5:32pm

Online gambling faces closer EU scrutiny

Move to apply anti-money laundering rules to entire sector

4:42pm

Berlusconi pledges €4bn tax refund

Italian politicians make financial promises in run-up to elections

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato secretary-general 2:53pm

Nato chief warns on Europe’s gaps in Mali

Fogh Rasmussen calls for end to defence cuts

From UK 5:24pm

UK path unclear if Scotland breaks away

Stage is set for unprecedented constitutional uncertainty

From UK 4:23pm

CBI chief outlines ‘EU realist’ strategy

Bloc’s flux creates ‘huge opportunities for British business’

From COMPANIES 4:12pm

Shale gas boom sparks EU coal revival

Trend shows unforeseen outcomes of fracking

Face to Face from MARKETS 3:24am

Luxembourg could strike fund gold again

Marc Saluzzi, chairman of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, says they are not trying to grab market share from the Irish

From AFRICA Feb 2, 2013

Hollande pledges continued support for Mali

French president warns war against Islamists is not over

Feb 2, 2013

Spain’s Rajoy denies payment allegations

Premier breaks silence on reports of Popular party slush fund payments

performers at the Bolshoi theatre in moscow. ©Getty From MULTIMEDIA Feb 2, 2013

The bolshy Bolshoi

The Russian ballet theatre struggles with one of the worst scandals in its history

From COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Google to pay €60m into French media fund

Search engine group heads off threat of links legislation

From UK Feb 1, 2013

Romania’s hackles raised over rain of adverts

Ambassador says not weather but sluggish economy will deter settlers

Feb 1, 2013

Spain’s Rajoy to speak on payment claims

Popular party premier named in newspaper reports

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 1, 2013

Manufacturers start year on solid footing

Global economy threat from eurozone crisis receding

Feb 1, 2013

Milan court convicts three over CIA abduction

Former CIA chief sentenced for role in 2003 rendition

Feb 1, 2013

Germany set for September polls

Weakness of Merkel’s partner makes coalition look doomed

Feb 1, 2013

Bomber strikes US embassy in Turkey

Local guard killed in suicide blast at security checkpoint

From UK Feb 1, 2013

Bulgarians brush off UK fears on migration

Many opt to remain in mother country than settle in Britain

From AFRICA Feb 1, 2013

French president to visit Mali

Hollande will meet interim president in Bamako on way to Timbuktu

From UK Feb 1, 2013

Barnier urges UK to keep faith with EU

Internal market commissioner says he is open to EU treaty update

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