Concerns that speculators are short-selling euros to make profits from Greece’s financial problems

• 6 March 2010

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa denounces plans for a UN-appointed panel to examine alleged human rights abuses.

• 6 March 2010

Ukraine's new President, Viktor Yanukovych, visits Moscow to return ties with Russia to a "strategic partnership".

• 5 March 2010

As Brussels painstakingly deliberates the merits of aspiring European Union members in the Balkans, Beijing has begun an investment offensive in the region. But is China’s money talking economics or politics?

• 5 March 2010

Parliament expresses frustration over being sidelined in formation of new diplomatic corps.

• 4 March 2010

Voters in the Netherlands have gone to the polls in municipal elections. Political parties opposing Muslim immigration are expected to gain ground in the run-up to early national elections in June.

• 4 March 2010

The EU has unveiled its '2020 strategy' to lead the continent away from economic crisis towards a greener, more prosperous future. However, part of the strategy has prompted concern from Germany.

• 3 March 2010

Twenty military officers are formally charged in Turkey with attempting to overthrow the government.

• 25 February 2010