3:34pm

‘Grexit dead’ as €34bn loan agreed

Eurogroup fails to agree bailout for Cyprus

2:58pm

Court rules against CIA on rendition

Macedonia blamed for kidnap and torture of German man

2:26pm

Relief at new bank supervision rules

Financial industry welcomes banking union agreement

11:34am

Brawls disrupt Ukrainian parliament

Opposition prevents lawmakers electing prime minister

6:37am

Eurozone agrees common bank supervisor

ECB to begin direct supervision of up to 200 lenders in 2014

11:47pm

Effort to save German-Swiss tax deal fails

Panel votes against accord on evasion

8:09pm

Berlusconi offers to back Monti coalition

Billionaire says he is prepared to abandon bid for election

7:27pm

Germany and France at odds on integration

Expectations of closer ties played down

7:19pm

Greece to seek approval for new tax bill

Athens seeks to meet conditions for €34bn aid payment

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a state-of-the nation address in Moscow ©AP 6:42pm

Putin proposes curbs on officials’ assets

Foreign bank accounts and shareholdings to be banned

BRUSSELS 6:09pm

UK chancellor praises banking union deal

Agreement ‘significant’ for British relationship with eurozone

From COMPANIES 5:47pm

Lenders invest €430m in Spain’s ‘bad bank’

Five take stakes in Sareb but BBVA declines to participate

BRUSSELS 4:18pm

EU set to cap bankers’ bonuses

Limit at two times salary marks severe crackdown

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 10:55am

Russia admits Assad could be toppled

Moscow working on contingency evacuation plans for its citizens

The Short View from MARKETS 10:36am

Video: Tensions rise across East China Sea

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 10:20pm

Turkey and Iraq Kurds close to energy deal

Baghdad opposes deal while US fears possible break up of Iraq

From UK 7:35pm

UK close to clinching bank union safeguards

Deal would set precedent for London’s relations with euro area

Editorial from COMMENT 7:05pm

EU patent progress

Inventors and investors should welcome single IP rights

From COMMENT 6:29pm

Cure for Europe lies at the state level

Avoiding faulty domestic policies is crucial, says Leszek Balcerowicz

BRUSSELS Dec 12, 2012

Germans give ground on banking union

Concessions ease path for ECB to become super-watchdog