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Iceland’s Harpa, a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavik, wins the 2013 Mies van der Rohe award for contemporary architecture.

New measures would give all Europeans a legal right to a basic bank account anywhere in the EU – and make switching to another provider easier.

Commission calls for significant progress on completing the internal energy market and tackling growing tax fraud and evasion ahead of leaders’ meeting.

New proposals would remove remaining obstacles to living, working and shopping anywhere in the EU.

The economy is projected to return to growth in the second half of 2013. However, annual GDP is forecast to contract by 0.1% in the EU and 0.4% in the eurozone.