A majority of entrepreneurs Zeman has met see membership in the euro area as beneficial for their businesses and the country that joined the European Union in 2004 should be technically ready to adopt the common currency in five years, he said at a ...

MADRID May 20 (Reuters) - Spanish department store El Corte Ingles, the country's largest privately held company, said on Monday it had started talks to restructure debt totalling 5 billion euros ($6.43 billion). El Corte Ingles, one of Spain's largest ...

The Bundesbank's lending under the system, a key indicator of underling strains in the euro system, rose to 608 billion euros from 589 billion, although this was still well below the peak of 751 billion euros in August last year before the ECB unveiled ...

Under the German-engineered strategy to escape the euro crisis, struggling southern European members must continue to cut public spending, lower wages and grind down prices until they're competitive again.

"The U.S. economy is outgrowing the euro zone and on the back of this you have different prospects for central bank policies and that's widening the spread," Commerzbank rate strategist Michael Leister said.

JURGEN KLOPP is the most charismatic coach in top-level European football and a cult hero at Borussia Dortmund. This week he takes his Borussia Babes to Wembley to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Safe-haven German Bunds fell on Monday after forecast-beating U.S. consumer sentiment data last week, but a bleak outlook for the euro zone was expected to limit losses. Friday's data eased concern the U.S. economy could ...

The dollar traded near the strongest in more than six weeks against the euro amid bets the Federal Reserve will slow asset purchases on signs the world's biggest economy is accelerating.

"The risk that euro will break apart or that individual members are headed for bankruptcy was substantially higher a year ago," he said.

During the last week, the euro continued its decline and finished 1.2% lower than the previous Friday ($1.283 vs. $1.2985).