After much dithering, a dose of structural reform imposed from outside is just what the country needs

Shareholder spring means many are focused now on how the pot of ‘spoils' in financial sector could be more equitably divided

Decline in advertising revenues in the Netherlands, which is expected to continue into the second half of 2012, weighs on the European newspaper group

Alessandro Profumo among 20 due in court over use of Luxembourg-based offshore financial scheme set up by Barclays and used by the Italian bank

A drop of more than 3% in sales at the Dutch retailer's US stores, Stop & Shop and Giant, contribute to a ‘tough start' to the year

Marrying Asian money to desperate European groups has long been a dream, but suitors may have to wait until crisis point

Two Spanish founders of a recruitment site spotted the networking power of Facebook to link candidates and hirers, writes Maija Palmer

Logistics group is to settle with the German government to resolve a six-year dispute about a VAT exemption that pitted Berlin against Brussels

Jacques Borel calls on coalition to lower rates to revive sector, including restaurants, and forecasts creation of 320,000 jobs if implemented

Spanish group names independent lawyer Luis García del Río as its representative on the nationalised Argentine company's new 17-member board