Eurozone in crisis

Business Series

Monte dei Paschi share offer is last ditch attempt to avoid bailout

Shares in Monte dei Paschi suffered further steep falls on Monday as it tried to raise five billion euros by year-end to avoid a state bailout.

19/12/2016

Economy

Italian banks face sluggish response on cash calls as capital crisis looms

Investor confidence in Italian banks ability to raise money to cover bad debt takes a tumble as fears over government's future weigh on market.

29/11/2016

Economy

Eurozone inflation rises in September

Eurozone inflation got a caffeine and nicotine fuelled boost in September as people paid more in restaurants and cafes. Cigarette prices also rose.

17/10/2016

Economy

Eurozone is doomed without radical reform says economist Stiglitz

As the eurozone struggles with weak growth and the threat of deflation, left-leaning economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz told Euronews the currency bloc is doomed without radical changes.

13/09/2016

Economy

ECB monetary policies face complaint before Germany Constitutional Court - again

Another complaint against the European Central Bank's quantitative easing policies has been made to Germany's Constitutional Court.

17/05/2016

Economy

Eurozone GDP back to pre-2008 crisis level, unemployment falls, inflation down

The eurozone economy grew 0.6 percent, its fastest pace in five years in Q1 2016, unemployment dipped to 10.2 percent in March, but consumer prices were down 0.2 percent in April.

29/04/2016

Economy

Eurozone slowdown worsens as businesses report another difficult month

More signs have emerged of a eurozone slowdown as the latest surveys of the region's businesses indicate they had their worst month in over a year.

03/03/2016

Greece

Key dates in Greece's funding talks with the euro zone

22/07/2015

Economy

Europe Weekly: key deals for Greece and Iran

In this edition of Europe Weekly we look back at the two deals that have dominated the news over the last seven days. Greece’s parliament approved a

17/07/2015

Business Line

Greece deal spells more pain for debt-crippled economy

The deal reached by Athens and its international creditors in the early hours of Monday (13 June) saw Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras concede to

15/07/2015

Greece

Who owns Greek debt?

As international creditors mull over Greece’s latest proposals to resolve the debt crisis. Here we have a look at how much Athens owes and to whom

10/07/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Greece seeks third bailout

In this edition of Europe Weekly, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asks international creditors for a third bailout – despite 61 percent of those

10/07/2015

Greece

"Ball is in Athens' court" says Germany following Greek vote

As supporters of the “No” vote gathered in central Athens in celebration, reaction came in from Greece’s eurozone partners, in particular Germany

05/07/2015

Greece

Greece votes 'No' in overwhelming rejection of bailout proposals

Greece seems to have decisively rejected the bailout terms put forward by its international creditors. The Greek people have voted an overwhelming

05/07/2015

Economy

EU's Oettinger gives Athens five days to avoid a 'Grexit'

26/06/2015

Europe News

Greek deal to be reached "this week"

After five months of deadlock, a solution to the Greek debt crisis will be presented to European leaders this week, European Council President Donald

22/06/2015

Europe News

Greek solution "by the end of the week"

After months of deadlock, a solution to the Greek debt crisis is near, says Guntram Wolff of the Brussels based think-tank, Bruegel. He joined

22/06/2015

Greece

Appeals for flexibility on Greek reforms but war of words with Europe continues

There is both hope that progress can be made, and tension spilling over into angry exchanges, ahead of planned negotiations on Wednesday between the Syriza government and EU creditors.

10/03/2015

Belgium

'Stop wasting time and get down to some real reforms' - Eurogroup chief tells Greece

Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels have warned Greece to stop wasting time and to get down to some serious work on economic reforms. The

10/03/2015

Economy

Europe Weekly: a tense week for Greece

Coming up in Europe Weekly: deal or no deal as Greece runs dangerously close of running out of money. What next for Ukraine in the aftermath of

20/02/2015