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European Investment Bank puts loans to Volkswagen on hold
January 14th, 2016
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has stopped loans to Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) pending an investigation into whether some of its previous funding could been used by the German carmaker to cheat diesel emissions tests. Volkswagen (VW) has been embroiled in ...
Stournaras: Bank of Greece had built defense against plans for parallel currency
January 13th, 2016
The Bank of Greece had taken measures to prevent clandestine plans to introduce a parallel currency to the euro last summer if negotiations with creditors failed, Governor Yannis Stournaras has said. In an interview with Alexis Papachelas on Skai ...
2015 was a year from hell for the European Union. The 2016 Could be worse with a Brexit
December 21st, 2015
By any measure, it has been a year from hell for the European Union. And if Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse. Not since 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled ...
Cameron Claims Momentum as EU Offers Compromise on U.K. Demands
December 18th, 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron said his bid to change Britain’s relationship with the European Union is gathering momentum after fellow leaders signaled they are willing to find compromises on his demand for curbs on welfare. Rather than the fight ...
Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress and White House
December 18th, 2015
Concerns grow after disclosure Google enlisted US politicians to pressure EU brought attention to tech giant’s close relationship with Washington politicians. Google has made political donations to 162 members of the US Congress in the latest election cycle, figures show, as ...
Merkel’s Refugee Mini-Summit Threatens EU Split
December 17th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday attended an EU mini-summit on the sidelines of the main European Council meeting of all 28 member states in a move seen by many as a sign of further divisions in Europe. Merkel is ...
European Parliament set to hold inquiry into VW emissions scandal
December 17th, 2015
The European Parliament plans to set up a committee to investigate Volkswagen‘s (VOWG_p.DE) emissions scandal and whether regulatory oversight of the car industry was too lax. Members of the European Parliament will vote on the issue around midday on ...
Making progress on better regulation: Commission endorses better law-making deal and appoints REFIT Platform members
December 17th, 2015
Making progress on better regulation: Commission endorses better law-making deal and appoints REFIT Platform members On 15 December, the Commission endorsed a new Inter-institutional Agreement (IIA) on Better Law-Making with the European Parliament and Council to improve the quality ...
Transactional lawyers in demand in top European locations
December 16th, 2015
As work in transactional practice picks up across Europe, Australian banking, finance and corporate lawyers are in demand, according to a legal recruiter. While recruitment of Australian lawyers in Europe is usually limited, those with banking, finance or corporate ...
With change of tone, EU warms to Turkey, Serbia membership bids
December 15th, 2015
The European Union revived Turkey’s membership bid on Monday and opened accession talks with Serbia, showing how a migration crisis and Russia’s presence in the Balkans has prompted the EU to rethink plans to stop expanding. More than a ...
