Lithuanians vote in the second round of national elections, with budget cuts and joining the euro seen as central issues.

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi threatens to bring down Mario Monti's technocratic government, a day after receiving a jail sentence for tax fraud.

Thousands join fresh protests in the Spanish capital, Madrid, angered by budget cuts and calling on the government to quit.

Swiss bank UBS reportedly plans to announce up to 10,000 job cuts worldwide as it slims down its investment banking activities.

Days of protests against the expansion of a petrochemical plant in eastern China force authorities to shelve the project.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi backs German calls for a eurozone super-commissioner with the power to veto government budgets.

BMI Regional starts operating as an independent airline, after being carved out of carrier BMI in May.

A Greek journalist is arrested after publishing what he says is a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts, with some suspected of tax evasion.