September 01, 2013

Euro-Zone Unemployment Falls Slightly

The number of people unemployed in the euro zone fell in July for the second month in a row, adding to tentative signs that a modest recovery under way in the currency bloc's economy is starting to erode its sky-high levels of joblessness.

August 31, 2013

Euro zone, IMF to press Greece for foreign agency to sell assets

BRUSSELS: Greece's international lenders will press Athens next month to transfer state-owned real estate to a holding company managed by the euro zone to spur flagging privatisation efforts, officials said on Thursday.

August 30, 2013

We Are All Europeans Now

Alexander Mirtchev, Contributor









The broadening cracks in the European economic framework now appear to be undermining the whole European structure, as if a ‘contagion’ is spreading from the Southern European economies outwards.

Italy must still meet targets after scrapping property tax, says Rehn

(Reuters) - European authorities will want to ensure Italy can still meet its fiscal commitments after scrapping a property tax, the European Commission's top economic official said on Thursday.

August 29, 2013

Greece eyes fresh aid, but wary of more austerity

Stuck in its debt crisis but confident of progress made after two major bailouts, recession-mired Greece is unsure of what an inevitable third package will look like.