7:46pm

Erdogan promises Turks more prosperity

Some analysts query whether the PM’s glory days of growth and reform are over

7:41pm

MEPs call for clause to limit US snooping

Provision had been stripped out after lobbying by Washington

7:39pm

Former French spy chief faces trial

Bernard Squarcini alleged to have ordered seizure of documents

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reacts in a corridor of Milan's tribunal during a hearing of the Mediaset trial on March 1, 2013. ©AFP 7:28pm

Berlusconi loses case in constitutional court

Ex-PM left with only final appeal to avoid conviction

6:58pm

Ireland scraps forest sell-off plan

Dublin says remaining state asset disposals will not be affected

6:17pm

Kremlin seeks to restrain fall of rouble

Moscow says it does not intend to directly manipulate currency

6:06pm

Switzerland shoots down US tax deal

Lower house of parliament rejects government’s bill

Mural in Lissabon ©Corbis 4:52pm

Fears rise over Portugal and Ireland bailouts

Rising bond yields and long-term interest rates add to worries

11:47am

IMF warns Spain against slowing reforms

Changes to labour market needed to tackle unemployment, says fund

A high-speed Eurostar train leaves the Channel tunnel in Coquelles December 1, 2010 as Eurotunnel celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel breakthrough. The Channel Tunnel took six years to construct and was opened in 1994. ©Reuters From COMPANIES 12:01am

Eurotunnel fees too high, rules Brussels

Channel link operator faces cutting charges 50%

Global Insight 8:36pm

US and Russia find common ground on Syria

At the rhetorical level, relations have gone from bad to worse in recent months

From COMPANIES 8:35pm

Dolce and Gabbana guilty of tax evasion

Designers get suspended sentences of a year and eight months

From US & CANADA 6:52pm

Obama ready to cut US nuclear weapons

President calls for push on disarmament and climate change

BRUSSELS 6:02pm

EU struggles to unlink banks from states

Breaking link between lenders and sovereigns proves difficult

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 4:24pm

The Macro Sweep: S Africa, Japan, Malaysia

Most eyes on Fed ahead of Bernanke press conference

From MARKETS 4:16pm

Eurozone bonds turn havens amid QE nerves

Investors warn lull may prove temporary

From US & CANADA 1:07pm

Obama seeks to reassure Merkel on spying

US president says surveillance has been ‘narrow’

From UK 6:57am

Julian Assange opts to remain in London

WikiLeaks founder fears extradition to the US

Jun 18, 2013

Austria suspends central bank official

Wolfgang Duchatczek faces charges over banknote bribery scandal

Jun 18, 2013

Russian call for Syria political solution

No reasonable alternative, says Mikhail Bogdanov