The ECB has cut its key interest rate: So what? – POLITICO
Now, however, the banks will have to charge a little less interest on their loans. That means they might profit...
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ECB to deliver historic rate cut on Thursday – POLITICO
Thursday’s decision will mark the first time in over two decades that it will have lowered borrowing costs in response...
EU looks at using its own budget as guarantee for huge loan to Ukraine – POLITICO
This idea would be a major step forward from the EU’s recently agreed plan to use most of the profits...
A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB – POLITICO
Racketeering Rimšēvičs: Currently fighting to get his prison sentence overruled, former Latvian central bank chief Ilmārs Rimšēvičs was found guilty last...
Europe left worried by US plan on Russian assets to pay for Ukraine – POLITICO
While the signals are now strong that Europe will agree to the U.S.-led proposal to leverage the future profits of...
A $50B US-EU deal for Ukraine is in sight – POLITICO
No immediate deal Talks will take place during a meeting of G7 finance ministers in Stresa, a picturesque town on...
The EU’s fund for Ukraine is already running low – POLITICO
With most of its domestic revenues going towards the war effort, Kyiv heavily relies on foreign funding to cover essential...
How dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions – POLITICO
Centralization across the EU may sound good on paper, but Laura Aus, deputy head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit,...
EU announces deal with Andorra and San Marino – just don’t mention finance – POLITICO
Nonetheless, the deal is “one of the most far-reaching offered by the EU to outside partners,” Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič...
Ukraine wants to use EU money to grow its military-industrial complex – POLITICO
Kamyshin said his country's arms industry can produce about $20 billion worth of weapons. The Ukrainian government plans to issue...
