• With Europe's focus squarely on its economic problems, the Treasury has made clear there is no "immediate prospect" of a major renegotiation of existing laws.

    BBC: Tory MPs seeking Labour dialogue over 'EU overhaul'

  • After enjoying gains last week, investors in Europe focused once again on the huge economic problems facing the 17-country eurozone.

    NPR: European Stocks Subdued As US Jobs Cheer Fades

  • The first group will be asked to work on pressing political and institutional issues, while the second will focus on economic and social problems.

    BBC: Italy: Napolitano invites 'select group' on cabinet

  • Mr Berlusconi has been criticised for his silence on Italy's economic problems, amid concerns about whether the government would introduce the full austerity package.

    BBC: Silvio Berlusconi says Italy banks 'solid and solvent'

  • In May, Christine Varney, President Barack Obama's pick to run the Justice Department's antitrust division, repudiated the Bush administration report, squarely placing some blame for the country's economic problems on the Bush administration's laissez-faire regulatory policies.

    WSJ: Sherman Stirs: U.S. Revives Section 2 of the Antitrust Act

  • Premier Wen and I have also worked very closely together on our bilateral and global economic problems.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with Premier Wen of China | The White House

  • And with economic problems still on the horizon, international conflict with Iran and other nations increasingly possible, President Obama is by no means out of the woods.

    FORBES: The 2012 Election Remains A Tossup

  • Although the political and social divisions she mentioned appear no worse than usual, she might be sincere in her aim of avoiding the customary political ructions of a presidential election, so she can concentrate on solving the more urgent economic problems and give her successor an easier start.

    ECONOMIST: President Arroyo to bow out

  • Plenary session discussions will focus primarily on the impact of the economic crisis on education and address many of the persistent problems that limit access to education for large sections of society.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • From Amsterdam to Leicester, conurbations that now thrive on diversity could face problems if economic pressures put an end to the municipal largesse that keeps all groups happy.

    ECONOMIST: Muslims and city politics

  • Mr Katzav says he will lock away his political beliefs during his seven-year term and concentrate on the country's social and economic problems.

    ECONOMIST: Israel

  • The Kremlin's belief that the answer to Russia's economic problems is more spending on the military-industrial complex will only exacerbate the country's difficulties.

    ECONOMIST: Russia��s presidency

  • In May, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed him as the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti in an effort to refocus international attention on the Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmental decay.

    CNN: Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man

  • "Aside from taking measures to correct the serious financial situation in individual European Union countries, most of the world's countries also need to strike a reasonable balance between fiscal consolidation and strict budget discipline on the one hand, and job creation, economic growth, and tackling social problems, including maintaining pension system stability on the other hand, " Mr. Putin wrote.

    WSJ: Rival Powers Hit Wall on Syria Plan

  • The idea was a cold-turkey cure for endemic balance-of-payments problems, turning economic management on its head by floating sterling and letting the market dictate the exchange rate.

    ECONOMIST: Post-war Britain

  • Acting Senate president Emilio Colombo told his chamber that stalemate "could bring us to institutional paralysis, with dramatic consequences on... the great social and economic problems that torment us".

    BBC: Impasse as Italy's new parliament meets for first time

  • While Mr. Brown deserves credit for some earlier spending cuts to reduce a large inherited budget shortfall, the budget fails to address long-run structural problems, counting on a cyclical economic recovery and stock bubble for a bailout until the next self-inflicted crisis.

    WSJ: Boskin and Cogan: California's Greek Tragedy

  • This is a higher tax on investment income and moves us further from solving economic problems.

    FORBES: Bears Retreat, But Not Very Far

  • For some reason they think that raising taxes on the middle class is the answer to our economic problems in 2012.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • The primary purpose of the East Gateway Triangle (EGT) Neighborhood Initiative is to foster collaboration between residents and public, private and community organizations on actions that will address the underlying social and economic problems and improve the quality of life in this neighborhood.

    WHITEHOUSE: Champions of Change Blog

  • And they -- we believe, coming as we are right now in a situation where Congress refuses thus far to act, Republicans in Congress refuse thus far to act on common-sense solutions to the problems of economic growth and job creation that are entirely paid for, that the President has to redouble his efforts to find ways through executive authority to take action.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Yet already we see the growing economic problems created by the austerity programs imposed on countries as requirements for the loans.

    FORBES: Big Stimulus Last Two Years May Pervert Usual Presidential Cycle

  • He said importing unskilled labour had "caused enough problems when there was an economic boom on" and would be completely "wrong-headed" in tougher times.

    BBC: Immigrants 'must add to quality of life in Britain'

  • The President, as I said a minute ago, is focused on the problems that the American people have -- the economic situation that we all find ourselves in.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But if you look at the data, which shows three very distinct economic problems affecting young people in different ways depending on their class and nationality, that argument is revealed as superficial.

    FORBES: Getting Younger

  • How much of a drag will the continued debt problems in Greece have on the U.S. economic recovery?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But even if he wins a six-year term as president, Maduro would not be on solid ground, given the country's profound economic and security problems, Shifter said.

    CNN: Venezuela's vice president sworn in as interim president

  • However, most of Roubini's conclusions are based on phantom facts, as is his evidence for why China will have economic problems.

    FORBES: Nouriel Roubini Is All Wrong About China

  • Faber blames the Fed for a lot of the problems, with its reliance on free money in these weak economic times.

    FORBES: Connect

  • The euro has created very different problems in its member countries as the economic crisis roles on, but can they be resolved?

    BBC: Euro 'needs federal union to survive'

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