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Poland urges Ukraine to make East-West choice
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski urged Ukraine's leader on Thursday to push for integration with the European Union, but acknowledged that a key ...
Europe financial watchdog: markets still fragile
Europe's financial stability watchdog says EU markets remain "vulnerable." That's despite a recent calming of tensions from the crisis over too much ...
Spain urged to seek aid despite strong bond sale
Spain raised €4.8 billion ($6.2 billion) in a debt auction Thursday that saw strong demand and a substantial drop in its borrowing costs. But analysts ...
EU-China summit opens with emphasis on trade
A summit meeting Thursday between the leaders of the European Union and the Chinese prime minister opened on a friendly note, with leaders emphasizing ...
Eurozone in deepening recession, survey finds
Europe appears headed for a deepening economic recession despite a recent easing in market concerns over the three-year debt crisis, a closely-watched ...
Spain has space, but limited time to seek bailout
Spain is breathing a little easier ever since the European Central Bank said it would buy unlimited amounts of government bonds to help countries like ...
Iran's oil minister says crude exports rebounding
Iran's oil minister said Wednesday that crude exports are rebounding after being hit by a European embargo in July, describing for parliament the ...
Queen's Brian May battles for threatened badgers
A battle over badgers is brewing in Britain — and rock star Brian May is leading the fight. May and other animal rights activists are going up against ...
EU looks at e-books proposal of Apple, publishers
Apple and four major publishing houses are offering concessions to the European Union's antitrust watchdog to ease concerns that they may have ...
Bailed-out Portugal pays less to borrow $2.6 bln
Portugal's interest rates fell steeply in a short-term debt auction Wednesday where it borrowed €2 billion ($2.61 billion), evidence that the European ...
Protesters call for greener, fairer EU farm policy
Farmers and activists from all over the continent converged on European Union headquarters Wednesday to push for a food policy that is fairer to ...
AP photographer beaten, detained in Belarus
An Associated Press photographer was beaten and briefly detained Tuesday by plainclothes security officers in the Belarusian capital. Sergei Grits was ...
French small business faces job-creation hurdles
Europe needs jobs, and French entrepreneur Daniel Joutard wants to create them, hiring more employees for his skin-care products company. Yet he can't ...
Spain under pressure to seek aid as bad debt soars
The amount of bad debt in Spain's banks rose to a record in July, according to data released Tuesday, as the country came under further pressure to ...
Deutsche Boerse CEO to stay through 2016
German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse AG says it has given its chief executive another term at the helm of the company, only months after the ...
Greece: recession will have shrunk economy 25 pct
Greece's economy will have contracted by 25 percent by the time the recession ends, the finance minister said Tuesday, as the government remained ...
German investor optimism rises after 4-month drop
Investor confidence in Germany's economy rose in September after falling the previous four months, according to the ZEW institute's index. The index ...
Merkel insists bank supervision must not be rushed
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is digging in her heels on plans for a new European banking supervisor, insisting Monday that they must not be rushed ...
Lawmaker fined about $4,000 for insulting EU chief
How much does it cost to tell the one of the EU's top officials he has "the charisma of a damp rag?" About €3,000, or close to $4,000, as a European ...
Large anti-austerity protests in Spain, Portugal
Tens of thousands of people from all over Spain rallied in the capital Saturday against punishing austerity measures enacted by the government, which ...
German lawmaker: no majority for 3rd Greek bailout
Germany's parliament is unlikely to approve a third financial rescue package for Greece, a senior lawmaker in Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing ...
US: Ukraine fails test by jailing ex-PM
A top U.S. official said Saturday that Ukraine is failing its test on democracy in the run up to parliamentary elections, citing the jailing of ...
Europe at loggerheads over banking reform
Europe faces weeks of tough negotiations to agree on a new region-wide banking supervisor after divisions emerged over the new body's powers at a ...
Spain inches closer to financial help request
Spain revealed Friday that it will present a new set of economic reforms by the end of the month, in a move that raises hopes that the struggling ...
World stocks jump on Fed pledge for US economy
World stock markets shot higher Friday after the Federal Reserve met investor expectations by giving the green light to big asset purchases to boost ...