Eurozone inflation fell more than expected in January.

British businesses gave qualified backing to the Prime Minister's pledge for an in/out referendum, but raised fears the vote will create greater uncertainty for under-pressure UK companies.

Germany has ruled out easing the terms of Ireland’s bailout along similar lines given to Greece earlier this week in a move that will cut its debt by €40bn

The Eurozone crisis remains a serious threat to the world economy, according to the international think-tank the OECD, which today slashed its global growth forecasts.

The economic forecasts published last week by the European Commission for the euro area make for depressing reading.

Attempts by three powerful EU finance ministers to call a halt to a deal on Irish bank debt were “absolutely crazy” according to the president of the Labour Party’s group in the European Parliament.

Thousands of police are on guard in the centre of Athens for German chancellor Angela Merkel’s first visit since the eurozone crisis began three years ago.

The leader of Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin has criticised Europe's approach to dealing with the Eurozone crisis.

Reports today suggest the head of the German Central Bank has threatened to resign in a row with the ECB over measures proposed to deal with the eurozone crisis.

The European Central Bank will meet in Frankfurt today, amid growing speculation that they will intervene in the Eurozone crisis.

Despite the many summits and the many initiatives the ECB and other European policymakers have put in place over the past year, the eurozone crisis continues to rumble on.

Hopes that European leaders had made genuine progress towards stemming the eurozone debt crisis lifted investors’ spirits after yesterday’s banking sector bloodbath.

Asian stocks mostly drifted lower today as investors grew cautious ahead of a critical European Union summit later this week where Greek leaders will attempt to renegotiate some terms of the country’s international bailout.

The euro crisis has moved into a new and arguably much more dangerous phase over the past couple of weeks.

The US President has spoken to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on how to fix the Eurozone crisis.

Enda Kenny is in Brussels for a Eurozone summit this evening - amid reports that member states have been told to prepare plans for Greece to leave the single currency.

A key challenge in resolving the crisis is to reduce the debt burdens of southern countries, writes Kemal Dervis

The euro has fallen to its lowest point since January, as markets are hit by mounting concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis and the potential exit of Greece.

Europe's richest countries today faced pressure to step up cash support for developing nations after figures showed the first fall in global aid for 14 years.

The Taoiseach has said the current Eurozone crisis was caused in part by a lack of trust and wrangling among member states.

The eurozone debt crisis is escalating and could derail the global economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund warned yesterday as it called for urgent action to restore confidence.

The Finance Minister Michael Noonan will join EU colleagues in Brussels today for a summit aimed at hammering out a long-term plan to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis.

THE International Monetary Fund is seeking to boost its war chest by $600 billion (€473.35bn) to help countries reeling from the eurozone debt crisis, but some nations insist that Europe must first do more to support its ailing members, international financial sources said yesterday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will today hold talks on the eurozone debt crisis with the leader of one of the countries at the heart of the storm, Italy’s Mario Monti.

CLOTHES retailer Next has warned that sales and profit growth in the next year would be modest, citing concerns over the eurozone debt crisis, a credit squeeze and rising unemployment.

The economic outlook for 2012 is generally positive, reports IFA chief economist Rowena Dwyer

World markets slipped into the red today after a scheme to boost liquidity and ease the eurozone debt crisis failed to settle traders’ nerves.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the debt ratings for five major European commercial banks and co-operative banking groups, citing the eurozone crisis and stronger headwinds facing the banking sector.

Markets took another hammering today as concerns grow that the measures agreed at last week's EU summit to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis may have little effect.

The German and French leaders are today trying to drum up support for their plan to resolve the eurozone debt crisis.

Markets rose in Asia overnight amid optimism that a meeting of European leaders will finally lead to a plan that will bring an end to the crippling Eurozone debt crisis.

FURTHER painful and difficult cuts are likely to be introduced over the next two years, according to analysts.

The eurozone debt crisis has deepened as Germany, France and 13 other members of the single currency faced having their credit ratings downgraded.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has admitted his deep fears over the rapidly worsening eurozone crisis and the collapse of the euro.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that the Government is sticking with growth predictions for next year, despite a downgrade by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

Tens of thousands more will flee Ireland next year as the chances of recovery hang on the outcome of the eurozone crisis, a leading think-tank has warned.

CREDIT rating agency Standard & Poor’s could change its outlook on France’s AAA rating to negative within days, a French newspaper reported, adding to fears France may lose its position among the top rank of sovereign borrowers.

Britain is on the brink of a modest recession that will be followed by months of stunted growth, a bleak forecast from the OECD said today.

The EU's Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner is warning that the eurozone crisis has placed the monetary union at a critical crossroads that could make or break the single currency.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the European Union must agree to make treaty changes quickly.

Investors fled from the markets today as Italy’s borrowing costs surged into “bailout territory” and thrust the country into the heart of the eurozone debt crisis.

The head of the World Bank has hailed a new deal to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis is a "first important step".

THE EUROPEAN Central Bank’s incoming president signalled yesterday that the bank stood ready to carry on buying the bonds of troubled eurozone governments, suggesting he is ready to intervene to steady markets in the face of German misgivings.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said "decisiveness" must be shown by leaders at this weekend's Eurozone meeting in Brussels.