Euro zone likely heading into mild recession
Euro zone business activity declined for a fifth month in November, suggesting the economy was sliding into a mild recession as consumers cut spending amid...
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Eurozone firms see wages rising by 3 per cent or more, ECB says
Eurozone companies expect wages to rise by 3 per cent or more this year as workers demand to be compensated for inflation and it becomes...
How viable is the euro based on its current architecture?
By Erol Riza The early members of the Eurozone celebrated the establishment of the euro as the single currency for the eligible EU members states,...
IMF: challenges remain to Greece’s long-term debt sustainability
Greece exits its third international bailout in August, but without further debt relief it may not be able to sustain market access in the long run,...
Greece optimistic for June debt relief deal – official
Greece is optimistic about prospects for a debt relief deal in June that will help make its post-bailout return to bond markets credible, along with...
Merkel, Macron meet to plot eurozone reform road map (Update)
Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a spirit of compromise on reforming the eurozone at a meeting on Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron, who pressed...
Merkel heads to Paris for euro reform talks with Macron
German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Paris on Friday enthusiastic about talks with French President Emmanuel Macron but at odds with him over the pace and scope...
Soros lobbies ECB for more eurozone integration, draws criticism
Billionaire investor and activist George Soros has met a European Central Bank director to argue for closer eurozone integration, prompting criticism from some EU lawmakers who fear...
‘Ronaldo of finance ministers’ becomes new Eurogroup chairman
Eurozone finance ministers on Monday chose as their next chairman Portugal’s Mario Centeno, once dubbed the “Ronaldo of EU finance ministers” by Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble...
France to Germany: European status quo is not an option
Europe must decide whether it wants to press ahead with closer economic and political integration or return to self-defeating nationalist solutions, France’s finance minister said...
