Swiss bank Credit Suisse is to cut costs further after its fourth quarter profits miss expectations.

Michael Haneke on his Oscar-nominated film Amour

Vodafone warns of "very difficult market conditions in Europe" as the mobile operator reports a worse-than-expected fall in revenue.

A collection of vintage cars and motorbikes including a 1960's Aston Martin and a Grand Prix Bugatti is up for auction at the Grand Palais in Paris.

An inside look at work on ambitious and controversial tunnel beneath the Alps linking Lyon and Turin

The families pushed aside by the Sochi steamroller

A major project has been launched to restore and protect one of the world's greatest archaeological sites: the ruins of Pompeii.

A French MP sparks a debate about the use of electronic devices in parliament in France after being photographed playing online Scrabble on his tablet.

Greek farmers angry at high production costs hand out free fruit and vegetables at a mock market in Athens

The vice-president of Italian football club AC Milan, Paolo Berlusconi, has been accused of using racist language to describe new signing Mario Balotelli.

Deutsche Bank suspends traders as part of its inquiries into whether staff attempted to manipulate Libor and other interest rates.

The UK Independence Party's only female MEP threatens to quit after accusing leader Nigel Farage of being "anti-women".

Vicious accusations fly between the manager of the Bolshoi Theatre and one of its star dancers following the acid attack on artistic director Sergei Filin.

The BBC's Tom Burridge spoke to people on the street in Seville about the general issue of corruption in Spain, which has been dominating Spanish newspaper headlines.

UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) reports pre-tax profits of £7.64bn for the year to 31 December 2012, down 4% on the year before.

The Bank of England should stand ready to pump more money into the economy if necessary, the OECD says.

Royal Bank of Scotland is fined £390m ($610m) by UK and US authorities for its part in the Libor rate-fixing scandal.

On the trail of Sweden's wild wolves

The European Parliament approves a major reform of fishing to end the wasteful discarding of dead fish and help depleted stocks to recover.

Russian police shoot dead the last suspect wanted for involvement in a 2010 suicide bombing in Moscow, officials say.