The decline of ETA

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  • Is Sarkozy going cold on the EDA?
  • Under the radar: Bulgaria's low deficit can't save it from Greek contagion.

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Charlemagne's notebook

Why is Germany talking about an EMF?

A round-up of the week's flurry of financial Euro-integration stories More»

Buttonwood's notebook

The future of the euro

A discussion where no one agrees More»

What we're reading

The best guide to the new Ukraine: Gogol (New York Review of Books)

Europe's point-the-other-way club (International Herald Tribune)

Everyone wants a piece of this teenage Russian web entrepreneur (Der Spiegel)

Highlights
Charlemagne

Europe's hypochondriacs

Europeans can take more fiscal austerity More»

Europe.view

Struggles, suffering and Skype

Eastern Europeans should strive to present a more modern face to visitors More»

A special report on the euro area

Holding together

The euro area, sorely tested by the financial crisis, has survived intact and is likely to expand further More»

Telecom Italia

Call waiting

Italy’s biggest telecoms firm faces an uncertain future More»

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