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Europe
Greek Universities Face Low Graduation Numbers
Greece has a unique problem – despite a high number of students being enrolled in university, only a small percentage…
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Economy
France’s Economy Rides Waves of Reform
France’s 0.3 percent growth in this year’s third quarter places it in direct competition with Germany’s currently recessive economy, now…
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Economy
Can Macron Accomplish What His Predecessors Could Not?
French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing ahead with pension reform despite days of strikes from outraged citizens. Though willing to…
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Economy
Italy Takes Issue With the ESM
The EU is seeking to reform the eurozone’s bailout fund rules, known as the European Stability Mechanism, or ESM. Eurozone…
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Greece
With The OK From Europe, Greece Receives 1 Billion Euros For Debt Relief And Early IMF Repayment
Greece has just cleared a major hurdle, having gotten the go-ahead from the European Commission to receive 1 billion euros…
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Italy
Pressure Builds – and Sanctions Loom – as Impasse Over the Italian Budget Continues
Worried about the possible effects of overspending, the European Commission demanded Italy trim its high-spending budget plan or else face…
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Cyprus
Defying Expectations, Nicosia’s Budget Produces Surplus for the Fourth Year Running
For the fourth year running, the Cypriot national budget will produce a surplus. This is good news for the country’s…
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France
Macron Pushes Ahead with Reform Agenda, Including Billions in Tax Cuts in 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing ahead with the country’s largest labour market reforms in the 2019 budget. “I will…
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Cyprus
Cypriot Economy Continues Upward Climb
Standard & Poor’s has just upgraded Cyprus’s sovereign credit rating back to investment grade, after more than six years of…
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