Economic View: What happens to US rates affects the rest of the world but so too does what happens to the US economy

Balkan state keen to recruit French  politician to aid its ailing economy

Odds stacked against Tsvangirai as opposition candidates are harrassed  and fake voter registration appears widespread

Kent town surprised to host 'massacre'

French court decides the 64-year-old must stand trial despite prosecutors saying there is not enough evidence

Former Congressman refuses to abandon his run for New York mayor despite fresh sex scandal

But ministers insist rules over £12bn mortgage guarantees would ensure only 'responsible lending'

Wolfgang Schaeuble is visiting the austerity-ridden country today to offer a further €100m euros of funding, however many blame Germany for the country's economic woes

Greece has unlocked access to nearly €7 billion in European aid by sacking 25,000 public sector workers, in a move which has sparked a new surge of anti-austerity protests outside parliament.

It should be no surprise that some of the biggest leaps in UK exports - of both goods and services in the last two years have been to Commonwealth countries

Budapest has announced it is considering paying back its bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund early as well as closing the IMF’s Hungarian office.

The International Monetary Fund partially reversed its previous cut to its UK growth forecasts yesterday, but weak manufacturing figures showed that the economy remains deeply unbalanced.

Agreement on reform reached despite debt inspectors warning of an 'uncertain economic outlook'

As bosses' bonuses soar and MPs' salaries look set to rise, Ben Chu asks why everyone else still lives in wage-freeze Britain