The trouble in the euro zone is worsening.

ECONOMIST: The economy

Once the euro is safe, the rest of the euro zone might just conclude that Greece will cause less trouble for the European Union inside the euro zone than outside, where it might sink into the criminal swamp of the Balkans.

ECONOMIST: The new government��s task is gargantuan

Britain's banks have lent heavily to businesses and governments in the euro zone's worst trouble spots, as well as to German and French banks.

ECONOMIST: Britain's economy