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2 Aug 19
The European Commission has given Greece the go-ahead to spend €300m on bringing ultrafast broadband to people with insufficient connectivity.
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29 Jul 19
Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
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29 Jul 19
Tajikistan is taking steps to improve the way organisations in the financial sector are run in a bid to reduce their vulnerability to risk.
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25 Jul 19
The French president’s flagship efforts to reduce stubbornly high unemployment rates appear to be bearing fruit, according to the IMF.
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25 Jul 19
The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
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19 Jul 19
The resignation of France’s environment minister François de Rugy this week, over using public funds to pay for lavish dinners and renovations of his home, has renewed the focus on President Emmanuel...
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12 Jul 19
Ireland’s economy has continued to outperform the rest of the European Union, despite fears over Brexit, growing 8.2% last year and up 2.4% in the first quarter of this year, according to official...
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12 Jul 19
A new French tax on technology giants like Google and Facebook is fuelling the escalating trade war between Europe and America, with US president Donald Trump ordering an investigation into the move...
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12 Jul 19
Germany’s economic growth is being held back by a global slowdown and the country needs to rebalance its economy, according to the IMF.
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8 Jul 19
The UK government is claiming progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the country and abroad amid continuing criticism of its efforts.
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27 Jun 19
The government of The Netherlands has issued one of the largest green bonds to date worth nearly €6bn ($6.8n) to protect against floods and rising sea-levels.
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25 Jun 19
Denmark has been praised by the IMF for the consistently strong performance of an economy that prizes social inclusion.
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25 Jun 19
The UK government has swiftly brought in measures to stop a renewable energy sector tax fraud - one of a range of scams costing EU states an estimated €50bn each year.
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25 Jun 19
Brussels has thrown Italy a lifeline in their protracted dispute over the country’s massive public debt.
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25 Jun 19
Russia has agreed with a clutch of leading investors, port operators and mining corporations to jointly develop the ambitious $11bn Northern Sea Route.
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25 Jun 19
Authorities in Paris are taking extensive public health precautions ahead of a heatwave forecast this week.
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21 Jun 19
Auditors play a crucial role in testing and verifying the claims organisations are making about their sustainability, says the European Court of Auditors’ Eva Lindström.
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21 Jun 19
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
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20 Jun 19
Women across Switzerland have resorted to strikes to demand equality in a move that echoes a famous event in 1991.
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20 Jun 19
Countries must make the teaching profession more attractive to meet a growing demand across the world for high-quality education.
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18 Jun 19
Ireland has become the latest European country to put forward ambitious proposals to tackle climate change.
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17 Jun 19
Italy’s populist government has further tightened its tough policy towards migrants by threatening rescue boats with hefty fines.
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17 Jun 19
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit poses the main risk to Ireland’s economy, which is “uniquely vulnerable” to events in the United Kingdom, the IMF has warned.
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14 Jun 19
The eurozone faces a triple threat that has the potential to push the economy deeper into a slump, warns the IMF.
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14 Jun 19
Brussels still fails to monitor how the European Union’s budget and policies contribute to sustainable development despite backing global targets.