Ben Vickers

Europe has a new plan to help get the younger generation their first job. The “New Deal for Europe” offers under-25s in Mediterranean countries any job they’d like, just so long as it’s in catering, and in Germany. The “New...

The euro crisis is not on the mind of investors as much as it was over the past two years. The most recent day for which data is available shows references to “euro” and “crisis” within three words of each...

Actor Gerard Depardieu has taken up residence in Nechin, Belgium, less than a mile from the French border, escaping from a 75 percent tax on incomes above 1 million euros imposed by the French government. He follows billionaire Bernard Arnault,...

The Greek government’s bond buyback closes at noon London time. The deadline was extended from Dec. 7, when the amount tendered was approaching the government’s target. Greece plans to buy back debt for 10 billion euros, at about a third...

Silvio Berlusconi this weekend pulled the plug on Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s government. Angelino Alfano, general secretary of Berlusconi’s People of Liberty party, said the technocratic experiment was over and announced the PDL would partially withdraw support for Monti....

Strikes in Greece over the next 48 hours will bring out public transport workers, hospital staff and air traffic controllers, among others, as unions try to pressure lawmakers voting this week on another round of austerity cuts, including a fifth...

A headline in Greek newspaper Ethnos describes today as “Merkel Time.” About 7,000 police are on duty in the center of Athens, half a dozen metro stations are closed from 10am and streets near Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s office are...

The Catalan regional government in Spain has called elections for Nov. 25. The theme for the poll has been set by regional president Artur Mas as self-determination – the question on voters’ minds will be whether Catalonia wants to stay...

It is becoming cheaper for companies to hire workers in the European Union — that is, so long as they stick to the most indebted euro member countries. Greece leads the way, if that’s the right expression, after hourly labor...

Holland’s election result has sent a reassuring message to European Union governments struggling with austerity measures. Dutch voters returned Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s pro-euro and pro-austerity Liberal Party to power and dealt a blow to the anti-euro far-right Freedom Party...