Sixty years ago pondering the question of an unruly populace, Bertolt Brecht, the German playwright mused:

An 11-year-old’s plan to solve one of the key questions at the centre of the European crisis — how to get countries to leave the euro — features unhappy Greeks and pizza.

An 11-year-old Dutch boy has won a prize for his radical solution to the euro’s problems – using a pizza as his inspiration.

THE European Central Bank’s unprecedented cash injection is easing borrowing costs for Italy, Spain and Belgium, compensating for the lack of a solution to the debt crisis and the risk of recession.

IRISH bank shares soared yesterday but stocks across Europe slid as fears mounted about the spread of a crisis.