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EUROPEAN UNION: EU leaders' words have market power
Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia suggested the EU was "intellectually,...
EuUNITED KINGDOM: Private finance gets more public
London is willing to provide public money to support privately financed public works, Chief...
United KingdomUS/UK: Brown hopes for boost while in Washington
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets US President Barack Obama today, before addressing a joint...
United StatesSWITZERLAND: GDP not awful, but worse is to come
GDP fell 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to figures released today by the State...
SwitzerlandSPAIN: Unemployment on its way to 4 million
Unemployment reached a 13-year high of close to 3.5 million in February, according to figures...
SpainSPAIN: Regional votes bring change
Elections held on March 1 in Galicia and the Basque region of Euskadi both saw existing...
SpainEUROPEAN UNION: Leaders pledge solidarity, for now
European leaders yesterday pledged to combat protectionism, at a mini-summit which also confirmed...
AUSTRIA/NETHERLANDS: Personal factors boost far-right
Parties associated with the late far-right populist Joerg Haider gained in Austrian regional...
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