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

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