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01/04/2012

European press review

In Syria former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has brokered a plan to stop the fighting - but will it work? Spanish unions call a general strike. Ireland prepares to vote on another ...

28/01/2012 - France - Eurozone

Italy and Spain see rating downgrade by Fitch as France keeps triple A

Rating’s agency Fitch has downgraded five eurozone countries including Italy and Spain.

01/01/2012

European press review

It's January 1, the start of a New Year, and this last week the press around Europe has been focused on 2011. It was a year marked by economic crisis, natural disasters, and social upheaval.

04/11/2011 - Israel - Palestinian Territories

Israeli navy boards new Gaza freedom flotilla

The Israeli navy has boarded two international ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to break the blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

04/10/2011

Can the euro survive the Greek crisis?

The eurozone is struggling to find an answer to financial problems which are putting a strain on relations between its members. How did Greek overspending land the European Union in the ...

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.

07/09/2011 - Germany - Eurozone

German court rules debt deal legal but gives MPs more say

Germany's Constitutional Court has rejected an attempt to declare aid for Greece and other eurozone rescue packages illegal but said parliament must have greater say in any future bailout ...

03/09/2011 - Ireland-Vatican

Vatican admits mistakes in Irish abuse scandal

In a long-awaited reaction to an official report, the Vatican has admitted "grave failures" over the handling of a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland but ...

05/08/2011 - World economy

Panic on world's stock markets

Stock exchanges around the world took their biggest tumbles since the 2008 financial crisis, reacting to fears of a US recession and lack of faith in Europe’s efforts to deal with ...

23/05/2011 - United States,

Obama visits ancestral home in Ireland

US president Barack Obama arrived in Dublin on Monday for a highly personal stop in Ireland, where he will visit the tiny village of Moneygall, from where his great-great-great grandfather on ...

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