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MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's three-year debt costs fell below 5 percent but its first bond sale of the year failed to match the success of a Spanish auction the previous day, reflecting the heavy refinancing load Rome faces over the next three months.

2012-01-13T10:33:08ZReuters US Online Report Business News Valentina Zatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/12/Yields_fall_sharply_Spanish_Italian_1a7b

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain and Italy spread cheer through euro zone markets on Thursday with solid debt auctions at sharply lower borrowing costs in 2012's first real test of appetite for debt from the euro zone's bruised periphery.

2012-01-12T08:53:17ZReuters US Online Report Business News Tracy Rucinskitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/15/Spain_looks_safer_than_Italy_2f66

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain saw solid demand for its bonds on Thursday, paying more than 2 percentage points less to borrow over 5-years than Italy a day earlier as budget cuts helped ease concerns it could be among the next to fall in the euro zone's debt crisis.

2011-12-15T14:01:45ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsPaul Daytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/15/Spain_looks_safer_than_Italy_a428

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain saw solid demand for its bonds on Thursday, paying more than 2 percentage points less to borrow over 5-years than Italy a day earlier as budget cuts helped ease concerns it could be among the next to fall in the euro zone's debt crisis.

2011-12-15T12:51:44ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsPaul Daytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/14/Italian_yields_ease_after_bond_e7b8

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian government bond yields eased on Wednesday after the country sold 3 billion euros of five-year debt in the first longer-term auction since the European Union took steps towards greater fiscal integration last week.

2011-12-14T11:53:06ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/12/pact_fails_inspire_investors_euro_4406

MILAN (Reuters) - Euro zone borrowing costs dipped at sales of short-term debt on Monday but Italian yields stayed close to record highs as investors viewed measures agreed at an EU summit to tackle the debt crisis were not bold enough.

2011-12-12T15:50:26ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsValentina Zatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/12/Euro_zone_fiscal_pact_fails_47c2

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - A European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the euro zone failed to restore financial market confidence on Monday, forcing the European Central Bank to step in again gingerly.

2011-12-12T14:10:38ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsMarius Zaharia and Matthias Blamonttag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/12/Italy_yields_stay_close_record_974f

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian one-year borrowing costs stayed close to a record high at an auction on Monday, in an early sign that last week's EU summit failed to reassure investors European leaders can take the urgent steps required to stem the euro zone debt crisis.

2011-12-12T12:46:05ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsValentina Zatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/12/Euro_zone_fiscal_pact_fails_e589

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - A European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the euro zone failed to restore financial market confidence on Monday, forcing the European Central Bank to step in again gingerly.

2011-12-12T12:22:27ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsMarius Zaharia and Matthias Blamonttag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/04/Spain_passes_tough_debt_test_103e

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain paid sharply higher yields to sell 3.3 billion euros ($4.70 billion) of bonds on Thursday after a renewed market attack that has driven its costs of borrowing close to unsustainable levels.

2011-08-04T09:55:36ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsNigel Daviestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/03/Italy_seeks_political_support_market_b642

LUXEMBOURG/ROME (Reuters) - Italy sought European political support on Wednesday as its stocks and bonds gained some respite from a selloff triggered by the euro zone's unresolved debt crisis and fears of a global economic slowdown.

2011-08-03T11:55:55ZReuters US Online Report World NewsFrancesco Guarascio and James Mackenzietag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/12/Italy_Spain_under_fire_debt_5a7f

LONDON (Reuters) - Key Italian and Spanish government bond yields hit their highest levels in 14 years on Tuesday on worries euro zone policymakers were stalling over efforts to resolve the debt crisis and avert a disorderly Greek default.

2011-07-12T12:22:53ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsEmelia Sithole-Matarisetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/06/Portugal_downgrade_darkens_euro_zone_6bca

STRASBOURG, France/BERLIN (Reuters) - European politicians accused credit rating agencies on Wednesday of anti-European bias after Moody's downgrade of Portugal's debt to "junk" cast new doubt on EU efforts to rescue distressed euro zone states without debt restructuring.

2011-07-06T20:40:45ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsGilbert Reilhac and Annika Breidthardttag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/06/Portuguese_downgrade_darkens_euro_zone_6bca

STRASBOURG, France/BERLIN (Reuters) - European politicians accused credit rating agencies on Wednesday of anti-European bias after Moody's downgrade of Portugal's debt to "junk" cast new doubt on EU efforts to rescue distressed euro zone states without debt restructuring.

2011-07-06T20:40:45ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsGilbert Reilhac and Annika Breidthardttag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/06/29/Instant_view_Greek_parliament_votes_cdd6

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won a parliamentary majority in favor of a five-year austerity plan on Wednesday, clearing a major hurdle in Greece's bid to win access to international funding to avoid default.

2011-06-29T13:40:24ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/04/Portugal_opposition_back_bailout_13a7

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's two key opposition parties signaled after meeting European and IMF officials on Wednesday they will back a 78-billion-euro bailout that is expected to consign the economy to two years of recession.

2011-05-04T21:55:00ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsSergio Goncalvestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/04/Portugal_faces_slump_opposition_seen_8dc8

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's main opposition party signaled after meeting European and IMF officials Wednesday it was likely to back a 78-billion-euro bailout that is expected to consign the economy to two years of recession.

2011-05-04T17:18:24ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsSergio Goncalvestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/03/Portugal_bailout_deal_close_d50e

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's main opposition party met European and IMF officials on Wednesday and said they would consider whether to back a 78-billion-euro bailout after a source said the terms would propel the economy into two years of recession.

2011-05-04T11:24:04ZReuters US Online Report Business NewsSergio Goncalvestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/04/Portugal_bailout_agreed_political_support_3030

LISBON (Reuters) - Conditions attached to a 78 billion euros bailout of Portugal's debt-ridden economy are likely to propel it into a deep recession for two years, an official source said on Wednesday.

2011-05-04T09:14:07ZReuters US Online Report World NewsSergio Goncalvestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/12/EUs_Rehn_seeks_stronger_fund_d7d2

MADRID/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Spain and Italy staged successful bond sales on Thursday, easing concerns about an escalation of euro zone debt strife and buying the bloc's leaders more time to come up with a new package of anti-crisis measures.

2011-01-13T16:11:07ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsNigel Davies and Sakari Suoninen