Juergen Baetz

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Pledged, planned and recalled aid for Ukraine

Juergen Baetz · March 5, 2014 5:39 pm

US, EU push for Russia sanctions over Ukraine

Juergen Baetz · March 4, 2014 4:41 pm

Carolina Salazar Fernandez, 23 years old, right, accompanied by a housing rights activist, left, looks at the police arriving to evict her in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Carolina Salazar Fernandez, is a single mother of two children: Jesus, 3 years old, and Abraham, 6 years old. Her only income it is a state benefit of 530 euros ($ 723). She has occupied an empty foreclosed apartment owned by SAREB bank in February 2013. She tries to negotiate to pay a low protected rent, since her income it is not enough to rent an apartment and support the family at the same time. The eviction was finally postponed with the help of housing rights' activists. SAREB, called "bad bank", is a bank who receives toxic assets produced by Spanish lenders after the country's property market collapse in 2008. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Eurozone inflation stable, eases pressure on ECB

Juergen Baetz · February 28, 2014 12:29 pm

Women show emotion at a memorial for the people killed in clashes with the police at Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia men stormed and seized local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea region early Thursday and raised a Russian flag over a barricade. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

IMF ‘ready to respond’ to Ukraine aid bid

Juergen Baetz · February 27, 2014 7:11 pm

EU lawmakers back tougher anti-smoking rules

Juergen Baetz · February 26, 2014 4:31 pm

The new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB), building at right, is under construction on the water front of the River Main,in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. The ECB is supposed to move into the building at the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

EU revises growth forecasts up slightly

Juergen Baetz · February 25, 2014 3:06 pm

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton reflects, prior to an extraordinary foreign ministers meeting on Ukraine, at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The 28-nation European Union holds an emergency meeting on Ukraine, to consider sanctions against those behind the violence. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

European Union imposes sanctions against Ukraine

Juergen Baetz · February 20, 2014 8:42 pm

EU’s stance forces US executioners to improvise

Juergen Baetz · February 18, 2014 7:15 pm

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble gestures as he talks with colleagues, prior to the start of the EU finance ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

European financial tax proposal expected by May

Juergen Baetz · February 18, 2014 4:22 pm

Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras leaves the Finance Ministry after a meeting on cutting red tape for businesses in Athens, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Samaras has said that after years of deficits, Greece will post a euro1.5 billion ($ 2 billion) primary surplus in 2013, and in 2014 the country is expected to return to growth after a six-year recession. But unemployment remains at record high levels, reaching a staggering 28 percent in November. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

More aid for Greece to be decided ‘after summer’

Juergen Baetz · February 17, 2014 6:17 pm

The new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB), building at right, is under construction on the water front of the River Main, in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The ECB is supposed to move into this new building at the end of 2014. The fourth quarter financial growth for 2013 outperformed analysts' expectations and eased some of the pressure on the European Central Bank to loosen its monetary policy. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Eurozone recovery accelerates but jobs elusive

Juergen Baetz · February 14, 2014 6:59 pm

EU urges new government, elections in Ukraine

Juergen Baetz · February 10, 2014 10:20 pm