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From left to right, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, during a news conference at the Swedish Prime Minister’s summer residence, Harpsund, south of Stockholm, Sweden, on June 10, 2014 over talks on the EU and the new European Parliament. (EPA/Maja Suslin)
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European Commission President José Manuel Barroso gives a statement on unilateral trade measures in favor of Ukraine at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on March 11, 2014. (EPA/Patrick Seeger)
EU to offer 500 mn euros of trade benefits to Ukraine
Brussels, Reuters—The European Commission agreed on Tuesday to extend nearly 500 million euros’ worth of trade benefits to Ukraine, removing duties on a wide range of agricultural goods, textiles and other imports in an effort to support the Ukrainian economy....Caption:
Joaquin Almunia, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Competition holds a press conference on rate-rigging by banks at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on December 4 2013. (EPA/JULIEN WARNAND)
EU Commission fines banks 1.7 bln euros for benchmark rigging
Brussels, Reuters—EU antitrust regulators vowed to keep investigating rate-rigging on Wednesday as they slapped a record EUR 1.7 billion (USD 2.3 billion) penalty on six financial institutions including Deutsche Bank, RBS and JPMorgan. The fines by the Commission,...Caption:
A worker paints a street lamp in the Zappeio Gardens in central Athens, on Monday, November 4, 2013. Representatives of Greece’s bailout creditors are due in Athens for a new round of talks with the government this week on its austerity program. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)