Eurozone

Budget Battles

  • Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin speaks during the Japan-Russia investment forum in Tokyo March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

    Saudi, Russia pre-OPEC talks yield no oil output cut

    By Alex Lawler and Rania El Gamal, Reuters

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Impromptu talks between Saudi Arabia, fellow OPEC member Venezuela and oil powers Russia and Mexico yielded no agreement on Tuesday on how to address a growing oil glut, ending...

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk during a meeting in Rio de Janeiro July 13, 2014. REUTERS/Alexey Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

    Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin

    By Noah Barkin and Andreas Rinke, Reuters

    BERLIN (Reuters) - After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed. Ahead of a summit...

  • A member of the Ukrainian armed forces patrols area in the government-held village of Travneve, Ukraine, November 23, 2017. Picture taken November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

    Russia warns Ukraine against NATO membership: Interfax

    By Reuters

    "I am convinced that what has been announced now by the Ukrainian leadership will only bring a further escalation of the situation around Ukraine," Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister...

  • U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman speaks during a conference organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in New Delhi November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

    India, U.S. hold first trade dialogue in four years

    By Reuters

    While the two sides reported no breakthroughs at the Trade Policy Forum, they did set out a work schedule to follow up on talks that focused on agriculture, services, manufacturing and intellectual...

  • FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gestures before a meeting of the College of Commissioners at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

    Polish central banker Hausner: rates are at an adequate level

    By Marcin Goettig and Pawel Florkiewicz, Reuters

    WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish interest rates are at an adequate level, but they may be lowered if economic growth weakens, rate-setter Jerzy Hausner said. The comments from Hausner, one of several swing...