Eurozone

Budget Battles

  • G20 growth pledge easier in the making than the execution

    G20 growth pledge easier in the making than the execution

    By Wayne Cole, Reuters

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Group of 20's proposal to lift economic activity by 2 percent over the next five years has so many holes in it, there's no wonder it was the first official target that all...

  • Italy's new PM Renzi faces first parliamentary test

    Italy's new PM Renzi faces first parliamentary test

    By James Mackenzie, Reuters

    ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi faces his first test before a fractious national parliament when he goes before the Senate on Monday to put flesh on his ambitious reform plans...

  • In no one's interest for Ukraine to split apart: U.S.'s Rice

    In no one's interest for Ukraine to split apart: U.S.'s Rice

    By Will Dunham and Ros Krasny, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is not in the interest of Russia, Europe or the United States to see Ukraine split apart and it would be a "grave mistake" for Russia to send military forces into that...

  • U.S. says 'grave mistake' for Russia to send forces into Ukraine

    U.S. says 'grave mistake' for Russia to send forces into Ukraine

    By Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, said on Sunday it would be a "grave mistake" for Russia to send military forces into Ukraine and that it is...

  • The threat of Israel boycotts more bark than bite

    The threat of Israel boycotts more bark than bite

    By Crispian Balmer, Reuters

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Though voices are getting louder inside and outside Israel about the threat of economic boycotts for its continued occupation of Palestinian territories, there seems little...