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29 Sep 17
Governments in Europe and the EU continue to subsidise and finance fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal, despite their commitment to climate change and the Paris Agreement, the Overseas...
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29 Sep 17
A eurozone finance minister and a joint eurozone budget could be features of the European Union under plans being considered by the leaders of France and Germany.
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29 Sep 17
From Barcelona to Hamburg, senior city executives are coming together in Europe’s City Economic and Financial Governance Group to share learning and examine common public finance issues
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28 Sep 17
The European Union's spending from future budgets has reached an “all-time high”, EU auditors have said.
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28 Sep 17
German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble will be the new president of the Bundestag (Germany’s parliament), according to German media.
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26 Sep 17
The European Union decided on Monday to close the ‘excessive deficit procedure’ against Greece after the country’s improvements in its fiscal position and overall economic recovery.
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25 Sep 17
The role of German finance minister could be key in coalition talks and the future of Europe, an investment institute has said.
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25 Sep 17
Since the New Zealand government blazed a trail by shifting to accruals accounting in 1992, it has been taking off in the public sector across the world.
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22 Sep 17
Conviction and perseverance are needed to move to an accruals-based accounting system, Malta’s finance minister and former accountant general have told PF.
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22 Sep 17
The Swiss National Bank and the National Bank of Belgium have both agreed to lend millions of dollars to support low-income countries, in partnership with the International Monetary Fund.
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19 Sep 17
At his annual state of the European Union speech last week, Jean-Claude Juncker said all countries in the EU should adopt the euro. The currency should “unite rather than divide”,...
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18 Sep 17
A €120m financial scheme for wireless internet access in public spaces across the EU will be launched, the European Parliament has announced.
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18 Sep 17
Further public and private funding in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania are needed to ensure drinking water is brought up to EU standards, a report by the European Court of Auditors has found.
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14 Sep 17
Europe will lead the fight against climate change as the economy ‘finally bounces back’, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
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13 Sep 17
The International Committee of the Red Cross has set up the world’s first humanitarian impact bond, worth more than 26m Swiss francs (£20m), for rehabilitation centres in Africa.
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11 Sep 17
Ireland’s finance minister has announced Ireland will repay its outstanding IMF debt and bilateral loans from Sweden and Denmark early and in full.
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8 Sep 17
The European Court of Justice has ruled EU member states must take in refugees who reach Europe, dismissing Slovakia and Hungary’s actions against EU asylum quotas.
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6 Sep 17
Denmark ranks top of the 27 richest countries committed to helping developing nations, followed by Sweden and Finland, according to a think-tank’s latest annual development index.
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5 Sep 17
Work-related ill-health and injury is costing the EU 3.3 % of its GDP, equivalent to €476bn a year.
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5 Sep 17
European Union auditors have praised the first trust fund set up by the EU to assist a developing country.
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5 Sep 17
German chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled a fund to help local governments clean up urban transport to €1bn ($1.19bn).
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30 Aug 17
Russia’s central bank has had to rescue one of the country’s largest financial institutions.
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24 Aug 17
The World Bank has approved a $20m tranche of funding to modernise government services in Moldova.
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18 Aug 17
Annual inflation in the whole EU is stable at 1.5%, and at 1.3% in the eurozone, the Eurostat statistical body of the EU has said in its monthly update for July.
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15 Aug 17
The European Council has received 27 proposals from member states to host key EU agencies currently based in the UK after Brexit.