View What are Venezuelans fighting for with their lives? An opinion article explaining the background to the current situation in Venezuela with figures. 10/05/2017
Brazil Indigenous Warao flee Venezuela in search of new life in Brazil Thousands of indigenous Warao people, mostly hailing from the Orinoco Delta in eastern Venezuela, have fled to Brazil to seek a new life. 09/05/2017
France Minister's apologies ease tension in French Guiana More constructive negotiations are now underway after nearly two weeks of social unrest in the French overseas territory. 31/03/2017
Egypt Egypt's long road to economic recovery Five years on from the revolution that saw the fall of the Mubarak regime, and Egypt is still on its knees. 15/02/2017
Business Credit Suisse announces big losses, more job cuts Credit Suisse says its 2016 losses were 2.44 billion Swiss francs, it plans to cut up to 6,500 more jobs this year. 14/02/2017
World Which EU country pays the most generous minimum wage? Debt-hit Greece is the only country in the EU that has seen its minimum wage fall over the last decade, new figures have revealed. 10/02/2017
brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: Grexit makes a comeback? This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 09/02/2017
View Donald Trump and playing with economic matches By arbitrarily selecting particular businesses to carry out his “commands,” Trump will destroy the core market principles of transparency and fairness. 30/01/2017
Venezuela Venezuela rolls out new banknotes in response to high inflation Weeks behind schedule and amid fears it will do little to resolve Venezuela's soaring inflation, the country's government has released new banknotes. 17/01/2017
Business Euro will fail if economic divides are not overcome, warns Moscovici The economic divide between European Union nations risks destroying the euro, Pierre Moscovici has warned. 16/01/2017
USA Opinion: Trumpian Uncertainty By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 and Professor at Columbia University NEW YORK – Every 09/01/2017
Italy Italy approves bailout fund for failing banks, including Monti dei Paschi The Italian government has approved a €20 billion bailout fund, as Monti dei Paschi fail to raise desperately needed funds from private investors. 23/12/2016
Venezuela Scores of arrests in Venezuela in chaos over banknote withdrawal Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that 300 people have been arrested during protests and looting over the elimination of the country’s largest currency… 18/12/2016
Venezuela Venezuela closes Colombian border to stop currency 'mafia' A day after banning the 100-bolivar banknote from circulation, President Maduro has ordered the 72-hour closure of the Colombian border. 13/12/2016
markets Surprise profit from Deutsche Bank but still overshadowed by massive US fine Germany's biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, has posted an unexpected quarterly net profit but CEO John Cryan say no settlement yet on US misselling fine. 27/10/2016
Business Bombardier to cut more jobs in Canada and Germany Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier says it is cutting another 7,500 jobs - 10 percent of its workforce - over the next two years. 21/10/2016
Business Unemployment rises in Spain for second straight month The number of people in Spain registering as unemployed rose in September as the jobs boost of a strong tourist seasons wears off. 04/10/2016
Venezuela Venezuelan opposition out manoeuvred by Maduro as shortages persist Venezuela, a country with the world's largest oil resources, is mired in a crippling economic crisis and tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are demanding fresh elections. 22/09/2016
World Spain's taxpayers will never get most of bank bailout money back - report Spain's government has reportedly admitted it will never get back much of the more than 50 billion euros used to bail out the countries' banks according to a report the newspaper El Pais. 12/09/2016
Venezuela Maduro attempts to stave off slow political death in Venezuela In Venezuela the trial of strength between Nicolás Maduro and his enemies has lasted eight months, ever since the opposition seized a parliamentary majority for the first time in 16… 02/09/2016
Greece Media shakeup: Greece raises €246m with sale of four TV licences The winners have been announced in the great Greek TV sell-off, with four companies winning bids for television channels in an unprecedented auction. 02/09/2016
