European Union
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Disclosure by the 80% taxpayer-owned bank shows the 10 received £1.9m of these allowances for the last four months of 2014
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Nils Pratley: Behind the verbal gymnastics, the eurozone economy sinks to its knees.
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2014 forecast cut to 0.8% from the 0.9% predicted three months ago as bank says it will reassess policy measures next year
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There were record numbers of airline passengers in the EU during 2013, with 842m passengers travelling through its airports
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Ex-attorney general exposes rifts among Tories between those who want to reform human rights court and those keen to exit it
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PMI, a good indicator of growth, sinks to 51.1 from October’s 52.1 leading to warnings of renewed contraction in new year
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Politician and businessman who became one of the first Conservatives to be elected to the European parliament
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Audience at ITV debate give party leader a hard time over immigration, his private education and wealth of former treasurer
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Chancellor highlights plans to clamp down on tax loopholes used by tech firms and will vow to rein in debt faster than Labour
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Ruling underlines failure of Italian governments to deal with environmental scandal blamed for abnormal levels of cancer
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Draft legislation to oblige sharing of corporation tax deals, as Germany, France and Italy pressure Juncker over Luxembourg
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EU says mandatory carbon emissions cuts should be set for all countries, whereas US wants individual countries to be free to adjust the scale and pace of reductions
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Nordic Council calls on EU to ban damaging compounds found in household products that cost millions due to their harmful impact on male reproductive health
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Questions over whether Labour’s plans would have suffered from eurozone crisis and oil prices in same way – but Alastair Darling also expected private investment return
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Putin says EU’s opposition scuppered project but Russian leader outlines plan to pump more gas to Turkey on visit to Ankara
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Stephany Griffith-Jones: Action needs to be taken on several fronts to avoid a recession, to reassure financial markets, and to provide hope to European citizens
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The pro-EU parties won Sunday’s Moldova election with a combined 44% of the vote. However, with large swathes of the country backing pro-Russia parties a divided country has emerged from the ballot box
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Factory activity beats City expectations with growth rate reaching fastest pace since July
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Conservative former environment secretary questions whether David Cameron can deliver on proposals set out in speech
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EU experts cast doubt over prime minister’s ability to secure changes to European law before referendum on membership
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Foreign secretary Philip Hammond denies PM stepped back from annual quota after German chancellor’s intervention
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Prime minister disappoints Eurosceptics by softening message on immigration after German intervention
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Ian Traynor: Campaign to deprive Europeans in low-paid jobs in Britain of income support will provoke fierce resistance
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Prime minister’s immigration speech at JCB’s Staffordshire factory sends clear signal that he wants Britain to stay in the EU
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Editorial: The prime minister did not pander to Ukip this time but there were few signs that this speech will hold the line better than its predecessors
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Sunday’s elections could decide whether former Soviet nation continues on westward path of last five years or turns back east
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James Ball, Alan Travis and Polly Toynbee join Tom Clark to discuss David Cameron's major speech on immigration and the welfare state. Plus: Severin Carrell looks at new proposals for post-referendum powers for Scotland
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Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of David Cameron’s immigration speech, with reaction and analysis
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European commission gives two countries until spring to deliver structural reforms and conform with stability and growth pact
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Prime minister lays out four-year benefit ban for new arrivals to the UK but drops ‘migration brake’ in face of EU opposition
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Prime minister to announce that UK membership of EU is dependent on measure affecting more than 300,000 EU immigrants
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Pat McFadden: Instead of pandering to Ukip-leaning backbenchers in his immigration speech, the prime minister should learn from how Labour saw off Militant tendency
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Time is running out for agreeing legal framework for emissions cuts, EU official warns
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European commission vice-president for single digital market has criticised Italian proposals to weaken net neutrality within the common market
On immigration, Cameron is trying to feed a beast that cannot be satisfied