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• Poland charges blue-chip builders' execs with cartel

  The European Commission this week said it was putting on hold transfers of money due to Poland for road projects, which could add up to about 5 billion euros, because it wants assurances the alleged fraud could not be repeated on other projects in Poland, the biggest recipient of European Union funds.

• European Markets Extend Gains 

  

  CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports on EU markets moved higher on Friday after the U.S. released its jobs report.

• Have Euro Zone Tail Risks for Banks Gone? 

  

  Bill Blain, senior fixed income broker at Mint Partners, says the euro zone crisis will kick off again.

• Worst May Be Over for Euro Zone Factories: PMI

  

  Euro zone factories had their best month in nearly a year during January as burgeoning German output offered support amid signs the worst may be over for the troubled currency bloc, a survey showed on Friday.

• Spain Stocks Brace as Short-Selling Ban Ends

  

  Spain's short-selling ban came to an end on Thursday but analysts say that although the lifting of the ban is a sign of improved sentiment, further downward pressure should be expected in the coming weeks.

• Spain's Rajoy, Ruling Party Deny Secret Slush Fund

  

  Spain's ruling People's Party denied on Thursday that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and other leaders received payments from a slush fund after a newspaper published what it said were secret party accounts.

• European Markets Close Lower 

  

  CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports on today's market action in Europe, as shares pared losses after a series of earnings weighed on market sentiment.

• Global Markets Update 

  

  CNBC's Ross Westgate reports on all the market moving events from Europe.

• UPDATE 1-EU's Barnier says U.S. should respect Basel III

  BRUSSELS, Jan 31- The United States should implement Basel III bank capital rules in the same way as Europe does, at the beginning of 2014, the European Union official in charge of regulation said. "It is essential that the United States and Brasil and Russia apply the same rules that we decided together.

• European Markets Close in the Red 

  

  CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports European shares closed lower after weaker-than-expected GDP data came in from the U.S.

• EXCLUSIVE-Iran crude oil exports rise to highest since EU sanctions

  GENEVA/ DUBAI, Jan 30- Iran's crude oil exports in December leapt to their highest level since European Union sanctions took effect last July, analysts and shipping sources said, as strong Chinese demand and tanker fleet expansion helped the OPEC member dodge sanctions.

• Global Markets: European Shares Flat Ahead of Fed 

  

  CNBC's Kelly Evans reports on all the market moving events from Europe, as investors wait for a policy announcement on interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

• Euro Zone Sentiment Rises for Third Month in a Row

  

  Euro zone economic sentiment improved more than expected across all sectors in January, rising for the third time in a row in a sign the economy could be emerging from a low point in the fourth quarter of 2012.

• UPDATE 1-Cyprus says has assurances from Russia on EU bailout

  NICOSIA, Jan 30- Cypriot President Demetris Christofias said on Wednesday the island nation had assurances from Russia that it was ready to assist in a European Union bailout of Cyprus.

• Monte Paschi Ignored Risk Warnings: Documents

  

  Monte dei Paschi's risk control unit and its own internal audit team were alarmed about the department responsible for a series of opaque structured finance deals at the troubled bank as long ago as November 2009, bank documents show.

• Bank Lending in the Euro Zone 

  

  Tom Rogers, senior economic adviser at Ernst & Young says look out for more risk appetite as bank lending rises given the improved sentiment in the euro zone.

• Europe's Debt Fears Persist 

  

  CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports investors may not be as worried about Europe's debt woes as they were a year ago, but financial uncertainty persists.

• Global Markets Report: European Shares Mostly Steady 

  

  CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports on the European market as it closes, saying the U.S. data has lifted European equities into the close.

• Euro Zone Sees Divergence, Kiwi Lifts

  

  Divergent economic reports in the euro zone sow unease and a surprise trade surplus lifts the New Zealand dollar - it's time for your FX Fix.

• Global Markets Update: Bumi Boardroom Battle 

  

  CNBC's Kelly Evans reports on all the market moving events from Europe, including a high profile boardroom battle is heating up involving a major international coal mining company named Bumi.