Jose Manuel Barroso

• Euro Zone Not Heading for Recession, Says President Jose Manuel Barroso

  The euro zone is not heading for another recession, the outgoing president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday.

• European Commission Chief Warns Vladimir Putin Against New Ukraine Trade Barriers

  European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday not to impose new trade measures against Kiev, saying it would threaten an agreement with Russia to delay a landmark EU-Ukraine pact.

• Vladimir Putin Comment on 'Taking Kiev in 2 Weeks' Taken Out Of Context

  A reported comment by President Vladimir Putin that Russia could capture Ukraine's capital Kiev within two weeks was taken out of context, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Kremlin foreign policy aide as saying on Tuesday.

• EU offers Ukraine $15 bn, but help hinges on IMF deal

  European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the assistance, to be discussed by European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, would require widespread reforms by the new Ukrainian government and the signing of a deal between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund.

• Davos dilemma: How to help, not harm, world's fragile recovery

  Protagonists will include U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and central bankers Mark Carney, Mario Draghi and Haruhiko Kuroda. A "senior leader" from China is also expected.

• International Monetary Fund still sees 'large uncertainy' over Greek comeback

  IMF spokesman William Murray told reporters there has been renewed investor interest in some parts of the Greek economy, locked in a sharp contraction since 2008.

• Divers recover 83 more bodies from Italy refugee shipwreck

  Divers in Italy recovered 83 more bodies on Sunday after a shipwreck in which over 300 African refugees are feared to have died, as a government minister called for an easing of immigration rules.

• Six killed, many injured, after train derails near Paris

  Rescue workers searched for survivors early today, hours after a high-speed train derailed just south of Paris, killing at least six people and injuring 30 more.

• European Union threatens to suspend data-sharing with US over spying reports

  The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said today.

• US-European Union security talks on spy row set on Monday in Washington

  European security types are set to meet their US counterparts in Washington next week as European Union nations, incensed by reports of US snooping, link negotiations on a mega EU-US trade deal to holding parallel talks the same day on intelligence-swopping.

• US seeks to calm European outrage over alleged spying

  US President Barack Obama tried to reassure European allies affronted by reports of US spying, but suggested all the world's intelligence services were involved in finding out the thinking of opponents and allies alike.

• Croatia set to join European Union, prepares for entry party

  Croatia on Sunday stages celebrations to mark its historic entry into the European Union as the bloc's 28th member, almost two decades after the end of the Balkan state's bloody war of independence from the former Yugoslavia.

• Spain calls for European integration to save euro

  Madrid's key borrowing rate closed at a euro-era high, indicating deep investor concern about the government's financial stability.

• EU orders eurozone overhaul, puts Spain on critical list

  The European Commission called for big changes throughout the eurozone on Wednesday.

• World stocks gain on hopes for fresh Europe debt action

  US stocks rose on hopes China may unleash more spending measures to stem a slower pace of economic growth.