Europe News EU unveils 'gold standard' sustainable finance strategy The European Commission wants to consolidate the EU's position as global leader of green bonds, a growing market that surpassed €850 billion in 2020. 06/07/2021
Italy Hospital employee paid €538,000 - despite never turning up for work Police said the suspect allegedly had someone threaten a hospital superior in 2005 to keep him on the payroll. 23/04/2021
Europe News EU fines pharmaceutical firms €60m over alleged pay-for-delay deal "Teva’s and Cephalon’s pay-for-delay agreement harmed patients and national health systems, depriving them of more affordable medicines," said EU competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. 26/11/2020
Spain Madrid helps bars stay afloat by serving food without a license New legislation in Madrid allows pubs without food licenses to sell food in order to help them through the pandemic. 26/10/2020
Europe News EU COVID-19 rescue fund: what safeguards are there against corruption? Leaders agreed a "historic" deal on the coronavirus recovery package, but how can the EU be sure that the money doesn't get into the wrong hands? 28/07/2020
world news Ireland's Paschal Donohoe wins Eurogroup presidency Ireland's Paschal Donohoe has won the Eurogroup presidency, beating Spain's Nadia Calvino. 09/07/2020
Europe News EU splits mean COVID-19 rescue fund deal by end of July 'ambitious' Later this month, European leaders will meet to try and thrash out a deal for a €750 billion EU coronavirus rescue fund. 08/07/2020
Europe News Spain, Ireland and Luxembourg join race for Eurogroup presidency Whoever takes on the chair of the eurozone group will play a major role in digging Europe out of the coronavirus economic downturn. 25/06/2020
Europe News Who will join the race to be the Eurogroup's next president? It comes after Mário Centeno quit as Eurogroup's president earlier this month. 24/06/2020
Europe News Eurogroup chief Centeno says no political reason behind quit decision He told Euronews it was simply the "end of a cycle". His tenure was due to end and he decided not to apply for a second term, he claimed. 17/06/2020
Belgium EU bailout package 'would be a game-changer' for Europe, analyst says Guntram Wolff has told Euronews that if EU leaders can agree on a one-trillion bailout package for member states it would strengthen the bloc. 27/05/2020
Europe News EU countries split over size and conditions for coronavirus recovery As the European Commission prepares to announce its recovery fund and new EU budget to help the economy rebound from the pandemic, the 'frugal four' have called for Brussels to be 'realistic' on the size and conditions for funding. 26/05/2020
state of the union Europe's week: Recovery, risk and US-China relations Paris and Berlin teamed up to present their post-pandemic financial recovery plans for Europe, but not everyone was cheering Macron and Merkel. 22/05/2020
Europe News Irish Finance Minister warns of damage to the European project if Merkel-Macron deal obstructed Paschal Donohue says there would be “great difficulty” for the EU if “existing divergences” among member states are “exacerbated” by the impact of COVID-19. 20/05/2020
Europe News Saving summer: Europe struggles to save tourism from coronavirus The sector represents 10% of GDP and more than 20 million jobs across the continent. 28/04/2020
Europe News EU leaders task Commission with pandemic recovery plan While EU leaders asked the Commission to come up with a plan on the long-term recovery, they've signed off on a previously agreed 540 billion euro package to deal with the short term consequences of the economic downturn and insist it’s functioning by June 1st. 24/04/2020
France France willing to take Trump to WTO over proposed tariffs French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said that there is no legal basis for Trump's tariff threat. 08/12/2019
Europe News The Brief: a level-playing field with EU funding Closing the gap between rich and poor- a great aim of regional development funding. One proposal is to improve the food production system. The urban agriculture model is being tested in the suburbs of Brussels with the goal of creating more sustainable food chains in cities. 10/10/2019
United Kingdom Climate activists glue themselves to London Stock Exchange Climate change protesters glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange to protest against the harm the financial sector causes to our planet. 25/04/2019
Europe News Project funding could be cut as EU battles to balance books As EU tackles a shrinking budget, and increased commitments, cohesion funds for development projects could be slashed 01/05/2018
Europe News New EU rules aim to boost transparency in financial industry The 'MiFID II' regulations force detailed reporting of transactions 03/01/2018
Europe News The Brief: Schaueble says 'Auf Wiedersehen' to Eurogroup German Finance minister bids farewell to his EU colleagues 09/10/2017
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: MEPs urge quick Brexit talks This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU’s de facto political capital. 13/06/2017
Europe News Portugal exits EU's budget deficit watchlist Portugal is no longer in breach of the EU’s budget rules, officials say, which cap a country’s deficit at three percent of gdp. 22/05/2017
Europe News EU economic commissioner: "We need reforms capable of reconciling Europeans with Europe" Euronews spoke to the EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, at the Brussels Economic Forum 10/06/2016
Europe News EU auditors slam 'weak' Commission over bailouts The European Commission’s handling of some bailouts for crisis-hit countries was “generally weak” and inconsistent, according to a new report 26/01/2016
