Top bankers expect EU stress tests to reignite banking M&A;
DAVOS, Switzerland - Bankers expect a thorough European Central Bank (ECB) health check of the euro zone's largest banks to reignite domestic and cross-border merger activity by rebuilding confidence among lenders.
Euro zone to assure IMF it will keep funding Greece: EU official
BRUSSELS - The euro zone will assure the International Monetary Fund in coming months that it will continue to bankroll Greece, enabling the IMF to disburse its share of international aid to Athens, a senior European Union official said on Friday.
Analysis: Hardest yet to come for France's Hollande on reforms
PARIS - French President Francois Hollande has won cautious backing from Berlin, Brussels and financial markets for a centrist reform push that could be his last chance to get the euro zone's second largest economy motoring.
Euro zone business gets off to strong start for 2014
LONDON - The euro zone's private sector started 2014 in much better shape than expected, with stronger growth across the region marred only by a continued downturn in France, surveys showed on Thursday.
Data dumps and pig farms; Inside Europe's stress tests
LONDON - In his youth, Barrie Wilkinson studied how to stress test bridges. Now he is stress testing the euro zone's biggest banks.
Latvia's parliament approves first female prime minister
RIGA - Latvia's parliament approved on Wednesday Laimdota Straujuma to become the first female prime minister of the Baltic state, which joined the euro zone on January 1.
IMF sees up to 20 pct chance of prices falling in Europe
WASHINGTON - There is as high as a one-in-five chance that prices could start to fall in the euro zone, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist said on Tuesday.
Euro zone inflation slows in December on one-off effect in Germany
BRUSSELS - Euro zone inflation slowed in December, the European Union's statistics office confirmed on Thursday, in what the European Central Bank attributed last week to a one-off change in the method of calculating price growth in Germany.
No reason for 'irrational inflationary fears' - ECB's Weidmann
BERLIN - The president of Germany's Bundesbank said on Thursday there was no reason for "irrational inflationary fears" and dismissed suggestions of a danger of the euro zone falling into deflation, echoing the European Central Bank's outlook.
French companies, unions question Hollande's new vision
PARIS - French business raised doubts on Wednesday over Socialist President Francois Hollande's plan for public spending cuts and structural reform to revive the euro zone's second largest economy.
Poland's roads to ruin
MSZANA, Poland - When Poland started handing out billions of euros worth of contracts for a wave of road-building five years ago, everyone was meant to benefit. But a project that should have been a bonanza for Europe has turned into "a slaughter house for Polish and European firms". Full Article
Europe needs new dream to revive fortunes - Pascal Lamy
PARIS - If European policy elites could choose the next head of the EU's executive, Pascal Lamy, the Frenchman who stepped down as head of the World Trade Organisation in July, would be near the top of most people's list. Full Article
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