5:39pm

Bundesbank tells France to stick to budget

Weidmann warns over need to hit deficit target

5:29pm

Hostility mounts to Portugal’s austerity

Anger grows as money-saving measures tighten

From WORLD 4:27pm

ECB’s market backstop faces Italy test

Politicians likely to reject conditions that accompany help

From WORLD 3:48pm

South African economy stays sluggish

S Africa’s shows growth below some African peers

From MARKETS 12:34pm

Italy’s borrowing costs jump after poll

Investors look to future bond auctions for measure of sentiment

From MARKETS 12:03pm

Election jolt fractures fragile sentiment

Fears of rising anti-euro bias among Italian voters hit markets

Global Insight from WORLD 10:04am

Italy rejected a lot more than austerity

Voter discontent aimed at the political system

From COMPANIES 7:02pm

Loans payback points to divided eurozone

Delve into figures and a picture of a two-tier Europe emerges

From WORLD 6:21pm

Brussels challenges Madrid on regulator plan

Spain accused of legal infringement over watchdog merger

Hiker woman in Dooney Rock Forest. Near Sligo city. County Sligo. Republic of Ireland. ©Alamy From WORLD Feb 25, 2013

Bleak prospect for Ireland’s forests

Growing anger over Dublin’s move to sell timber rights

Markets Insight from MARKETS Feb 25, 2013

Fate sealed on pound’s loss of haven status

Fiscal tightness and weak growth will encourage easy monetary policy

Feb 24, 2013

Cyprus victor vows to finalise bailout

Anastasiades to resume talks with international lenders

From WORLD Feb 24, 2013

Minister rejects anti-France ‘falsehoods’

Most attractive country in Europe to investors, says Montebourg

From MARKETS Feb 22, 2013

Talking about a sterling revolution

BoE’s acceptance of higher inflation has knocked the pound

From MARKETS Feb 22, 2013

Sterling falls sharply in late NY trading

Pound hits a two-year low against the dollar and the euro

From COMMENT Feb 22, 2013

UK is very European – in its mistakes

The delay in addressing economic problems is deepening them, writes Adam Posen

From WORLD Feb 22, 2013

France asks Brussels for budget pass

Finance minister seeks extra year to hit deficit targets

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 22, 2013

Rebuilding Rome

Populist leaders will not solve Italy’s deep problems

Feb 22, 2013

EU forecasts paint grim economic picture

Currency bloc core of France and Germany barely to grow this year

From MARKETS Feb 22, 2013

Banks to repay €61bn of LTRO loans

ECB repayment publication suggests caution over eurozone strength

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