Chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland called on politicians to let him run the state-controlled bank commercially in order to generate a return for taxpayers

Yes, European countries have to cut public spending in order to put their finances back in shape. But this should not compromise essential public services such as education, health care or tax collection, writes Klaus Heeger of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI). More »

Even though Greece’s government missed another deadline to come up with a list of painful reforms, the European Central Bank (ECB) has signalled it will exchange its Greek bond holdings in order to reduce the country’s debt. More »

In order to try and stop Israel from doing what it needs to do for survival by preventing Iran from obtaining nukes, the Obama administration announces new sanctions against Iranian financial institutions! The response to this brand of US foreign policy used as an attempt to combat an Islamist regime bent on the total destruction of Israel can be accomplished using these four article headlines: Al...

Even if the pan European regulator is sceptical of an individual bank’s plan, it does not have direct authority to order a change

There may have been despair at the United Nations after Russia and China vetoed the latest attempt to get some kind of order into the situation in Syria, but it is looking more likely over time that Bashar Assad and his pals will soon be out of power. This is because the Syrian army may not be able to carry on much longer. This estimation has not been made by a pundit or hack, but by General Musta...

Blanche Berryman, who has died aged 91, was an extraordinarily gifted teacher who made history into everyone's best-loved subject at our stuffy grammar school, Tiffin in Surrey, in the 1950s and 1960s. Never boring, never condescending, sometimes attractively risque, she was the only teacher who kept perfect order in her classroom purely by her inspiration and personality, without the heavy w...

Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt an EU oil embargo may be only a symbolic one

David Cameron tells MPs he will do everything he can to persuade India to place a major air force order with British companies rather than French.

The man appointed to oversee the government's counter-terrorism laws criticises plans to allow ministers to order some cases involving allegations against the intelligence services to be held in complete secrecy.