EU presidency a chance for Ireland to show a sense of purposeEUROPEAN DIARY: THE GOVERNMENT is stepping up preparations for Ireland’s presidency of the European Union in the first half …Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
EU ministers call for strengthening of defence policyTHE FOREIGN ministers of 11 EU countries have called for a strengthening of European security and defence policy, including the…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
EU socialists seek right to elect head of commissionEUROPE’S SOCIALIST leaders are escalating a nascent campaign to give voters the right to elect the next president of the European…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Release of additional €1.7bn in loans to Government under bailout schemeTHE EU powers have cleared the release of another €1Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
McAleese to chair EU education groupFORMER PRESIDENT Mary McAleese has been appointed by the EU Commission to chair a three-year review of higher education with …Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Timing of ECB supervisory start date divides EU membersEU FINANCE ministers have split over moves to have the European Central Bank supervise euro zone banks, creating a fresh hurdle…Mon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
Government and ECB move closer to deal on AngloTHE GOVERNMENT and the European Central Bank are advancing detailed talks on a deal to cut the cost of repaying the debts of …Mon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
Schäuble rules out direct ESM role by early 2013GERMAN FINANCE minister Wolfgang Schäuble said it was unrealistic to expect direct bank recapitalisations by the European Stability…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Attention turns again to promissory note issueANALYSIS: The question now is whether a deal on Anglo debt will be struck before ESM agreement over other banksSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
'Progress' in talks on Anglo debtMinister for Finance Michael Noonan has reported progress in his talks with the European Central Bank on the debts of Anglo Irish…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
France and Germany clash over pace of debt relief plansGerman finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble said it was unrealistic to expect direct bank recapitalisations by the European Stability…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Talks with ECB over Anglo debts intensifyEURO ZONE CRISIS: THE GOVERNMENT is intensifying its dialogue with the European Central Bank in the hope of an agreement to …Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Noonan seeks clarity on SpainMinister for Finance Michael Noonan said he was seeking clarity from Spain over the next phase of its bailout, an initiative …Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
EU steps up efforts to resolve key debt crisis problemsEU POWERS are pushing to dispose of a series of key questions in the debt crisis by the end of the year in an effort to minimise…Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Barroso wants new treaty to allow more power for BrusselsEUROPEAN COMMISSION chief José Manuel Barroso wants to transform the EU into a “federation of nation states” with a new treaty…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Berlin and Brussels at odds over ECB powersTHE EUROPEAN Commission is proceeding with a plan to give the European Central Bank sweeping new powers to supervise as many …Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
New pressure on Spain to enter aid programmeSPANISH PREMIER Mariano Rajoy is coming under mounting pressure to enter a formal aid programme to meet conditions set by the…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
State faces battle on bank debtThe Government is facing tough talks to secure bank debt relief in Europe, amid doubt over the timing of any agreement and uncertainty…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Government faces challenging EU talks to win bank debt reliefTHE GOVERNMENT is facing tough talks to secure bank debt relief in Europe, amid doubt over the timing of any agreement and uncertainty…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Onus firmly on governments for plan to succeedANALYSIS: THIS IS the second big policy initiative since Mario Draghi took charge of the European Central Bank last year, and…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Radical ECB move may assist Ireland's return to marketsTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank has taken new steps to ease Ireland’s return to private investment markets as part of a big but contentious…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Stringent conditions underpin ECB planTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank has laid down onerous conditions for its new bond-buying campaign, as all bar one of its governors …Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
ECB to overrule German objections to buying bondsTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank is poised to sweep aside the objections of Germany’s Bundesbank to a new bond-buying campaign as it…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Situation in euro zone as stark as ever and decision time is nighEUROPEAN DIARY: Europe must settle a plethora of other niggling questions before a deal is doneThu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Trichet insists Irish agreed bailoutFORMER EUROPEAN Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet has challenged the argument that the bank pushed Ireland into its bailout…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Crisis calls for treaty change, says BarrosoEUROPEAN COMMISSION chief José Manuel Barroso has cast a new revision of the European treaties as a key part of the ultimate …Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Banking union plan triggers row in BrusselsTHE NEW political season in Brussels opened with a row between Germany and the EU Commission over Europe’s proposed banking union…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Inquiry to make decision over ECB letterMINISTER FOR Finance Michael Noonan has said it will be for a forthcoming parliamentary inquiry into the financial crisis to …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
State raises €5.2bn in surprise return to bond marketTHE GOVERNMENT took a major step towards exiting the international bailout by borrowing €4Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Barroso urges Greece to deliver on bailout pledgesEUROPEAN COMMISSION president José Manuel Barroso took a swipe at critics of Greece as he warned its government not to make empty…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Stocks rise as Draghi signals ECB bond buyingEUROPEAN CENTRAL Bank president Mario Draghi has signalled the bank may revive its contentious interventions in sovereign bond…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Madrid and Paris stress urgent need for banking supervisorSPAIN AND France stepped up pressure for a speedy delivery of a common European bank supervisor as a senior central banker hinted…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Irish man tries to arrest Israeli minister againAN IRISH journalist and political activist who tried last year to execute a citizen’s arrest of Israeli foreign minister Avigdor…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Greece struggles to instil confidence as euro zone endures a torrid dayTHE EURO zone endured another torrid day as Spanish borrowing costs hit a new record and Greece struggled to instil confidence…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Concern over Syria chemical weapon threatEUROPEAN FOREIGN ministers expressed serious concern over Syria’s threat to use chemical weapons against any foreign intervention…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Troika revisits Greece amid talk of euro zone exitINSPECTORS FROM the EU-International Monetary Fund -European Central Band troika return to Athens today in another effort to …Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Ministers bid to ease Coalition tensions over abortion policyCOALITION MINISTERS have moved again to ease tensions between Fine Gael and Labour over the abortion issue.Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Four countries work on new EU strategic visionSPAIN, SWEDEN, Italy and Poland are working on a new strategic vision for EU foreign policy, an initiative Poland sees as an …Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Spain reinstates market trade banSPAIN RESPONDED to a renewed wave of market doubt over Europe’s bailout plan for its stricken banks by reinstating a ban on short…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
EU approves up to €100bn package for Spanish banksEURO ZONE finance ministers gave their final approval for a rescue package worth up to €100 billion for Spain’s ailing banks, …Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Government ends restrictions on hiring Romanians and BulgariansTHE GOVERNMENT has scrapped restrictions on the employment in Ireland of workers from Romania and Bulgaria, measures which date…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
EU to reinforce arms control measuresEUROPEAN FOREIGN ministers are set to tighten their arms embargo against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad as the opposition campaign…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Concern over Irish debt dealThe possibility of German, Finnish or Dutch MPs disputing a new debt deal for Ireland is emerging as a prime concern among European…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Blast not a mortal wound to regimeEU DIPLOMATS' VIEW: EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS have formed the view the bomb attack on Syria’s national security headquarters in Damascus…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Concern grows over possible opposition to debt dealTHE POSSIBILITY of German, Finnish or Dutch MPs disputing a new debt deal for Ireland is emerging as a prime concern among European…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
European Commission warns Romania controversy threatens progressEUROPEAN DIARY : An attempt to oust Romania’s president is just one of premier Victor Ponta’s efforts to secure his own power…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Euro crisis is a drawn-out mess of overlapping emergenciesEUROPEAN DIARY: TWO COLLEAGUES have been told they’re seriously low on Vitamin D, a deficiency which can lead to fatigue and…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
EU bailout fund may take stake in Irish banks as part of debt dealTHE PROSPECT of Europe’s new bailout fund taking equity stakes in AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB is opening up after …Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Issue is how much bank debt Europe will take onANALYSIS : The deadline for settling the bank debt issue means there is a busy autumn ahead for Ireland’s negotiatorsWed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Noonan seeks debt revision 'time frame'MINISTER FOR Finance Michael Noonan pressed for a speedy EU deal to revise Ireland’s bank rescue as he linked the question to…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
