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Inflation lingers over Slovakia's final euro push

Euro NotesBratislava - When European officials rule in early May on Slovakia's request to switch t

EU to forgo birthday bash as euro turns 10

European UnionBrussels - No speeches will be made, no champagne will flow.

European Monetary Union: More gain than pain

Brussels - Euro CurrencyThe euro is often trumpeted as the European Union's boldest and mos

EU report sees Slovakia inflation problem

Vienna  -  Slovakia's headline inflation will spike well above the eurozone's this year, the European Commission said Monday, casting a shadow over Slovak hopes to join the currency club on January

EU cuts economic growth forecasts

Brussels  - Growth forecasts for the world's largest economy, the European Union, were Monday cut by about half a percentage point to 2 per cent this year and 1.8 per cent in 2009, according to lat

Fighting inflation remains main ECB goal

Vienna  - European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet indicated Monday that the ECB was in no rush to cut rates and that fighting inflation remained its top priority.

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