The Eurogroup of euro zone economies is committed to keeping an eye on sovereign debt sustainability but exiting coronavirus economic aid too early would only jeopardise the recovery, the bloc's chief told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters, where Brexit talks are taking place, in Brussels, Belgium, December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday Britain’s data protection laws were in line with the European Union’s and that it would start a process to allow a continued flow of police and financial data from the EU to Britain for the next four years.
Financial data flows are important for businesses and police and intelligence services to be able to exchange records, even though EU data protection laws no longer bind Britain following its departure from the bloc last year.
Graphic: World FX rates https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E (Adds new quote, changes dateline to NEW YORK (was LONDON), changes byline) By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The dollar lost ground on Friday, extending Thursday's decline as improved risk appetite attracted.
The testimony of Gamestop super-bull Keith Patrick Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, went instantly viral after it was published by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee last night.
Germany will contribute an additional 1.5 billion euros to support global COVID-19 vaccination efforts and other programmes to fight the pandemic, increasing its overall pledge to 2.1 billion euros, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday.