Tag: European Union

EU tells Italy, France to up reforms, trim deficit

Washington Examiner · March 5, 2014 6:31 am

An anti-Yanukovych protester warms himself next to a fire as he guards a barricade in a street heading to Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Fugitive Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on Friday pledged to fight for his country's future, in his first public appearance since disappearing from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

EU reiterates readiness to sign Ukraine trade deal

DEREK GATOPOULOSJUERGEN BAETZ · February 28, 2014 2:51 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

EU rules $18 billion Spanish fuel tax illegal

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 2:57 pm

EU antitrust concerns on Telefonica’s German buy

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 12:08 pm

German court nixes 3 percent hurdle for EU vote

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 11:35 am

EU accepts Visa concessions, ends antitrust probe

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 10:48 am

A torn poster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled the capital and went into hiding after months of protests against his government, is seen fixed on a tent set by protesters at Kiev's Independence Square, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The Ukraine east-west tug of war isn’t over

Austin Bay · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

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

Of Mullahs and Lawyers

Ted Bromund, andrew-southam · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, left, and Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk attend a signing ceremony of the agreement in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the president and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. Russian officials immediately criticized the deal and protesters angry over police violence showed no sign of abandoning their camp in central Kiev. (AP Photo/Andrei Mosienko, Presidential Press Service, Pool)

White House ‘welcomes’ Ukraine peace deal

Meghashyam Mali · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

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