Eurozone

Budget Battles

  • Hugo Dixon: How the euro zone can muddle through

    By Reuters

    (Hugo Dixon is Editor-at-Large, Reuters News. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Hugo Dixon LONDON, July 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Three years on, debate still rages over what is to blame for...

  • America's NSA 'in bed with' Germany and most others: Snowden

    America's NSA 'in bed with' Germany and most others: Snowden

    By Stephen Brown, Reuters

    BERLIN (Reuters) - America's National Security Agency works closely with Germany and other Western states on a 'no questions asked'-basis, former NSA employee Edward Snowden said in comments that...

  • ECB cannot solve euro zone crisis: Bundesbank chief

    ECB cannot solve euro zone crisis: Bundesbank chief

    By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose, Reuters

    AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cannot solve the euro zone crisis, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann told economists on Sunday, pressing the bloc's governments to get their...

  • Greece, foreign lenders close in on deal to unlock aid

    Greece, foreign lenders close in on deal to unlock aid

    By Lefteris Papadimas and Ingrid Melander, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Greece is likely to reach a deal with foreign lenders on its latest bailout review before a meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Monday to decide on further aid, EU and Greek...

  • Greece, troika talks make progress, deal likely on Monday: IMF official

    Greece, troika talks make progress, deal likely on Monday: IMF official

    By Reuters

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece made good progress in its talks with international lenders and a deal will likely emerge on Monday before a Eurrogroup meeting decides on releasing further bailout aid, the...