BRUSSELS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - NATO and European Union leaders upbraided Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Monday over the arrest of political opponents as he visited Brussels to try to...
View ArticleAmericans Set to Learn Wrong Lessons From the Euro Crisis as Fiscal Cliff Looms
The Greek government has approved its 2013 budget by a vote of 167 to 128. The passing of the budget was required in order for Greece to continue receiving bailouts from international lenders....
View ArticleEU suspends aid to Afghanistan
European Union cuts $25 million in aid and says all future assistance will depend on government sticking to reforms. … Read More
View ArticleFrance recognises Syria opposition coalition
The French move comes as Arab League and European Union foreign ministers pledge support for the new Syria bloc. … Read More
View ArticleEuropean workers protest against cuts
Workers across the European Union sought to unite in a string of strikes and demonstrations against austerity measures today. … Read More
View ArticleMass anti-austerity protests hit Europe
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations...
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Aid amid austerity: Egypt to receive over $6bn in aid from EU
A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) and his foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr (L) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (C)...
View ArticleTwo Kosovo Albanian security officers held over war crimes
PRISTINA (Reuters) - The European Union police and justice mission in Kosovo (EULEX) arrested three ethnic Albanians, two of them officers in a NATO-trained security force, on Thursday on suspicion of...
View ArticleMarket Buzz: Oil saves Russia from global pessimism
Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP Friday Russian stocks are expected to follow further reaction of US floors to Thursday weak jobless data and corporate news. Higher oil helped stocks outperform...
View ArticleThousands of Spanish police officers march against austerity
Spanish police officers hold banners of the Unified Police Union (SUP) as they take part in a demonstration against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures in the center of Madrid on...
View ArticleCroatia sentences ex-PM Sanader to 10 years in prison for graft
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for taking bribes from two foreign companies, becoming the highest state official to be...
View ArticleFarage: Mr Cameron, why not accept my challenge for a debate?
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View ArticleTalk to Al Jazeera – Mario Monti: ‘Italy is done with austerity’
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View ArticleNobel Peace Prize brews hostility as winners renounce EU’s award
South African Archbishop and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi February 8, 2012.(Reuters / B Mathur)Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and two other...
View ArticleIs Israel’s West Bank expansion political suicide?
JERUSALEM ― Israel has suddenly found itself thrust into a diplomatic crisis.International outcry is mounting in reaction to Israel's announcement that it would permit the building of 3,000 housing...
View ArticleLondon’s mayor wants UK out of ‘intellectually and morally wrong’ EU
London's Mayor Boris Johnson speaks during a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event at Canary Wharf, east London December 4, 2012. (Reuters / Andrew Winning)(9.0Mb)embed videoThe mayor of one the world's...
View ArticleHalf of foreign executives say Russian business ‘innovative, competitive and...
An employee in the RTS Stock Exchange office. (RIA Novosti/Iliya Pitalev)Russian companies have improved their international image, with more foreign executives happy to do business in the country, a...
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