Talks between Greece and its eurozone creditors broke down without agreement or even a plan of action on how to move forward on the country's debts and bail-out.

The EU is investigating Belgium’s tax deals with multinational corporations, potentially dragging dozens more companies into widening probes of sweetheart fiscal pacts handed out by national governments.

A radical left-wing party vowing to end Greece’s painful austerity programme won a historic election victory, setting the stage for a showdown with the country’s international creditors that could shake the eurozone.