CYPRUS PRESIDENT LOOKS TO DUMP CENTRAL BANK CHIEF
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, Cyprus’ Central Bank chief Panicos Demetriades gestures during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in…
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IRISH ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Police hold a line of barriers as protestors gather outside the government in Dublin, as politicians return after the summer recess, Wednesday Sept. 18, 2013. Some hundreds…
WHY IS FRANCE PUSHING SO HARD ON SYRIA?
By JAMEY KEATEN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague,…
NEWS SUMMARY: EU LEADERS HAGGLE OVER BANK REFORMS
By The Associated Press President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem speaks during a news conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) in the National…
EUROZONE INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT SLUMPS IN JULY
By PAN PYLAS FILE – This is a Sept. 19, 2012 file photo of the ThyssenKrupp Kokerei Schwelgern steel plant on the river Rhine in Duisburg, Germany. Any hopes that…
EU LAWMAKERS BACK CENTRAL BANK OVERSIGHT
By JUERGEN BAETZ President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi adjusts his glasses during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, following a meeting of the ECB…
AUTOMAKERS BET ON ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CARS FOR FUTURE
By DAVID McHUGH BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer gets out of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car during its world premiere at the first press day of the 65th Frankfurt…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…