Europe signs up to German-led fiscal pact

Chancellor Angela Merkel cemented her political ascendancy in Europe on Monday when 25 out of 27 EU states agreed to a German-inspired pact for stricter budget discipline, even as they struggled to

Alpha Bank throws EFG merger into doubt

Greece's largest bank merger in decades was thrown into doubt as it approached completion, after Alpha Bank said it first needed to assess the impact of the country's planned debt swap scheme