Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan looked a little worried as she talked about “outlawing the use of drones”.

Anyone got a hankie?’Scuse us. It’s the slobber.At Crufts, they tie bibs on the St Bernards to catch the dribble from their chops.There’s an idea.We’l(...)

France’s former finance minister Christine Lagarde and her then head of cabinet Stephane Richard in 2008. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters

The magistrates who are investigating the €403 million settlement awarded to a friend of the former president Nicolas Sarkozy have concluded that the (...)

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde called on the United States to “hurry up with putting in place a medium-term road map to restore long-run fiscal sustainability”. Photograph:  Reuters/Jose Luis Magana

Last week the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of stern disciplinarian to spendthrift governments, gave the United States some u(...)

The chairman and chief executive officer of French telecommunications operator France Telecom-Orange, Stephane Richard.

Stéphane Richard, chief executive of France Telecom, was taken into custody yesterday for questioning over his role in an arbitration process that led(...)

Chancellor Angela Merkel said euro nations must follow Germany’s lead in tightening budgets and reshaping labour markets to return to growth as she se(...)

Finland’s prime minister Jyrki Katainen and Taoiseach Enda Kenny talk as they walk at the prime minister’s official residence Kesäranta in Helsinki. Photograph: Kimmo Mantyla/Lehtikuva/Reuters

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has declined to row into a dispute between the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission over rescue measures for G(...)

IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives for the second day of a hearing by French magistrates in Paris into  her role in a €285 million arbitration agreement with a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Photograph:  Charles Platiau/Reuters.

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde began testifying for a second day at a Paris court investigating her decision t(...)

Christine Lagarde arrives at a court for hearing in Paris yesterday. Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP

Christine Lagarde, the director of the International Monetary Fund, may be formally placed under criminal investigation on suspicion of being a(...)

IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives to be questioned by a French magistrate in Paris over her role in a €400 million arbitration payment made to a supporter of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court today over a controversial financial deal that(...)

[From left] German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, British chancellor George Osborne, IMF managing director  Christine Lagarde and Canada’s finance minister Jim Flaherty at the Global Investment Conference 2013 in London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters

German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble signalled support for an easing of Europe’s austerity drive as he prepared to face pressure from glob(...)

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