USA: A teenager posing as a state senator toured a high school and spoke to a class, and school officials didn’t realise they were fooled until weeks later, authorities in Ohio said.

The ECB is increasingly concerned by a deteriorating relationship between the Greek government and the country’s central bank, according to sources,

The government of Cyprus, under duress from the European Central Bank, was asked to approve the ‘theft’ of 10% of the value of all depositors’ savings.

The United Nations Security Council extended its peacekeeping mission in Cyprus despite Turkish objections and said talks to reunify the war-divided Mediterranean island should be stepped up.