In his first address to the country, Hollande outlined a message of confidence, in an inauguration ceremony the new president asked to be kept as low-key as possible.
The euro zone just avoided recession in early 2012, but the region's debt crisis sapped the life out of the French and Italian economies and widened a split with paymaster Germany.
Shahin Najafi, an Iranian rapper living in Germany, has a $100,000 bounty on his head after Islamist website Shia-Online.ir issued a 'fatwa' for a controversial song he released that criticizes the Islamist Republic.
Hollande also wants the euro zone fiscal pact re-written -- something Merkel has adamantly refused to do.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief inspector Hermann Nackaerts pressed Tehran to allow access to people, documents, information and sites, before two days of preliminary talks with Iran's envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh in Vienna began on Monday.
The almighty dollar was the investment of choice Monday morning, as international investors - in a classic flight to safety after various major news breaks last week - piled into greenback-denominated cash and cash equivalents.
The main event this week is April?s retail sales report, which could see some payback after the unseasonably warm weather boosted March?s results. In Europe, investors will get a look at how the region?s economies fared in the first quarter.
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Euro zone industrial production fell by 0.3 percent from February to March, despite gains made the previous month, and year over year production plummeted 2.2 percent, a report from the European Commission's Eurostat statistics bureau said Monday.
Deutsche Bank is as German as lederhosen, sauerkraut, beer and the Autobahn.
Captain Paul Watson, founder of the nonprofit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and subject of the Animal Planet reality show Whale Wars, was arrested by German officials in Frankfurt this weekend.
No unity government can emerge, Kouvelis told Greek television.
Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex lost more than 100 points Monday afternoon trade as the slump in European markets and a worse-than-expected inflation for April hit the markets hard.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a crushing defeat Sunday in Germany's most populous state, which could embolden the left opposition to step up its criticism of her European austerity policies.
Shinji Kagawa's transfer to Manchester United looks on, with United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in attendance at the German cup final.
Athens and Paris have rebelled against Berlin-inspired austerity, but Dublin has taken the harsh medicine dutifully -- and, unlike its testy European peers, grimly borne budget cuts and tax hikes with minimal protest. That may be about to change.
Euro-zone paymaster Germany may be willing to consider additional measures to promote growth in Greece, but the Hellenic Republic must still carry out its previously agreed reforms, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag this weekend.
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A new poll will have to be called if parties cannot reach a consensus by next Thursday, as the risk of Greece's exit from the euro looms closer.
A political deadlock would result in new snap elections sometime next month -- thereby creating even more anger and concern among Greece?s nervous lenders, particularly Germany.
?The moment of truth is approaching for everyone,? said Kouvelis.
The Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy Note has quietly started rolling out in Europe, according to several reports.
