Cyprus finance minister quits after bailout concludes
Cyprus's finance minister has resigned after concluding a €10-billion bailout deal with international lenders.
Italy shatters eurozone's uneasy peace
Phillip Inman, Ian Traynor, John Hooper
As the country tries to form a government, the region's leaders are again sniping at each other.
Canny Greeks resort to retail therapy of another kind
In the heart of Greece's most fertile plain, locals have come up with a novel way of dealing with austerity.
Greece wins more time but no immediate aid
Greece's international lenders have agreed to give the country two more years to make the cuts demanded of it.
Economic week ahead: Beginning with Frankenstorm
The economic week ahead will blow in with a massive storm in the US - the world's largest economy - and end with vehicle sales figures here in SA.
Time to ditch the euro
The dismal failure of Europe's monetary union means it should be abandoned to save countries.
Desperate Spanish unable to cope
Martin Roberts, Giles Tremlett
Age-old tensions have resurfaces as the country buckles under harsh austerity measures.
Spain slashes spending in bid to head off bailout
Spain has crept closer to a bailout as the government leaked plans to cut pension spending.
Economic week ahead: Spain bailout hopes
European events are likely to set the tone for global markets this week as speculation mounts that Spain may request a formal bailout from neighbours.
Markets rally after Germany's ruling on eurozone rescue fund
Angela Merkel says Germany has sent a powerful message to the rest of Europe and beyond after its decision on the creation of a rescue fund.
More pain in Spain as jobless increase
A rise in Spanish unemployment has added to the woes of PM Mariano Rajoy as he tried to fight off a bailout of the eurozone's fourth largest economy.
Canny Finns weather euro storm
Tough-dealing Finland, not Greece, could be the first member to quit the monetary union, writes Josephine Moulds.
Greece's debt reduction 'off track'
Larry Elliott , Jill Treanor & Giles Tremlett
Inspectors have released a damning progress report amid darkening outlook for Spain. Larry Elliott, Jill Treanor and Giles Tremlett report.
Spain deadline extended to reach budget goal
Robin Emmott and John O'Donnell
Europe will grant Spain an extra year to reach its deficit targets after it outlines further budget savings to finance ministers meeting in Brussels.
An island of calm in the euro storm
Not joining the union has paid off for the Swiss, although tough times are ahead for them too, writes Lisa Steyn.
Greek leader faces audit amid rescue plan
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras must face an audit by Greece's creditors and may be tempted to change rescue terms in line with what was offered Spain.
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Euro dither aggravates UK recovery
Investment remains on hold as the outlook for the global economy worsens and national debt rises, writes Phillip Inman and Larry Elliott.
EU summit works on short-term support for Spain, Italy
European finance officials are working on urgent measures to ease financial market pressure on Spain and Italy, which are too big to bail out.
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The world watches as Europe eats itself
Reports ahead of last weekend said that major central banks across the world were ready to make money available to banks to keep global finance going.
Germany set to allow eurozone bailout fund
Germany's Angela Merkel is poised to remove opposition to direct lending by rescue fund in a move seen as a step towards sharing the debt burden.
