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Anonymous eurozone officials say Cyprus will not get change to €10bn bailout conditions.

UK secures support from EU counterparts to keep key parts of financial services sector in London.

Eurozone's trade surplus falls to €14.9bn in April from €22.5bn in March.

Anastasiades criticises the lack of support for lenders when compared to its neighbour Greece

European Central Bank denies charges it is bailing out eurozone members via the back door.

Bank projects economic recovery to gather pace in second quarter.

Improving economic data in May will prompt the European Central Bank to freeze interest rates

EC announces Latvia is ready to become the 18th country using the euro despite high foreign deposits

Separate data by Eurostat showed retail sales dropped 0.5% in April.

Final Markit Eurozone PMI rises to 15-month high at 48.3 in May from April's four-month low of 46.7.

Daniel Stewart & Co’s chief economist Alastair Winter previews the week ahead for markets, politics and economics

String of economic data and decisions to provide pointers to markets in coming week.

European Central Bank accused by anti-capitalism protesters of driving austerity in eurozone.

Gfk German Consumer Climate Index rises to 6.5 from 6.2 in previous month.

European Central Bank President says 'Europe needs a more European UK.'

Markit's flash Eurozone Composite Output index showed a reading below 50 in May, indicating a contraction in business activity.

Car sales in the UK improved 14.8% in April.

Consumer inflation in the region drops to three-year low.

Bloomberg journalists had reportedly access to its financial information terminals

Eurozone industrial production rises 1% in March as against analysts' estimates of 0.5% growth.

Markets await a string of key regional data apart from quarterly earnings reports.

Societe Generale profit halves, while Credit Agricole reports 51% profit decline.

The Nikkei rises above 14,000 for the first time since June 2008.

The final eurozone composite output index shows a reading of 46.9 in April, the 15th consecutive month of decline in activity.

The European Central Bank head Mario Draghi will address the media later in the day.

Portugal is hoping to save €4.8bn with the budget cuts.

Analysts expect the US non-farm payrolls to increase by 140,000 workers after an 88,000 gain in March.

Analysts expect a 25 basis point cut in the benchmark interest rate at the ECB meeting.

Weak job data with unemployment rising to 12.1% expected to prompt European Central Bank to cut interest rates at next meeting.

Eurozone's economic morale index falls to 88.6 in April, down for a second consecutive month.