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31 March 2012 Last updated at 20:42 ET

Spain unveils 27bn euros of cutsSpanish Minister of Treasury and Civil Services Cristobal Montoro Romero (l), Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria and Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism Jose Manuel Soria

Spain cuts 27bn euros ($36bn; £22.5bn) from its budget this year and freezes public sector salaries to try to address its "extreme" economic situation.

Italy's carabinieri, file imageMafia banker 'held in Thailand'

An Italian banker wanted in Rome to serve a jail term for mafia links is arrested in Thailand after almost three decades on the run, authorities say.

Elgin platformGas flare 'extinguishes itself'

The flare on the crippled North Sea oil platform at the centre of a gas leak has extinguished itself, the oil company Total confirms.

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Gavin Hewitt, Europe editor Article written by Gavin Hewitt Gavin Hewitt Europe editor

Spain's economic gamble

14:22 UK time, Friday, 30 March 2012

Spain has unveiled what the government says is its most austere budget in the democracy's history. But will succeed without making the recession worse?

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