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30 Nov 17
The Danish economy has shrunk more than expected, suggesting the worst contraction since 2011, according to data released today.
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30 Nov 17
Development objectives need to come first in the EU’s new External Investment Plan and be backed by high levels of transparency, says Xavier Sol of Counter Balance.
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29 Nov 17
Budget consolidation and growth-friendly investment will be key to Germany’s coalition talks, chancellor Angela Merkel has told an employers’ conference.
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28 Nov 17
Portugal’s parliament has approved the 2018 budget that seeks to trim the deficit, six weeks after it was first presented to lawmakers.
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23 Nov 17
The European Parliament and Council have reached an agreement on the 2018 budget and committed to spending €160bn, up from the €157.9bn agreed for 2017.
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21 Nov 17
Paris and Amsterdam will host the EU’s medical and banking watchdogs after ministers picked names from a large bowl to decide where the organisations and 1,000 staff should move after Brexit.
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17 Nov 17
The EU’s member states should suspend the rollout of harmonised public sector accounting standards across the bloc and plough the money saved back into budgets, German auditors have said.
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14 Nov 17
European economies are recovering but governments should “prepare for a rainy day”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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9 Nov 17
Penny Mordaunt will join the UK cabinet as the new secretary of state for international development, following the resignation of Priti Patel.
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2 Nov 17
The economy of the eurozone grew by 2.5% over the year to September, the highest rate of growth since 2001, figures from the statistical office of the European Union found.
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1 Nov 17
The gender pay gap in Europe is the equivalent of women working for free for two months of the year, according to European Commission figures.
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31 Oct 17
Croatian public sector reforms and improvements are “critical” to boost growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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30 Oct 17
Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president was convicted in the High Court of Paris last week of plundering public money to lead a lavish lifestyle in the European city.
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25 Oct 17
The Asian Development Bank has announced today it will give Armenia a $40m loan to improve its fiscal sustainability and development of financial markets.
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25 Oct 17
The Ukraine government plans to increase health spending by 12% next year following attempts to crack down on corruption in hospitals and surgeries, Reuters has reported.
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19 Oct 17
Spain has cut its growth forecasts for 2018 as a result of the political crisis in Catalonia, the government has said.
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16 Oct 17
The UK will help “lift countries out of poverty”, create millions of jobs and end aid dependency through the growth of its CDC arm, the international development secretary told the World...
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10 Oct 17
The escalating levels of debt and growth of liquidity across the world could cause another financial crisis, the departing German finance minister has warned.
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9 Oct 17
The European Commission will give an additional €4m to Serbia to assist refugees and asylum-seekers in the country, it said yesterday.
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9 Oct 17
The Cypriot economy still faces “sizeable downside risks”, with high private sector debt and a high proportion of non-performing loans.
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9 Oct 17
The European Investment Bank’s plan for the region will add 690,000 new jobs by 2020 and help boost the European economy, the bank has said.
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4 Oct 17
The European Commission has proposed new reforms to crack down on VAT fraud and ensure a more robust and simpler system for governments and companies.
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4 Oct 17
European Union plans to introduce a common railway signalling system across the bloc is running behind schedule and the implementation target could be missed, auditors have warned.
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4 Oct 17
Albania needs to collect more taxes and strengthen its public investment management, despite the economy’s continued recovery, the IMF has said.
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3 Oct 17
Since responsibility for spending aid was taken from DfID and divided between numerous departments and funds, there is uncertainty over monitoring and even if it is being spent at all. Russell...