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20 Sep 23
Spain’s July general election left the country in a state of uncertainty.
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19 Sep 23
Sustained progress on reforms and resilient growth expectations were key contributors to an upgrade in Greece’s credit rating, moving the nation closer to recovering its investment grade rating,...
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12 Sep 23
Next year’s budget will see Sweden increase its military spending by more than a quarter as the government responds to its “serious security situation” in the wake of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine...
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5 Sep 23
High inflation and a lower-than-expected grant allocation have prompted the Croatian government to propose €4bn additional support from the European Union to fund its post-pandemic recovery programme...
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22 Aug 23
Wartime corruption poses a threat to Ukraine’s survival and officials are working to target “truly top officials” engaging in graft, the chief of the country’s anti-corruption agency said.
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18 Aug 23
Millions of euros the European Union had planned to spend on programmes involving Russia and Belarus will now be spent with Ukraine and Moldova, in light of the ongoing war.
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17 Aug 23
Huge spending on social services in response to the shock of Covid-19 ensured European Union economies were disrupted as little as possible, and adapting to the new reality has provided lessons on...
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25 Jul 23
Turkey gets export finance deal to start high-speed rail link
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24 Jul 23
Post-election limbo is only the beginning
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21 Jul 23
A proposed €20bn long-term military support package will provide more “sustainable and predictable” financing for Ukraine, a senior European Union minister has said.
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21 Jul 23
Cancelling religious public holiday could increase revenue for NATO country
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17 Jul 23
Fast progress on reducing Iceland’s budget deficit will help to rebuild fiscal buffers faster than expected and points to growing resilience in the government’s finances, ratings agency Moody’s has...
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14 Jul 23
Repeating broad-based energy subsidies would raise government spending, distort energy prices and fail to reduce use and should therefore be avoided, the European Union’s energy regulator has said.
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11 Jul 23
Candidate for EU membership gets help with cost-of-living crisis
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7 Jul 23
Baltic state becomes 32nd member of the group after an “exceptional” increase in aid spending
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7 Jul 23
The Turkish government is set to hike corporation taxes and vehicle duties to help fund the reconstruction costs from devastating earthquakes earlier this year.
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4 Jul 23
Germany will not see tax rises in 2024 despite finance minister Chrisian Lindner’s insistence on returning the country to its ‘debt brake’ rule needing a €20bn austerity package.
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30 Jun 23
Ukraine is set to receive a $1.5bn concessional loan from the World Bank to fund reforms and support its continued response to the Russian invasion.
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23 Jun 23
Turkey has nearly doubled its interest rates, reversing its longstanding controversial approach of loosening monetary policy to deal with extraordinarily high inflation.
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16 Jun 23
The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have announced their new rates
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13 Jun 23
The European Union has agreed a package of more than €1bn with Tunisia containing significant support for the latter’s border controls, as well as finance linking to other areas of reform.
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9 Jun 23
The wide scope of European Union development spending in other countries could limit the programme’s impact, the bloc’s spending watchdog has warned.
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2 Jun 23
Last year governments in Western Europe saw revenue grow much faster than spending, but that is unlikely to be the case again in 2023, according to analysts.
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31 May 23
The International Monetary Fund announced the funding allocation, which forms part of a $15.6bn programme for the war-torn nation.
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23 May 23
Industry gets more support as Ukraine war continues.