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Ireland – poster child for austerity

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi arrives for a meeting at the Synod Hall in the Vatican March 4, 2013. Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it. The idea is to have the new pope elected during next week and officially installed several days later so he can preside over the Holy Week ceremonies starting with Palm Sunday on March 24 and culminating in Easter the following Sunday. ©Reuters 12:46pm

Cardinals meet to discuss papal successor

Conclave to elect new pontiff expected next week

6:44pm

Swiss vote for corporate pay curbs

Referendum result even broader than EU bonus caps

5:31pm

Cyprus banks hit by ‘substantial outflows’

Finance minister pledges to fight radical rescue options

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 12:08pm

Number of Spanish jobless tops 5m

Minister says declining rate of increase is a source of optimism

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 10:38pm

Libya halts gas exports after militias clash

Fighting breaks out near Melitah gas complex

From UK 8:22pm

Clegg in coalition stand-off on EU justice

Lib Dem leader expected to insist on European arrest warrant

From COMMENT 7:26pm

Transatlantic trade deal is a US priority

Agreement must be comprehensive and address all barriers to US goods and services, says Max Baucus

Five Star Movement leader and comedian Beppe Grillo leaves after casting his vote at the polling station in Genoa ©Reuters Global Insight 6:02pm

No end in sight to Italian gridlock

Comic’s Five Star Movement start meeting as a group to plan next moves

Amsterdam Canal ©Alamy Mar 3, 2013

Dutch unions attack fresh austerity plan

Clash is blow to four-month-old centrist coalition

Mar 3, 2013

Mr Unpopular urges Spain schools reform

Education minister determined to resist opposition to change

On Monday from COMPANIES Mar 3, 2013

Bonuses are a symptom of banks’ problems

EU move overlooks ways of really improving the system

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 3, 2013

Doubts cast on Icelandic crisis model

Policy makers say myth surrounds way collapse was handled

From LEX Mar 3, 2013

Pay: why brickies and bosses differ

Swiss hullabaloo shows that, while economic theory plays a role, power is key

Wolfgang Munchau from COMMENT Mar 3, 2013

Bonus issue marks start of a long battle

It is in the eurozone’s collective interest to stop London from acting as its main financial centre

From UK Mar 3, 2013

Mixed messages highlight PM’s problems

Cameron’s vow of no ‘lurch to right’ contradicted by colleagues

From MARKETS Mar 3, 2013

Political instability tests Draghi pledge

Worries over volatile states are triggering debate about the ECB’s support programme

Mar 1, 2013

German opposition forces fiscal pact delay

Upper house decision deals embarrassing blow to Merkel

From UK Mar 1, 2013

Russian bank chief given UK asylum

Borodin tells FT of persecution by Kremlin

Mar 1, 2013

Spain fights Catalan push for secession

Outcome of Madrid challenge crucial for future legal disputes

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