The FINANCIAL -- US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went into exceptional talks with European finance ministers on the debt crisis on Friday, but Finland held to its objections to a new bailout for Greece.

The FINANCILA  -- SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a great pleasure for Secretary Panetta and I to welcome Foreign Minister Rudd and Defense Minister Smith and the entire Australian delegation, our friends and our partners, here today.

The FINANCIAL -- The Sejm lower house of parliament convenes today for its 100th session, the last of this term before the general elections billed for 9 October.

The FINANCIAL -- EU MPs accuse Italian Prime Minister on Tuesday of arranging talks with EU officials to avoid a hearing with prosecutors probing a sex and blackmail scandal, writes EU Business. 

The FINANCIAL -- To protect Black Sea fish stocks and the livelihoods of local fishermen, all Black Sea coastal states should back and enforce a new joint fisheries policy, based on long-term sustainability and co-ordinated effort, says a resolution passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday.