eurozone

February 09, 2015

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned that the eurozone would collapse if his country is forced out of currency union. — Carsten Koall/Getty Images

As the country rejects austerity programs, other members fret about the impact.

POSTED IN: Eurozone Greece Yannis Varoufakis

Why Greece stays in the eurozone

January 23, 2015

Alexis Tsipras, head of the leftist Syriza party, listens to a question during a press conference Friday in Athens. — LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images

Greeks trust European officials more than their own politicians, fear financial turmoil.

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Greece prepares to vote, eurozone worries

January 23, 2015

Voting booth is prepared in Athens for Greek elections that were held over the weekend. — Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

The party leading in the polls wants to renegotiate Greece's bailout deals.

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Europe considers quantitative easing

By Dan Bobkoff

January 21, 2015

The symbol of the euro, the currency of the eurozone, stands illuminated in Frankfurt, Germany. — (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

Move by European Central Bank could boost moribund eurozone economy.

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Lithuania embraces the Euro

January 13, 2015

Detail of a pyramid made of 1,000,935 Lithuanian cents is seen on November 29, 2014 in Vilnius, Lithuania. — PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images

Lithuania has taken its old currency, the Litas, out of circulation.

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Lithuania rings in the new year with a new currency

By David Brancaccio

January 01, 2015

A woman celebrates the New Year beneath a sign welcoming the euro Thursday in Vilnius. Lithuania is the last Baltic nation to adopt Europe's single currency, in a bid to boost stability despite fears of inflation and eurozone debt woes. — PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images

It's the 19th state to adopt the euro.

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The rise of Germany's 'euro-skeptics'

October 13, 2014

An election campaign poster of the AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland, or Alternative for Germany) political party that reads: 'Immigration Requires Clear Rules' hangs from a lamppost. — Sean Gallup/Getty Images

In the Eurozone's strongest economy, support is rising for a party that wants to pull out of the euro.

POSTED IN: Euro Eurozone Germany AfD

"If Spain had the capability of the NSA, they'd do it too."

By Kai Ryssdal

October 28, 2013

Protesters march through downtown Washington D.C. during the Stop Watching Us Rally protesting surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency, on October 26, 2013, in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The rally began at Union Station and included a march that ended in front of the U.S. Capitol building and speakers such as author Naomi Wolf and former senior National Security Agency senior executive Thomas Drake. — Allison Shelley/Getty Images

The BBC's Tom Burridge takes the temperature of Spaniards in Madrid over allegations of NSA call-monitoring.

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Better economic outlook for Italy after Prime Minister wins confidence vote

October 02, 2013

Interior Minister Angelino Alfano (R) speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta on October 2, 2013 at the Senate where Letta delivered a speech before today's confidence vote at the Parliament. — FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta survived a confidence vote by a wide margin on Wednesday.

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