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GERMANY: Grudging bank support could prolong downturn
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded five regional banks on May 6. While decisions...
GermanyEURO-AREA: Trichet trumps hawks with purchase plan
The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday announced a tentative programme of asset purchases,...
FRANCE: Problems to persist after prison demo ends
Unions yesterday suspended their blockade of over 100 prisons, after their week-long protest over...
FranceEUROPEAN UNION: Slump shows 'Europe of Regions' limits
Patxi Lopez was elected as first minister of the Basque Autonomous Community on May 5. The...
MALTA/ITALY: Agreement reached on migrants
Italian vessels today towed back to Libya a boat carrying 227 African migrants, after an argument...
EU/CANADA: Seal vote shows EP willing to make trouble
The European Parliament (EP) yesterday voted to ban the sale in the EU of products from...
EuEUROPEAN UNION: Notable absences from Eastern meeting
The foreign ministry of Belarus today confirmed that President Alyaksandr Lukashenka will not...
UNITED KINGDOM: PM's power depends on opponents' whim
The deputy leader of the ruling Labour Party, Harriet Harman, yesterday denied seeking to succeed...
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