http://www.eubusiness.com Latest business news about Finance and Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Union daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246612623.08 Retailers in the 16 nations using the euro saw their sales fall in May, renewing a slump that was broken in April by a short-lived improvement, according to official EU data on Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline2 Facts & Figures 2009-07-03T14:43:03Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/SMEs/eurochambres.09-07-02 News, background information and web links about European Union policies on SMEs (small businesses). No publisher eub2 SMEs Finance 2009-07-02T21:50:31Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246543321.3 Montenegro and the European Investment Bank signed an accord Thursday for a 91-million-euro (128-million-dollar) loan aimed at boosting the economic recovery of the Adriatic state. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Montenegro Finance 2009-07-02T15:08:44Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Latvia/excessive-deficit Latvia is a member of the European Union No publisher eub2 Latvia Finance 2009-07-02T11:15:08Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246531629.42 The European Commission called on Latvia on Thursday to cut its huge budget deficit to an EU limit by 2012 as it approved a desperately needed instalment of loans to the crisis-stricken country. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 Latvia Finance 2009-07-02T21:14:50Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246526221.63 The unemployment rate in the 16 euro countries climbed to a 10-year high of 9.5 per cent in May as companies cut jobs to survive Europe's worst post-war recession, according to EU data on Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline2 Employment Facts & Figures 2009-07-02T11:09:42Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246456022.0 Iceland's Nordic neighbours Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway signed loan agreements on Wednesday of 1.78 billion euros for the crisis-stricken country, the four nations said in a joint statement. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Iceland Finance 2009-07-01T14:32:59Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246445223.06 Polish police have arrested three Poles suspected of running the country's largest-ever operation counterfeiting euros and Polish zloty banknotes, national police headquarters said Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Poland Euro Crime 2009-07-01T10:53:48Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246394821.79 European regulators could compel Britain's state-controlled banks to sell chunks of their assets to comply with competition rules, the EU's top competition regulator said in London on Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. banking Competition 2009-06-30T22:00:50Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246392122.26 Two historic Polish shipyards sold off last month went to Qatari fund Qinvest, Poland's Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad revealed on Tuesday after an official silence on the buyer. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Poland Finance Shipbuilding 2009-06-30T21:59:09Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246390322.95 French retail giant Carrefour unveiled a new plan Tuesday to cut costs by 4.5 billion euros by 2012 following a plunge in profits last year. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance 2009-06-30T21:55:52Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246383130.5 Slovaks, who have been using the euro for six months, got rid of all their old koruna coins on Tuesday -- their last opportunity to exchange the coins for euros in banks. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovakia Euro 2009-06-30T21:54:01Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246383127.04 Sweden's EU presidency will urge fellow members to tighten their belts after pumping several billion euros into their economies to offset the effects of the economic crisis, taking the risk of a conflict with the bloc's big spenders. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Sweden Finance European Council 2009-06-30T21:52:07Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246383122.74 Austrian construction company Strabag is to build a stretch of the A2 east-west highway in Poland by 2012 for 1.5 billion euros, Strabag's consortium said on Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Austria Poland Finance 2009-06-30T21:51:15Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246378622.04 The European Commission said on Tuesday it had given temporary approval for Belgian state aid to financial group KBC on condition Belgium details a restructuring plan in three months. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. 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