Greek prime minister to ask Obama for greater regulation to prevent financial speculation.

• 9 March 2010

India's government presented the Women's Reservation Bill to the upper house of parliament on Monday, 14 years after it was first proposed.

• 9 March 2010

Latvia is desperate to attract new investors that could help the recovery of the country’s weak economy. But its recent easing of visa restrictions for non-EU citizens has sparked a nationalist outcry.

• 9 March 2010

German finance minister to present fund proposals soon.

• 8 March 2010

France's president and Greece's prime minister discuss economic situation.

• 8 March 2010

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