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Members of the European Parliament are voting during the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on April 15, 2014. (EPA/Patrick Seeger)
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Police search for evidence at the entrance to the Bank of Greece after a booby-trapped car exploded there on April 10, 2014 in Athens. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)
Greece returns to bond markets with a bang
Athens, AP—Buoyant Greek officials hailed the country’s return to the international debt market after four years as an overwhelming success on Thursday, with investors snapping up the five-year bond in a sale that was eight times oversubscribed. The finance...Caption:
From left, European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi, Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici and EU Commissioner for the Economy Olli Rehn speak during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, November 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
EU finance ministers debate bank rescues
Brussels, AP—European finance ministers are holding difficult talks on how to shore up their banking system and prevent further financial crises. Officials from the 28 member countries are meeting Friday to narrow their differences on how to set up a new agency at the...Caption:
File photo of cars for export standing in a parking area at a shipping terminal in the harbor of the northern German town of Bremerhaven on October 8, 2012.(REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/Files)
EU probes German trade surplus in push for broad growth
Brussels, Bloomberg—European Union regulators began a probe of Germany’s trade surplus, saying it could be hampering the recovery of struggling euro-area nations. The EU said Germany’s current-account surplus has exceeded the bloc’s 6 percent...Caption:
Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)