Portugal

  • May 10, 2011
  • 2 min read

Euro-area's debt crisis awaits political solution

Standard & Poor's yesterday cut Greece's credit rating by two points to B.

EU
  • May 9, 2011
  • 2 min read

Airline consolidation faces regulatory hurdles

International Airlines Group (IAG), formed by the merger between British Airways (BA) and Spain's...

International
  • May 4, 2011
  • 2 min read

Portuguese bailout terms still lack Finland's backing

Although uncertainty remains as to whether Finland will support a Portuguese bailout, the...

Portugal
  • Apr 20, 2011
  • 7 min read

ECB would bear brunt of a euro-area debt restructuring

The ECB is inflating its balance sheet to accommodate renewed liquidity problems in euro-area...

EU
  • Apr 19, 2011
  • 2 min read

Lack of consistency raises Portugal bailout risks

Negotiations yesterday for Portugal's 80 billion euro (114 billion dollar) rescue package were...

Finland
  • Apr 15, 2011
  • 6 min read

From 2013, euro-area disorderly default risk rises

Credit default swap rates show that the market does not expect defaults before the European...

EU
  • Apr 13, 2011
  • 6 min read

Restructuring flaws may expose German banks to crises

Germany's bank restructuring programme is struggling against financial, macroeconomic and,...

Germany
  • Apr 12, 2011
  • 6 min read

Reforms fail to tackle Europe's systemic banking risks

The European Banking Association (EBA) announced new bank stress test requirements on April 8....

EU