world news Europe’s economy slid back into recession as US roared ahead The European economy officially entered a double-dip recession in the first quarter of the year, as the continent paid the price for slow vaccine rollouts and extended lockdowns. 30/04/2021
Republic of Northern Macedonia North Macedonia warns EU not to disengage from Western Balkans 28/04/2021
state of the union Europe's week: Orban leaves the EPP, as Brexit makes a dramatic return While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the EPP Group after it changed its internal rules, MEPs delayed a decision on when to vote on the Brexit deal. 05/03/2021
brussels bureau Economic forecast: Some EU countries will recover in 2021, others must wait until 2022 11/02/2021
real economy EU's multi-billion pandemic recovery fund gets go-ahead from European Parliament 10/02/2021
Europe Eurozone economy shrank less than feared in 2020 — Eurostat estimate The EU's statistics agency says early analysis suggests eurozone GDP fell by 0.7% in the last quarter and 6.8% across 2020. 02/02/2021
brussels bureau Coronavirus downturn helps accelerate move to green economy, says ECB "The fact we have this downturn does create some room for accelerating what needed to happen anyway: the green deal and digitisation," said the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane. 21/10/2020
the global conversation COVID is an opportunity for structural change: Eurogroup chief Centeno 18/06/2020
