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Europeans must fight against global banking cartel: Analyst
An analyst says people across the European Union countries must fight against the global banking cartel, which is controlling economies all over the world, Press TV reports.
“The competitiveness is they control the system and the people in these nations they fight over the scraps. It’s ridiculous,” said Chris Dorsey, an economist and banking analyst, in a Monday interview with Press TV.
“I...
France public debt exceeds 90% of GDP
The public sector debt in France soared to over 90 percent of the GDP in the second quarter of 2012.
New figures show that France’s public sector debt soared to over 90 percent of the crisis-hit country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2012.
According to official figures released by France’s National Statistics Institute (INSEE) on Friday, the debt has increased by 43.2...
Czech President Warns The End Of Democracy Is Imminent
Former ECB Chief Economist Says ECB Is In Panic.
If anyone thought the bad blood between Germany and the rest of the insolvent proletariat, aka the part of the Eurozone which is out of money (most of it), and which has been now confirmed will be supporting Obama (one wonders what the quid for that particular quo is, although we are certain we will find out as soon as December), complete collapse of...
Spain reluctant to accept EU cure
The EU and Spain are trying to come to terms over a rescue plan for the debt ridden European economy. The government remains unwilling to apply for international aid, but analysts say asking for a bailout is essential.
A new Spanish rescue programme to be announced next Thursday will be focused on the measures international lenders would ask in return for a bailout. As the ECB money always comes with...
China pledges to buy more EU bonds as crisis deepens
China is considering buying more EU government bonds amid a worsening European debt crisis in order to support its biggest trading partner, according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
“China is willing, on condition of fully evaluating the risks, to continue to invest in the eurozone sovereign debt market, and strengthen communication and discussion with the European Union, the European Central...
German business confidence falls to record low
The European currency euro logo stands in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Business confidence has dropped in Germany to its lowest level in more than two years amid pessimism over the eurozone’s deteriorating debt crisis, data show.
According to the German research institute, Ifo, the country’s Business Climate Index fell to 102.3 points in August from 103.2 points...
Austria: Eurozone should kick out its weak members
Austria’s Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger
Austria’s foreign minister has called on the eurozone countries to create an exit mechanism, which would allow that the failing member states be expelled from the single-currency bloc.
“We need to create ways to be able to eject someone from the eurozone,” AFP quoted Michael Spindelegger, who is also the country’s deputy chancellor,...
Passengers stranded as Italy airliner halts flights
Hundreds of passengers are stranded as Italy’s cash-strapped budget airline Wind Jet halts all its flights.
Wind Jet officially stopped operating flights Sunday due to the failure of Italian national carrier Alitalia’s deal to purchase the Sicily based low cost carrier, the Associated Press reported.
Wind Jet reportedly failed to turn over company financial data under an April agreement.
The...
German minister says disappointed with Greece reforms
“German” Minister of Economy Philipp Roesler has expressed disillusionment with debt-ridden Greece’s endeavors to implement reforms to save its economy.
“I’ve lost my illusions,” Roesler told the weekly magazine Focus in an interview to be printed on Monday.
“I proposed with German businesses a whole series of support measures for the Greek government,” he said.
“The...
Greek jobless rate record high in May
Jobless Greeks line up outside an unemployment bureau in Athens
Unemployment rate in crisis-struck Greece hit an all-time high of 23.1 percent in May as the country struggles through a fifth year in recession, says the national statistics agency.
New data, released by Elstat on Thursday, showed that 1.15 million people were out of work in Greece, compared with 3.82 million, who had jobs.
The jobless...
Bankers responsible for eurozone debt crisis
A financial analyst says the eurozone bankers and policy makers are responsible for the bloc’s deepening economic crisis, Press TV reports.
“The eurozone is really not in the bad shape that the policy makers tell us it is in. They are basically extorting us into accepting things like transforming the European stability mechanism, the new financing fund into a bank which allows them to get ten...
Eurozone’s unemployment at record high amid debt crisis
People look for job offers outside a local employment office in Ahens on May 22, 2012.
The number of people unemployed across the 17 countries that share the euro currency has hit a record high in June, official figures show.
New data released by the Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office on Tuesday shows that 17.801 million people were out of work in the eurozone in June.
The new figure is 123,000...
Merkel loses support on handling of debt crisis
German Chancellor Merkel attends a session of German parliament (Bundestag).
Support has sharply declined for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decisions regarding the eurozone’s spiraling debt crisis, a survey suggests.
The poll, conducted by YouGov and printed in the Monday edition of Bild newspaper, found only 33 percent in favor of Merkel’s stance, Reuters reported.
The steep erosion in domestic...
European crisis hits many US states hard
Europe drags the United States of America to the bottom, languishing from the global financial crisis. Tourism, trade and the raw materials industry, which previously supported the economy, are no longer in demand. Close economic relations between the US and the EU have brought the European crisis to the United States.
Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo, conducted a research, which showed...
Spanish unemployment rate reaches record high of 24.63%
Spain’s unemployment rate reaches 24.63 percent.
Spain says its unemployment rate for the second quarter of the current year has reached the record high of 24.63 percent.
According to the new figures released by the government of Friday, nearly 5.7 million Spaniards are now out of work.
The country also says that almost 53,500 people lost their jobs between April and June alone.
The jobless rate...