Greek officials say Germany’s Chancellor Merkel has suggested a euro referendum, but Berlin denies the report, as world leaders gather in the US for a G8 summit meeting.

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Merkel ‘suggests Greek euro vote’

A telephone conversation on Friday between Germany’s chancellor and Greece’s president became the latest flashpoint in the unfolding crisis over Greece’s membership in the euro.

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Greece and Germany in War of Words Over Euro Crisis

The European dream has become a nightmare, laments Will Self

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A Point of View: The European Dream Has Become A Nightmare

Italian police seize assets estimated to be worth about 330m euros (£253m) from convicted businessman Gioacchino Campolo.

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Italian fraudster’s assets seized

ATHENS — Homeward bound after the Trojan War, Odysseus of Greek myth had to pick a path through seas harboring a monster with six heads and a whirlpool that digested ships whole. Now, whether modern Greece exits the euro — potentially triggering global economic turmoil in the process — depends on the tough choices of Ivi Moreti and her 11 million countrymen. Read full article > >

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World on their shoulders, Greeks face epic choice

Euro woes turn mood in Madrid fearful

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Euro fears on the streets of Spain

France's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East.

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Arabs giggle over French PM’s name

The EU Commission and European Central Bank are making contingency plans for a possible Greek exit from the euro, an EU commissioner says.

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EU ‘plans for Greek exit option’

Greater Manchester voters are to be polled over whether they want a referendum on UK membership of the European Union.

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Voters asked about EU referendum

European markets suffer a nervous session with investors unsettled by a downgrade for Spanish banks and the political crisis in Greece.

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Market jitters over eurozone woes

Pronouncements about the consequences of leaving the euro seem to be falling on increasingly deaf ears.

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With Little to Lose, Many Greeks Shrug Off Dire Warnings

Papers discuss eurozone warnings

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Papers discuss eurozone warnings

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said she would discuss stimulus programs to get the Greek economy growing again and that she was committed to keeping Greece in the euro zone.

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Greek Stimulus Is an Option, Merkel Says

The day the ECB saved the eurozone’s banks

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The euro’s survival ‘requires political union’

David Cameron is expected to say it is his job to the UK safe whatever the fate of the eurozone.

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PM: UK my priority in euro crisis