Fears grow that Brussels' plans for regulating credit rating agencies threaten to create financial protectionism in debt markets

Looking at the financial crisis from Berlin, you could easily delude yourself into thinking this is someone else's problem, writes Wolfgang Münchau

As Robert Dudley, the embattled chief executive, steps down from his post, a turning point has been reached in the bitter battle between the UK energy group and its Russian billionaire partners for control of the Russian oil joint venture

Fears are rising over the ability of governments to raise the vast amounts of debt they need to pay for economic stimulus packages and bank bail-outs

A raft of data, from manufacturing to employment, hint that European policymakers may have left it too late to respond to the worsening recession, particularly if the Bank of England opts for another aggressive cut