Bloomberg.com – 31/07/13 The European Union statistics office announced on Wednesday that the annual inflation rate for the euro area was 1.6% in July 2013, the same figure that was recorded the…

Eurostat News Release – 118/2013 – 31/07/13 Eurostat released figures this week showing a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the euro area of 12.1% in June 2013, while the unemployment rate in…

Reuters.com – 24/07/13 Sweden’s largest private sector employer and biggest company in terms of sales saw their share prices rise by 2.9% in early trade, furthering recent gains and reaching the highest…

CNBC.com – 12/07/13 Rating agency Fitch has reduced Franc’e credit rating to AA-plus, stating that France had an uncertain economic outlook during this time of crisis in the euro zone and a…

Reuters.com – 27/06/13 Portuguese trade unions held a one day strike on Thursday, protesting the unyielding austerity measures forced on them by the government. Public transport came to a halt in most…

BBCNews.co.uk – 10/05/13 There have been encouraging signs to indicate that the UK economy may have gained some momentum in recent months. Figures show that the UK’s exports are rising, lessening the…

Reuters.com – 15/05/13 According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, the eurozone shrank 0.2% in the first quater of 2013. This is the 17-nation economy’s sixth straight quarter in which there has…

BBC News – 15/05/13 Official figures show that France has entered into its second recession in the past four years, after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The French economy shrank by…

TheGuardian.co.uk – 23/04/13 It is believed that EDF Energy will be cutting approximately 150 jobs, from the 800-strong workforce, at the site of the new power plant in an attempt to reduce…

Reuters.com – 09/04/13 Today, the French Central Bank has released forecasts, showing that the economy narrowly dodged a recession in the first quarter of this year. It is estimated that the second-biggest…