BERLIN — Supporters of major new measures to ease Europe’s economic crisis confronted a sinking realization Thursday: Their best chances for success might come only if the situation worsens. A French demand that the 17 countries that use the euro currency back one another’s borrowing has won new supporters in recent days, but it has been met with full-throated resistance from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose thrifty taxpayers would bear the biggest burden of any plan. Read full article > >

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Euro-zone countries appear far from compromise

Activity at European businesses hits a near three-year low in May, according to the survey of purchasing managers by Markit.

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Eurozone downturn ‘accelerating’

European project faces days of uncertainty, says Gavin Hewitt

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Europe dithers

BRUSSELS — European leaders expressed determination to keep Greece in the euro zone early Thursday after a summit meeting and said that, despite a deep divide between France and Germany, they would seek a new European Union “growth pact” designed to stimulate their sagging economies. Read full article > >

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Roma (or Gypsy) communities in Western Europe often face similar levels of discrimination as their counterparts in the east, the EU and UN say.

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‘Roma inequalities span Europe’

European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Wednesday are expected to hear the new French president challenge the EU’s German-led austerity drive.

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EU’s austerity agenda challenged

Russia test-fired a ballistic missile Wednesday, a move that comes amid tensions about a recent NATO announcement that it placed an interim missile defense shield in Europe.

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Russia test-fires new missile

Across the Washington area last week, young workers from Europe arrived in droves, heading for jobs at community swimming pools. Lugging duffel bags, they filled out forms, picked up safety gear and chatted in a variety of Slavic languages, eager to plunge into a summer experience of new friends, skills and culture. Read full article > >

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Foreign students enjoy new summer job protections — but what about Americans?

The European Court of Human Rights says individual governments can decide how to implement a ban on convicted prisoners voting.

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UK can decide votes for prisoners

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth forecast for the 17-nation zone and said Europe risked creating a cycle of decline.

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Euro Watch: O.E.C.D. Sees Euro-Zone Crisis Hurting World Recovery

How PM is champion of closer European integration

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MOSCOW — Having proved himself with his response to political protests that erupted here in December, Moscow’s police chief, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, was named minister of the interior in the new Russian cabinet announced Monday. Read full article > >

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Moscow police chief promoted to Russian cabinet following protest response

European antitrust officials announced Monday they have found four areas of concern in an investigation over Google’s search practices, saying the search giant had “a matter of weeks” to volunteer remedies. Read full article > >

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Google search practices draw scrutiny of European antitrust officials

The European financial crisis is poorly understood in the United States.

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The European Commission tells Google it has a “matter of weeks” to allay fears it is abusing its position as the world’s dominant search engine.

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Google must answer trust concerns