Europe Markets rattled by more speculation over Spain’s regional debts Heavily indebted regional governments in Spain are at the centre of fears that they will push the national government into seeking a bailout for th...
Europe Rubber bullets fired in Spanish anti-austerity protest A day of nationwide protests against spending cuts in Spain has ended in violence, with police firing rubber bullets at protesters in Madrid. Seven people w...
Europe Germany ordered to boosts benefits to asylum seekers Germany’s Constitutional Court has ordered the country’s government to pay a 50% rise in benefits to asylum seekers, who have for two decades received less ...
Europe G4S chief to face British Parliament over Olympics security Nick Buckles, the chief executive of security firm G4S, is to explain to British MPs later today why his firm was unable to provide the number of securit...
Europe Athletes arriving in London for Olympics With 11 days to go until the Olympic Games are to start, thousands of athletes and officials have begun arriving at London’s Heathrow airport, which is expecting its busiest day...
Europe 8.9% drop in UK university applications University applications from UK students for courses starting in the autumn have fallen by 8.9% on last year, according to figures from the universities and colleges admissions ser...
Europe Barclays boss to appear before MPs Bob Diamond, the former chief executive of Barclays who resigned yesterday after it was revealed that his bank had been involved in manipulating the interbank rate, will appear b...
Europe Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigns The boss of Barclays plc, Bob Diamond, has resigned from the bank with immediate effect less than a week after Barclays was fined for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates. He b...
Europe Barclays chairman quits after libor scandal Marcus Agius, the chairman of Barclays plc, has quit the bank today after five and a half years following revelations that some of the bank’s traders tried to manipu...