ECB intervenes as debt crisis deepens

The European Central Bank intervened to prop up the eurozone bond markets on the 10 January 2011 as political leaders and bankers warned the debt crisis was deepening amid fears Portugal was edging closer to an international bail-out.

PressEurop, 12.1.11: Suspense over the future of the euro http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/459401-suspense-over-future-euro

ESO: Background information: Lisbon resists pressure for bail-out http://www.europeansources.info/record/lisbon-resists-pressure-for-bail-out/

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