Eurozone growth outlook brightens despite Covid threat
The EU has increased its growth forecast for 2021, as the eurozone economy holds strong against higher energy prices, supply chain bottlenecks and a fresh wave of Covid cases
ECB inches closer to ‘digital euro’
The European Central Bank has inched closer to a "digital euro" with the launch of a pilot project, but questions remain about potential pitfalls and benefits for eurozone citizens
Boom or bust as Spain, Italy get biggest slice of EU fund
Spain and Italy will receive the lion's share of the €750 billion EU rescue fund but opinions vary over whether it will help their economies roar back to life or go to waste.
Pandemic upsurge hits Europe recovery hopes
An upsurge in new coronavirus cases is forcing governments across Europe into new, damaging lockdowns that threaten to delay a much hoped-for return to growth, economists say
Price trends in the eurozone
This graphic shows the change in consumer prices in the eurozone between 2019 and 2020.
The economic challenges facing Italy’s ‘Super Mario’
Political instability and the worst recession since World War II -- Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief brought in to rescue his native Italy, has some major challenges ahead
ECB: People less inclined to pay cash since start of virus pandemic
A recent report shows how more people around Europe are now preferring the use of electronic payments instead of cash ones in the light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
EU warns no return to pre-crisis economy before 2023
A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has stalled a nascent recovery in Europe, as the EU warned that the economy would not return to pre-virus normality before 2023
Eurozone GDP up 12.7% in Q3, biggest quarterly rise
Eurozone output soared by 12.7 percent in the third quarter as the bloc bounced back from the depths of the coronavirus lockdown, according to the Eurostat statistics agency
France, Germany impose drastic curbs as virus surges in Europe
France is preparing to begin a new lockdown as Germany imposed drastic new curbs, with European leaders set to hold a video summit to discuss the spikes in coronavirus infections on the continent