As tens of millions languish on the dole with EU austerity blamed for deepening recession, finance ministers will switch their focus Tuesday from bailout negotiations to the pursuit of a trillion-euro annual tax-fraud bounty.
Friday, April 19, 2013
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Poland's finance minister said Friday it may take a dozen years for the EU member to be ready to adopt the euro, adding there was no big need to rush to join.
Monday, April 8, 2013
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Luxembourg Finance Minister Luc Frieden said Monday that his government's apparent willingness to ease banking secrecy under pressure from international rivals was still under "reflection."
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Talks with Eurogroup partners on conditions for resurrecting a Cyprus bailout to avert a looming banking system meltdown finally got under way after a delay of four hours on Sunday, two European Union sources said.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Fierce negotiations to resurrect a deal for the EU and the IMF to bail out Cyprus appeared to be bearing fruit early on Monday, President Nicos Anastasiades indicated on Twitter.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Poland is considering a referendum on joining the eurozone, a move analysts say is a way of staking a claim in the ongoing reform of the debt-laden currency union, while signalling a more realistic accession timeline.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Poles will have to okay eurozone entry in a referendum, a senior minister said, echoing the prime minister's recent endorsement of a public vote on joining the unpopular currency union.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Nearly two-thirds of Poland's citizens oppose joining the debt-laden eurozone, a decision the European Union member is to take after elections in 2015, according to a poll published on Tuesday.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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As the EU raised the spectre of a eurozone exit for Cyprus, experts warned on Thursday of the consequences of brinksmanship from Brussels to Moscow in the race to fix new bailout terms.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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The European Central Bank threatened Thursday to pull the plug on its emergency funding to Cyprus unless Nicosia can secure a bailout deal with international creditors by next week.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
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