No question of pressure on Ireland to draw up early budget, says LenihanIMPLICATIONS: MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan expressed confidence early yesterday that the €750 billion EU/IMF rescue package…Tue May 11 2010 - 01:00
Parliaments will need to endorse guarantee planAPPROVAL PROCESS: THE €440 billion European bailout fund which forms part of the €750 billion EU/International Monetary Fund…Tue May 11 2010 - 01:00
IMF approves €30bn share of €110bn Greek rescue fund in BrusselsEURO SUMMIT: THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) last night approved its €30 billion share of the €110 billion rescue fund…Mon May 10 2010 - 01:00
EU assembling 'big bang' response to euro crisisANALYSIS: The 16 euro zone countries will get drawn ever deeper into each other’s fiscal affairsMon May 10 2010 - 01:00
Pressure on Merkel to back radical debt measuresGERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel came under pressure late last night to back radical measures to avert the threat of Greece’s …Sat May 08 2010 - 01:00
EUto set up rescue fund for euro-zone membersEURO-ZONE LEADERS early this morning opened the door for the immediate creation of a permanent rescue fund for distressed euro…Sat May 08 2010 - 01:00
Papandreou now has an even higher mountain to climbTHE EUROPEAN Union/IMF rescue plan for Greece assumes the country will be excluded from debt markets for some 18 months, say …Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Euro zone to release €110bn in emergency aid to GreeceTHE 16 euro countries and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to release €110 billion in “unprecedented” rescue loans…Mon May 03 2010 - 01:00
Fall of Belgian coalition likely to spark June pollTHE PROSPECT an early general election in Belgium drew closer yesterday as parliament debated the fallout from the collapse of…Fri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Talks on Greek austerity measures near resolutionTHE EUROPEAN authorities and the IMF are working to agree austerity measures with the Greek government by the weekend, clearing…Fri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
EU has dithered at each step towards bailoutANALYSIS: In their desperation to avoid the inevitable, European leaders have magnified Greek crisisThu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
Greece suffers credit downgrade to 'junk' statusGREECE SUFFERED the indignity of a credit downgrade to 'junk' status as rising anxiety over the parameters of the EU/IMF rescue…Wed Apr 28 2010 - 01:00
Merkel takes hard line on plan for GreeceGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel ramped up pressure yesterday on Greece over its austerity plan, even as doubts over the European…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Ireland faces acute pressure to hold share of agricultural fundingEUROPEAN DIARY: As the country struggles with recession, a reduced EU budget for agriculture could have drastic consequencesTue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Anglo ruling could double deficitIreland's exchequer deficit, already the biggest in the euro zone, could double next year following the European Commission ruling…Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Belgian PM tenders resignation to kingBELGIUM’S NOTORIOUSLY fragile politics plunged into a new bout of turmoil with the collapse of its government only five months…Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Turkish Cypriot leader urged to continue reunification talksTHE EUROPEAN Commission wants the new Turkish Cypriot president to enter settlement talks with Greek Cypriots on the basis of…Wed Apr 21 2010 - 01:00
Deal reached on gradual reopening of EU's airspaceTRANSPORT MINISTERS: EU TRANSPORT ministers reached a deal last night to gradually reopen European airspace five days after …Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
Spate of violent crime punctures Brussels' metropolitan civilityEUROPEAN DIARY : Robberies and assaults have papers wondering if the Belgian capital is ‘le Bronx de l’Europe’Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
Will Europe allow airlines to decide when is safe to fly?BACKGROUND: EUROPE’S AVIATION authorities came under ferocious pressure from airlines to review the ban that paralysed air travel…Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
EU to review rules on air safetyAVIATION RISKS: THE EU authorities are reviewing air safety rules to see whether it would be possible to ease the flight bans…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
State failed to adopt EU auditing directiveEUROPE’S HIGHEST court has upheld a European Commission complaint against the Government over its failure to transpose a directive…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
EU court upholds French law over Dalí royaltiesTHE EUROPEAN Union’s highest court has upheld a French law that gives five family members of the painter Salvador Dalí the right…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Greece calls for talks with EU and IMF on €45bn credit lineTHE GREEK government took a step towards drawing down the emergency credit line promised by its EU partners by calling for “discussions…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Commissioner urges tougher EU budgetary rulesTHE EUROPEAN economics commissioner Olli Rehn has fired his opening salvo in what is likely to be a contentious political battle…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Rescue plan deal boosts demand for Greek debtA DEAL to provide an EU-International Monetary Fund (IMF) credit line for Greece boosted demand for its debt but investors still…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Giving more power to EU only way to avoid another Greek crisisEUROPEAN DIARY: Pledging money to help Greece is just one sacrifice EU leaders are likely to makeTue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Research tsar? 'There'd be politicians in Ireland who'd call me something else'THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN :The woman once tipped to be the next leader of Fianna Fáil on her abrubt departure…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
A commissioner hand-picked for job McCreevy did not relishEUROPEAN DIARY: Michel Barnier, whose appointment to one of the most powerful jobs in Europe struck fear in the financial markets…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Cowen says he had no hesitation in signing up to pactSOLIDARITY: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen said Ireland will participate in an EU scheme to provide special bilateral loans to Greece…Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
State to participate in Greece loansThe Government will participate in the provision of bilateral loans to Greece after the leaders of the 16 euro zone countries…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
State to participate in loans to GreeceTHE GOVERNMENT will participate in the provision of bilateral loans to Greece after the leaders of the 16 euro zone countries…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Cowen sets out conditions for Irish participation in rescueTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen set out his bottom line for any Irish participation in rescue loans for Greece, saying Athens would have…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Ashton pushes for policy role expansionEU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton has asserted her right to take command of the union’s development policy, an area currently…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Fall of Belgian coalition likely to spark June pollTHE PROSPECT an early general election in Belgium drew closer yesterday as parliament debated the fallout from the collapse of…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
EU hopes new recruitment process will be just the jobEUROPEAN DIARY: The aim of the changes in procedure for EU job applications is to recruit a higher calibre of officialTue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
Sex shop peep show fails to get low cinema tax rateEUROPE’S HIGHEST court has cast its austere eye over the risqué world of erotic commerce, ruling that the owner of a Belgian …Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
EU warning over Irish recovery planThe European Commission has told the Government to stand ready to intensify its austerity drive after warning that key assumptions…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
European finance ministers agree Greek loans dealEUROPEAN GROUP finance ministers last night reached a deal to provide emergency bilateral loans to Greece, a landmark rescue …Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Greekonomics: a country in crisisBars, restaurants and theatres may still be busy, and Europe may be bailing them out, but Greeks remain furious about their broken…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Greeks strike again despite resignation to austerityGREEK PREMIER George Papandreou faces a key test as workers stage a backlash against a tough new swathe of austerity measures…Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
Greek protesters attack parliament over cutsRIOT POLICE guarding the Greek national parliament fired tear gas at hooded protesters here as rising opposition to a drastic…Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
Everything still up for grabs in new EU diplomatic serviceEUROPEAN DIARY: An informal meeting of foreign ministers in Cordoba, Spain, at the weekend gave Catherine Ashton a strong mandate…Tue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Ashton tries to downplay tensions over powers of new EU diplomatic corpsEU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton is trying to smooth over sharp divisions between European governments and the EU Commission…Sat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
Moment of truth for euro over bailout for GreeceANALYSIS: The EU appears to be preparing an aid package for Greece as an alternative to IMF interventionFri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Tobacco pricing 'breaches EU law'The EU’s highest court has ruled that Irish legislation which empowers the Government to fix a minimum price for cigarettes violates…Thu Mar 04 2010 - 00:00
Van Rompuy yet to establish himself as a dynamic political forceEUROPEAN DIARY: Three months into the job, the European Council president has some way to go before asserting his personality…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Tensions at top EU level over Greek budget cutsTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) joined Germany and the European Commission in seeking an immediate round of new budget cuts from…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
Ireland not like Greece, Lenihan tells EUMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has made the case to the EU’s new economics commissioner, Olli Rehn, that Ireland is now at…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
EU finance ministers impose 28-day deadline on GreeceFINANCE MINISTERS in the euro zone stopped short late last night of spelling out how they would rescue Greece as they imposed…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
