More than 10,000 protesters have rallied outside Greece’s public broadcasting headquarters in support of fired staff, who for a third day occupied the building to continue broadcasts in defiance of the government.

Glencore Xstrata's chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, has announced three new appointments to the board of the wheat trading-to-coal mining empire, including the veteran Wall Street banker John Mack.

Truth of the Gospel should be announced with 'simplicity and gratuitousness'

Three-day strike in France, with Hungary, Italy and Portugal also likely to be affected

Plans to allow nursery staff and child-minders to look after more toddlers are being abandoned following clashes within the Coalition over the controversial policy.

The Government saved £10 billion last year by cutting the number of civil servants, reforming public sector pension and selling off property, the Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude will announce today.

Concerns multiply over the increasing costs of the high-speed London to Birmingham rail link

Sony admitted today it could bow to pressure for a break-up of the Japanese electronics giant.

Patients put at risk by lack of out-of-hours GPs, watchdog survey finds

The Independent on Sunday: HSBC job cuts as restructuring goes ahead

Austerity-hit European smokers cut into Imperial Tobacco's first-half profits as they switched to roll-your-owns and illegal cigarettes.

Mortgage originations climbed strongly compared to last year

People who are forced to represent themselves in court as legal aid budgets are cut should not attempt to imitate the fast-talking lawyers they see on television, according to a new "idiot's guide".