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• Berlusconi Offers Big Tax Cuts in 'Last Great Battle'

  

  Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his "last great electoral and political battle" on Sunday.

• UPDATE 2-Berlusconi offers big tax cuts in "last great battle"

  ROME, Feb 3- Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his "last great electoral and political battle" on Sunday with a sweeping promise to cut taxes and the cost of government if his center-right wins elections this month.

• Top Monte Paschi investor piled on debt under Treasury's eye

  MILAN/ SIENA, Feb 1- The charitable foundation that controls Italy's scandal-hit Monte dei Paschi bank took on excessive debt and entered into risky derivative trades with the tacit consent of the Treasury, sources with direct knowledge of the situation said.

• ANALYSIS-Pall of bank "legacy assets" hangs over euro zone

  *Issue could put Ireland, Spain, others under renewed pressure. BRUSSELS, Jan 30- In September last year, at a below-the-radar meeting in Helsinki, three euro zone finance ministers came up with a two-word phrase that sounded harmless at the time but has since troubled European leaders a great deal.

• UPDATE 1-Qatar says to invest in smaller Greek firms

  DOHA, Jan 29- The wealthy Gulf state of Qatar pledged on Tuesday to invest up to 1 billion euros in Greek companies, money which could help Greece recover from its debt crisis.

• UPDATE 2-Italy's Monte Paschi finds no evidence of takeover bribes

  *PM Monti repeats confidence in Bank of Italy. MILAN, Jan 28- Italy's troubled Monte dei Paschi bank said on Monday it had no evidence of bribery in a 2007 takeover now under scrutiny over alleged corruption, but acknowledged accounting irregularities under previous management over derivatives trades.

• UPDATE 1-Monti repeats backing for Bank of Italy over Monte Paschi

  ROME, Jan 28- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti repeated his backing on Monday for the Bank of Italy over its handling of a scandal at Monte dei Paschi and welcomed signs that the troubled bank was looking for new capital and investors.

• UPDATE 1-Italy's Monte Paschi faces shareholder fury as scandal widens

  *Bank of Italy rejects criticism of supervision. The turmoil surrounding Italy's third largest bank has rocked the country's financial establishment and exposed both the government and the Bank of Italy to difficult questions over how the risky deals could have been hidden from regulators.

• Italy's Monti calls for investigation of Monte Paschi scandal

  Bank of Italy rejects criticism of supervision. Monti defended the Bank of Italy, whose governor at the time of the losses was Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank chief now facing criticism for failing to spot the trouble brewing at Monte Paschi. He expressed "full and total confidence" in the Bank of Italy.

• Italy’s Monti Hires Obama Election Strategist

  

  Barack Obama knows a thing or two about winning elections and having pressed Italy's Mario Monti into running for prime minister in next month's elections, the US president is also lending some advice.

• Bank of Italy Gov: No Question BMPS Is Stable  

  

  Ignazio Visco, governor of the Bank of Italy, tells CNBC that Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena is stable and that the losses were not due to the government hiding information.

• UPDATE 2-Cameron to EU: don't force political union

  Jan 24- British Prime Minister David Cameron told European leaders on Thursday that any attempt to force countries into ever-deeper political union was a mistake that Britain would not be part of.

• Heating Up in Davos.. the Outlook For Europe 

  

  A look at the hot topics of conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin.

• Investors grow cagey as Italy election nears

  LONDON, Jan 24- As Silvio Berlusconi's pre-election media blitz intensifies, so do fears of a costly detour from Italy's road back to economic strength.

• UPDATE 6-Cameron promises Britons vote on EU exit

  *British leader gives long-delayed speech on Europe. LONDON, Jan 23- Prime Minister David Cameron promised Britons a vote on quitting the European Union, rattling London's biggest allies and some investors by raising the prospect of uncertainty and upheaval.

• European IPO hopefuls tap narrow window

  Ebullient stock markets have so far this month encouraged around half a dozen firms in Europe to launch plans to float, seeking to raise more than $3 billion in the first few months of the year.

• PREVIEW-Leaders meet in Davos in bid to beat the odds

  *World Economic Forum annual meeting Jan. 23-27. *Key speeches from Italy's Monti, Germany's Merkel. ZURICH, Jan 21- Italian premier Mario Monti will set the tone for beleaguered business and political leaders gathering in Davos this week for the annual World Economic Forum, with a speech entitled "Leading against the odds".

• REUTERS MAGAZINE-Getting Europe out of its mess-Nicholas Wapshott

  Jan 21- When the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union, jaws dropped from Belfast to Belgrade. Many think that is a strange way of interpreting the last 100 years, given that the maintenance of a free Europe since the end of World War Two is due more to the thankless diligence of NATO and the unsung generosity of the United States.

• Emergency meeting ends strike at Italy's troubled ILVA plant

  ROME, Jan 19- Italian metal workers called off a strike at Europe's biggest steel plant on Saturday after an emergency meeting between government, unions and company management to save the ILVA factory from closure.

• Berlusconi comeback threatens Italian market rally

  LONDON, Jan 16- A sharp rally in Italian government bonds and shares could be in jeopardy as scandal-plagued former premier Silvio Berlusconi gains ground in polls, putting investors' bets on a centre-left election victory at risk.