Tag: European Union

A group of children walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Shares fell Thursday in Asia as weak economic data from China and Japan deepened concerns over ongoing reductions in U.S. monetary stimulus. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was down 2.6 percent at 14,887.96 after the government reported that retail sales fell 1.1 percent in December from the month before. It gained slightly and closed at 15,007.06 for the day. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

World stocks slide on emerging market woes

The Associated Press · January 31, 2014 4:55 pm

Members of the Mortgage Victims' Platform (PAH) react after an eviction was stopped in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Spain's National Statistics Agency says the unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2013 edged up slightly, leaving it stuck at the sky-high level of 26 percent and that the number of unemployed stood at a rounded 5.9 million people. Government officials say Spain's sluggish economy is stabilized and on track for job growth but economists predict it will take years to bring the jobless rate down to a more tolerable level. The banner reads in Spanish: "Yes, we can." (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Eurozone inflation drop fuels talk of rate cut

Pan Pylas · January 31, 2014 4:25 pm

A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Psagot near Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The Palestinians' "extreme and reckless" rejection of an Israeli suggestion that some Jewish settlers remain in a future Palestinian state proves that they don't want peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Monday. The harshly worded statement follows a flurry of back-and-forth condemnations sparked by an Associated Press report that Netanyahu believes all Jewish settlers should have the right to remain in their homes in a future Palestine. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel finance minister: Peace talk failure costly

Ian Deitch · January 30, 2014 3:41 pm

An Air-France plane taxis past a refugee camp outside the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. Christian refugees are living in makeshift shelters near the airport in Bangui, as they try to escape from the deepening divisions between the country's Muslim minority and Christian majority. Christian refugees who have fled sectarian violence complain about the lack of aid reaching their impoverished tent city. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

UN Security Council authorizes EU troops to CAR

Alexandra Olson · January 29, 2014 1:33 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the media at the end of an EU-Russia summit, at the European Council building in Brussels on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders are weighing the future of their common relationship at a summit that was abridged amid stark differences over Ukraine's future and other issues. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Putin criticizes EU’s diplomacy in Ukraine

Raf Casert · January 28, 2014 7:58 pm

Willkommen, Bienvenue

Andrew Stuttaford · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

The (Sub) Prime of Lady Catherine Ashton

Stephen Schwartz · December 13, 2013 12:24 pm

Germany’s Alternative Ending

Victorino Matus · September 21, 2013 7:01 am

On Israel, the EU Sides With … Assad?

Elliott Abrams · July 17, 2013 12:04 pm

USTR Hopes TTIP+TPP = Faster Growth

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 13, 2013 3:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Indiana school district reports losses of $300k from FLOTUS’ ‘Let’s Move!’ initiative

Arrianne Talma · July 12, 2013 8:12 pm

Red Alert Politics

President Obama makes special cameo in NSA-themed trailer for Bruce Willis’ ‘Red 2’

Arrianne Talma · July 12, 2013 2:19 pm