Topic: Western Europe
PARIS/ROME (Reuters) - France and Germany, Europe's two central powers, have stepped up their war of words over whether the European Central Bank should intervene more forcefully to halt the euro zone's debt crisis after modest bond purchases failed to calm markets.Facing ...
Spain's Socialist government admitted for the first time Wednesday it will miss its 2011 economic growth target, just four days before an expected election drubbing.Spain's sovereign borrowing costs inched up meanwhile, raising the stakes for the next government amid tension on international ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Voter anger over Spain's economic plight is certain to sweep the center-right People's Party to an election victory on Sunday, giving it a resounding mandate to slash public spending and try to rescue the country from the euro zone ...
PARIS/ROME (Reuters) - France and Germany, Europe's two central powers, clashed on Wednesday over whether the European Central Bank should intervene more forcefully to halt the euro zone's accelerating debt crisis after modest bond purchases failed to stop the rout.Facing rising borrowing ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Voter anger over Spain's economic plight is certain to sweep the center-right People's Party to an election victory on Sunday, giving it a resounding mandate to slash public spending and try to rescue the country from the euro zone ...
Berlin and Paris propped up the crippled eurozone with resilient growth figures Tuesday but France was buckling on tense bond markets as Italy and Greece raced to install new governments.In Rome, new Prime Minister Mario Monti won vital support from two key ...
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy grew just 0.2 percent in the third quarter as Germany and France posted solid growth but countries at the sharp end of the debt crisis fared much worse, and analysts expect bleaker times ahead across ...
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy grew just 0.2 percent in the third quarter as Germany and France posted solid growth but countries at the sharp end of the debt crisis fared much worse, and analysts expect bleaker times ahead across ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The 17-nation euro zone economy grew a modest 0.2 percent in the third quarter from the second, the EU said on Tuesday, lifted by France and Germany, but economists say the bloc is almost certainly heading for a recession.Growth ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's manufacturing sector contracted in October for the first time in more than two years as new orders fell for a fourth month in a row, data showed on Wednesday in the latest sign Europe's bulwark economy is set ...
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Britain Tuition Tangle
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Germany Partial Solar Eclipse
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Australia Flooding
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Regional Overview of Western Europe - Greece ...
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NS Hooligans Western Europe
NS Hooligans Western Europe2009-10-26
