Luxembourg
Euro area ends flirt with deflation as ECB pumps billions in QE
By Maria Tadeo
Euro-area consumer prices ended a four-month streak of declines after the European Central Bank started pumping billions of euros into the bloc's economy through its quantitative-easing program.
Uncle of Syria's Assad in French probe over 90-million-euro
The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under investigation in France for amassing a 90-million-euro fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out of Syria ?with nothing? 30 years ago.
MAE: EU accession treaty, a landmark that triggered irreversible changes in modern Romanian society
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) is hailing the 10th anniversary of the signing in Luxembourg of the Accession Treaty between Romania and the European Union, 'a moment with a special significance in the recent history of Romania and a landmark that preceded Romania's accession to the EU on January 1, 2007.'
Photo credit (c): SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO
Memories! Marie-Chantal remembers the day she became a "Greek princess"
Princess Marie-Chantal of the Greek Republic, feeling nostalgic, shared a throwback wedding photo to the day she married the former Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece. The photo was taken 20 years ago in London on July 1, 1995, and she doesn't appear to have aged a day. Titled, "My Wedding Picture", the photo shows Marie-Chantal Miller in a Valentino wedding gown?
Iohannis before attending extraordinary meeting of the European Council: Refugees issue was never so urgent
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said that the refugees and migration issue was never so urgent as today, while announcing that he was to attend the extraordinary meeting of the European Council to focus on finding solutions to the migration crisis.
Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO
ForMin Aurescu: We would like to see more Luxembourgian investors in Romania
Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said Wednesday that he would like to see more investors from Luxembourg opening up shop in Romania, mentioning that Luxembourg is currently ranked 9th in the ranking of foreign investors in Romania, with more than 2 billion euros worth of investment.
Photo credit: (c) ALEX TUDOR / AGERPRES STREAM
Jean Asselborn: EU member states 100pct fulfilling technical criteria should be allowed in the Schengen Area
Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on Wednesday said all the European Union member states that are 100 per cent fulfilling the technical criteria for joining the border-free Schengen Area should be allowed to do so, provided there is also political will.
Photo credit: (c) Radu TUTA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
EU Ministers Voice 'Grave Concern' Over Macedonia Crisis
At Tuesday's session in Luxembourg, the EU Council adopted four conclusions on Macedonia, focusing on the political crisis in the country and on ways to exit it.
The Council urged Macedonian leaders to "rapidly address" concerns by restarting the stalled political dialogue in the country.
Eurostat 'Has Reservations' about Bulgaria's 2014 Deficit Data
Bulgaria had the EU's third-lowest debt and a 2.8% budget deficit in end-2014 but quality of data the country is sending is met with reservations, according to the bloc's statistical body Eurostat.
It points that Bulgaria's debt was 27.6% of GDP at the time (with only Estonia, 10.6%, and Luxembourg, 23.6%, having a more positive indicator).
EU proposes doubling rescue effort, schedules crisis meeting on Thursday
By James Mackenzie & Robin Emmott
The European Union proposed doubling the size of its Mediterranean search and rescue operations on Monday, as the first bodies were brought ashore of as many as 900 people feared killed in the deadliest known shipwreck of migrants trying to reach Europe.