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Ukraine expects to sign cooperation accord with EU
Ukraine's foreign minister said he expects his country to sign a cooperation agreement with the European Union later this year despite the EU's ...
IMF's Lagarde criticizes US spending cuts
International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde criticized the U.S. government's budget policies as too tight on Tuesday, in an appearance in ...
French finance chief hails easing off austerity
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici on Tuesday hailed the European Union's decision to grant his country more time to tackle its deficit as a ...
UEFA faces Financial Fair Play challenge
The lawyer who changed the face of European football when he pushed through the 1995 Bosman ruling on transfers and limits on foreigners is backing ...
EU: Motorola may have violated antitrust rules
The European Commission said Monday that Motorola Mobility may have abused its dominant market position by denying Apple the right to use technology ...
European Commission investigates Peugeot state aid
The European Commission says it has opened an in-depth investigation into the government-backed restructuring of France's PSA Peugeot Citroen group ...
Guests attending the investiture of new Dutch king
Royals and other dignitaries are out in force Tuesday to watch the abdication of Dutch Queen Beatrix and investiture of her eldest son, ...
Lloyds posts 1.5 billion net profit in 1Q
Part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Banking Group is reporting a massive turnaround in its fortunes, with a 1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) in net profit ...
Serbian lawmakers vote to support Kosovo deal
Serbian lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly supported an agreement normalizing relations with breakaway Kosovo, a potentially landmark deal that could ...
Spain slashes forecasts and delays deficit targets
Spain slashed its economic forecasts Friday and said it would take two years longer than promised to cut its swollen deficit in an acknowledgement ...
Cyprus further eases limits on money transfers
Cyprus significantly eased restrictions on money transfers inside and outside the country Thursday to help businesses spur a deeply slumping economy.
Italy premier-designate short of securing support
Italy's premier-designate, Enrico Letta, said candidly Thursday he is still short of securing support for a ruling coalition after Silvio Berlusconi's ...
Top ECB official cautions: rate cuts have costs
A top European Central Bank official warned Thursday that another interest rate cut might not be much help for eurozone countries in recession — ...
EU lawmakers support free trade deal with US
European Union lawmakers have voted in favor of starting talks on a wide-ranging free trade agreement with the United States. A parliamentary ...
Google agrees to change search display in Europe
Google has agreed to change how it displays search results in Europe — including a better labeling of its promoted content and displaying links to ...
German finance minister digs in on austerity
Germany's finance minister is insisting that Europe can't spend its way out of its economic problems — digging in against mounting criticism of the ...
EU lawmakers block air passenger data access
European Union lawmakers are blocking proposals that would allow law enforcement agencies to access a wide set of data on international airplane ...
Lloyds deal to sell branches to Co-op collapses
Lloyds Banking Banking Group says a mulitmillion pound deal to sell hundreds of branches to Co-operative Group has unraveled. Part-nationalized Lloyds ...
EU probes planned merger of Greek airlines
The European Commission has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation of the proposed takeover of Greece's Olympic Air by its domestic rival Aegean ...
UK alleges GSK paid off competitors to delay drugs
Britain's competition watchdog accused GlaxoSmithKline on Friday of paying off competitors to delay launches of their own versions of GSK's ...
EU aims to get US trade deal by next year
The European Union's top trade official says negotiations with the U.S. on what would become the world's largest free trade agreement should be ...
EU OKs $2.7bn Siemens takeover of UK rail firm
The European Union's antitrust body has cleared a 1.74 billion pound ($2.7 billion) takeover of a British rail technology company by German industrial ...
Portugal launches another round of spending cuts
Portugal's government is pushing ahead with deeply unpopular austerity policies, announcing plans Thursday to save 800 million euros ($1 billion) this ...
France follows IMF in slashing growth forecasts
The French government has finally bowed to reality, lowering its official economic growth projections and acknowledging that its deficit won't fall ...
ING to sell stake in US arm for up to $1.5 billion
ING Groep NV says it will sell a 25 percent stake in its U.S. arm for around $1.4-$1.5 billion in an initial public offering, as part of measures ...