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Transparency International chairwoman Huguette Labelle is seen during her meeting with Hungarian Prime Gordon Bajnai, not seen, in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Labelle arrived to Hungary to meet top Hungarian politicians to discuss issues of corruption. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Survey: Greece seen as most corrupt in EU

By David Rising - Associated Press

Artur Mas, the leader of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition, votes during Sunday’s elections. He is in a power struggle over Catalonia with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (left). (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Catalonian crackup

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Catalan President Artur Mas votes in Barcelona in Sunday’s elections for the autonomous region. He had vowed a referendum on independence if his party won enough votes. (Associated Press)

Independence drive for Catalonia falters

By Alan Clendenning And Ciaran Giles - Associated Press

Artur Mas, the leader of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition, votes during Sunday’s elections. He is in a power struggle over Catalonia with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (left). (Associated Press)

Election boosts push to split off Catalonia

By combined dispatches

Artur Mas, leader of the center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU) party, casts his vote in Barcelona during Catalan regional elections on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Election in Catalonia tests Spain’s unity

By Harold Heckle and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

European Tour’s struggles at home continue

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Czech Republic wins Davis Cup title 3-2 over Spain

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Ferrer levels Davis Cup final at 2-2

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Czechs take 2-1 lead over Spain in Davis Cup

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Vargas Llosa says he tried ‘50 Shades’ fiction

By CLAUDIA TORRENS - Associated Press

Protesters march past a closed shop during a union demonstration Wednesday in Thessaloniki, Greece. Officials announced Europe has been in the second leg of a double-dip recession since the fourth quarter of last year. The overall European unemployment rate is at a record-high 11.6 percent, and it is hovering around 25 percent in Greece and Spain. (Associated Press)

Europe confirms double-dip recession

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

An officer fires tear gas as police face demonstrators during a protest against government austerity measures in Turin, Italy, on Wednesday. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia. (Associated Press)

Europe workers clash with cops in anti-austerity protests

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Tennis players shun Spanish doctor

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

A tax police officer squats Oct. 24, 2012, next to a confiscated Ferrari at the Guardia di Finanza quarters in Pescara, Italy. (Associated Press/Courtesy of the Guardia di Finanza)

Beating tax cheats key to Italy’s recovery plan

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement Nov. 14, 2012, after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street in London while demonstrating against the dismissal of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, whom they say were fired for being trade union members. (Associated Press)

Austerity protests stall several European nations

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Czechs host Spain in Davis Cup final on fast court

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Mario Draghi, at the time a candidate to head the European Central Bank, to the chancellery in Berlin in June 2011. Much of the credit for the easing of Europe’s financial crisis has been given to Mr. Draghi’s leadership. For her part, Mrs. Merkel has backed the ECB’s bond-buying plan, made conciliatory statements toward Greece and spoken forcefully about keeping the eurozone together. (Associated Press)

Signs point to healing in eurozone

By David McHugh and Don Melvin - Associated Press

**FILE** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center) speaks June 29, 2012, with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (left) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a round-table meeting at a EU Summit in Brussels. (Associated Press)

After 3 bumpy years, Europe turns corner on crisis

By David McHugh and Don Melvin - Associated Press

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Euro Central Bank head urges nations to take corrective action

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Senior citizens support others’ protests and stage “pranks” of their own in a fight for economic reform in Spain. (Oscar Martinez/Special to The Washington Times)

In Spain, they’re never too old for a revolution

By Meritxell Mir - Special to The Washington Times