The average gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16%, according to the latest data published by the European Commission, on Monday. Cyprus is close to the European average with a
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged more unity for Europe and said a banking union for the region should be finalised this month, El País reported in an interview published on its
Anti-government protesters toppled a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in Ukraine's capital and attacked it with hammers yesterday (8 December) in a symbolic challenge to President Viktor Yanukovich and
In the aftermath of the Lampedusa tragedy, in which hundreds of African migrants lost their lives, the EU's 28 home affairs ministers met in Brussels on Thursday (5 December) to come up
As tributes poured from EU and world leaders, Nelson Mandela was hailed on Thursday evening (5 December) as a hero, a 'great light'. The man who led the triumphant fight against apartheid
EU antitrust regulators fined six financial institutions including Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Citigroup a record total of €1.71 billion today (4 December) for rigging financial benchmarks. The penalty is
Regional stakeholders from all over Europe are pressing the European Commission to show more flexibility over new guidelines on state aid for airports and airlines, warning these could have “damaging consequences” for
Piraeus Bank announced a forecast-beating set of results, with 3Q13 core profits coming in 6-13% above analyst and consensus estimates in Greece. Pre-provision profits rose 29% q-o-q, beating consensus and IBG estimates
EFG Eurobank announced that its 3Q13 net losses before one-offs reached EUR 210.6 mln, down from the previous EUR 243.5 mln losses in 2Q13. After one-offs, losses were shaped at EUR 285.2
National Bank of Greece announced that 9M13 net profits reached EUR 262 mln or EUR 319 mln excluding one-off write-downs, slightly lower against IBG’s EUR 353.5 mln estimate, but above the consensus
