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Even if the country implements market reforms, VAT increases and pension cuts, its debt will still be too big to service – so why should the IMF contribute to a loan?

A duo of Latvian designers make a statement about contemporary currency through a series of bowls made from the shredded pieces of up to 3,000 GB pounds! These vessels are full of symbolism with their intriguing material...

'Green Yes' campaign for Scottish independence also proposes state-owned renewable energy, land tax, and cheaper childcareThe Scottish Green party is to press for a cap on North Sea oil drilling, a citizen's wage and a new...

Ministers continue negotiations with EU, IMF and Russia as suspicions grow that Kremlin is pressing for stakes in gas fieldsCyprus ordered its banks to remain closed until next week as the cabinet held emergency talks on...

François Hollande under pressure over economy, eurozone treaty and minister's comments that nuclear power was the futureCracks have appeared in the new French government after a Socialist minister made a gaffe about the...

Debt-stricken Greece is in talks to see if it could repay debts to EU member states by providing them with solar energyEU's energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger, the director general for energy Philip Lowe, and the head...

"A successful Euro is massively in Britain's interests" Chancellor George Osborne said today. He could equally well have said: "A cute puppy and/or crazy calendar kitten-in-a-basket for every working family is massively in...

Recycled windshields are busting out of the woodwork, from French country gardens to swank sub/urban surfaces. The protective pupa shown here (“la serre” is French for “greenhouse”) transforms more...

As the G20 meeting that is supposed to “rebuild the Global Economy” begins, this post presents a few reflections on the likely major problem the world leaders face today: the damaged state of the world reserve currency...