BBC News Merkel 'suggests Greek referendum on euro membership' German leader Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece could hold a referendum on continued use of the euro when it votes in national elections next month, Greek officials say. | A Greek government spo... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) Euro Germany Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis Xinhua Moody's lowers rating of 16 Spanish banks | MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Risk Qualification agency Moody's lowered its rating of 16 Spanish banks late on Thursday evening. | The move came after a difficult day on the stock markets following rum... (photo: AP / Paul White) Financial crisis Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Top Stories Jakarta Post EU confident Europe will overcome crisis | The head of the European Union Commission told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that he is "fully confident" the 17 countries using the euro and all European insti... (photo: EC / EC) BAnking Commission EU Finance Photos The Independent Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro | Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece coul... (photo: AP / Carl Court) Economy Europe Photos UK Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Al Jazeera Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears | Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Economy Eurozone Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis The New York Times A Clown at Cannes: Bill Murray at the Riviera Fest | CANNES, France (AP) — Clad in a plaid jacket that could have come out of Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe in "Caddyshack," Bill Murray clashed with traditional Canne... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Sherwood) Awards Cannes Celebrity Photos Wikipedia: Bill Murray The Independent We risk being shut out of financial markets, warns Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy | As Madrid's borrowing costs spiked to levels widely seen as unsustainable, Mariano Rajoy warned that there is a "a serious risk that [investors] will not lend us m... (photo: AP / Thierry Charlier) Financial Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: Mariano Rajoy The Independent Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica genocide case against Ratko Mladic | On the second day of the 70-year-old's genocide trial, Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors will focus on the bloody climax of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, when Serb fo... (photo: AP / Amel Emric) Bosnia Crimes Genocide Photos Wikipedia: Bosnian War BBC News Spain borrowing costs set to rise amid Greece fears Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike on Thursday when the country's treasury sells up to 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.2bn) of three- and four-year sovereign bond... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Greece Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis
