“With industrial production shrinking by 10.6 per cent in December and unemployment likely to reach 15 per cent, the beginning of the year brought news of a looming employment crisis,” leads the daily, highlighting that 2013 may be “more difficul…

The government expects today’s eurozone finance minister meeting to ease the conditions of the Portuguese bailout, which will facilitate a gradual return to markets. In the best case scenario, relief could mean repayments would begin later, or approv…

Two web pages used by loyalist flag protesters on Facebook will be shut down. A judge ordered their closure after threatening comments were posted alongside images of a Catholic man living in the flashpoint Short Strand eastern district of the city, wh…

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Green coalition, led by Stephan Weil, has won regional elections in Lower Saxony, obtaining one seat more than the outgoing coalition between the Christian-Democrat CDU and the liberals of the FDP. The result is an…

At their next meeting, Europe’s finance ministers are expected to officially endorse the appointment of the Netherlands’ Jeroen Dijsselbloem to the Eurogroup presidency. The recapitalisation of banks by the European Stability Mechanism and the rele…

In an article published by the daily, Jorge Trías Sagnier claims that the former treasurer of the conservative People’s Party, Luis Bárcenas, was responsible for a “B” set of parallel accounts. He acknowledges distributing secret bonuses to hig…

After months of discussions, eurozone finance ministers eventually found a successor as Eurogroup chairman to Luxemburg’s prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker. During the January 21 meeting in Brussels, they are expected to appoint Dutch finance minis…

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