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Business Planet

Fuelling Ukraine's SME potential

In partnership with The European Investment Bank

This episode of Business Planet goes to Ukraine to see how loan guarantees from the European Union are helping small and medium-sized businesses to thrive.

Business Planet

Ukraine: "the potential is exceptional"

In partnership with The European Investment Bank

Trade in goods between the EU and Ukraine is growing fast. In 2017 it rose by nearly a quarter to 37 billion euros. Business Planet speaks to Hugues Mingarelli, the EU's Ambassador to the country, about the deepening ties between Europe and Ukraine.

United Kingdom

British Pound hits two-month high amid Brexit uncertainty

The British pound was Wednesday morning trading above $1.30 (€1.14), in a move that many currency analysts were linking to the possibility of the Brexit date being delayed becoming more likely.

World News

EU fines Mastercard €570 million following anti-trust investigation

The European Commission said it had fined Mastercard following investigation into breaches of the EU's anti-trust rules

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Economy

Eurogroup president on Brexit and EU Elections

GLOBAL CONVERSATION | Eurogroup president Mário Centeno on Brexit and EU Elections in Euro's 20th year

Italy

Italy's government is in the eye of the storm due to a bank bailout

While at the opposition, the Five Star Movement has always strongly condemned the italian government's tendencies to bail out banks using public money. But now that they're ruling, they might have to do that themselves.

United Kingdom

Santander UK fined €36m for failing to process funds of dead customers

Santander UK has been fined €36m for failing to process funds of dead customers

World News

'I'm one of the biggest users of our app' admits WorldRemit's Ismail Ahmed

Euronews spoke to WorldRemit founder Ismail Ahmed at the Web Summit.

World News

EU rejects Italy budget. Rome has three weeks to respond

Today the European Commission has decided to formally ask Italy to revise and resubmit their budget.

Business

High profile finance A-listers withdraw from Saudi conference

Among the latest names to pull out are US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, UK Trade minister Liam Fox and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire

Denmark

Danske bank saga continues as US now opens investigation

Danske bank saga continues as US now opens investigation

Business

Italy in clash with European Commission over 2019 budget

Italy's new government proposed a 2019 budget with a deficit three times larger than the previous administration's target, setting up a clash with the European Commission and sparking a sell-off of state bonds

Business

Brexit: Dire consequences if there's no deal

IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde says life will be more difficult for the UK with any deal to leave the EU

Business

European Central Bank keeps policy unchanged

The ECB is staying on track to end bond purchases this year and raise interest rates next autumn

Canada

G7 finance ministers speak out against US trade tariffs

Canada's finance minister says tariffs will hurt citizens in US and in Canada.

World News

Problem with Visa cards in Europe resolved, says company

Visa users across Europe experienced payment chaos after the network crashed on Friday. The credit card company later said it is operating at close to normal levels and said the disruption was due to a hardware failure.

Economy

Finanical turmoil as political uncertainty continues in Italy

Finanical turmoil as political uncertainty continues in Italy

United Kingdom

Financial solution to the generation divide

Generational inequality has become a hot button issue in major economies around the globe

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

Germany

Deutsche Bank accidently makes €28 billion transfer

Deutsche Bank has blamed an 'operational error' for the accidental transfer of a whopping €28 billion.