Eurozone

In Italy, the government was easily able to borrow $4 billion to pay for spending over the next three years. And the head of the European Central Bank says it is evidence that the new European bailout is paying off.

Hungary is the latest European Union country to head into trouble, but it isn't part of the eurozone.

The 17 nations sharing the euro as a common currency struggle to keep the eurozone together. Historically, currency unions have a poor track record.

Leaders usually like to start the year with optimism, but Angela Merkel and others are finding it hard to see the bright side to the current situation in Europe.

In the New Year, financial experts will keep a close watch on both the eurozone and China, and their impact on the global economy.

With apologies to Walt Whitman, the Wall Street Poet considers the euro in verse, circa 2002 and the present day.

Britain was the only EU member not to agree to the new treaty signed last week. How will that affect relations going forward?

Twenty-six of 27 European Union leaders will pursue strict budget rules. But austerity may not be the best prescription for Europe's debt crisis.

European leaders met for yet another time, this time striking a deal that would allow the European Commission to oversee budgets and fine countries for getting into too much debt. But it won't solve the major eurozone issues.