EU commission sees Germany 2023 GDP growth at 0.2%, Italy 1.2% – newspaper
ROME (Reuters) – The European Commission will forecast Germany’s economic growth this year at 0.2%, while projecting a 1.2% rate…
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German April wholesale prices post first y/y drop since Dec 2020
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s wholesale price index fell slightly in April compared to the same month last year, the first…
US DOJ to crackdown on crypto exchanges, NCET director says – FT
(Reuters) – The U.S. cryptocurrency enforcement tsar has said that the country was stepping up scrutiny of crypto exchanges to…
Past austerity haunts Greek election as voters struggle with living costs
By Angeliki Koutantou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – Fourteen years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crash…
Turkey faces runoff election with Erdogan leading
By Orhan Coskun, Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey headed for a runoff vote after President Tayyip Erdogan…
Marketmind: Debt impasse dominates in big day for politics
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland. Politics has the spotlight at the…
Belarus PM replaces Lukashenko at ceremony, sparks speculation
(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has not been seen in public since Tuesday, did not appear on Sunday…
Oil prices fall on stronger dollar, demand fears
By Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices settled more than 1% lower on Friday, falling for the fourth…
U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian planes near Alaska
(Reuters) – U.S. fighter jets intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense…
Exclusive-G7 leaders to target Russian energy, trade in new sanctions steps -sources
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Andreas Rinke WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations plan to tighten…