MoneyHow dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions – POLITICOMay 10, 202474Centralization across the EU may sound good on paper, but Laura Aus, deputy head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit,...
MoneyUkraine wants to use EU money to grow its military-industrial complex – POLITICOMay 6, 202449Kamyshin said his country's arms industry can produce about $20 billion worth of weapons. The Ukrainian government plans to issue...
BankingEurope’s banks retreat from Moscow, with the ECB at their heels – POLITICOApril 30, 202459But the slowness of the sale process had frustrated regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. Earlier this year, Acting...
EconomyRethinking EU restrictive measures – POLITICOApril 29, 202483Are there unintended consequences to European Union sanctions against Russia? While rocked initially by the restrictions, Russia’s economy has shown...
InvestingFocus harder to rival China’s vast global investment plan, Brussels is told – POLITICOApril 23, 202494The next round of investments — set to be decided later this year — should focus on so-called geographic “corridors”...
BankingMake the single market ‘sexy,’ Italy’s ex-PM urges EU leaders – POLITICOApril 19, 202445 “The true step today,” he continued, “is to move from the capital markets union as it was before to an...
MoneyGreek opposition seizes on EU funds fraud allegations – POLITICOApril 17, 202437“The government, even in conditions of crisis such as the pandemic … has always acted taking into account the protection...
EconomyDoes the EU have what it takes to fight China on green tech? – POLITICOApril 15, 202481“First off, the FSR targets only individual companies. After one company withdraws, another might just compete in the next tender....
MoneyEuro plunges, eyes parity with dollar after Lagarde’s go-it-alone pledge – POLITICOApril 12, 202463If by U.S. election time in November the ECB has cut rates three times, and the Fed hasn't at all,...
FundsFraud-busters swoop on Greek contracts involving €2.5B of EU recovery funds – POLITICOApril 10, 202499Alleged bid-rigging The complaint by European Dynamics was transferred to OLAF, which sent it to the EPPO for investigation for...