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France and Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.

Business

Did Elon Musk loan money from SpaceX to pay for Twitter?

The businessman withdrew a loan of $1 billion from SpaceX around the same time he was acquiring Twitter.

Tunisia

Euroviews. How to fix Tunisia’s economic misery with a fair and bold IMF program

Economic reforms are inherently political, but they should be designed to address the concerns and aspirations of the population impacted by them, Timothy Kaldas and Ayoub Menzli write.

Money

Is it wise to take out a loan to invest in crypto?

A recent US survey found that 21 per cent of investors took out a loan to pay for crypto. Why are people choosing to do it and is it a good idea?

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Tech News

Euroviews. Renting a home? Why your landlord could be your bank

The purchasing power of banks and investment firms are making it more difficult for individuals to buy a home. But new technological solutions could offer some hope.

Norway

Norway loans all 216,000 AstraZeneca doses to Sweden and Iceland

Norway's Health Ministry said the doses would be returned if the country resumed use of the AstraZeneca jab.

Denmark

Denmark loans 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Germany

The Danish Foreign Ministry said they were still deciding what to do with the remaining 145,000 unwanted doses of AstraZeneca.

Greece

Greeks protest austerity measures and public infrastructure sales

Workers pour out bags of coal in front of parliament in opposition to sale of power plants

Business

China tops list of lenders to Kenya

In total, foreign countries advanced a total of over $7.4 billion to the government during the period under review.

World News

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Economy

Greek bailout talks restart

Greek ministers have been meeting experts from the EU and IMF discussing the economic reforms Athens must make to keep bailout funds flowing.

Economy

Challenge and hope: analysing Egypt's loan from the IMF

Egypt is to get an International Monetary Fund bailout loan, but can it bring down public debt, control inflation and protect the country's poor?

Egypt

Egypt gets massive IMF loan to help revive economy

Struggling to stay afloat, Egypt is getting a massive cash injection from the International Monetary Fund.

Economy

Spanish banks' non-performing loans down again

Spanish banks' problem loans fell in May - the 18th straight month that they have dropped.

Economy

Italy reaches deal with Brussels over bad bank loans

An accord between Italy and the European Commission to help banks sell some of their 200 billion euros of bad loans has eased fears of an Italian banking crisis.

Economy

Britain offloads Northern Rock loans in biggest European state asset sale

Britain has sold 13 billion pounds (18 billion euros) worth of loans once held by former mortgage lender Northern Rock, which was nationalised during

Greece

Eurozone finance ministers back third Greek bailout

The finance ministers from the 19 countries that use the single European currency have approved a third bailout for Greece. The informal body, known

Ukraine

Turkey supports Ukraine, but not at the expense of relations with Russia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered Ukraine a 46.2 million-euro loan to help cover the country’s budget deficit. During a visit to

Ukraine

Ukraine to start talks with creditors to plug $15bn funding gap

Seeking to plug a 15 billion dollar funding gap, Ukraine has said it will begin crucial talks with its creditors on how to restructure the conflict-torn country's debt on Friday.

Europe News

Germany snubs Greece's EU loan offer

Germany on Thursday rejected Greece’s request for a six-month extension to an EU scheme of emergency loans. Berlin’s decision came shortly after the