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Decision leaves main refinancing rate at record low. The European Central Bank (ECB) today decided to keep interest rates on hold.

Three controversial laws expected to be amended. A leading figure in the drafting of Hungary's controversial constitution says that he expects the Hungarian government to...

At some points, banks will stop parking money with the European Central Bank. What will they do then? Throughout the crisis period, the European Central Bank's behaviour has...

Infringement proceedings started over laws on central bank, judges' retirement ages and data protection supervisor. José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European...

Austrian MEP to succeed Martin Schulz as group leader. Hannes Swoboda, an Austrian MEP, has been elected leader of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European...

The EIB now promotes clean energy more – but fossil fuels still dominate its energy portfolio. Over the past four years, the European Investment Bank – the European...

Fitch becomes third big rating agency to downgrade Hungary's creditworthiness. Hungary's credit rating has been cut to junk status by the rating agency Fitch, reflecting a...

Why the size of Viktor Orbán's majority no longer seems such a strong guarantee of support. EU threatens action When the Hungarian government recently decided to...

Protests in Hungary, Spanish debt worries and problems for the German president in our round-up of what's in the newspapers. Thousands of people protested in Budapest last...

Opposition parties and civil rights groups claim constitutional changes will harm the rule of law. Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets yesterday to protest...

Fears that independence of judges and central bank could be affected. The European Commission said today it has raised concerns with the Hungarian government over whether...

Rules could threaten funding from EU and IMF. Hungary's parliament today (30 December) passed a law curbing the independence of the country's central bank.

Massive demand for ECB's first three-year loans. The European Central Bank provided banks with a record €489 billion in three-year loans yesterday as part of efforts to...

Klaas Knot's has risen to the top of the Dutch central bank. Pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to become ‘lender of last resort' to the eurozone's governments has...

The European Central Bank is not immune to the growing tensions between member states over the eurozone crisis. The decision by Christine Lagarde, the managing director of...

Bank will stop offering banking services from June next year. One of Germany's biggest regional banks, Westdeutsche Landesbank, is to be sold off, and its banking activities...

Only the European Central Bank has the unlimited wherewithal to save Europe from the abyss now. Panic is beginning to overwhelm the eurozone. Italy and Spain are caught in...

Amid speculation about the eurozone's impending collapse, it is worth remembering the purpose of creating a single currency. The euro was meant to – and still should –...

One of Germany's most repected civil servants is off to the ECB. Two years ago, in an article entitled “Who really governs us”, the German news magazine

'Substantial additions of individuals and entities' to be added to existing lists of people and firms subject to asset freezes. The European Union is to impose new sanctions...