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One Week in Europe: Discussions on Passenger Record System, arbitration...
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at the doorstep before the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, January 19, 2015 The week started with EU foreign ministers talking about anti-terrorism...
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European press roundup: ECB bond-buying plan and Greek elections
Euranet Plus News Agency Trans-European press review Friday, January 9, 2015 This week, our press review of European media is focusing on the European Central Bank’s plan for the purchase of government...
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Stock markets boosted by ECB bond-buying plan
With its quantitative easing programme, announced last Thursday (January 22), the European Central Bank plans to revive the European economy and prevent deflation in the eurozone by buying 60 billion...
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Greek elections: Syriza is ready to make some concessions
Syriza, the far left-wing and anti-austerity party in Greece led by Alexis Tsipras, nearly gained the majority during the national elections last Sunday (January 25). A victory that could be the...
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Anti-terrorism, economic recovery dominates Brussels plenary
EU Parliament president Martin Schulz entering the Brussels plenary chamber Members of the European Parliament met in Brussels on Wednesday (January 28) to address a number of key issues that will...
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ECB launches new growth stimulus programme
Mario Draghi at ECB press conference on Majuarny 22, 2015 European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi announced a programme to purchase public and private bonds worth 60 billion euros per month....
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Will Syriza set example for all not happy with austerity in EU?
Visit of the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, to Athens following the legislative election and meeting with Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece, on January 29, 2015 Will...
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European press roundup: Europe in doubts after Syriza victory in Greece
The Euranet Plus News Agency press review of January 30, 2015, focuses on Syriza’s victory and the idea of a European car toll system This week, our European press focuses mainly on the reactions...
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One week in Europe: In aftermath of Greek election
Federica Morgherini at the EU foreign affairs ministers’ meeting in Brussels for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation in Ukraine on January 29, 2015 The result of the Greek election and...
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Greece on tour to renegotiate bailout
Greece plays hardball, saying it will not take new loans nor work with the troika Alarm bells rang in Brussels over the weekend as Greece’s new left-wing government said it would not take any new loans...
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New ‘pro-European’ Italian President calls for relaunch of political union
Il giuramento del Presidente della Repubblica / Flickr / Palazzo Chigi / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The new Italian President Sergio Mattarella dedicated part of his inaugural speech to Europe, asking for a...
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European press roundup: Greece’s European tour and impact of Russian sanctions
The Euranet Plus News Agency press review of February 6, 2015, focuses mainly on the new Greek government leaders’ European tour to re-negotiate the country’s bailout terms with its EU partners This...
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One Week in Europe: Greek bailout and new peace talks with Moscow
EU Parliament President Martin Schulz and the leaders of Parliament’s political groups met US vice-president Joe Biden during his visit to Brussels on February 6, 2015 Top news this week: Greece’s new...
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Eurozone finance ministers hold emergency meeting on Greek bailout
Extraordinary Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on February 11, 2015 / tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu/ Eurozone finance ministers gathered at an emergency session in Brussels on Wednesday (February 11),...
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Eurogroup: No agreement on Greek bailout
Dijsselbloem and Varoufakis met in Brussels on Wednesday Eurozone finance ministers have failed to agree with their new counterpart from Greece during their first meeting. According to diplomats, Greek...
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Greek bailout: Tough negotiations to continue
For the second time, eurozone finance ministers have not reached an agreement on how to go on with the Greek bailout programme. But both sides are not far apart, said Grégory Claeys from the...
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Eurozone agrees on four-month Greek bailout extension
Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Minister for Finance, at the press conference after the Extraordinary Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on February 20, 2015 After two collapsed Eurogroup meetings, acrimonious...
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France gets two-year delay to meet EU deficit target
Joint press conference by Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Commissioner Pierre Moscovici following the College decision on Economic Semester 2015 on February 25, 2015 France will not be sanctioned...
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EU budget rules: Special treatment for France?
Giving France two more years to get its budget deficit reduced was a rational decision, said Virginie Rozière, member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the weekly Euranet Plus “U Talking to Me?”...
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Greece: Talks with ‘institutions’ to start this week
“Troika is finished,” said Varoufakis (left), but Greece will welcome technical team from the “institutions” Eurozone ministers have shown some irritation on the time lost in negotiations to implement...
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