Tag: European Union
George Soros: EU exit risks ‘black Friday’
Exclusive: Currency speculator warns devaluation would mean more disruption than when UK dropped out of ERM in 1992 The worlds most famous currency speculator has warned that a vote on Thursday for Britain to leave the EU would trigger a bigger and more damaging fall for sterling than the day he forced Britain out of […]
For sale: Greek islands, hotels and historic sites
As privatisation agency chairman, Stergios Pitsiorlas is seen as the right man to expedite disposal of a growing list of assets In Greece today, government power comes with few trappings. Unable to tap capital markets and dependent wholly on international aid, the debt-stricken country’s senior officials are acrobats in a tightrope act. They are placating […]
Eurozone officials hope to give Greece next tranche of bailout
Greeces creditors are still at odds over whether the recession-hit country has taken enough measures to unlock delayed 10bn of bailout funds European officials are preparing to unlock 10bn in bailout money for Greece, as an ongoing row between the countrys creditors threatens to plunge the eurozone back into crisis. Greeces international creditors remain deadlocked […]
Brexit would threaten world-class British research, major report warns
Report reveals how critical fields of research, and particular regions of the country, would fare should EU funding dry up Great swaths of research under way in universities and businesses across the UK will come under threat should Britain leave the EU, according to a major report into the nations finances. Crucial work on cancer, […]
Every household told: sign up now to vote in historic EU poll
Massive turnout campaign launched as David Cameron says Britain has 40 days to stave off economic disaster Twenty-eight million UK households will be targeted this week in a mass campaign to encourage people to vote in the EU referendum, after David Cameron warned of terrible economic consequences if the country votes for Brexit. Sorry, your […]