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The article reports that European banks are issuing much less commercial paper to secure short-term funding and issuing fewer loans. Over a two-month period outstanding commercial paper from Banco Santander SA and Millenium BCP has declined by about $1 billion apiece. In addition, bank deposits that might otherwise be available for loans have begun piling up at the European Central Bank.

The article informs about increased migration rates of Ukrainians to European countries after the short-stay visa regulations waiver on them and also discusses problems faced by Ukrainians because of country's war with Russia, agricultural production in the country and foreign relations reform.

Looks at the problems facing the European Union in its efforts to achieve the goal of creating a single currency for its member countries. Response of French and German Governments to the problems.

The article discusses U.S. universities and colleges' focus on building partnerships with educational institutions in Asian and Latin American countries rather than with European institutions. The article looks at study-abroad programs in particular. The author examines partnerships between U.S. universities such as Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and Chinese delegations, efforts among European higher education institutions to form partnerships within the European Union, and Chinese students' seeking of international education in the U.S. Also commented on are foreign relations between the U.S. and Europe in light of higher education study abroad trends and higher education in China.

The article discusses how various European Union (EU) officials are calling on the world's largest companies to disclose additional data about offshore tax havens and corporate tax arrangements with the governments of EU Member States as of 2016. International tax evasion is addressed in relation to the Mossack Fonseca & Co. Panamanian law firm's document leak which is known as the Panama Papers. The efforts to prevent multinational companies from shifting profits to avoid taxes is assessed.

The article reports that the European Parliament called on the EU executive to force Americans to European Union for visas before visiting Europe in 2017.

The article discusses the difficulty European banks are experiencing in obtaining loans. Recently introduced restrictions on money market funds coupled with concerns stemming from a European debt crisis have made creditors wary about lending to banks. Rates banks pay for interbank loans and commercial-paper funding have both risen.

The article reports on the need of India and the European Union (EU) to consider a less ambitious free trade agreement (FTA), according to Geoffrey Van Orden, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

The article discusses a report from news agency Anadolu Agency on the relations between Turkey and European Union (EU) and the submission of a revised position paper on Chapter 17 of the legal acts, which focuses on economic and monetary policies by Turkey to the European Commission as of March 21, 2015. It offers the views of Minister for EU Affairs Volkan Bozkır on the Chapter 17. It also presents the views of President of the European Council Donald Tusk on EU economic policy to Turkey.

The article discusses draft papers that attempt to propose legislation that favors small businesses and individual depositors over larger corporations in allocating bank failure losses in the European Union as of June 2013.

Focuses on the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a law that released millions of European Union citizens from getting new identity papers when they live in another European country.

Examines the problems with the dwindling value of the euro, the currency of the European Union countries. Call for intervention in the foreign exchange markets by European Commission president Romano Prodi; Views on the effects of having no government behind the paper currency; Announcement by the European Central Bank that it would purchase billions of euros.

The article discusses blacklist of 17 jurisdictions adopted by the European Union for the worldwide tax avoidance including Tunisia, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The article reports on Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves' discussion with former Polish President Lech Walesa on June 3, 2013 in which Ilves contended that Europe lacks leaders with a caliber comparable to France's Francois Mitterand and Germany's Helmut Kohl.

The article discusses the application guidelines for employers in securing social security (A1) certificates of their employees who are interested to work in another European Union (EU) state on a temporary basis, but wishes they would exercise their rights to benefit as a Lithuanian national working in another EU country.

Brussels, October 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has said that all leaders of the EU member states realize that what happens with Ukraine is a matter of common concern. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that on January 1, 1999, 11 European countries will give up their national currencies in favor of the euro. Road to unity in Europe; The euro expected to rival the dollar and yen; Political and economic implications; Impact on trade, capital markets, and businesses; Critics of the euro; Participating countries; Impact of the euro on the United States; Reason for currency unification; Practical effects; Expectations for success.

Reports that Europe's farmers are to be banned from adding four widely used growth-enhancing antibiotic drugs to animal feed because of concern about the health of people who eat the meat. Pharmaceutical companies threatening to contest the ruling; Where individual countries stand on the issue; Widespread concerns about the over-prescription of antibiotics to humans.