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Dutch finance minister defends austerity approach
Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem defended his strategy of cutting government spending and increasing taxes to reduce the country's budget ...
French strike leads protest of EU air travel plan
Air traffic controllers in France kicked off a series of strikes against a European plan to overhaul their industry, forcing the country's main ...
Juncker concedes mistakes on Greek bailout
Former Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker conceded Tuesday that mistakes were made in the bailout of Greece — days after a similar admission by ...
Greek gas sale deflates amid new EU-IMF inspection
Greece's troubled privatization program suffered a blow Monday after the Russian energy giant Gazprom withdrew its interest in buying the natural gas ...
ECB defends bond program before German hearing
A top European Central Bank official has warned that a German court judgment against the bank's program to buy the bonds of troubled economies could ...
France warns of mass disruption in airport strikes
France's main airports are asking airlines to cut their flight timetables in half ahead of three days of strikes by air traffic controllers that begin ...
Malta: Not enough evidence against EU health chief
Maltese police said Monday there's wasn't enough evidence to charge the former European Commissioner for health in the corruption scandal that forced ...
French president says eurozone crisis is over
French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday that the eurozone debt crisis is over but acknowledged that ...
Greek opposition: IMF mistake won't ease austerity
An admission from the International Monetary Fund this week that it mishandled the early stages of Greece's massive bailout will not lead to any ...
Protests crack Turkey's international image
A violent police crackdown on a small environmental sit-in at Istanbul's central Taksim Square has done more than spawn a week of protests across the ...
Skinheads questioned in deadly Paris brawl
For years they operated in the shadows, but militant extreme-right groups have become increasingly visible in France. Since the death of a university ...
Bosnian lawmakers take early weekend after siege
Bosnian lawmakers stayed away from parliament this time and took an early weekend after anti-government protesters, including mothers with baby ...
EU's top economic official lashes out at IMF
The man in charge of the European Union's rescues of its debt-crippled countries has slammed the International Monetary Fund's criticism of the Greek ...
EU tries to keep close eye on fighters in Syria
European Union nations pledged Friday to step up cooperation in an effort to keep the more than 600 EU citizens now fighting in Syria from veering ...
Spain boosts its troop presence in Mali to 110
Spain will boost its troop presence in Mali, increasing its mission there from 50 to 110 personnel. Spain participates in a European Union operation ...
Somali pirate attack thwarted by EU Naval Force
The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates who took control of a cargo vessel with 14 Indian sailors on board fled after counter piracy ships ...
Asia stocks fall ahead of US jobs report
Asian stock markets fell Friday, ignoring a rebound on Wall Street, as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a key U.S. jobs report later in the ...
EU rejects IMF criticism on handling Greek crisis
Two of the main institutions in charge of managing Europe's debt crisis have clashed over whether mistakes were made in the handling of Greece's debt ...
Italy expresses concern about China wine probe
Italian Premier Enrico Letta says he will follow China's decision to launch a trade investigation into European wine "with maximum attention" given ...
ECB cuts eurozone outlook as rate held at 0.5 pct
The European Central Bank has cut its growth forecast for the troubled euro area this year, but said there were enough signs of improvement ahead that ...