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18/11/2011 - Italy

Monti wins backing for austerity budget in Italy's lower house

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's government on Friday won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament, the day after the former EU commissioner had laid out radical reforms to tackle ...

08/11/2011 - Italy

Berlusconi wins vote but loses vital majority

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's embattled centre-right coalition won a key vote in parliament on Tuesday but failed to garner an absolute majority of 316 seats.

27/10/2011 - Eurozone

Markets soar after eurozone debt deal reached

Stock markets in Europe and Asia responded enthusiastically to the eurozone countries’ deal that prevents lenders crying default over Greece’s debt.

26/10/2011 - European Union - China

China agrees to invest in euro bailout, diplomats

China has agreed to invest in the euro bailout fund, European Union diplomats said Wednesday.

10/10/2011 - France - Germany

Cautious welcome for Sarkozy-Merkel pact

European shares firmed on Monday as investors gave a cautious welcome to a Franco-German pact to support troubled banks, while Dexia became the first lender to succumb to the eurozone debt ...

10/10/2011 - France

French Press Review 10 October

Sunday's first round vote in primaries to choose a Socialist Party candidate for next year's Presidential elections features widely in today's French dailies, along with the unrest in Mayotte and ...

03/10/2011 - Greece - EU

Markets slide as Greece edges towards default

Asian and European stocks nose-dived and the euro reached an eight-month low against the dollar on Monday after Greece announced the day before it would fail to meet budget deficit targets.

30/09/2011 - Germany - Eurozone

German vote on bailout fund fails to reassure foreign markets

The overwhelming vote by German lawmakers to boost the eurozone’s bailout fund has failed to reassure financial markets with Asian markets remaining flat in Friday trading.

 

29/09/2011 - Germany - Eurozone

Markets perk up after German MPs back bailout fund boost

European stock markets rose Thursday after Germany MPs agreed to boost the bailout fund for Greece and other troubled European countries.

20/09/2011 - Italy

Italy denounces Standard and Poor's downgrade

The Italian government on Tuesday denounced a decision by Standard and Poor's ratings agency to downgrade the country's sovereign debt rating, suggesting that the move was in part inspired by ...

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