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Europe’s leading conservation zoo is “fighting for its future”

The UK's Chester Zoo has gone from protecting animals around the world to now needing saving itself.

United Kingdom

Huge hangover as Europe's bars and breweries face battle for survival

Little or no income, millions of pints thrown away and operating at reduced capacity when they do reopen. Will Europe's bars and pubs survive?

World News

World economy 'unlikely to recover to pre-pandemic levels before 2022'

The world economy is unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels before 2022 at the earliest, the Dutch banking group ING has warned.

World News

IMF declares global recession

The IMF has declared a global recession and urged countries in need of financial help to request it sooner rather than later

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World

Germany narrowly avoids recession with suprise GDP figures

German economy grows by shock 0.1%

Business

The Brief: Europe's engine stalling as Germany's economy shrinks

Uncertainty over Brexit and the trade war between the US and China slowed down the export-oriented German economy.

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Thousands protest in Haitian capital for fourth day

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Haitian capital on Sunday, clashing with police in the fourth day of demonstrations over economic mismanagement and corruption.

Economy

Italy plunges back into recession: statistics agency

Italy plunges back into recession, said the national statistics agency.

Greece

Greek bailout: The economy before and after

As it successfully exits its eight-year-long bailout program, Euronews takes a look at how the Greek economy is faring now compared to 2010, when it first received money from creditors.

Economy

Greek economy back in recession

Greece's economy slipped back into recession in the first three months of 2017 amid delays in approving its latest bailout loan.

Economy

Brazil suffering worst ever recession

Brazil's worst-ever recession has unexpectedly deepened; GDP dropped by 3.6 percent in 2016; almost as bad as 2015's 3.8 percent slump.

United Kingdom

Have economists' Brexit forecasts been too negative?

Several economists have admitted they were mistaken to predict the UK economy would immediately suffer after the vote to leave the EU.

Business Series

Russia sells share in country's largest oil company

Russia has sold a share of oil giant Rosneft for 10.

Venezuela

Vatican attempts to rekindle faltering Venezuela talks

Talks between the Venezuelan government and a coalition of opposition parties have reached a stalemate which facilitators from the Vatican are hoping to break.

Markets

Strong UK business data creates interest rate dilemma for Bank of England

The UK's services sector was strong in September adding to doubts about the need for another interest rate cut to cushion the Brexit vote impact.

Brazil

Security tight ahead of Rio 2016 opening ceremony

Security measures at the Rio 2016 Olympic games are in place ahead of Friday evening’s opening ceremony.

Business Series

Brazil's Petrobras gets new boss with same old problems

Pedro Parente, the new boss of Brazil's scandal-ridden state-controlled energy firm Petrobras, has been talking about the challenges ahead.

Economy

Japan avoids recession with surprise Q1 growth of 1.7 percent

Japan's economy unexpectedly picked up in the first three months of 2016 with annualised growth of 1.7 percent but that was partly due to a boost to consumption as this is a leap year.

Economy

UK central bank warns 'Brexit could trigger recession'

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has stepped up his warnings about the economic risks if Britain votes to leave the European Union, with even the possibility of a technical recession.

Economy

Gloomy outlook for Greek economy as recession bites deeper

The Greek economy looks set to shrink by 1.0 percent this year putting a further squeeze on ordinary Greeks and businesses after a 0.3 percent contraction in 2015.