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# euro - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
It might be time to say goodbye to those tiny cent coins
The European Commission is looking at replacing one and two cent coins or getting rid of them entirely due to the costs involved in making them.
# euro - Monday 8 April, 2013
Huge number of Irish firms not ready for SEPA
The single euro payments area (SEPA) will be launched early next year.
# euro - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Explainer: Your 25-point crash course on what’s happening in Cyprus
Bailouts! Deposit levies! Leaving the euro? It’s all been happening in the last ten days.
# euro - Thursday 21 March, 2013
UPDATE: Cyprus to create ‘solidarity fund’
The country’s president said a decision must be made today. Meanwhile, the Finance Minister remains in Russia for negotiations.
# euro - Sunday 10 February, 2013
EU ‘fears’ Berlusconi’s return to power: Monti
Italy’s outgoing Prime Minister has expressed fears over Silvio Berlusconi’s potential negative effect on the euro, should his party win this month’s election.
# euro - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Latvia to ask permission to adopt the euro
The country, which had previously borrowed €7.5 billion in bailout funds, intends to send a formal request to the European Union this month.
Ireland still has 39% chance of defaulting, says Government’s budget adviser
Professor John McHale, the chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, said Ireland has made huge progress – but is not out of the woods yet.
# euro - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Spain unemployment rate shoots to 26 per cent
An extra 187,300 people have joined Spain’s jobless queue – bringing the total to 5.97 million people.
# euro - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Eurozone finance ministers agree to examine Ireland’s loan repayments
The deal has been hailed by finance minister Michael Noonan as having the potential to save Ireland billions of euro.
# euro - Saturday 19 January, 2013
One third think Ireland should leave the EU if the UK does
A Red C poll on Ireland and the EU found the vast majority of people think Ireland has benefited from its membership of the EU.
# euro - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Merkel kicks off campaign, highlights economic strength
The German Chancellor’s party faces a tough battle in the upcoming Lower Saxony state vote.
# euro - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Worst of the euro crisis is ‘behind us’, says German finance minister
HURRAH! Break out the champagne and foie gras…
# euro - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
First Irish TV, Titanic, a famous ceiling: the big anniversaries of 2012
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
# euro - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Two-thirds of Irish people want to keep the euro
That, however, is a drop in confidence in the single currency on the last Eurobarometer survey.
# euro - Thursday 20 December, 2012
IMF calls for full EU banking union to counter crisis
Dealing with problems on a country by country basis not working, says IMF.
# euro - Monday 17 December, 2012
Stability, jobs and growth: Ireland’s EU Presidency motto
A deal on bank debt is one of the top priorities, the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said today.
# euro - Monday 10 December, 2012
Prospect of October Budget welcomed amid calls for more open process
Budget 2013 is less than a week old but already thoughts are turning to Budget 2014 and the possibility it could be held earlier than December next year.
# euro - Sunday 9 December, 2012
Monti to step down as Berlusconi announces fresh run
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has said he is stepping down just hours after Silvio Berlusconi announced he would run again for head of government.
# euro - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Wine replaces the euro as common currency; Budget enshrines right to die in poverty and exclusive details of the Love/Hate Christmas special.
# euro - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Germany’s Merkel starts re-election campaign for 2013
Party members re-elected Merkel as the CDU leader with a landslide majority of 98 per cent of the vote.
# euro - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Silly diagram does a great job explaining what’s wrong with the Eurozone
The Eurozone house of cards has a solid roof – but the foundations are very rocky.
# euro - Monday 19 November, 2012
Eurozone members convince Slovakia to drop halos from new €2 coin
Slovakia planned to feature Saints Cyril and Methodius on a commemorative coin – but have been convinced not to include halos.
Here’s why the French got upset about The Economist cover
It caught the attention of the investing class…
# euro - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Euro banknotes to be redesigned with image of Greek ‘Europa’
The €5 note will be the first to get a facelift, with Europa’s face in the watermark and hologram.
# euro - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Eurozone economic confidence falls in October
Figures from the European Commission also show customers’ unemployment expectations worsened this month.
# euro - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Spanish police protest cuts in Madrid
Hundreds of Spanish police officers protested outside the interior ministry today to denounce budget cuts and the elimination of benefits.
# euro - Friday 26 October, 2012
Tánaiste to discuss Irish bank debt with German foreign minister
Gilmore will spend a number of days in Germany, where he will speak on the topic of ‘Moving beyond the crisis – a shared future in Europe’ at a German political foundation.
# euro - Friday 19 October, 2012
EU leaders agree on bank supervision
They agreed at the EU summit to create a single supervisor for banks in countries that use the euro.
# euro - Thursday 18 October, 2012
HSE spends around €10,000 on appointment texts
Some hospitals use the texts in a bid to reduce non attendance at clinical appointments.
Production in construction up by 0.7 per cent in eurozone – Eurostat
New figures from the European Union’s statistical office show that production rose by 0.7 per cent in the euro area in August.
# euro - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Portugal government faces backlash over austerity
Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament after the Finance Minister announced his plans to introduce steep tax increases.
# euro - Monday 15 October, 2012
The Evening Fix… now with added Law & Order
Here’s the things we learned, shared and loved today.
Panama wants to adopt the euro as legal tender
President Ricardo Martinelli is in Germany – and has told Angela Merkel he wants to use the euro alongside the US dollar.
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you need to know this morning.
Britain’s Business Secretary: Euro collapse could lead to conflict
Vince Cable made the comments at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, where he said that there isn’t a guarantee extreme nationalism and conflict won’t return to Europe.
# euro - Thursday 11 October, 2012
S&P downgrades Spain two notches
Spain’s sovereign debt rating has been cut to just one level above “junk” grade debt – which could see Madrid’s borrowing costs skyrocketing to untenable levels.
# euro - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
Scary Graph of the Day: euro vs dollar
Warring Greek creditors and higher Spanish yields might both play a part in this large drop.
# euro - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Column: Hey Government, that’s not negotiating… THIS is negotiating
The Government’s method of pressuring EU leaders isn’t working, writes Fergus O’Connell. So here’s a suggestion…
# euro - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Jean-Claude Juncker is very angry and here are the pics to prove it
The longest serving head of government in the EU and the head of the Euro Group is not a man to mess with and these pictures prove it…
# euro - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Hollande and Merkel buddy up for anniversary talks as Euro, EADS loom
The European leaders met today to mark the seminal 1962 speech made by Charles de Gaulle famed for opening a new chapter in relations between France and Germany.
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