Irish unemployment rate dips to 13.5%: Official data

DUBLIN: Ireland's unemployment rate retreated last month to the lowest level since April 2010, official data showed on Wednesday.

Spain marks two years of contraction in second quarter

MADRID: Spain's two-year economic slump showed signs of coming to an end in the second quarter, data showed on Tuesday, but weak domestic demand and looming fresh austerity measures mean a sustained recovery may still be far off.

Euro break-up risk falls by two thirds since Draghi pledge, survey finds

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of investors who think a country will leave the euro zone soon has dropped by two thirds in the year since the head of the bloc's central bank promised to safeguard the currency, a survey published on Monday showed.

Germany's Schaeuble set to stay center stage in euro crisis

(Reuters) - Two years ago, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was on the point of giving up his role as iron fist in the euro zone debt crisis, but the 70-year-old champion of closer European integration now seems likely to remain on Europe's center stage.

Signs point finally to end of Europe recession

FRANKFURT: After a year and a half of recession, Europe's battered economy could finally be showing signs of life. It's not the kind of recovery that calls for a big celebration.