The European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is in Dublin today where he will address 400 of the continent's top business people.

Eamon Gilmore will today tell world leaders there is an urgent need for an appropriate deal with the European Central Bank on the country’s debt.

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said today that Ireland's commitment to reform is paying off.

The Government will spend nothing on top-of-the-range Audi cars to ferry EU officials around for the presidency, but the car manufacturer will receive “prime-time advertising” on air, a senior Fine Gael figure said.

The praise for Taoiseach Enda Kenny abroad continues with the announcement that he will be

The Taoiseach has pledged to press the case for a deal on Ireland's bank debt when he meets senior EU figures in Brussels today.

Tensions are running high in Greece ahead of today's visit by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to Athens, amid increased speculation the country is heading towards debt default.

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has defended his government’s attempts to shore up the country’s troubled financial sector, blaming the previous Socialist administration for failing to deal with the problem in 2009.

Further integration between EU states is required to deal with the economic crisis in Europe, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said the EU wants Greece to remain part of the European family.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Ukrainian leaders to allow jailed ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko “proper treatment” for her ailments, as more top officials announced they would boycott the Euro 2012 football championship co-hosted by Ukraine.

A high-ranking Greek official has resigned in protest over a proposed bailout deal for the country.

A European taskforce is being dispatched to Ireland this month to tackle the youth unemployment crisis.

Ireland’s economic crisis was caused by people’s "mad" borrowing, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Davos global gathering.

The European Union and Hungary brought their fight over democratic rights fully into the open today with the EU Commission launching legal challenges against the former Soviet-bloc country many fear may be slipping back toward authoritarianism.

A SUMMIT intended to bring Ukraine into Europe’s mainstream foundered yesterday after the EU said it would not sign a landmark political and trade deal until Kiev resolves the case of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today said that the safeguards demanded by British Prime Minister David Cameron at last week's EU summit represented “a risk to the integrity of the internal market” and were impossible for other EU states to accept.

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

Six eurozone powerbrokers are to hold emergency talks tomorrow ahead of a crucial EU leaders summit to resolve the debt crisis.

The European Commission wants to supervise member states' Budgets as part of plans to prevent a repeat of the debt crisis.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid claims by a British MEP that the eurozone crisis has produced a "German-dominated Europe".

Senior banker Lucas Papademos was today appointed prime minister of an interim Greek unity government that seeks to cement a European debt deal and stave off national bankruptcy.

EU GOVERNMENTS should not rely on treaty change to help save the euro, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned in Brussels last night.

The G20 summit has now ended in France after two days of talks and uncertainty over the eurozone crisis.

British Chancellor George Osborne tonight declared “real progress” in Europe’s battle to beat the economic crisis and restore confidence in the stability of the single currency.

ITALY braced for a confidence vote in Silvio Berlusconi’s government and Slovak leaders scrambled to secure approval for a stronger euro zone rescue fund yesterday, highlighting the political hurdles to resolving the bloc’s debt crisis.

THE ISEQ jumped 48.23 points to close at 2,606.5 yesterday.

Slovakia’s main political parties have reached a deal to approve changes to an EU bailout fund, the main opposition leader said today, just one day after parliament rejected the proposal, causing the government to fall.

Treaty changes to achieve even closer European integration will "probably" be necessary to cope with the economic crisis, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said today.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has confirmed the Commission will publish proposals on eurobonds as part of a solution to the eurozone crisis.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has said that the Taoiseach needs to make it clear to the German and French leaders that they won't be allowed to "call the shots" with regard to resolving the eurozone debt crisis.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares followed global markets into the red today, closing down 93.64 points or 3.55% to 2,545.5.

Global stock markets suffered again today with nearly £50bn (€57bn) being wiped from the value of London’s FTSE 100 Index.

World markets suffered a further collapse today after after European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned the sovereign debt crisis is spreading.

A public backlash against Greek austerity measures is set to continue today as MPs in Athens vote on law reforms to activate yesterday’s deal on tax rises, pay cuts and 150,000 public sector redundancies.

Greek MPs today imposed tax hikes and spending cuts to stave off bankruptcy amid a second day of rioting which left dozens injured.

Greece was hit by rolling blackouts today as employees at the main power utility began 48-hour rolling strikes to protest against the company’s privatisation, part of austerity plans needed to avoid a national debt default.

Greece faces possible power cuts as workers at its main generating company strike to protest at plans to privatise, part of the austerity plans aimed at solving debt problems.

Croatia may become the 28th member state of the EU in July 2013.

The European Commission (EC) has rejected claims of financial waste despite its own figures revealing a multi-million-euro bill for travel and entertaining by senior staff and officials.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has announced she will seek the top job at the International Monetary Fund.

THERE was a genuine sense of loss yesterday as the Dáil said goodbye to one of its greatest gentlemen.

Nine European leaders including David Cameron have called for a new drive to restore EU economies and get countries back on course for jobs and growth.

Enda Kenny faces his first international engagement as Taoiseach today when he meets with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels.