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French economy falls back into recession
15/05/2013 - FRANCE

French economy falls back into recession

The French economy has slipped back into recession, the INSEE statistics agency announced Wednesday, as the eurozone recession entered a sixth quarter — longer than the slump that hit the region during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
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Hollande unveils new measures to woo entrepreneurs
30/04/2013 - FRANCE

Hollande unveils new measures to woo entrepreneurs

French President François Hollande unveiled a raft of measures on Monday aimed at helping small-business owners in an attempt to boost an economy struggling with the threat of recession and unemployment at over 10 percent.
Eurozone recession to last another year
22/02/2013 - EUROZONE

Eurozone recession to last another year

The European Commission predicted on Friday that the eurozone economy will continue to shrink in 2013, despite previous forecasts that the recession would end this year. The Commission now forecasts a return to growth in 2014.
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Greece: a poor prognosis
17/02/2013 - HEALTH

Greece: a poor prognosis

Life in Greece has been turned on its head since the debt crisis took hold. Severe austerity measures have left the country's once-proud health system in tatters. Shortages of medicine, the return of malaria and an explosion in HIV infections are prompting calls for humanitarian aid.
Moscow del Sol: Russians buy holiday homes in Spain
15/02/2013 - SPAIN

Moscow del Sol: Russians buy holiday homes in Spain

In Spain, a law could soon be passed that will give people from outside the European Union a residency permit if they buy a property worth €160,000 or more. The idea is to sell off some of Spain’s masses of empty properties that have not sold since the housing market crash in 2008. The law is likely to a bolster a trend already at play on the Costa Brava and Costa Daurada: the arrival of middle-class Russian families keen to buy bargain apartments in sunny Spain.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former Latvian president
01/12/2012 - TALKING EUROPE

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former Latvian president

Four years after being forced to request a bailout and seeing its GDP shrink by 24 per cent, Latvia has become the EU's fastest-growing economy. Is this proof that stringent austerity policies work? What can Spain and Greece learn from the Latvian model? Christophe Robeet speaks to Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a former Latvian president.
Outlook for Polish economy looking gloomy, five years after the rest of Europe
16/11/2012 - POLAND

Outlook for Polish economy looking gloomy, five years after the rest of Europe

Poland is the only EU country to have maintained continuous growth for the last five years, although part of that success was due to the Euro 2012 football championships. With that party over, the economy started to wobble. The government has revised its growth targets downwards, but it's also declared that the infrastructural revolution must continue - even at the cost of running a higher deficit than planned - and is lobbying Brussels to keep the cash for such projects coming through.
France avoids eurozone recession in third quarter
15/11/2012 - EUROZONE

France avoids eurozone recession in third quarter

The eurozone slipped into its second recession since 2009 in the third quarter of this year, with output falling 0.1%, Eurostat data showed on Thursday. France and Germany managed to buck the trend, with both managing 0.2% growth in the same period.
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Portugal feels sting as EU creeps near recession
16/08/2012 - EUROPE

Portugal feels sting as EU creeps near recession

New figures show the European Union's economy fell by 0.2% in the second quarter, with Portugal being hit especially hard by the region's austerity drive.
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EU, eurozone economies shrink by 0.2% in 2nd quarter
16/08/2012 - ECONOMY

EU, eurozone economies shrink by 0.2% in 2nd quarter

The economies of both the European Union and the 17-nation eurozone contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter of the year after posting no growth in the first quarter, official EU figures showed Tuesday.
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