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Police raid ex-president Sarkozy’s home in funding probe

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Police raided the home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday as part of a judicial inquiry into financial relations

France cuts growth forecasts, prepares for cuts

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault slashed France’s official growth forecasts on Tuesday, paving the way for a slew of cuts next year that are

German CSU threatens to quit Merkel coalition over euro

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – The leader of Bavaria’s conservatives threatened on Tuesday to pull out of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition if further euro zone states

Special Report: Crisis forces “dismal science” to get real

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – As economics teachers struggle to make sense of a post-crisis world, they may have an unlikely army of helpers: ants. In September 2008,

Euro defeat for Merkel? Only time will tell

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

(Reuters) – At first glance, the big winners from Europe’s latest euro-saving summit were the leaders of Italy, Spain and France. By banding together in

France to pass gay marriage, adoption law

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

(Reuters) – France’s new Socialist government is to legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday, reflecting a shift

French bid “adieu” to Minitel, the France-Wide Web

YoopyaJul 1, 2012May 22, 20230

(Reuters) – France pulls the plug on the Minitel this weekend, a home-grown precursor of the Internet which brought on-line banking, travel reservations and even

EU deal for Spain, Italy buoys markets but details sketchy

YoopyaJun 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Under pressure to prevent a catastrophic breakup of their single currency, euro zone leaders agreed on Friday to let their rescue fund inject

EU summit deal sends shares, euro sharply higher

YoopyaJun 29, 20120

(Reuters) – European shares were sharply higher and the single currency surged over 1 percent on Friday after euro zone leaders agreed a deal to

Euro area agrees bond support for Italy, Spain

YoopyaJun 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Euro zone leaders agreed on Friday to take emergency action to bring down Italy’s and Spain’s spiraling borrowing costs and to create a