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Eurogroup gives Greece bail-out ultimatum
Eurozone finance ministers pile pressure on Greece to make more austerity commitments by next Wednesday despite a long-awaited deal between political leaders
Living with landmines - it should not be this way
Thousands of people are still being killed or injured by landmines – many of them children – and it is time to step up efforts to eradicate them, writes Nick Roseveare
EU trade with India up by 20 per cent
The European Union's trade with India grew by 20 per cent in the first 10 months of last, figures published ahead of tomorrow's summit in New Delhi
Greece on brink of deal after marathon talks
Greece's political leaders fail to agree pension cuts but near a deal on austerity measures as they strive to secure a fresh bail-out package at today's meeting of eurozone finance ministers
Ashton: EU needs 'creative' relations with BRICS
Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says the EU should think creatively about its relationships with the Brazil, Russia, India and China and not bundle together as one entity
Europeans jostle for Indian fighter contract
Eurofighter partners in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Germany are to consider "all options", including a potential price cut, in order to win India's multi-role fighter contract
British fury at Abu Qatada bail release
British politicians have reacted angrily after a decision by the European Court of Human Rights led to the granting of bail to the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada
Romanian prime minister resigns over protests
Emil Boc, Romania's prime minister, has announced his resignation in the wake of three weeks of protests against the government's austerity measures
EU leaders condemn veto of UN Syria resolution
European Union leaders have condemned the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution on Syria and vowed to continue to support the opposition to President Assad
Seven days - a week in the life of Adam Bradley
A typical week at a British Antarctic Survey research base: keeping track of flying operations, giving comms training to newcomers, battling the weather – and shepherding penguins off the runway
Gazprom and Ukraine in dispute over EU gas supplies
Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom has blamed Ukraine for the reduced supply reported by a number of European Union countries
Eurozone to climb out of recession this year, S&P predicts
Standard & Poor's forecasts that the eurozone economy will climb out of a mild recession later this year and return to growth of 1 per cent in 2013
Commission blocks NYSE-Deutsche Börse deal
The European Commission has concluded that a tie-up between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse would have created a quasi-monopoly in the European derivatives market
Health care costs 'unsustainable', warns S&P
The rising cost of health care is likely to damage the creditworthiness of G20 countries within the next decade, Standard & Poor's has warned.
Fiscal compact backed by 25 EU countries
Twenty-five EU countries agreed to sign a fiscal compact to enforce budget discipline at yesterday's summit, with only the Czech Republic and the UK on the sidelines