BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Saving pocket change may not end the euro zone crisis, but the European Commission hopes that scrapping the smallest coins could help penny-pinching governments cut costs.

In the words of Bilal Hafeez and George Saravelos at Deutsche: �The big story over the last five years has not been a lack of inflows into the euro area, which have remained remarkably steady. It has been domestic risk aversion. This has seen large ...

Denmark is shelving indefinitely its euro adoption goal as Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt says an exchange rate peg without full European monetary membership is proving the best currency regime for the Nordic nation.

The euro zone's output of goods and services, or gross domestic product, fell in the first three months of the year at an annualized rate of 0.9%, data out Wednesday showed.

Injured Borussia Dortmund star Mario Goetze has said his dream for next Saturday's Champions League final at Wembley is to help his side beat Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich -- the club he will join in July.

The euro's fall to six-week lows is likely to be welcomed by the European Central Bank (ECB), which has been trying to talk down the currency.

Jonny Wilkinson showed trademark nerves of steel to kick Toulon to glory over Clermont in a tense European Cup final. Ten years after kicking England to World Cup glory, the 33-year-old fly-half's left foot did the trick once again, converting Delon ...

PARIS - Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham Saturday, scoring two goals to lead French champion Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest.

�An upward valuation of the D-mark and an accompanying devaluation of the euro would result in a massive debt forgiveness of all other euro-countries - with the costs of that picked up by Germany. This could lead to a currency war and the end of ...

BERLIN (AP) - Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis - and who should be involved.