9:23am

EU leaders near €960bn budget deal

Hawks prevail as spending set to be cut for first time

Sochi 2014 countdown clock rises in front of the State Historical Museum just outside the Kremlin in Moscow, on February 7 ©AFP 6:35pm

Putin fires official as Olympic costs rise

Winter games’ bill quintuples to $50bn amid delays

5:57pm

Confidence returns to Greek economy

Banks point to recovery beginning in the third quarter

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ©AFP 3:11pm

Erdogan pushes for justice system reform

PM’s critics say changes would further empower him

BRUSSELS 7:34am

EU leaders near €960bn budget deal

Hawks prevail in all-night talks

BRUSSELS 11:23pm

Europe proposes companies disclose hacking

Watchdog advocates companies report cybercrimes

Mario Monti ©Reuters From COMPANIES 8:56pm

Monti says he did not know of bank probes

Concerns grow that Italy’s PM was kept in dark by regulators

From COMMENT 7:52pm

Lilia Shevtsova: A new way to contain Russia

Traditional methods of dealing with Putin’s Kremlin have stopped working, writes Lilia Shevtsova

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 7:49pm

Dublin hails ‘historic’ debt restructure

Move will ease Ireland’s short-term financing needs

The Short View from MARKETS 7:27pm

Draghi’s ‘hints and discussions’

Draghi puts further cuts in ECB interest rates back on agenda

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 6:50pm

Draghi move fuels currency war fears

Concern intensifies over strengthening euro

Inside Business from COMPANIES 6:48pm

MPS shows politics and banks a toxic mix

Scandal in Siena may stir fresh instability in Europe

Philip Stephens from COMMENT 4:41pm

Intervention: the US won’t, Europe can’t

Europeans have caught the bug just as the US has shaken it off – but they lack the means

From MARKETS 1:19pm

Europe derivatives trading vote called off

Move avoids potential delay to reform following EC pressure

From COMPANIES Feb 7, 2013

Q&A: Irish promises and promissory notes

What’s behind winding down of Anglo Irish? FT answers questions

From MARKETS Feb 7, 2013

Europe’s bonds hit by political tensions

Investors should hedge against Spanish and Italian upsets

Feb 7, 2013

EU budget hangs on creative accounting

Budget squabble to dominate Brussels summit

From MARKETS Feb 7, 2013

Spain pays dear for slush fund claims

Spanish borrowing costs jump after corruption allegations

Feb 7, 2013

Ignominious end of bank that sank Ireland

Anglo Irish was at the heart of the Irish crisis

Feb 7, 2013

Ireland scrambles to liquidate Anglo Irish

Proposed ECB debt deal yet to be sealed

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