UniCredit has built a "federal model" as a pan-European bank with subsidiaries in each of its 13 markets that can act locally, CEO Andrea Orcel said, as he called on
October 01, 2024
The criminal trial of former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn over the so-called dieselgate scandal has been suspended due to his poor health
October 01, 2024
France's TotalEnergies and U.S.
October 01, 2024
Austria's conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer urged the country's president on Tuesday to task the far-right Freedom Party with forming a coalition after it won
October 01, 2024
Tesla has increased its market share in Sweden in 2024 despite a labour conflict targeting the company for almost a year, car sales data from the Nordic country showed on Tuesday
October 01, 2024
New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine.
October 01, 2024
Stellantis' chief Carlos Tavares will address an Italian parliamentary committee next week on the prospects for the carmaker's production in Italy, the company said on Tuesday, after
October 01, 2024
Russia said on Tuesday it did not expect any change of policy from new NATO chief Mark Rutte, the former Dutch prime minister who has replaced Norway's Jens Stoltenberg as secretary
October 01, 2024
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three years
October 01, 2024
Euro zone inflation dipped below 2% for the first time since mid-2021 in September, reinforcing an already solid case for a European Central Bank rate cut this
October 01, 2024
Russia's communications regulator has ordered instant messaging platform Discord to delete almost 1,000 materials it deems illegal, including posts it says contain child pornography and
October 01, 2024
Investors have started demanding more compensation to lend money to France than they do to Spain, punishing France for not getting its ailing finances
October 01, 2024
Italy and Switzerland have agreed to shift their shared border in the Alps. Here’s why
October 01, 2024
An apparent Russian artillery strike has hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson, killing at least six people and wounding three others
October 01, 2024
Lufthansa is aiming to revive its core airline by 2026 as one of Europe's top carriers struggles more than its regional rivals with
October 01, 2024
Euro area inflation slowing down means that there are now more reasons to justify an interest rate cut at the ECB's October policy-setting meeting, Finnish ECB policymaker Olli
October 01, 2024
Manufacturing activity across the euro zone declined at its fastest pace this year in September as demand waned sharply despite factories cutting their prices, a survey showed on
October 01, 2024
Germany's manufacturing sector contracted at its fastest pace in a year in September, driven by sharp declines in output, new orders, and employment, a survey showed on Tuesday.
October 01, 2024
A French helicopter carrier will arrive in the eastern Mediterranean in the next five to six days and take up position in case a decision is taken to evacuate foreign nationals from
October 01, 2024
France's manufacturing sector continued to contract in September, although the pace of decline eased somewhat from the previous month and was less steep than an initial flash
October 01, 2024
Italian manufacturing activity contracted for a sixth month running in September and at a faster pace than the month before, a survey showed on Tuesday, amid declines in output and
October 01, 2024
Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, told European lawmakers on Tuesday his guilty plea to U.S.
October 01, 2024
European shares reversed initial gains to close lower on Tuesday, as investors moved out of riskier assets amid escalating geopolitical fears that
October 01, 2024
Deutsche Bank on Tuesday said it now expects the European Central Bank to cut interest rates again in October, after steeper-than-expected falls in inflation across the euro zone in
October 01, 2024
Swiss glaciers melted at an above-average rate in 2024 as a blistering hot summer thawed through abundant snowfall, monitoring body GLAMOS
October 01, 2024
The Czech centre-right government's parliamentary majority was set to shrink after a junior party said it will leave the ruling coalition following the dismissal of its leader as
October 01, 2024
Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced steep public spending cuts and targeted tax hikes for France's biggest companies and
October 01, 2024
Ukraine's defence minister is dismissing three of his deputies in a reshuffle as Kyiv struggles to fend off Moscow's 2 1/2-year-old invasion, he said on Tuesday.
October 01, 2024
The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful member
October 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook European inflation figures are due on Tuesday and the risk is to the downside, which will reinforce bets that the European
October 01, 2024
A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany
October 01, 2024
The Irish government handed voters 10.5 billion euros of tax cuts and spending increases in a pre-election budget on Tuesday that also outlined
September 30, 2024
Albanian opposition politicians set fire to a pile of wooden chairs outside parliament on Monday to protest the imprisonment of a colleague.
September 30, 2024
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation on the front line of the war against Russia was "very, very difficult," and Ukraine's forces had to do everything
September 30, 2024
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United Nations General Assembly should recommend the use of force, in line with a resolution it passed in 1950, if the U.N.
September 30, 2024
Russia plans to effectively raise taxes on imported cars from 2025 by doubling the scrappage fees all car producers must pay while also increasing state support for locally made vehicles,
September 30, 2024
The far-right Freedom Party's historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the mercy of a powerful critic: the
September 30, 2024
Unilever is working on sustainability deals with its top 10 retail customers, including Walmart, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and
September 30, 2024
Italian police have arrested 19 people accused of criminal ties with the powerful ’Ndrangheta mafia group
September 30, 2024
The European Central Bank is increasingly confident that inflation will fall to its 2% target and this will be reflected in its next policy
September 30, 2024
European soccer round-up: Manchester United sinks to another humiliating defeat, Madrid derby marred by fan trouble
September 30, 2024
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said he had had a "very frank one-on-one conversation" with his Hungarian counterpart on Monday, amid disagreements opened up by Russia's
September 30, 2024
NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear rhetoric", outgoing NATO boss Jens
September 30, 2024
The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said on Monday he would launch a preliminary inquiry against Belarus over alleged crimes
September 30, 2024
German inflation eased slightly more than forecast to 1.8% in September, preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on Monday.
September 30, 2024
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya backed Lithuania’s request to the International Criminal Court on Monday to investigate Belarus over forcible
September 30, 2024
A military court in Moscow sentenced a man to life in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of attempting to assassinate prominent Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin in
September 30, 2024
The Russian government wants to earmark 32.5% of its spending next year for defense, a record amount and up from a reported 28.3% this year, as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine
September 30, 2024
European carmaker Stellantis on Monday joined bigger rival Volkswagen and others in warning about the worsening outlook for auto demand and rising costs, wiping
September 30, 2024
European auto stocks tumbled almost 4% on Monday after a warning from Stellantis, Volkswagen and Aston rekindled concerns over the sector's earnings outlook in a
September 30, 2024
Two boats loaded with migrants reached the Canary Islands late on Sunday as rescuers kept searching for 48 missing from an earlier sea wreck that may be the deadliest such
September 30, 2024
German inflation fell to its lowest level since February 2021 this month, preliminary data showed on Monday, helping European Central Bank doves
September 30, 2024
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing
September 30, 2024
Denmark must answer accusations at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Monday that its policy of demolishing minority-heavy neighbourhoods to promote integration amounts to
September 30, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 closed lower on Monday with automakers leading declines after industry majors Stellantis and Volkswagen's profit warnings, though
September 30, 2024
- NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold the Western
September 30, 2024
Marine Le Pen, the leading figure of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, went on trial on Monday accused of misappropriating EU funds and said she was
September 30, 2024
Greek authorities say two people have died overnight in a large wildfire burning through forestland above a seaside resort in southern Greece
September 30, 2024
Stellantis cut its 2024 profit forecast on Monday and warned it will burn through more cash than expected as Europe's No.2 carmaker pledged to reduce output and offer big discounts
September 30, 2024
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denied violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial accused of embezzling European Parliament funds
September 30, 2024
Two people were found dead in a wildfire which, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled near a rugged mountainous area in the central Greek region of Corinth on Monday, Greek
September 30, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 30, 2024
As the Swiss National Bank's new chairman Martin Schlegel takes office this week, the jury is out on the central bank's handling of the Credit Suisse crash and its
September 30, 2024
Austria's far-right Freedom Party won on Sunday a parliamentary election for the first time after a campaign that leant heavily into voters' concerns over immigration levels.
September 30, 2024
Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) must on Monday seek to clear a path to power after its first ever parliamentary election victory left the anti-
September 29, 2024
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will attend a meeting in Armenia on Tuesday of the Eurasian Economic Forum, the government said on Sunday, referring to a body within the framework
September 29, 2024
A senior government minister urged Moldovans on Sunday to shun "thieves, fugitives and bandits" after an exiled pro-Russian business magnate pledged to pay
September 29, 2024
Political parties on the European right celebrated Sunday's parliamentary election victory by Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) as a boost for national conservatives amid
September 29, 2024
Leaders of Austrian political parties united to reject the idea of forming a coalition with the head of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Herbert Kickl after his
September 29, 2024
The management of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had launched a new attack on a nearby electricity substation, destroying a
September 29, 2024
The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) led by Herbert Kickl won Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday, initial projections showed, potentially putting it in pole position to form a
September 29, 2024
Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) won Sunday's general election, putting the far-right group in pole position to form a coalition for the first time since World War Two, projections
September 29, 2024
Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling the amounts allocated
September 29, 2024
A Polish non-government organisation said on Sunday that it has filed a lawsuit against President Andrzej Duda over comments he made in 2023 about the film "Green Border", which
September 29, 2024
Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 123-mile border it shares with Russia, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland
September 29, 2024
Pope Francis on Sunday wrapped up a weekend trip to Belgium, where he faced some of the strongest criticism yet levied during one of his foreign trips.
September 29, 2024
Russian officials say more than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages over Russian skies
September 29, 2024
The Kremlin said on Sunday that amendments to Russia's nuclear doctrine had been prepared and were about to be formalised, meaning the relevant documents setting out the
September 29, 2024
Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight news conference coming home from Belgium
September 29, 2024
Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are diminishing, authorities
September 29, 2024
The mosaics of a mediaeval cathedral in Sicily, built by the island's last Norman king, are set to regain their golden lustre thanks to careful
September 29, 2024
The Freedom Party has secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria
September 29, 2024
UBS Chair Colm Kelleher warned on Sunday that the Swiss government's plans to strengthen capital requirements for big banks could damage the country's position as a financial centre
September 28, 2024
Austrian voters handed a first-ever general election victory to the far-right Freedom Party on Sunday, preliminary results showed, illustrating
September 28, 2024
Moldova's state-owned broadcaster said on Saturday that vandals had poured paint across an entrance to its building in the capital, Chisinau, a day after police
September 28, 2024
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, the youngest daughter of the late King of Greece Constantine II, married her fiance in an Orthodox ceremony in
September 28, 2024
Pope Francis was sharply criticised on Saturday by one of Belgium's Catholic universities over his stance on the role of women in society, in a strongly worded
September 28, 2024
Hundreds of people have marched in Paris in support of the right to abortion for women across the world
September 28, 2024
Arrowheads reveal the presence of a mysterious army in Europe’s oldest battle
September 28, 2024
Switzerland's foreign affairs ministry voiced support for a Chinese-led peace plan to end the Ukraine war, saying on Saturday that its view on such efforts had
September 28, 2024
UniCredit chief Andrea Orcel attended a virtual meeting the Italian bank held on Friday with Commerzbank after becoming the German lender's biggest private investor, a source with
September 28, 2024
Thyssenkrupp's 27,000 steel workers must brace for deep cuts, the new head of the conglomerate's steel division told a German newspaper, setting the stage for significant layoffs
September 28, 2024
The Catholic Church's failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy have been in focus again during Pope Francis' visit this weekend to
September 28, 2024
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he ordered military chiefs to plan a raid on a Dutch factory in March 2021 to secure 5 million COVID vaccines
September 28, 2024
Ukrainian officials say at least nine people have died in two consecutive Russian drone strikes on a medical center in the city of Sumy
September 28, 2024
The European Union is planning to vote on whether to introduce tariffs as high as 45% on imported electric vehicles made in China on Oct.
September 28, 2024
Austria’s far-right FPÖ party is the frontrunner in Sunday’s election. How did it get here?
September 28, 2024
The money that many young Gambian men who left as migrants seeking jobs in Europe send back home every month is a lifeline for their families
September 28, 2024
The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Herbert Kickl, pledged on Friday to win this weekend's parliamentary election in what would be a historic first, even as
September 27, 2024
UniCredit plans to invest significantly in the retraining of 600 staff who will then be largely moved to the Italian bank's branch network as CEO Andrea Orcel slims
September 27, 2024
An explosion at a petrol station in Russia's Caspian Sea region of Dagestan killed 10 people on Friday, including two children, the emergencies ministry said.
September 27, 2024
An aide to President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Friday of trying to isolate Russia's European exclave of Kaliningrad as much as possible by restricting the supply of goods
September 27, 2024
A group of activists attacked a pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London’s National Gallery by throwing what appeared to be tomato soup on the artworks
September 27, 2024
Pope vows to root out ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse after unusually frank plea from Belgian PM
September 27, 2024
Executives from UniCredit and Commerzbank held their first meeting on Friday, after the Italian bank this month emerged as the biggest investor in its German peer with a nearly 21%
September 27, 2024
Maggie Smith, beloved ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Harry Potter’ star, dead at 89
September 27, 2024
Swiss 18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer has died one day after sustaining a head injury in a crash at the road world championships
September 27, 2024
Two boats crash into bridges due to strong winds from Hurricane Helene
September 27, 2024
Italy's ITA Airways said on Friday it expects passenger revenue to increase by a quarter in 2024 from last year as it flies with fuller planes, after core profit
September 27, 2024
Britain's Maggie Smith, one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with a career ranging from Shakespeare to Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, has died aged 89, her family said
September 27, 2024
Czechs are casting ballots in the second round of voting for a third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house
September 27, 2024
A report that Russia is developing a China-backed attack drone programme for the war in Ukraine is "deeply concerning", a European Union spokesperson said on Friday.
September 27, 2024
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says midfielder Rodri has sustained ACL damage and will be out for the rest of the season
September 27, 2024
The South Caucasus country of Georgia holds a parliamentary election on Oct. 26 that pits a government seen as leaning increasingly towards Russia against an
September 27, 2024
Loewe’s latest collection dazzled at Paris Fashion Week Friday, presenting an explosion of flowers and form that showcased designer onathan Anderson’s innovative spirit
September 27, 2024
The glum faces of Ireland's finance and spending ministers after hearing the country received an unexpected 14 billion-euro windfall in Apple back taxes earlier
September 27, 2024
Italy will impose fines of up to 10,000 euros ($11,150) on pilots of aircraft that search for migrant boats in distress at sea, according to a
September 27, 2024
Leading mining companies are struggling to balance investor expectations for hefty returns with paying the necessary premiums to buy pure play copper
September 27, 2024
Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Central Bank to deliver a quarter-point cut at its Oct. 17 meeting, on the back of recent data showing
September 27, 2024
The excavation of a large Viking-era burial site in Denmark has unearthed 50 unusually well-preserved skeletons that archaeologists expect will help shed
September 27, 2024
Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday is a tight race between the ruling conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO).
September 27, 2024
NATO will set up a new land command in Finland near the Russian border next year, tasked with leading the alliance's land force operations in northern Europe in the event of a
September 27, 2024
The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users' passwords without protection
September 27, 2024
Trump, standing next to Zelensky, promises a good deal for ‘both sides’ of Ukraine-Russia war
September 27, 2024
Germany's finance minister has conveyed to Italy's Treasury his concerns about any takeover of Commerzbank by Italian lender UniCredit, two people familiar with the
September 27, 2024
Inflation has eased more than expected in two of the euro zone's biggest economies and the German jobs market has continued to cool this month, adding to an
September 27, 2024
Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Roman Catholic
September 27, 2024
Euro zone consumers have trimmed their inflation expectations for the next 12 months to the lowest level in three years, a European Central Bank poll showed on Friday, in a
September 27, 2024
A top aide of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has triggered outrage by suggesting that Hungary would have fared better by not resisting the 1956 Soviet invasion, in
September 27, 2024
Pope Francis has met with 17 survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Belgium
September 27, 2024
A Moscow court has begun considering a criminal case against a 72-year-old American accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, Russia's state news agency RIA reported on Friday.
September 27, 2024
A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih struck a five-storey building housing the regional police department on Friday, killing at least three people and
September 27, 2024
The number of people out of work in Germany rose more than expected in September in the latest sign of the challenges facing Europe's largest economy, federal
September 27, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 share index closed at a record high on Friday as companies and sectors exposed to China continued to rally after Beijing unveiled a
September 27, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 rose 0.2% to a record high of 526.72 points on Friday, eclipsing late August's all-time peak.
September 27, 2024
Shares in Moncler rose sharply on Friday after French rival LVMH invested in the Italian outerwear specialist, fuelling speculation about the
September 27, 2024
The Spanish economy showed strength compared to peers in the first half of the year, with growth of 0.9% in the first quarter and 0.8% in the second quarter, according to
September 27, 2024
Deaths from massive floods in southwest Poland this month have risen to nine, police said, reporting two more bodies found in the clean-up.
September 27, 2024
French consumer prices rose less than anticipated in September, aided by a sharp decline in energy costs, and petroleum products in particular, preliminary data from
September 27, 2024
A Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail killed three people and injured 14, including three children, Odesa regional prosecutors said on Friday.
September 27, 2024
The war in Ukraine is entering a critical period as the European Union enters a new era
September 27, 2024
Commerzbank's designated CEO Bettina Orlopp met with bankers from UniCredit virtually on Friday morning, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the
September 27, 2024
It's a mess, but it might just hold.
September 27, 2024
Russian forces stationed in the southern border region of Rostov fired the missile that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of
September 27, 2024
President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signalling that Moscow will consider responding with
September 27, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu What a week it's been for Beijing.
September 27, 2024
Germany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that's wreaking havoc on farms and breweries across the country
September 26, 2024
Moncler's Chairman and CEO Remo Ruffini is tightening his control of the outerwear specialist after striking a deal with LVMH, which will
September 26, 2024
Ukraine should be able to freely use arms it has been provided, Lithuania's foreign minister told Reuters on Thursday, adding he hoped Kyiv would be able to
September 26, 2024
Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after a separate meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday
September 26, 2024
Western nations were weighing their options on Thursday on how to safely get nationals out of Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out
September 26, 2024
Britain’s wrongful detention and deportation of Caribbean migrants was the result of decades of racist immigration laws designed to reduce the country’s non-white
September 26, 2024
Britain on Thursday named Oxford University professor Rachel Kyte as its new climate envoy and announced a new investment facility, the latest steps in the new government's
September 26, 2024
Shovelling mud out of gardens almost two weeks after torrential flooding battered the small Austrian town of Kritzendorf, Abulhkeem Alshater
September 26, 2024
Suitors have approached Eni over the potential sale of a second stake in its biofuel unit Enilive as the Italian group discusses the final details of a deal to
September 26, 2024
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended suspending the marketing authorization for Pfizer's sickle cell disease drug Oxbryta on Thursday.
September 26, 2024
Switzerland gave five districts the go-ahead on Thursday to shoot wolves after reports of attacks on livestock, a move that will please many farmers but anger
September 26, 2024
An unholy argument over a hymn has struck a discordant note in the preparations for the main event of Pope Francis' trip to Belgium
September 26, 2024
Denmark’s King Frederik has laid a foundation stone to launch the reconstruction of Copenhagen’s iconic Old Stock Exchange, which was partly destroyed by a fire in April that toppled its green copper roof and iconic dragon-tail spire
September 26, 2024
Airbus deliveries are closing September at a slower pace than a year ago, raising increased questions over the European planemaker's ability to hit a revised annual
September 26, 2024
Russian attacks on Ukraine's east on Thursday killed at least three people and injured five more, regional authorities said.
September 26, 2024
Hungary's chief prosecutor has asked the president of the European Parliament to suspend the parliamentary immunity of Prime Minister Orban's main political rival, MEP Peter Magyar
September 26, 2024
One of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s closest aides is facing backlash over statements he made suggesting that Hungary, unlike Ukraine, would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion
September 26, 2024
In Paris, this fashion house fears the size inclusive dream is over
September 26, 2024
British police called on Thursday for anyone with allegations against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed to come forward and said it would look to prosecute others after multiple
September 26, 2024
Popular Greek singer Marinella is in stable but critical condition in an Athens hospital, a day after collapsing on stage during a concert in the ancient Herod Atticus theater
September 26, 2024
A Kremlin spokesman says that changes in Russia’s nuclear doctrine are intended to discourage Ukraine’s Western allies from supporting attacks on Russia
September 26, 2024
Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies said on Thursday their carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project on Norway's west coast is now completed and ready to receive CO2, with its
September 26, 2024
British police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation into a cyberattack after passengers at the country's major railway stations saw an Islamophobic message when they
September 26, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer next week, a commission spokesperson said on Thursday, as he continues a charm
September 26, 2024
The EU Court of Justice has rejected an appeal by Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comin who both sought recognition as European Parliament members after
September 26, 2024
Britain on Thursday sanctioned five vessels and two associated entities involved in the shipping of Russian LNG, with the government saying it was using new legal powers for the
September 26, 2024
The Kremlin said on Thursday that changes to Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine outlined by President Vladimir Putin should be considered a signal to Western countries that there will
September 26, 2024
Sanctioned Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev on Thursday defeated a lawsuit brought by a former friend seeking a significant stake in one of the world's biggest fertiliser producers
September 26, 2024
Bank lending to the euro zone economy expanded slightly in August, continuing a slow rebound since the start of the year possibly boosted by the prospect of steady European
September 26, 2024
Commerzbank's designated CEO, Bettina Orlopp, said on Thursday that the bank will hold a first round of talks with UniCredit on Friday as the Italian lender presses for a possible
September 26, 2024
Pope Francis on Thursday called on leaders in Luxembourg - a small nation with a thriving economy and the highest density of millionaires
September 26, 2024
The Swiss National Bank reduced interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, echoing steps to lower borrowing costs by the European Central Bank and U.S.
September 26, 2024
Policy doves at the European Central Bank are preparing to fight for an interest rate cut next month after a string of weaker-than-expected
September 26, 2024
Deutsche Bank said on Thursday it now anticipated a faster European Central Bank rate-cutting cycle, with back-to-back quarter-point rate cuts starting from December.
September 26, 2024
The Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday that technical teams from China and the European Commission are actively negotiating a flexible price commitment solution over the
September 26, 2024
European shares jumped on Thursday, with China-exposed stocks such as luxury and miners outperforming on news of aggressive Chinese economic stimulus,
September 26, 2024
Commerzbank will hold a first round of talks with UniCredit on Friday, the German bank's designated CEO Bettina Orlopp said, as the Italian lender presses for a
September 26, 2024
Trade unions led protests across Spain on Thursday in an effort to force an agreement between the government and the business sector over a reduction in working
September 26, 2024
German chemicals giant BASF on Thursday slashed the dividends it plans to pay out in 2025 and in the following three years to preserve cash as it
September 26, 2024
H&M scrapped its margin target for 2024 as higher discounting, costs and fierce competition hurt operating profit in the third quarter, denting
September 26, 2024
Pope Francis is urging Europe to be beacon of peace amid war and a welcome home for migrants
September 26, 2024
Russia unleashed a new barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight, again targeting the energy sector and killing at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
September 26, 2024
Stellantis wants to adopt the low-cost mindset of Chinese EV makers despite the European and U.S. tariffs CEO Carlos Tavares
September 26, 2024
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time when Austria votes on Sunday
September 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Asian markets rallied on Thursday, defying weakness overnight on Wall Street as optimism over China's latest stimulus measures got a
September 26, 2024
Two researchers write in a new paper that Russia was able to brace for the financial penalties imposed after its invasion of Ukraine because of the lessons learned from sanctions imposed in 2014 after it invaded Crimea
September 26, 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, discussed humanitarian issues linked to the 2-1/2-year-old conflict in Ukraine, his
September 25, 2024
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will invest 500 million pounds ($669.6 million) to support parallel production of electric vehicles at its Halewood facility as part of its electrification strategy
September 25, 2024
British consumers have grown more gloomy over the past month following the new Labour government's removal of a welfare benefit for pensioners and warning of tax
September 25, 2024
During a speech to world leaders at the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia is planning to attack Ukraine's power plants, which he says could affect all of Europe.
September 25, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he is ready to sign a trade agreement between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc, but that
September 25, 2024
Robert Lewandowski was on target again and Barcelona extended its perfect start to the Spanish league season
September 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin instead of going to war with its invading neighbor
September 25, 2024
Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis and French nuclear fuels firm Orano have dropped their planned joint venture to recycle electric car batteries, both companies said on Wednesday.
September 25, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he was dispatching his foreign minister to Lebanon this week as part of efforts to prevent a full-fledged war, calling on
September 25, 2024
Italy’s antitrust watchdog is investigating the online fastfashion giant Shein for potentially making misleading claims about its sustainability practices
September 25, 2024
President Vladimir Putin says any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country
September 25, 2024
U.S. investment fund Oaktree Capital Management has injected a total of 47 million euros ($52 million) in capital into Inter Milan, the Italian soccer champions said on Wednesday,
September 25, 2024
Russia planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Zelensky warns
September 25, 2024
Cyprus' president said on Wednesday he was ready to immediately resume reunification talks over the ethnically divided island, urging regional rival Turkey to also engage in the
September 25, 2024
Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he was not having an affair with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, replying to a joke after their mutual praise at a black-tie event in New York
September 25, 2024
It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface
September 25, 2024
The European Union is moving toward backing plans to remove some of its protections for wolves on the continent as their population grows, in the latest political clash between farmers and environmentalists
September 25, 2024
Ukraine’s president is urging global leaders at the U_N_ to stand with his country and not seek “a lull” instead of a “real, just peace.”
September 25, 2024
Six European Central Bank policymakers told Reuters they were broadly in favour of a tie-up between Italy's UniCredit and Germany's
September 25, 2024
The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the seventh time in a row as inflation remains low and amid the economy’s slow recovery
September 25, 2024
Greece will urge the EU to provide medical treatment to injured Lebanese citizens, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told his Lebanese counterpart at a meeting in New York,
September 25, 2024
The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators from climate-vulnerable small islands to
September 25, 2024
Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock
September 25, 2024
Germany's Commerzbank says its role as a key lender to the swathe of "Mittelstand" midsize companies that drive Europe's top economy is grounds to resist
September 25, 2024
Members of Britain's Labour Party narrowly voted against the government's decision to limit winter fuel payments to the elderly, a symbolic move piling pressure on Prime Minister
September 25, 2024
NATO plans to coordinate the transport of a large number of wounded troops away from front lines in case of a war with Russia, potentially via hospital trains as
September 25, 2024
Italy police said on Wednesday they had arrested 61 people across four countries and seized 60 million euros ($67.1 million) following an investigation into international drugs
September 25, 2024
Germany cranked up its opposition on Wednesday to UniCredit's raid on Commerzbank at the same time as a big investor in the German lender
September 25, 2024
Hungary is aiming to lift economic growth into the 3% to 6% range next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday, as his cabinet
September 25, 2024
Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence
September 25, 2024
Russia is increasingly using highly destructive guided bombs in its more than 2-1/2-year-old invasion of Ukraine, pummeling Ukrainian forces on the battlefield as
September 25, 2024
Russia said on Wednesday that a plan by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to force it to make peace was a "fatal mistake" that would have consequences for Kyiv.
September 25, 2024
The German government has ruled out increasing its stake in Commerzbank again in the takeover dispute with Italy's Unicredit during a meeting of the parliamentary finance committee,
September 25, 2024
The joint leaders of the German Greens, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang said they would step aside, making way for a new leadership to be elected at the next party congress.
September 25, 2024
Google Cloud, Norway's sovereign wealth fund and Swiss bank UBS have joined forces to back a bid to run Britain's real-time record of transactions in bond
September 25, 2024
The co-leaders of Germany's Greens party, which is part of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition, said on Wednesday they would quit after a
September 25, 2024
Wage pressures are easing across the euro zone, driven in great part by lower additional compensation paid on top of negotiated wages, likely contributing to a further moderation
September 25, 2024
Norway's security police (PST) have begun a preliminary investigation into reports that a Norwegian-owned company was linked to the sale of pagers to Lebanese
September 25, 2024
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange is set to make his first public appearance since being freed from a British jail when he gives evidence to the Council of Europe next month, his
September 25, 2024
The UK's main stock indexes ended Wednesday on a downbeat note, hurt by energy shares tracking lower oil prices, while miners kept the losses in
September 25, 2024
Greece and Turkey will explore whether they can start talks aimed at demarcating their maritime zones, Greece's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
September 25, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 closed slightly lower on Wednesday as energy stocks tracked lower crude oil prices, while Germany's SAP slipped on news that the
September 25, 2024
French telecom operator Orange intends to delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), it said on Wednesday, citing the financial and administrative requirements of the
September 25, 2024
France's new finance and budget ministers said on Wednesday they
September 25, 2024
Even as U.S. markets reasonably bask in "soft-landing" hopes - a fresh downturn in Europe's biggest economy raises more serious questions on the eastern side of the
September 25, 2024
Racial disparities in some European nations cannot be tackled if legacies of colonialism and slavery are ignored, a report by a EU-wide network of anti-racism groups
September 25, 2024
Pope Francis is traveling to Belgium this week, where he is in for a sober welcome
September 25, 2024
Volkswagen's showdown with powerful labour leaders over how to tackle spiralling costs at underused German factories has triggered intense soul-
September 25, 2024
He is abrasive, provocative and has one of the lowest approval ratings among top Austrian politicians, but far-right leader Herbert Kickl is still the man to beat
September 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Beijing's big shot of stimulus is still pumping through Chinese markets, but its effect on broader markets could already be
September 25, 2024
When labour unions step into the ring with Volkswagen executives on Wednesday to fight over job security and plant closures, it will mark the toughest test
September 25, 2024
Volkswagen flatly rejected union demands after the first round of bitterly contested talks ended without
September 25, 2024
Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific
September 25, 2024
Ukraine’s president is dismissing the notion of peace talks with Moscow
September 25, 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the U.N. was turning a blind eye to excesses committed by Ukrainian forces in their incursion into Russia's Kursk region, launched last month.
September 25, 2024
A record 11 candidates have been approved for Moldova's presidential poll next month, electoral officials said on Tuesday, including incumbent Maia Sandu, who
September 24, 2024
Donald Trump is again criticizing the Biden administration’s financial support for Ukraine in its war against Russia
September 24, 2024
Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the heavy rainfall that caused floods killing 24 people in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found
September 24, 2024
Meta Platforms will not immediately join the European Union's AI Pact, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.
September 24, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the war between Russia and Ukraine cannot
September 24, 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to continue to cut interest rates at least through the first half of 2025, to a level between 2% and 3%, Dutch ECB governing council
September 24, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Germany and Angola Oct. 10-15, the White House said on Tuesday, in what will be his first visit to Africa as president.
September 24, 2024
The European Union and 12 partner countries have met in Brussels to discuss the effectiveness of Western sanctions on Russia and ways to strengthen the G7 price cap
September 24, 2024
Italy's main metalworkers union says workers in the automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18 in protest of declining output from Stellantis, the biggest carmaker in the country
September 24, 2024
The German economy will recover as temporary headwinds such as high inflation and interest rates fade, but the country still needs major reforms ranging from immigration to
September 24, 2024
Finland will return two giant pandas to China in November, more than eight years ahead of time, as the zoo where they live can no longer afford their upkeep, the
September 24, 2024
A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week.
September 24, 2024
UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel has succeeded in uniting Germany's political establishment in
September 24, 2024
Pro-migrant groups and opposition parties have collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on easing Italy's stringent citizenship laws for foreigners
September 24, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advocated on Tuesday for a plan for talks between Russia and Ukraine to end their conflict, a proposal already rejected by
September 24, 2024
Elena is scouring the town for window glass. Irina wants boards and beams to fix holes in her roof.
September 24, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that the cost of fixing shortfalls in the public finances would be shared fairly and that all his government's
September 24, 2024
Italian designer Alberta Ferretti has announced that she is stepping down as creative director of the eponymous brand she founded more than 40 years ago
September 24, 2024
Huge diamond necklace worn at two British coronations goes on sale
September 24, 2024
Russia hit a high-rise apartment block and a bakery in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv with guided bombs on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 34, with others feared
September 24, 2024
Freed Russian political prisoners on Tuesday appealed for the release of more than 1,000 others still incarcerated as a U.N. expert described a significant worsening of
September 24, 2024
France is likely to see much tougher immigration and security measures to reflect a broad rightward shift in society, its new
September 24, 2024
Muğla: A magical but overlooked corner of the Mediterranean
September 24, 2024
Grateful Poles are heaping praise to honor their silent hero that just saved them: a floodwater reservoir that spared the cities of Opole and Wroclaw from imminent flooding that ravaged parts of Central Europe
September 24, 2024
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala proposed the dismissal of Development Minister Ivan Bartos on Tuesday, a surprise move that shook the centre-right coalition and likely means the exit
September 24, 2024
Poland will mobilise up to 23 billion zlotys ($6.01 billion), some of it from the European Union, to deal with the aftermath of severe flooding, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on
September 24, 2024
Police in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”
September 24, 2024
Germany's leading economic institutes have downgraded their forecast for 2024 and now see Europe's largest economy shrinking by 0.1%, people
September 24, 2024
Pope Francis is pressing ahead with a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium despite coming down with a mild flu, in a trip expected to highlight the needs of migrants and
September 24, 2024
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that people should re-listen to a warning issued by President Vladimir Putin who said the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed
September 24, 2024
Italian designer Alberta Ferretti is stepping down as creative director of her eponymous brand after 43 years, fashion group Aeffe said on Tuesday.
September 24, 2024
Swedish authorities said on Tuesday that Iran hacked into a text messaging service last year and sent thousands of messages urging Swedes to take revenge against Koran burners.
September 24, 2024
German business morale fell for a fourth straight month in September and by more than expected, a survey showed on Tuesday, adding to signs that the euro zone's
September 24, 2024
For years until the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Father Ioann Burdin served as a priest in the Russian village of Karabanovo, 370 km (230 miles) northeast of Moscow.
September 24, 2024
European shares ended higher on Tuesday, with China-exposed firms such as luxury giants and automakers at the helm of gains after China's central
September 24, 2024
Sweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam's holy book in 2023
September 24, 2024
China's Leapmotor is set to start taking orders in Europe for a city car and an SUV, the automaker and its partner Stellantis said on Tuesday, as they expand their budget electric
September 24, 2024
The European Commission has approved an acquisition of Vodafone Italia by Swisscom under the foreign subsidies regulation, the Swiss telecoms company said on Tuesday.
September 24, 2024
France's newly appointed finance minister, tasked with steering the nation out of a deep fiscal hole amid growing investor concern over debt, acknowledged on Tuesday concerns over his
September 24, 2024
The Bank of England should be able to lower interest rates gradually as it gains confidence that inflation will remain close to its 2% target, Governor Andrew Bailey said in an
September 24, 2024
Pope Francis will be visiting Belgium on a trip starting Thursday, facing a flock ravaged by countless scandals of priest sexual abuse and dwindling in the face of modernity, where women and gays insist on an equal role and rights
September 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors have long clamoured for China to unleash broad-based stimulus measures to help turn sentiment around, and while
September 24, 2024
Workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen five months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half of the building
September 24, 2024
Russia is trying to knock out Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of the winter to leave it dark and in the cold, the EU's foreign policy chief said on Monday,
September 24, 2024
San Francisco 49ers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey has traveled to Germany to consult with a specialist about his Achilles tendinitis
September 23, 2024
Decisive actions by the United States now could hasten the end of the Russian war against Ukraine next year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday
September 23, 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a personal appeal to Britons on Tuesday to support his sometimes difficult plans to
September 23, 2024
Italy has approved BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, holding a stake of more than 3% in Italian defence and aerospace group Leonardo, a document seen by Reuters showed on
September 23, 2024
The trial into the brutal killing of a 22-year-old woman has started in Italy
September 23, 2024
European soccer roundup: Erling Haaland scores 100th Manchester City goal in controversial game against title rival Arsenal
September 23, 2024
Officials from nine southern European Union member countries are focused on harnessing offshore wind and solar energy
September 23, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz leads Team Europe to comeback victory over Team World in the Laver Cup
September 23, 2024
Volkswagen's CEO expects labour unions to make proposals on how to cut costs and close a gap with competitors, two days before talks over plant closures and new wage deals.
September 23, 2024
Northvolt plans to cut 1,600 jobs at its base in Sweden, or about a fifth of its global workforce, as Europe's biggest hope in the electric vehicle battery market
September 23, 2024
Ukraine abides by international humanitarian law and does not target civilians during its current incursion into Russia's western Kursk region, Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesman said on
September 23, 2024
Recent flooding in the eastern Romanian county of Galati caused damage worth 62.2 million lei ($13.90 million) according to a preliminary estimate, the president of the local
September 23, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed as "an unfriendly attack" UniCredit's move to become the biggest investor in rival
September 23, 2024
Ukraine accused Russia at an international court on Monday of flouting sea law by trying to keep the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and annexed
September 23, 2024
An improvement in Greek-Turkish relations could help U.N. efforts revive talks between Cyprus' divided communities, Greece's foreign minister said on Monday
September 23, 2024
Ukraine has accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait
September 23, 2024
Greece’s coast guard says four people have died and five others have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Samos
September 23, 2024
Italy's economic growth last year was weaker than previously estimated but, more positively for the government, the budget deficit and public debt as a proportion of output were also
September 23, 2024
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, gathering his cabinet for the first time on Monday, told ministers to focus on action rather than
September 23, 2024
The European Commission launched a challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday against China's investigation into EU dairy products, initiated
September 23, 2024
At least four migrants died when their boat sank on Monday off the Greek island of Samos, the Greek coastguard said.
September 23, 2024
The Finnish economy is recovering from recession but public debt continues to grow, the Nordic country's Finance Ministry said on Monday.
September 23, 2024
Euro zone business activity contracted sharply and unexpectedly this month as the bloc's dominant services industry flatlined while a downturn in manufacturing
September 23, 2024
Euro zone exporters will continue to struggle for years to come as high energy cost and poor labour productivity growth will weigh on their competitiveness, a European Central
September 23, 2024
German business activity contracted in September at its sharpest pace in seven months, according to a survey on Monday that suggested Europe's largest economy had
September 23, 2024
European shares closed higher on Monday as a soft business activity reading strengthened the case for more monetary policy easing by the European
September 23, 2024
Devastating floods in Poland have increased the probability of changes to the 2024 budget and decisions could be made by the government within two weeks, Finance Minister Andrzej
September 23, 2024
The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg
September 23, 2024
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Pope Francis will press ahead with plans to travel to Luxembourg and Belgium later this week, despite cancelling his meetings for Monday due to a mild flu,
September 23, 2024
Shares of Commerzbank and UniCredit fell on Monday after the German government said that it would retain its 12% stake in the German bank for now in a move that will
September 23, 2024
British investment managers Legal & General and Schroders are to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial property in the United States
September 23, 2024
Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year running, and inflation that has outstripped the EU average
September 23, 2024
The government that takes power in Austria after next Sunday's general election will face growing pressure to diversify its energy supply away from
September 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 23, 2024
Russian forces launched the latest of a series of strikes on Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday evening, killing one person, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.
September 23, 2024
The euphoria of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats at their regional election win over the far-right faded on Monday as the party
September 23, 2024
The euro dropped against the dollar on Monday as business activity reports for the euro zone economy disappointed, briefly extending declines after U.S. data
September 22, 2024
Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz in the deciding match as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup
September 22, 2024
An estimated 180,000 motorcyclists gathered at Our Lady of Fatima shrine in central Portugal on Sunday for the ninth annual Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets
September 22, 2024
Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Sunday
September 22, 2024
Liechtenstein voted to join the International Monetary Fund in a referendum on Sunday in a move aimed at integrating the tiny principality more deeply into multilateral affairs and
September 22, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) managed to fend off the far-right AfD in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the party throughout
September 22, 2024
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has handed a little known duo the task of plugging a huge hole in the budget, putting loyalty before political clout in the job
September 22, 2024
Swiss financial market regulator FINMA ordered an audit into Credit Suisse's handling of events leading to its demise in 2023, when the bank was acquired by its longtime rival UBS,
September 22, 2024
Officials in Italy say a two-story building has collapsed in the southern province of Naples, killing two young siblings and their mother, while burying the children’s grandmother under the rubble
September 22, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was under pressure on Sunday over his decision to limit winter fuel payments
September 22, 2024
New Russian strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have hit high-rise apartment buildings
September 22, 2024
This US man failed Spanish in school. Now he’s running a language school in Spain
September 22, 2024
Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to increase protections for the Alpine country's cherished plant and animal life
September 22, 2024
Tens of thousands of revelers marked the opening day of the 189th Oktoberfest
September 22, 2024
The Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz have won an election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg
September 22, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far-right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after
September 21, 2024
Russian forces struck a multi-storey apartment building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Saturday evening, wounding 21 people and prompting an evacuation of some of its
September 21, 2024
Ireland will not introduce hate speech laws, its justice minister said on Saturday, dropping a central part of the response to riots in Dublin last year following criticism from
September 21, 2024
Russia will take no part in any follow-up to the Swiss-organized "peace summit" held in June as the process amounts to "fraud," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on
September 21, 2024
Here are details of the main ministerial appointments after French President Emmanuel Macron's office unveiled on Saturday the new cabinet that will report to Prime Minister Michel
September 21, 2024
It started with an informal pick-up game. Now, this organized soccer club is a lifeline for many asylum-seekers
September 21, 2024
France unveiled a new government on Saturday that aims to strike a fine balance between right-wingers and centrists, as Prime Minister Michel
September 21, 2024
The French presidential palace has unveiled a new center-right government more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions
September 21, 2024
For the first time in seven years, Team USA, led by super-stars like Nelly Korda and Rose Zang, secured victory over Team Europe at the Solheim Cup. World Sport's Patrick Snell spoke with Team USA captain Stacy Lewis, who spoke about how great both of those players are.
September 21, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that the end of the more than 2-1/2-year-old war with Russia depended on the "resolve" of Kyiv's Western allies in providing needed
September 21, 2024
British actor Stephen Fry has praised Austria for welcoming him as a citizen and giving him the right to vote in the country's upcoming election following a change in the
September 21, 2024
Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges
September 21, 2024
A man shattered a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei on Friday during the opening of his exhibition at Palazzo Fava in the Italian city of Bologna, a spokesperson for
September 21, 2024
As water receded in Stronie Slaskie, one of the areas worst-hit by massive floods in south-west Poland, residents and volunteers
September 21, 2024
Ukraine's foreign minister said on Saturday that Russia is planning strikes on Ukrainian nuclear facilities before the winter, and urged the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and Ukraine's
September 21, 2024
Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary Operation Market Garden
September 21, 2024
This luxury spot proves that travelers who head straight to Greece’s islands are missing out
September 21, 2024
Ukrainian drones have struck multiple Russian arms depots, destroying what Ukraine's General Staff claimed were thousands of tons of weaponry, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travels to the White House next week
September 21, 2024
Oktoberfest has opened in Munich after the ceremonial beer keg-tapping
September 21, 2024
Goodbye, ‘welcome culture.’ Germany bows to far-right pressure and tightens its borders
September 21, 2024
The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her has highlighted the difficulties that sexual violence victims can face in France
September 21, 2024
Pro-European President Maia Sandu staged a city centre rally on Friday to kick off her bid for re-election in a month-long campaign held alongside a referendum
September 20, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that senior Ukrainian officials agreed in an "emotional" discussion that the country needs to make more weaponry domestically and speed up
September 20, 2024
Reform UK leader and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage took aim at Britain's governing Labour Party on Friday, telling supporters his right-wing party
September 20, 2024
Western governments and Russia's exiled opposition should begin laying the groundwork for Russia's democratic transition after President Vladimir Putin
September 20, 2024
REA Group, majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has sweetened its takeover offer for Britain's real estate portal Rightmove to about 5.9 billion pounds ($7.86 billion), the
September 20, 2024
Germany will not sell any more shares in Commerzbank for now and the bank's strategy is "geared towards independence," the country's Finance
September 20, 2024
Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat
September 20, 2024
An Italian judge has seized money and assets worth almost 75 million euros ($84 million) from five people, including Stellantis and Ferrari Chair John Elkann, as part of an
September 20, 2024
She speaks seven languages, has a PhD in particle physics, an apartment in Budapest plastered with her own pastel drawings of nudes, and a career that took her
September 20, 2024
Serbia's government ministers on Friday agreed to reintroduce compulsory military service which was abolished 14 years ago, President Aleksandar Vucic said, praising the decision
September 20, 2024
Russell Bentley, a U.S. national who went missing in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine early this year, is believed to have been tortured to death by Russian soldiers who are now
September 20, 2024
Monaco dominates Barcelona, Wirtz and Raya impress plus more Thursday Champions League takeaways
September 20, 2024
Novo Nordisk's shares fell nearly 5% on Friday after results from a Phase 2a trial of the Danish drugmaker's experimental
September 20, 2024
Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by government officials, military personnel and critical workers because it believes its
September 20, 2024
Britain's foreign minister David Lammy chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee, known as COBR, on Friday to discuss the latest situation in Lebanon.
September 20, 2024
Germany is to install missile defense systems on three new government jets that are used by senior leaders, the Spiegel news outlet reported on Friday.
September 20, 2024
Matthew Baldwin is setting an unexpectedly hot pace at the BMW PGA Championship after shooting 6-under 66 to establish a two-stroke lead after the second round
September 20, 2024
NATO concluded a major anti-drone exercise this week, with Ukraine taking part for the first time as the Western alliance seeks to
September 20, 2024
The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter has received threats and been advised by the Hungarian secret services not to talk to media
September 20, 2024
A Danish prosecutor on Friday asked a court to find British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah guilty of defrauding Denmark of over 9 billion Danish
September 20, 2024
The European Union may consider temporarily suspending its visa-free regime with Georgia if an Oct. 26 parliamentary election in the EU candidate country is not free
September 20, 2024
A German court has ruled that Amazon is using Nokia's patented video technologies without a licence, the Finnish network equipment maker and telecommunications patent holder said
September 20, 2024
Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices
September 20, 2024
Pope Francis called on the world's Catholic cardinals, many of whom live in Rome and lead Vatican offices, to pursue a "zero deficit" agenda to improve the
September 20, 2024
Europe will loan war-torn Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of G7 pledge
September 20, 2024
First-time applications from people seeking asylum in European Union countries declined in June, with Syrians, Venezuelans, and Afghans being the primary applicants, a report from the
September 20, 2024
Ukraine's "victory plan" in the war against Russia depends on quick decisions being taken by allies this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday during a visit by European
September 20, 2024
Russia warned the West and Ukraine on Friday of "disastrous consequences" if Kyiv moved against close Russian ally Belarus, making clear it would intervene to defend a country where
September 20, 2024
Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the Czech Republic looked on track to become the first
September 20, 2024
Authorities in Ukraine have advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region, blanketed the city
September 20, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a loan of up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) for Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on
September 20, 2024
Russia said on Friday that its army would regain control of its Kursk region "in a timely manner", declining to say how soon this could be achieved.
September 20, 2024
Sanofi said on Friday that its multiple sclerosis drug candidate was shown to delay worsening of a progressive form of the disease by 31%, as the French drugmaker
September 20, 2024
Russia on Friday dismissed a "victory plan" elaborated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a gambit to keep the West onside and said it had nothing to do with the search
September 20, 2024
Commerzbank employees and a prominent labour union on Friday called on the German government to oppose a takeover of the German lender by Italy's
September 20, 2024
A Russian citizen suspected of directing the beating of Leonid Volkov - an exiled top aide to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny - was arrested in Poland, the National
September 20, 2024
Polish army helicopter pilots have been putting skills they learned preparing for combat into fighting floods that have left a trail of destruction across
September 20, 2024
Dutch prosecutors say that a 22-year-old man arrested after a stabbing in Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously wounded is suspected of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent
September 20, 2024
The world's biggest technology companies have embarked on a final push to persuade the European Union to take a light-touch approach to regulating artificial
September 20, 2024
Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said on Friday a pledge worth 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the European Union to help the country recover from its
September 20, 2024
The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed sexually abused female staff at his London department store Harrods, forced them to have medical screenings and
September 20, 2024
A social media producer whose accounts would normally show people where to eat out and relax in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw has
September 20, 2024
German residential property prices continued to fall in the second quarter, dropping by an average of 2.6% year-on-year, but they showed some signs of stabilisation, federal
September 20, 2024
European shares slipped on Friday after a rally in the previous session spurred by the U.S.
September 20, 2024
The United States should take into account Moscow's warnings on risks of further escalation around the conflict in Ukraine, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti cited Russian
September 20, 2024
Italy is about to send another Samp-T anti-missile system to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday, underlining the need, however, to avoid entering war with
September 20, 2024
The European Union is ready to lend Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations
September 20, 2024
The döner kebab is beloved in Berlin
September 20, 2024
The European Central Bank is hoping for more cross-border bank consolidation to improve the valuation of lenders and efficiency in the sector, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos
September 20, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday she had arrived in Ukraine's capital Kyiv to discuss Europe's support, winter preparedness, defence and progress on
September 20, 2024
European auto stocks are so unpopular right now that investors keep reducing their exposure even as the scale of the industry's problems has driven
September 20, 2024
Oil refiners in Asia, Europe and the United States are facing a drop in profitability to multi-year lows, marking a
September 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 20, 2024
Germany's federal and state governments' tax revenue rose 5.3% in August compared with the same month last year, the finance ministry said on Friday.
September 19, 2024
The far-right Austrian Freedom Party's lead over its nearest rival has shrunk to within the margin of error, two recent opinion polls showed, the most recent of which was published
September 19, 2024
Mercedes-Benz cut its full-year profit margin target for the second time in less than two months, hitting European auto stocks as it joined a growing number of
September 19, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the more than 2
September 19, 2024
Greece will start negotiations to buy a fourth Belharra frigate from France to strengthen its navy as it recovers from a decade-long debt crisis, the country's defence minister said
September 19, 2024
A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s severely damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s city center
September 19, 2024
France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel Barnier's office said he had pulled together a list of
September 19, 2024
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western
September 19, 2024
Portuguese police have arrested 14 suspected arsonists this week, who may have set some of the dozens of deadly wildfires raging across the country,
September 19, 2024
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ramping up drone production by around ten times to nearly 1.4 million this year in a bid to ensure the Russian armed forces
September 19, 2024
The European Union says it will outline steps to compel Apple to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to competing technologies under the bloc’s tough new digital rulebook, which threatens hefty fines for breaches
September 19, 2024
European banks may not be sufficiently provisioned for property loan defaults if severe pressure leads to rapid growth in problem loans, a report by Moody's Ratings
September 19, 2024
Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana has a narrow lead over Romanian leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in the first round of Romania's presidential election, an
September 19, 2024
Shell's planned sale of a stake in the Schwedt refinery in Germany is being delayed by pending lawsuits by
September 19, 2024
Ukraine’s energy supply faces ‘sternest test yet’ as war grinds toward third winter
September 19, 2024
Harrods ‘utterly appalled’ by allegations that former owner Mohamed Al Fayed raped staff
September 19, 2024
Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Russia's richest woman, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday, his lawyers said, after a deadly shootout at the Moscow
September 19, 2024
UniCredit, Italy's second-largest bank, has taken a 9% stake in Germany's Commerzbank and is seeking permission to potentially raise this to 29.9%, sources told Reuters, while
September 19, 2024
The Bank of England left interest rates at 5% on Thursday and voted to run down its stock of British government bonds by another 100 billion pounds ($132.86 billion) over the coming
September 19, 2024
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, who abdicated earlier this year, has been admitted to a hospital after falling in her home
September 19, 2024
German media empire Axel Springer will be split between CEO Mathias Doepfner and private equity firm KKR, the company said on Thursday, in a deal that secures the
September 19, 2024
Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro district, one of the
September 19, 2024
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has pledged billions of euros in aid for Central European countries that suffered enormous damage to infrastructure and housing during the massive flooding that has claimed 24 lives so far in the region
September 19, 2024
The German economy could shrink again in the current quarter, given a deep industrial recession, subdued investment and abundant consumer caution, the Bundesbank said in a
September 19, 2024
One of more than 50 men accused of raping Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot in a mass rape case that has shocked the world told her in court on Thursday that he was
September 19, 2024
EU antitrust regulators launched proceedings on Thursday to ensure that Apple complies with landmark rules requiring it to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals or
September 19, 2024
Germany is set to approve close to 400 million euros ($450 million) in additional military aid to Ukraine, according to a finance ministry letter seen by Reuters on
September 19, 2024
Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin
September 19, 2024
The Czech finance ministry will provide 30 billion crowns ($1.34 billion) to tackle flood damage under an amendment of its 2024 budget and will allocate a further 10 billion crowns
September 19, 2024
The sum of 160 million euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets will be allocated to meet Ukraine's urgent humanitarian needs for this winter, European
September 19, 2024
Ukraine's electricity supply shortfall could reach 6 gigawatts this winter, about a third of expected peak demand, amid Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and
September 19, 2024
The European Union will make billions of euros available to help central Europe recover from severe floods, European Commission President Ursula von der
September 19, 2024
A storm system that has wreaked havoc across central Europe brought devastating floods to the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna on Thursday for the second year in a row,
September 19, 2024
A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Thursday to jailed Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara for his "fearless opposition to authoritarianism
September 19, 2024
European stocks jumped on Thursday after the U.S.
September 19, 2024
Russia's campaign of air strikes on Ukraine's energy grid probably violates international humanitarian law, a U.N. monitoring body said on Thursday, as Ukrainians
September 19, 2024
Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy sector in a new wave of airstrikes on Thursday, killing at least one
September 19, 2024
Russia has taken two villages in the western Kursk region, a senior commander said, as Russian forces advance against thousands of Ukrainian forces who smashed through the Russian
September 19, 2024
European regulators have pinpointed a potentially flawed cleaning process during maintenance as investigators probe an engine fire that
September 19, 2024
The Vatican has given the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary
September 19, 2024
Iranian and European officials will meet at the U.N.
September 19, 2024
Austrians elect a new parliament on Sept. 29 in a vote that could put the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in pole position to form a government for the first time in postwar history.
September 19, 2024
More than 130 world leaders will meet at the United Nations next week, faced with wars in the Middle East and Europe threatening to spread, frustration
September 19, 2024
Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite
September 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee With the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated rate cut done and dusted, the Bank of England (BoE) is next up in the rate decision
September 19, 2024
New car sales in the European Union fell 18.3% in August to their lowest in three years, dragged down by double-digit losses in major markets
September 19, 2024
The world's top coffee body is set to request that the European Union postpone a requirement that imported beans come from areas not linked with
September 19, 2024
China's commerce minister said on Wednesday that Beijing will continue to negotiate "until the last minute" on the European Union's electric vehicle probe, with the investigation
September 18, 2024
Harris expected to meet with Zelensky next week, sources say
September 18, 2024
Britain could attract up to 7.7 billion pounds ($10.2 billion) in additional foreign sovereign investment by 2030 if it pursues a long-term blueprint for enticing such funds, a
September 18, 2024
South Korea is confident it can overcome any obstacles to a multi-billion dollar project to build a nuclear plant in the Czech Republic, despite appeals against the
September 18, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that his "Victory Plan", intended to bring peace to Ukraine while keeping the country strong and avoiding all "frozen conflicts", was now
September 18, 2024
Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by her husband have asked her about her habits, personality and sex life, and even questioned whether she was truly unconscious during the encounters
September 18, 2024
WWII soldier killed as prisoner of war identified 82 years later
September 18, 2024
Only Malta and Denmark will submit their debt reduction plans to the European Commission by the initial September 20 deadline set by the EU's new fiscal rules,
September 18, 2024
The company linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria is based in a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital
September 18, 2024
Alphabet's Google took a major step this year to end an EU antitrust investigation with an offer to sell its advertising marketplace AdX but
September 18, 2024
The European Union must be quick to increase its defences as Russia may be ready for a confrontation in six to eight years, the nominee to be the EU's first
September 18, 2024
Italy's state railways company will remain under state control, Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Wednesday, after the company's CEO said he was considering opening it up to
September 18, 2024
As residents of the Polish town of Glucholazy struggled to salvage what they could from their flood-ravaged homes on Wednesday, they praised friends, family and rescue
September 18, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will on Tuesday address a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Russia's war in his country, said
September 18, 2024
Several shots were fired outside a school in Oslo on Wednesday and three suspects have since been apprehended, Norwegian police said.
September 18, 2024
Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain because they no longer have a connection with Europe’s emerging stars after defecting to LIV Golf
September 18, 2024
The British government said on Wednesday it had summoned the Russian ambassador following what it described as an "unprecedented and unfounded public campaign of aggression" by
September 18, 2024
‘He made a nation dream’: Tributes pour in for Italy soccer legend Totò Schillaci after his death aged 59
September 18, 2024
Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and and the deaths of at least 23 people so far.
September 18, 2024
The Polish power system is safe despite ongoing flooding, power grid operator PSE said on Wednesday.
September 18, 2024
Four takeaways from Tuesday’s Champions League action: Bayern Munich and Endrick make history, Americans shine
September 18, 2024
Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday asked a London tribunal to throw out a mass lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of abusing its dominance in the online search market.
September 18, 2024
Any bank merger in Germany must create a competitive institution robust enough to support economic growth, Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday, just as UniCredit is
September 18, 2024
Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe
September 18, 2024
Qualcomm lost its bid to get a European Union antitrust penalty thrown out after a top court largely rebuffed the technology company’s arguments in the case involving cellphone chipsets
September 18, 2024
An artwork featuring the plaster face casts of hundreds of transgender people is on display in London’s Trafalgar Square
September 18, 2024
Financial investor CVC is urging German state railway conglomerate Deutsche Bahn to reconsider its $16-billion sale of logistics arm Schenker to Denmark's DSV, a letter
September 18, 2024
Finland's President Alexander Stubb defended his country's decision to buy arms from Israel despite the war in Gaza, saying it had no link to Finland's
September 18, 2024
The largest banks in Britain are paying below-average interest rates for some savings accounts and face regulatory action if they fail to offer better value, the Financial Conduct
September 18, 2024
The European Union has begun the process of clawing back hundreds of millions of euros in funds meant to go Hungary
September 18, 2024
NATO must enact a "robust coordinated" response to incidents in which Russian missiles or drones fired at Ukraine enter the alliance's airspace, Romanian Defence Minister Angel
September 18, 2024
Ukraine claims to have destroyed large Russian ammunition depot in overnight drone attack
September 18, 2024
Euro zone inflation is still not as low as the European Central Bank would like, so interest rates need to remain sufficiently high to resolve price pressures, Bundesbank
September 18, 2024
Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after ‘misunderstanding’ which led to detention in Poland
September 18, 2024
An airplane carrying Sweden's foreign minister and justice minister has returned to Stockholm after suffering a technical problem while on the way to Turkey, and a key security
September 18, 2024
Government scientists and artificial intelligence experts from at least nine countries and the European Union will meet in San Francisco after the U.S. elections to coordinate on safely developing AI technology and averting its dangers
September 18, 2024
More than 100 wildfires are stretching thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal
September 18, 2024
The Kremlin on Wednesday described as "dangerous" comments by Jens Stoltenberg, the outgoing head of NATO, that a decision by the West to allow Ukraine to use Western long-range
September 18, 2024
Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged and raped by dozens of men recruited by her husband, on Wednesday called the men standing trial "degenerates" while attempts
September 18, 2024
Ukrainian drones have struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge blaze and prompting the evacuation of residents
September 18, 2024
Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup that his country hosted, has died
September 18, 2024
The European Union's head office is warning that devastating floods through much of Central Europe and deadly wildfires in Portugal are joint proof of a “climate breakdown” that will become the norm unless drastic action is taken
September 18, 2024
A wave of deadly wildfires in Portugal has pushed emergency services to the limit and much-needed reinforcements arrived
September 18, 2024
European Union sanctions could target financial institutions that underpin battlefield product flows to Russia as well as the supply of products made in southeast
September 18, 2024
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier came under pressure on Wednesday to clarify how he will plug a gaping hole in the public finances as the central bank and public
September 18, 2024
Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland
September 18, 2024
Google has won a court challenge against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business
September 18, 2024
Commerzbank is poised to put CFO Bettina Orlopp in charge of talks with UniCredit when the German bank's supervisory board meets next week, two
September 18, 2024
Europe's second-top court largely confirmed on Wednesday an EU antitrust fine imposed on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm, revising it down slightly to 238.7 million euros
September 18, 2024
Austria on Wednesday announced a package of measures in response to severe flooding across the country, including a tripling of
September 18, 2024
Alphabet unit Google won a legal challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine, while Qualcomm failed to repeal a
September 18, 2024
The bulk of France's debt reducing drive must come from spending cuts but tax increases will also be required, notably if they target wealthy taxpayers and large companies, French
September 18, 2024
British stock indexes dropped on Wednesday as investors reined in bets on interest rate cuts by the Bank of England, while global risk sentiment
September 18, 2024
European shares closed lower on Wednesday, as investors refrained from risk-taking ahead of an all-important interest rate decision by the U.S.
September 18, 2024
Roma has fired coach Daniele De Rossi in a move that was surprising despite the Giallorossi going winless in their opening four Italian league matches
September 18, 2024
Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the U.N.
September 18, 2024
Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood waters that have
September 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland With just hours until one of the most highly anticipated central bank decisions in recent memory, traders are still agonising
September 18, 2024
Meta Platforms Inc is facing a hefty fine in the EU over its alleged efforts to dominate the classified advertising market, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people
September 18, 2024
"Made in Italy: shame in Italy," a handful of migrant labourers who had travelled from Italy's famed
September 18, 2024
The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding
September 18, 2024
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday, forcing
September 17, 2024
Undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after detention by law-enforcement officers at Poland's Krakow airport, Ukraine's
September 17, 2024
Ireland faces significant challenges to make construction more financially and practically viable to build the 52,000 homes needed per year from now until 2050 to catch up on a
September 17, 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov outlined to the visiting head of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday what he described as numerous Ukrainian rights violations
September 17, 2024
France's economy is set to gain momentum in the coming two years as lower inflation boosts consumer spending, helping to offset the drag from government belt-tightening, the central
September 17, 2024
Juventus 19-year-old Kenan Yildiz has scored the first goal of the revamped Champions League
September 17, 2024
Slovakia's parliament dismissed opposition leader Michal Simecka from the post of deputy speaker on Tuesday, a step that he decried as an attack on democratic standards and a distraction
September 17, 2024
The European Union's newly announced Energy Commissioner will for the first time have the task of leading an EU housing division as well as dealing with more
September 17, 2024
Three people were slightly injured on Tuesday in a fire inside Greece's second-biggest oil refinery west of Athens, the company said in a statement.
September 17, 2024
Italy's Raffaele Fitto and Latvia's Valdis Dombrovskis were asked by European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday to be in charge of making sure
September 17, 2024
Entire city evacuated after floods, 7 die in wildfires as extreme weather sweeps Europe
September 17, 2024
The European Commission wants to set up a fund to support strategic sectors, a document showed on Tuesday, as the bloc seeks to compete more effectively in new
September 17, 2024
The head of Russia's nuclear testing site said on Tuesday his secretive facility was ready to resume nuclear tests "at any moment" if Moscow gave the order, in rare
September 17, 2024
Romanian police were looking for a man who started a fire inside the country's parliament building on Tuesday which caused hundreds of people to be evacuated but no casualties.
September 17, 2024
London’s Oxford Street to be pedestrianized under new mayoral plans
September 17, 2024
Russia said on Tuesday it had repelled five new attempts by Ukrainian forces to smash through its border into the Kursk region, bringing the total number of reported attacks on the
September 17, 2024
Philip Morris International's Vectura Fertin Pharma said on Tuesday it would sell its asthma inhaler maker Vectura Group to Molex Asia Holdings for 150 million pounds ($198 million).
September 17, 2024
Brexit is ‘stifling’ Britain’s trade with Europe and the problem is getting worse
September 17, 2024
Major manufacturers, such as Daimler Truck and Traton, displaying their trucks at a transportation fair in Hanover this week say they
September 17, 2024
Spain's central bank on Tuesday raised this year's economic growth forecast to 2.8% from 2.3% expected previously, predicting an acceleration from 2023 in contrast to the wider euro
September 17, 2024
Georgia’s parliament has approved draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights, echoing laws adopted in neighboring Russia
September 17, 2024
Battery-electric cars (BEVs) sold in the European Union are set to reach a total market share of between 20% and 24% by 2025, mostly because of
September 17, 2024
UniCredit will seek ECB clearance to potentially buy up to 30% of Commerzbank, three people close to the matter said, in order to have the "flexibility" the Italian bank's CEO Andrea
September 17, 2024
Stellantis has already taken measures and is working hard to avoid the risk of plant closures facing rival Volkswagen, the carmaker's CEO Carlos Tavares said on Tuesday.
September 17, 2024
Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT
September 17, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday nominated her candidates for posts in the EU executive.
September 17, 2024
Turkey and Sweden will hold their first meeting on Wednesday addressing a security pact the sides agreed to ensure Ankara's approval of Stockholm's NATO membership bid, a Turkish
September 17, 2024
Three Portuguese firefighters died on Tuesday in one of dozens of forest blazes ravaging the country's central and northern regions,
September 17, 2024
Officials say protected green and loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the beaches of two British military bases in Cyprus, with the number of nests surpassing last year’s record count by nearly 25%
September 17, 2024
Five thousand firefighters are struggling to contain multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal that are blamed for causing at least six deaths and forcing an unknown number of residents to flee their homes
September 17, 2024
Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany's Christian Democrats, and Markus Soeder, the head of their Bavarian sister party, said on Tuesday they had agreed Merz would
September 17, 2024
Meta is banning Russia state media organization from its social media company platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda
September 17, 2024
Teresa Ribera will have to square up to Big Tech, banks and airlines if confirmed as Europe's new antitrust chief, while juggling calls for looser rules to help
September 17, 2024
Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first ever government job:
September 17, 2024
Support for Ukraine guarantees the survival of neighbouring Moldova, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday at a conference
September 17, 2024
Once appointed, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's new finance minister must lose no time coming up with a 2025 budget that could make or break the incoming government.
September 17, 2024
Temporary checks on Germany's western and northern borders to combat irregular migration will not hit Europe's largest economy beyond creating delays and
September 17, 2024
Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe
September 17, 2024
German investor morale darkened more than expected in September, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, as the assessment of the economic situation
September 17, 2024
German broadcaster RTL and Paramount have withdrawn their bid to merge Super RTL, a children's television network, with Nickelodeon, the German cartel office said on Tuesday.
September 17, 2024
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday the new lineup of the executive arm of the European Union that runs the affairs of the 27-nation bloc on a daily
September 17, 2024
NATO's newest member Sweden plans to raise its defence spending by 13 billion crowns ($1.3 billion) in the state budget for 2025 to a total of 138 billion, Defence Minister Pal
September 17, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that Intel is committed to its plan to build plants in eastern Germany despite the U.S. chipmaker saying that it is delaying
September 17, 2024
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has put women in many of the top roles on her new team for her next five-year tenure at the head of the bloc
September 17, 2024
Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of
September 17, 2024
A 71-year-old French man has admitted in court that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious
September 17, 2024
The leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year's
September 17, 2024
BNP Paribas Markets 360 reckons the euro could rally against the dollar if there is a global recession, marking a break with past trading dynamics.
September 17, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 recorded its highest closing level in two-weeks on Tuesday, as global markets remained upbeat on the prospects of the U.S.
September 17, 2024
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday named a new team to lead the European Union's most powerful
September 17, 2024
Germany will provide an additional 100 million euros ($111 million) in aid for Ukraine this winter, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Moldova on
September 17, 2024
Flutter said on Tuesday it would buy Italy's Snaitech for 2.3 billion euros ($2.6 billion) including debt from gambling technology group Playtech,
September 17, 2024
Russia fired missiles at energy infrastructure in the northeast Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday hours after an overnight drone strike on the region, reducing power in some areas and
September 17, 2024
When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield - a tough new law with no international equivalent that
September 17, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Tokyo traders returned on Tuesday from a three-day holiday weekend, showing little inclination to repeat the yen's low-
September 17, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his government's first budget next month wouldn't take steps that undermine his goal to generate growth, but warned that unfunded
September 17, 2024
Lower voter turnout and increasingly contested results globally are threatening the credibility of elections, an intergovernmental watchdog warned on Tuesday, as its sub-index
September 16, 2024
Demand for London's most expensive homes cooled last month as high earners worried about the possibility of tax increases by Britain's new centre-left government, a property data
September 16, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday stressed the importance of a fighter jet programme with Italy and Japan after speculation that his new government could axe its
September 16, 2024
The outgoing head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday he welcomed talks on Ukraine's use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russian territory, but any decision on the issue
September 16, 2024
Deadly floods prompted Austrian political parties to cancel or postpone election events scheduled on Monday in what the conservative chancellor called a "pause"
September 16, 2024
Scania owner Traton is committed to using Sweden's Northvolt as the truckmaker's single battery supplier despite recent production and delivery problems, its CEO said on
September 16, 2024
How Daniel Ricciardo went from a ‘shy’ teenager to one of F1’s most effervescent characters
September 16, 2024
Italy's competition watchdog said on Monday a planned tie-up between Swisscom's and Vodafone's Italian units could pose a threat to competition in the country's fixed-line
September 16, 2024
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday to give up on the idea that Russia can be defeated on the battlefield and to support
September 16, 2024
17-year-old wonderkid Lamine Yamal scores twice as Europe’s soccer powerhouses dominate the weekend’s action
September 16, 2024
Germany is interested in expanding trade with Kazakhstan while also ensuring such trade is not used to circumvent EU sanctions on Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on a visit to
September 16, 2024
Daimler Truck, one of the world's biggest commercial vehicle makers, aims for half of its European sales to come from electric trucks
September 16, 2024
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Monday signed a decree pardoning 37 people convicted of crimes related to "extremism", state news agency Belta reported.
September 16, 2024
More than 5,000 people marched through Brussels and most public transport in the Belgian capital was suspended on Monday in solidarity with workers of Audi
September 16, 2024
At least 17 killed in floods as a month’s worth of rain pounds central Europe
September 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine drags on for more than 2 ½ years
September 16, 2024
Mario Draghi's call last week for a revamp of Europe's tough pro-competition policy rules prompted much speculation that the EU's next antitrust chief may
September 16, 2024
President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make
September 16, 2024
The European Central Bank should keep cutting interest rates gradually, its chief economist said on Monday, but its policymakers expressed differing views on how to signal their
September 16, 2024
Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher accused of breaking Russia's "foreign agent" laws, pleaded guilty at a trial on Monday and is now in line to receive a lighter sentence,
September 16, 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said on Monday that it was closing its programmes in Russia after an instruction to deregister from the Justice Ministry.
September 16, 2024
The chief executive of Germany's Commerzbank snubbed overtures for a takeover by Italy's UniCredit, saying on Monday he had his own plans for the bank
September 16, 2024
At least two people died as wildfires raged in central and northern Portugal on Monday, forcing authorities to evacuate villages, close motorways
September 16, 2024
France's second largest listed bank Credit Agricole has decided to replace precious metals with trading in the regulated carbon markets starting from 2025, three
September 16, 2024
The Finnish government is happy for Sweden to lead the establishment of NATO land forces in Finland to boost defences against neighbouring Russia, the two Nordic
September 16, 2024
A ban on new licences for short-term rentals in three districts in central Athens will be in force for at least a year, the Greek
September 16, 2024
The Kremlin said on Monday that the Ukrainian links of the alleged shooter in the assassination attempt on former U.S.
September 16, 2024
Exceptionally heavy rainfall has been pounding Central Europe and has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported in Poland, three in Czech Republic and one in Romania
September 16, 2024
The European Central Bank should almost certainly wait until December before cutting interest rates again to be certain it is not making a policy mistake in easing too quickly,
September 16, 2024
Global commodity trading house Trafigura has announced it will appoint Jiri Zrust to the newly opened role of Global Head of Operational Assets.
September 16, 2024
Ukraine said on Monday it had asked the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to join humanitarian efforts in Russia's Kursk region following a cross-
September 16, 2024
Germany reintroduced temporary border checks including at its frontiers with France and the Netherlands on Monday as part of efforts to combat irregular migration
September 16, 2024
Ryan Routh, the reported suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, visited Kyiv in the
September 16, 2024
An influential French member of the European Union’s powerful executive branch has resigned
September 16, 2024
Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations, expanding a system of controls already in place at its four other borders
September 16, 2024
Apollo Global Management has signed a $1 billion deal with British energy major BP to fund its stake in the Trans Adriatic natural gas pipeline, the companies said on Monday.
September 16, 2024
Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday as others in
September 16, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 closed slightly lower on Monday as losses in heavyweight technology shares weighed on the index, while the focus remained on the U.S
September 16, 2024
France picked Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne as its new candidate for the next European Commission as the incumbent, Thierry Breton,
September 16, 2024
Volkswagen may book up to 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) in provisions for planned capacity cuts as early as the fourth quarter, analysts at brokerage Jefferies said in a note after
September 16, 2024
German police and prosecutors are investigating an explosion that occurred in central Cologne early Monday, a police spokesperson said, adding that there was no indication of a
September 16, 2024
Trade unions and thousands of disgruntled workers are demonstrating in the Belgian capital to protest the threat of massive layoffs in a state-of-the-art Brussels car factory and other key industries
September 16, 2024
Residents of Budapest's sixth district have narrowly voted to ban short-term rentals from 2026 in a decision which could have wider ramifications for the housing market in one of
September 16, 2024
A merger of UniCredit and Commerzbank could add value for all stakeholders and create a stronger bank, UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel told a German newspaper on Monday, adding a decision
September 16, 2024
Germany angers European neighbors as it tightens migration along all land borders
September 16, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's finally decision time for the U.S.
September 16, 2024
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome
September 16, 2024
Team USA wins Solheim Cup for the first time since 2017 with victory over Europe
September 15, 2024
Suzann Pettersen fell short in her second stint as European Solheim Cup captain
September 15, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed Italy's efforts to tackle illegal immigration on Monday, saying the two countries would share
September 15, 2024
Germany has signed a deal with Uzbekistan to enable the migration of skilled workers from the Central Asian nation to support the German economy and
September 15, 2024
Lilia Vu made a 2-foot birdie putt on the final hole, and the United States won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2017, beating Europe on a tense Sunday of singles matches at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
September 15, 2024
Russian strike hits apartment block in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring at least 40
September 15, 2024
Italy’s army is set to begin guarding medical staff in Calabria starting Monday
September 15, 2024
Georgia's most powerful man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, suggested that the South Caucasus country could apologise to Ossetians for the 2008 war with Russia that led to Moscow recognising
September 15, 2024
A Russian-guided bomb struck a multi-storey apartment building on Sunday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, triggering a fire and killing one person and injuring 42, officials
September 15, 2024
England and English soccer teams could be removed from UEFA competitions if a new regulator is considered to be “Government interference” in the sport
September 15, 2024
Eight people have died trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said on Sunday, confirming earlier media reports.
September 15, 2024
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Central Europe and the death toll has risen
September 15, 2024
Authorities say at least eight people have died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France
September 15, 2024
Ukrainian officials say two people have died in a missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa
September 15, 2024
Authorities say several people have during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France
September 15, 2024
The death toll from flooding in central Europe rose to eight on Sunday as thousands of people were
September 15, 2024
British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been urged by former defence secretaries and an ex-premier to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside Russian territory even
September 14, 2024
Ukraine's spy chief said on Saturday that Russia's increased production of guided bombs as well as artillery ammunition deliveries from North Korea present major problems for
September 14, 2024
European governments should halt welfare benefits to Ukrainian men of military age who are living in their countries, Poland's foreign minister said, a measure he
September 14, 2024
Germany's opposition conservatives have achieved their highest nationwide poll rating in three and a half years, according to a weekly survey conducted by INSA for German
September 14, 2024
Ukraine would have a good military reason to strike deeper into Russia using Western weapons, a senior NATO military official said on Saturday.
September 14, 2024
The head of NATO’s military committee says that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage, reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies
September 14, 2024
German billionaire Mathias Doepfner and KKR reached a fundamental deal in summer to split up the media giant Axel Springer, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters
September 14, 2024
An Italian prosecutor on Saturday asked a judge to sentence right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini to six years in prison over his 2019 decision to prevent more than 100 migrants
September 14, 2024
At least 8 dead as heaviest rain in decades hits parts of central and eastern Europe
September 14, 2024
Top-ranked Nelly Korda improved to 3-0 in this year's Solheim Cup and helped the Americans maintain a four-point advantage over Europe heading into Sunday singles
September 14, 2024
Russia begins efforts to expel Ukraine from Kursk but counter-attack is yet to gain momentum
September 14, 2024
Thousands of people have attended an anti-government rally organized by Poland’s nationalist conservative opposition party to boost support before next year’s presidential election
September 14, 2024
Iran's foreign minister said that Tehran was open to diplomacy to solve disputes but not "threats and pressure", state media reported on Saturday, after the U.S. and three European
September 14, 2024
Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered in cities across France on Saturday in support of Gisele Pelicot whose husband is on trial, accused of drugging her and recruiting dozens of
September 14, 2024
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary said on Saturday a prolonged Boeing workers' strike may cut the number of aircraft it receives by next summer to 20 from an anticipated 25.
September 14, 2024
Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of 206 prisoners on Saturday, 103 apiece, in their second such swap in two days, following negotiations mediated by the
September 14, 2024
Ukraine has made a new call on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders produced no visible shift in their policy
September 14, 2024
Germany opens its doors to Kenyan workers in controlled migration deal
September 14, 2024
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war, with each side releasing 103 people, the Interfax news agency cited Russia's defence ministry as saying on Saturday.
September 14, 2024
The French woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband and raped by dozens of men while unconscious is becoming a symbol of the nation's fight against sexual violence
September 14, 2024
Russian officials threatened the West on Saturday with an uncontrolled escalation of war and Ukraine with the destruction of Kyiv as Western leaders discussed whether to allow
September 14, 2024
At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday, officials said, as
September 14, 2024
Emergency authorities say four people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas
September 14, 2024
NATO could have done more to arm Ukraine to try to prevent Russia's invasion in 2022, the outgoing head of the Western military alliance said in an interview released on Saturday.
September 14, 2024
A Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank has been laid to rest in her hometown in Turkey with thousands lining the streets and anti-Israeli feelings in the country rising
September 14, 2024
Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
September 14, 2024
Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance to overtake the identity of its neighbor
September 14, 2024
The head of Germany's Federal Police Union questioned the feasibility of the government's new border control plans, citing issues with staffing and preparation two days before their
September 13, 2024
Flying back to Rome from a lengthy trip to Asia, Pope Francis criticized both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration
September 13, 2024
The search for the origin of Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone intensifies
September 13, 2024
Elon Musk's X social media platform is unlikely to be subjected to landmark EU tech rules which aim to rein in the power of Big Tech because it does not meet the
September 13, 2024
Ukraine's government has approved the 2025 draft budget, which has a strong focus on defence spending, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday.
September 13, 2024
Vladimir Putin's options to retaliate if the West lets Ukraine use its long-range missiles to strike Russia could include striking British military assets near Russia or, in
September 13, 2024
The European Union is aiming to hold a vote to introduce definitive tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China on Sept.
September 13, 2024
Pep Guardiola ‘happy’ that hearing into Manchester City’s alleged breaches of financial rules begins Monday
September 13, 2024
Splits in Russia's opposition in exile have widened sharply, shifting their focus from political activism to infighting after allies of late
September 13, 2024
EU antitrust officials are considering ordering Alphabet's Google to end anti-competitive practices in its adtech business, but will not order a breakup as they
September 13, 2024
An Italian appeals court overturned a 2021 ruling convicting 37 people and three firms for deadly pollution linked to the former Ilva steelworks on Friday and ordered a retrial, ANSA
September 13, 2024
Top-ranked Nelly Korda won both her matches to carry the United States to a record 6-2 lead over Europe on the first day of the Solheim Cup
September 13, 2024
German and Kenyan officials have signed an agreement to promote the recruitment of skilled Kenyan workers who can fill gaps in Germany’s labor market, and to facilitate the repatriation of Kenyans who don’t have the right to stay in Germany
September 13, 2024
Ukrainian Canadians protested on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival even after its organizers reversed course and suspended screenings of a documentary about Russian
September 13, 2024
The former centre-right governor of Italy's northern Liguria region, Giovanni Toti, has agreed a plea bargain deal with prosecutors to end a corruption case against him, his lawyer
September 13, 2024
Few European Union countries are likely to meet the Sept. 20 deadline to submit their debt reduction plans to the European Commission, in a possible blow to
September 13, 2024
The National Bank of Poland said on Friday it had informed prosecutors of the possibility that the speaker of parliament and the head of a parliamentary committee may have committed
September 13, 2024
A woman in Austria has been found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media
September 13, 2024
DSV is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest logistics firm after agreeing to buy Schenker, the logistics arm of German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn, for 14.3
September 13, 2024
Police in Denmark say a 29-year-old man faces a whopping 86 preliminary charges for reckless driving
September 13, 2024
Spain, hosting a high-level meeting on Friday of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end the Gaza war, called for a clear schedule for the
September 13, 2024
A Greek appeals court on Friday reduced the prison sentences of 11 men involved in trafficking 1.2 metric tons of cocaine from the Caribbean into Europe and
September 13, 2024
Ukraine has secured the release of 49 people from Russian captivity in the latest exchange of prisoners with Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.
September 13, 2024
Greece said on Friday it would give a three-year tax break to homeowners who convert their short-term rentals to long ones, becoming the latest European country to clamp down on
September 13, 2024
European Union member states can increase the funds they pay to farmers, the European Commission said on Friday, after protests by farmers earlier in the year forced policymakers
September 13, 2024
Prague was putting up flood defences in the city's historic centre on Friday after Czech forecasters expanded a warning for extreme rainfall to areas of the country
September 13, 2024
President Vladimir Putin has delivered a clear message to the West about the consequences it will face if it allows Ukraine to hit Russian territory with Western long-range missiles
September 13, 2024
Since Russia's full-scale invasion more than 30 months ago, Ukraine has relied heavily on supplies of weapons from its Western allies to beat back its much larger enemy.
September 13, 2024
Nine European countries protested on Friday against the International Monetary Fund's plans to resume missions to Russia, saying it would damage the reputation
September 13, 2024
President Vladimir Putin's proposal to restrict exports of Russian metals is an invitation for officials to think about it and there are no concrete measures yet, Kremlin spokesman
September 13, 2024
Russia completely disagrees with comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Crimea should return to Ukrainian control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
September 13, 2024
Italian Navy divers have recovered video surveillance equipment from the superyacht that sank off Sicily last month, killing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch
September 13, 2024
German authorities say an alleged Islamic extremist has been arrested in connection with plotting an attack on German soldiers during their lunch break in Munich, killing as many of them as possible and causing a feeling of insecurity among the larger population
September 13, 2024
Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy that was taken in a smash-and-grab raid on a London gallery
September 13, 2024
German government officials and UniCredit bankers have held talks after the Italian lender's purchase of a 9% stake in Commerzbank, a German government source said on Friday.
September 13, 2024
David Beckham and former England coach Roy Hodgson are among the soccer dignitaries attending the funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson in the Swedish manager’s small hometown of Torsby
September 13, 2024
The European Central Bank's two biggest shareholders expressed confidence on Friday about the prospect for lower inflation and interest rates in the euro zone.
September 13, 2024
Two German navy ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in the first such transit in two decades, demonstrating Berlin's
September 13, 2024
The head of Germany's central bank said on Friday that authorities would take a "very close look" at UniCredit's overtures to potentially buy Germany's Commerzbank, a sign that any
September 13, 2024
Don't go anywhere: an event-packed week is coming up with central banks from the United States to Brazil and from Europe to Japan meeting.
September 13, 2024
European stocks rounded off the week on a positive note, supported by technology, real estate and mining shares, while investors shifted their focus to the U.S.
September 13, 2024
One of British street artist Banksy's best-known paintings, "Girl with Balloon", has been found after its theft from a London gallery last week with two men charged, police said on
September 13, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet U.S.
September 13, 2024
All flights to and from Belgium's Charleroi airport, a major hub for budget airline Ryanair, were cancelled on Friday for a second day as the airport's employees continued to
September 13, 2024
Russia has accused six British diplomats of spying and decided to expel them
September 13, 2024
Beijing, as a vote on EU duties on China-made electric vehicles looms, employed a carrot-and-stick approach to deal with the 27-strong bloc,
September 13, 2024
The chairman of Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Friday accused NATO of being a party to military action in Ukraine, suggesting it was already heavily involved
September 13, 2024
Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he was confident that the European Commission would reimburse Hungary's costs for protecting the European Union's external border from
September 13, 2024
When Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko used the full force of his security apparatus to smash mass demonstrations in 2020, Maria Kalesnikava became a symbol
September 13, 2024
Denmark's DSV has agreed to buy Schenker, the logistics arm of German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn, for
September 13, 2024
Inflation in the euro zone, including a core measure that strips out volatile prices, is going in the right direction, European Central Bank policymaker Joachim Nagel said on
September 13, 2024
Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling
September 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland European traders who went to bed thinking a quarter-point Fed rate cut was a lock for next week may well have had a rude
September 13, 2024
Northvolt's shock decision this week to shrink its operations and cut jobs has sparked fears that Europe's best shot at a home-grown electric vehicle battery
September 13, 2024
President Joe Biden has brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine’s allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia
September 13, 2024
An interest rate cut from the Bank of England next week looks unlikely but investors will be watching its September meeting for clues about future moves, as well as a
September 12, 2024
Janet Jackson reveals she had another wardrobe malfunction… and it involved Queen Elizabeth
September 12, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he and International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan had discussed how to ensure that arrest warrants for Russian officials
September 12, 2024
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with
September 12, 2024
Traders pared back their bets on back-to-back rate cuts from the European Central Bank for the rest of the year on Thursday, as policymakers provided little
September 12, 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will take over from German diplomat Christoph Heusgen as chair of the Munich Security Conference, a person familiar with the matter told
September 12, 2024
European Central Bank policymakers see an interest rate cut in October as unlikely, barring a major deterioration in the outlook for growth, three sources told Reuters.
September 12, 2024
Cave discovery in France may explain why Neanderthals disappeared, scientists say
September 12, 2024
Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer has returned to the tiny village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago
September 12, 2024
Russian pranksters released footage on Thursday of a video call with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski after apparently tricking
September 12, 2024
Greece outlined measures to boost its lagging birthrate on Thursday, from vouchers and childcare benefits to tax breaks for new parents, although experts questioned the plan's
September 12, 2024
The foreign ministers of several Muslim and European countries will meet in Madrid on Friday to discuss how to implement a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
September 12, 2024
A culture of commemoration is still thriving in this Dutch town 80 years after its liberation
September 12, 2024
Three Red Cross staff members have been killed by artillery strikes in eastern Ukraine
September 12, 2024
Europe cuts interest rates again as economic recovery falters
September 12, 2024
Euro zone government bond yields, the euro and European stocks held steady on Thursday after the European Central Bank cut its main interest rate for a second time in three meetings
September 12, 2024
Revised UK bank capital rules have thrown a lifeline to smaller lenders struggling to poach market share from Britain's biggest banks, boosting
September 12, 2024
Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of using strategic bombers to strike a civilian grain vessel in a missile attack in Black Sea waters
September 12, 2024
Amputated limbs and butchered horses uncovered in Battle of Waterloo ‘gore’ pit
September 12, 2024
The European Central Bank cut interest rates again on Thursday as inflation slows and economic growth falters, but provided almost no clues about its next step, even as investors bet
September 12, 2024
The Nazis routinely shared altered photos in their official publication, the Illustrierter Beobachter, causing readers to question what was real or fake.
September 12, 2024
The European Central Bank lowered its 2024 economic growth projection on Thursday but still sees inflation broadly in line with its 2% target by the end of 2025.
September 12, 2024
The European Central Bank cut its interest rates on Thursday, saying lower inflation and economic growth were allowing it to take its foot off the brake slightly.
September 12, 2024
Following is the statement from the European Central Bank following its policy meeting.
September 12, 2024
The granddaughter of Italy's wartime dictator Benito Mussolini said on Thursday she was leaving Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party because it was
September 12, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country's much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die.”
September 12, 2024
Stellantis said on Thursday it would suspend production of the fully electric Fiat 500 small car for four weeks due to sluggish demand.
September 12, 2024
Russian shelling on Thursday killed three Ukrainians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and wounded two others in a village in the frontline Donetsk region,
September 12, 2024
An inexorable decline in the number of working age Europeans will put a huge strain on welfare systems and public finances in coming decades, according to a
September 12, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed a Chinese-Brazilian peace initiative for the war in Ukraine as "destructive", and complained that Kyiv had not been involved in the process
September 12, 2024
A Russian judge ordered the trial of three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny closed to journalists and the public on Thursday, citing the potential for
September 12, 2024
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched “counteroffensive actions” in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukrainian forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II
September 12, 2024
An EU court order this week that Apple pay Ireland 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) presents the government with opportunities to address pressing infrastructure, housebuilding and
September 12, 2024
Shares in European banks continued their upward trend on Thursday, mostly driven by the read-across from UniCredit's sweep to buy a 9%
September 12, 2024
Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States
September 12, 2024
UniCredit's investment in Germany's Commerzbank has laid the basis for talks over a tie-up that could help Europe build stronger banks to compete with U.S. and Asian
September 12, 2024
Commerzbank and UniCredit shares extended gains on Thursday after the Italian bank's CEO Andrea Orcel laid out plans to buy more of its German rival or even take it over, fuelling
September 12, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia
September 12, 2024
Hungary is ready to sue the European Commission to reimburse the costs of protecting the European Union's external border, which Budapest says has cost it some 2 billion euros ($
September 12, 2024
Chinese carmaker Chery Auto is ready to spend billions of euros to ensure its Omoda and Jaecoo brands are embraced by European customers within three years, the head of the two
September 12, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had anticipated Moscow's counteroffensive in the Russian region of Kursk,
September 12, 2024
European shares jumped on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates again as inflation hovers within striking distance of its 2%
September 12, 2024
After spending years in what she described as "boring, sedentary" roles in the offices of several Ukrainian companies, Liliia Shulha landed her dream job as a truck
September 12, 2024
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that a German plan to impose tighter checks at its land borders amounted to unilaterally scrapping Europe's open-border
September 12, 2024
Russia should clearly state its willingness to use nuclear weapons against countries that "support NATO aggression in Ukraine", according to an influential foreign
September 12, 2024
Poland added its voice on Thursday to calls to allow Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles deep into Russia as it hosted U.S.
September 12, 2024
People ‘adopting’ fallen soldiers buried at an American war cemetery in the Netherlands are helping to keep alive memories of their sacrifice as the country marks the 80th anniversary of the start of its liberation from World War II Nazi occupation
September 12, 2024
The euro rose against the dollar on Thursday after the European Central Bank lowered interest rates and ECB president Christine
September 11, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy next month, a former Ukrainian official said in Beijing on Thursday at the
September 11, 2024
European Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules
September 11, 2024
Brazil on Wednesday asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to
September 11, 2024
Videogame companies Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Roblox and four others were hit with an EU consumer complaint on Thursday accusing them of misleading gamers into
September 11, 2024
The European Central Bank cut interest rates again on Thursday and signalled a "declining path" for borrowing costs in the months ahead as
September 11, 2024
It was late on Tuesday evening in Europe and investors' suspicions were growing.
September 11, 2024
Danish logistics company DSV won the race to buy Schenker, the rail logistics arm of German state railway Deutsche Bahn, sources at the railway and at the German government said.
September 11, 2024
The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions on senior officials at a European charter flight company for "facilitating irregular migration" through Nicaragua as the Biden
September 11, 2024
Albania's main opposition leader Sali Berisha said he had been officially indicted on Wednesday on corruption charges for actions he took when he was prime minister, describing
September 11, 2024
The Dutch government's latest sale of ABN Amro shares has reduced its stake in the bank to 40.5% from 49.5%, Finance minister Eelco Heinen said in a letter to parliament on
September 11, 2024
Commerzbank's management has discussed how to keep the German lender independent, exploring defence strategies to resist a potential bid from
September 11, 2024
With inflation subsiding, the European Central Bank is cutting its benchmark interest rate to prop up tepid growth with lower borrowing costs for companies and home buyers
September 11, 2024
UniCredit's purchase of a 9% stake in Commerzbank has raised the prospect of a merger which has long been considered a natural option for the Italian lender, which entered the German
September 11, 2024
UniCredit's purchase of a stake in Commerzbank has fuelled speculation about further European banking consolidation, after this year's hostile
September 11, 2024
Chinese carmaker Geely is scouting locations for a plant in Europe but has not committed fully to building up local production, executives from the car
September 11, 2024
Commerzbank will hold a first round of talks with UniCredit on Friday as the Italian lender presses for a possible tie-up.
September 11, 2024
‘Do not be conspicuous’: Spanish city billboards urge British tourists to keep their clothes on and behave
September 11, 2024
European Union lawmakers are backing calls for new rules around the use of “dynamic pricing” when selling online goods, after Oasis fans complained about massively
September 11, 2024
The EU is exaggerating spending on climate-friendly projects, potentially by billions of euros, the bloc's auditors said on Wednesday, citing examples of countries
September 11, 2024
British foreign minister David Lammy said on Wednesday Britain would provide a further 600 million pounds ($781 million) of support for Ukraine as he visited Kyiv with U.S.
September 11, 2024
Britain's foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires over the transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia.
September 11, 2024
Three women were killed and five other people were injured on Wednesday during Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, prosecutors said.
September 11, 2024
The international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF) on Wednesday obtained the release of its migrant rescue ship, which had been
September 11, 2024
Germany's largest industrial union, IG Metall, demanded a pay rise of 7% for almost four million workers in the country's auto, electrical and metal industries as collective
September 11, 2024
Britain will revive active job market policies that hark back to past Labour governments to help boost employment and reduce inactivity, a sore spot for the economy, new
September 11, 2024
Germany's foreign ministry mocked U.S.
September 11, 2024
Kosovo announced the indictment of 45 suspects on terrorism charges on Wednesday, almost a year after ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a north Kosovo village and battled police in a
September 11, 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' warning that failing to support Ukraine could leave Poland and other countries open to attack by Russia is resonating in Poland
September 11, 2024
Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber planes flew over the Barents and Norwegian seas as part of a major naval exercise, the state-run RIA news agency quoted the defence ministry as
September 11, 2024
UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel approached German lender Commerzbank's management earlier on Wednesday inviting the bank to explore merger talks, a source with knowledge of the matter
September 11, 2024
International soccer returned to Europe over the past week less than two months after the conclusion of Euro 2024
September 11, 2024
Germany announced plans this week to extend controls to all its land borders and turn away more asylum seekers in a bid to
September 11, 2024
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday that he will form his new government next week, potentially capping one period of political uncertainty ahead of a
September 11, 2024
Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old Frenchman accused of drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her, will not take part in his trial this
September 11, 2024
The Kremlin told the West on Wednesday that any decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range Western missiles would deepen what it
September 11, 2024
France's counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted events this summer
September 11, 2024
Relatives of 12 Polish inmates of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps have received precious belongings seized from their kin during captivity
September 11, 2024
Germany's lower house of parliament and the state parliament of Lower Saxony have approved the rescue of Meyer Werft, one of the world's
September 11, 2024
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government will not take into account a parliamentary vote to recognise Venezuelan opposition
September 11, 2024
Sweden will increase spending on its justice system by 3.46 billion crowns ($335 million) in its budget bill for 2025 to curb high crime rates, the justice minister said on
September 11, 2024
Two Russian oligarchs and the country's National Settlement Depository company on Wednesday lost legal challenges against European Union sanctions imposed on
September 11, 2024
Russia will consider the United States and its allies to be parties to the Ukraine war and Moscow will use more powerful weapons if the West allows Ukraine to use long-range weapons
September 11, 2024
The UK's benchmark FTSE 100 stock index ended lower on Wednesday, led by a decline in Rentokil shares after the pest control company warned on North
September 11, 2024
European shares ended flat on Wednesday as gains in technology shares were offset by losses in real estate shares, while investors shifted their focus to
September 11, 2024
Officials are investigating why part of a bridge in eastern Germany has collapsed
September 11, 2024
U.S.-based investment fund Castlelake is considering selling its majority stake in Spanish real estate group Aedas Homes, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Wednesday, citing
September 11, 2024
Germany saw a 10.7% increase in insolvencies in August compared to a year earlier, the federal statistics office reported on Wednesday, adding to data that show persistent
September 11, 2024
UniCredit's CEO approached Commerzbank about exploring merger talks on Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the matter said,
September 11, 2024
Iran’s new president has slammed the West, saying that Israel is “committing massacres” in the war in Gaza and is using European and American weapons to do so
September 11, 2024
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen speaks with Ukrainian convicts recruited to fight in the war against Russia.
September 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors broadly took the U.S. presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in stride where details were
September 11, 2024
Former President Donald Trump said in the presidential debate that he wanted Russia’s war with Ukraine to be over
September 11, 2024
A European business group says China must reprioritize economic growth and reforms and boost investor confidence by leveling the playing field for all companies in the country
September 11, 2024
The U.S. and British foreign ministers met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday on a visit interrupted by air raid warnings, unveiling new
September 11, 2024
Chinese-Swedish EV brand Lynk & Co, which will launch its first China-made battery-electric car in Europe next month, said it did not intend to pass on the
September 11, 2024
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday the European Union should reconsider proposed import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, and urged
September 11, 2024
European firms in China doubt the government has a credible plan to boost demand in the ailing economy or will carry out long-promised reforms, diminishing their
September 10, 2024
Britain's largest real estate portal Rightmove rejected the 5.6 billion pound ($7.32 billion) cash-and-stock takeover proposal from Australia's
September 10, 2024
Rupert Murdoch-owned property listings firm REA Group has made an initial takeover offer for Britain's Rightmove, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter.
September 10, 2024
European travelers will have to pay to enter the UK in 2025
September 10, 2024
Ukraine’s prime minister has warned that the country could be facing its toughest winter since the full-scale Russian invasion began, as airstrikes against the country’s beleaguered energy infrastructure intensify
September 10, 2024
Georgia's ruling party on Tuesday selected Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire ex-prime minister who is widely believed to be the country's most influential figure, as its lead
September 10, 2024
The Dutch government on Tuesday clarified that ASML needs a licence to provide spare parts and software updates for computer chipmaking equipment it has
September 10, 2024
Ukraine loses more than $11 billion annually in gross domestic product due to landmines laid since Russia's invasion, which create no-go areas and so reduce exports
September 10, 2024
The woman at the centre of an affair that led to the resignation of Italy's culture minister was banned from parliament on Tuesday for allegedly illicitly filming
September 10, 2024
French rescuers say they have found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side
September 10, 2024
Portugal's government expects the economy to grow at an annual rate of about 2% in 2024 and 2025 and foresees small budget surpluses in both years even as
September 10, 2024
Four hopefuls were left in the race to become leader of the Conservatives on Tuesday after centrist former work and pensions minister Mel Stride was knocked out of a race set to
September 10, 2024
Hosting the Olympic Games gave a boost to France's service sector in August but the country's political crisis still clouds the economic outlook, the central bank said on Tuesday in
September 10, 2024
Poland will extend the implementation of a buffer zone on its border with Belarus for 90 days, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the measure had been effective in
September 10, 2024
Germany's government presented a plan on Tuesday to implement more rigorously European rules on asylum that would see more people turned away at its
September 10, 2024
The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week
September 10, 2024
The head of European planemaker Airbus said novel open-rotor technology being tested by engine maker CFM International offers promising
September 10, 2024
The transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia represents a further military escalation and will be met with a "strong response" from the European Union, EU foreign affairs
September 10, 2024
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticised a decision by Germany to tighten controls on its land borders, calling on Tuesday for urgent consultations with
September 10, 2024
The governments of France, Germany and Britain condemned the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, said they would cancel bilateral air services agreements with
September 10, 2024
The United States is urging its European partners to be more forceful in expressing their disquiet about China's growing defence collaboration with Russia, U.S.
September 10, 2024
A new foreign minister has been named in Sweden nearly a week after the post was vacated in a surprise resignation
September 10, 2024
Talks with the International Monetary Fund regarding Ukraine's financing needs are proving difficult, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday, despite Ukraine's
September 10, 2024
Volkswagen said on Tuesday it was scrapping a range of labour agreements including a guarantee of jobs until 2029 at six German plants, raising the prospect
September 10, 2024
Europol is mobilising teams to try to solve the 1996 gangland murder of a criminal from the former Yugoslavia who was found shot dead in Germany, the pan-European police force
September 10, 2024
Sweden appointed Maria Malmer Stenergard as foreign minister on Tuesday, choosing the former migration chief to lead policy on Ukraine just
September 10, 2024
Kyiv said on Tuesday it could cut ties with Tehran if Russia used ballistic missiles supplied by Iran to attack Ukraine, and it denounced any such
September 10, 2024
A 71-year-old man on trial in France accused of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her in their home was hospitalised on Tuesday for
September 10, 2024
UPS said on Tuesday it would acquire Germany-based healthcare logistics firm Frigo-Trans for an undisclosed amount to boost its healthcare cold-chain facilities in Europe.
September 10, 2024
An EU court order that Apple pay Ireland 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in back taxes triggered mixed feelings in Dublin on Tuesday as the
September 10, 2024
Glencore's former head of oil Alex Beard appeared in a London court on Tuesday to face bribery charges relating to the Swiss commodity trader's
September 10, 2024
Apple lost a long-running court battle with the European Union on Tuesday, resulting in the company being forced to pay 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in back
September 10, 2024
China has renewed its offer for talks with the European Commission to address economic and trade frictions to try to ease impending punitive tariffs on China-made electric vehicles.
September 10, 2024
Ukraine's prosecutor general said on Tuesday that Kyiv suspected a senior Russian air force commander of ordering a missile strike on a children's hospital in central
September 10, 2024
German airline Lufthansa is considering taking a stake in Latvia's state-owned carrier airBaltic ahead of its IPO, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
September 10, 2024
The head of Norway's foreign intelligence service believes Russia has become more likely to try to sabotage its infrastructure, such as oil and gas,
September 10, 2024
Europe’s top court just delivered multi-billion-dollar blows to Apple and Google
September 10, 2024
Around 20% of industrial value creation in Germany is under threat, according to a study published by the business association BDI on Tuesday.
September 10, 2024
Shares in European hearing aid makers slipped in early trading on Tuesday after Apple rolled out hearing aid features.
September 10, 2024
Expectations of bumper second quarter sales growth at Zara owner Inditex have been dashed by a wet and cold June in its biggest market of Spain, analysts and
September 10, 2024
A slight recovery in the German chemicals sector lost momentum in the second quarter, a report by the VCI industry body said on Tuesday, as both domestic and foreign orders slowed in the
September 10, 2024
Google lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine
September 10, 2024
The European Union will lower proposed final tariffs on Tesla and slightly trim rates for other electric vehicles from China after taking into account submissions by the companies
September 10, 2024
The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute
September 10, 2024
Alphabet's Google on Tuesday lost its fight against a 2.42 billion euro ($2.7 billion) fine levied by EU antitrust regulators seven years ago, one of a trio of
September 10, 2024
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager scored two major wins on Tuesday as Europe's top court backed her crackdown against Apple's Irish tax deal and Google's anti-
September 10, 2024
European equity markets largely lost ground on Tuesday, weighed by bank and energy stocks as investors tread cautiously ahead of key U.S.
September 10, 2024
Overnight Russian drone and missile attacks injured at least three people, damaged buildings and caused fires across Ukraine, authorities said on Tuesday.
September 10, 2024
Officials say over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war
September 10, 2024
German inflation fell to its lowest level in more than three years in August, a second estimate confirmed on Tuesday, making it easier for the European Central
September 10, 2024
British pay growth cooled in the three months to July to a more than two-year low and employment shot higher, according to data on Tuesday which is
September 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The rebound in global share markets proved short-lived in Asia on Tuesday, as yet another set of lacklustre economic indicators from
September 10, 2024
More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country since 2020 as the authoritarian government cracked down its critics
September 10, 2024
Ukraine on Monday expressed disappointment at allegations by Slovakia's pro-Russian prime minister that Kyiv should act to remove from its military ranks what he described as fascist
September 09, 2024
Ukraine targeted the Russian capital on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far, killing at least one and wrecking dozens of homes in the Moscow region and forcing around 50
September 09, 2024
Britain's Labour Party on Tuesday launched a new advisory board that will help address long-standing issues in the country's labour market, including reducing high levels of
September 09, 2024
Madrid bans rental e-scooters, saying operators didn’t meet requirements
September 09, 2024
A Dutch court has convicted two Pakistani men in their absence over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands
September 09, 2024
Kate, the Princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months
September 09, 2024
Hyperloop has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands
September 09, 2024
Germany’s interior minister has ordered temporary controls at all German land borders as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats
September 09, 2024
The European Union needs far more coordinated industrial policy, more rapid decisions and massive investment if it wants to keep pace with economic rivals the United States and
September 09, 2024
Norwegian police say there's no evidence to suggest that gunshots caused the death of a tame beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy
September 09, 2024
Germany's economic competitiveness must become a political priority because citizens worry about their economic future and are looking towards political alternatives, Finance
September 09, 2024
Germany's government announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of the country's land borders in what it called an attempt to tackle
September 09, 2024
A long-awaited report on how to rescue Europe’s economy from weak growth and red tape is in
September 09, 2024
A beluga whale discovered with a harness strapped around its neck in Norwegian waters five years ago - and found dead on Aug. 31 - had a stick stuck in its mouth and its death was not
September 09, 2024
Britain's foreign office on Monday launched three strategic reviews of its foreign policy, saying it wanted to strengthen the country's global impact and would deliver the outcomes
September 09, 2024
Britain’s local governments are at ‘serious’ risk of ‘widespread collapse’
September 09, 2024
A senior Ukrainian official says Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has provided ballistic missiles for the Kremlin’s war effort
September 09, 2024
A new study found that pliant local media in Ukraine and Georgia was manipulated by Moscow to present anti-Western narratives.
September 09, 2024
Sweden will send its 17th aid package to Ukraine with further military support totalling 4.6 billion Swedish crowns ($443 million), Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Monday.
September 09, 2024
A young golden eagle attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the same bird’s fourth such attack on humans in the past week
September 09, 2024
China is willing to work with Norway to promote "friendly" cooperation including on green energy, President Xi Jinping told visiting Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere in
September 09, 2024
North Korea's provision of weapons has strengthened Russia's hand in Ukraine by allowing it to keep its arsenals stocked at home, Germany's top military official said
September 09, 2024
German police practices foster systemic discrimination, with officers routinely engaging in racial profiling and relying on ethnic stereotypes, according to a study
September 09, 2024
Polish security services have neutralised a sabotage operation orchestrated by Russia and Belarus that aimed to destabilise Poland, Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said on
September 09, 2024
French jet engine maker Safran and European missile maker MBDA are in talks over the potential sale of tactical propulsion systems business Roxel, French weekly La Tribune reported on
September 09, 2024
The Kremlin said on Monday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was right to want a thorough investigation into a 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines despite what it said
September 09, 2024
Ukraine's air force said on Monday it shot down six out of eight Russian-launched drones and two out of three missiles during an overnight attack over four Ukrainian regions.
September 09, 2024
Investor morale in the euro zone fell for a third consecutive month in September, a survey showed on Monday, dropping to its lowest level since January amid dissatisfaction over the state
September 09, 2024
On a sweltering summer morning in Serbia's
September 09, 2024
London's benchmark FTSE 100 climbed over 1% amid broader gains led by travel and leisure stocks after an upbeat forecast from gambling group Entain, while
September 09, 2024
European bourses rose on Monday, recovering from steep declines the previous week as focus shifted to an anticipated interest rate cut from the
September 09, 2024
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has warned against a cyber group belonging to Russian military intelligence (GRU) Unit 29155, saying it has carried out cyberattacks against
September 09, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to play a "constructive role" in improving strained ties between Bejing and
September 09, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It's been a down day for Asia as it catches up with the post-payrolls fallout on Wall Street, with the Nikkei losing another 1.7%
September 09, 2024
Supporters of President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine were set to win gubernatorial races across Russia, according to early vote counts on Sunday, including in Kursk where
September 08, 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo is showing just why Portugal is persisting with him at the age of 39
September 08, 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday that a new ministry would take charge of the economy and state finances as he gears up
September 08, 2024
This time it really is au revoir
September 08, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a renewed effort to bring peace to Ukraine, adding that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had both agreed in recent talks on
September 08, 2024
Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister
September 08, 2024
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting
September 08, 2024
King Charles III has attended church near the royal Balmoral estate in Scotland for prayers and reflection in remembrance of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on the second anniversary of her death
September 08, 2024
Volkswagen's CEO, who is pushing for unprecedented cutbacks in the German carmaker's home market, said change was needed because the European market is shrinking while
September 08, 2024
Two NATO members say that Russian drones have violated their airspace
September 08, 2024
France has asked the European Commission to extend beyond Sept. 20 a deadline for submitting a plan to reduce its public deficit to align with Paris' 2025 draft budget, La Tribune du
September 08, 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed on Sunday former arms production minister Oleksandr Kamyshin as an external adviser for strategic issues, a decree published on the
September 08, 2024
Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the
September 08, 2024
Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history
September 08, 2024
Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
September 08, 2024
In his first-ever television interview, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, speaks to CNN's Christiane Amanpour about Ukraine's incursion into Russia, morale within the Ukrainian Army and what it's like fighting Russia on the frontline.
September 08, 2024
Christiane Amanpour’s exclusive interview with General Oleksandr Syrskyi: full transcript
September 08, 2024
The governor of Russia's southern Belgorod region said on Sunday Ukrainian forces attacked a fuel depot, triggering a series of fires after Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of launching
September 08, 2024
Massive train disruptions leave hundreds stranded in Germany
September 07, 2024
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised on Saturday to increase pensions, cut taxes and social security contributions, and increase
September 07, 2024
The 81st Venice Film Festival ended on Saturday. Here is a list of all the main award winners.
September 07, 2024
A Pride march in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade has pressed for the demand that the government improve rights for the LGBTQ+ community who often face harassment and discrimination in the highly conservative Balkan country
September 07, 2024
France has defeated Argentina 3-2 on penalties under the lights of the Eiffel Tower for the gold medal in blind football on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games
September 07, 2024
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch died of suffocation after running out of oxygen, an investigative source said, citing initial examinations carried out on Saturday after his
September 07, 2024
Drone debris found outside Ukrainian parliament as Russia launches nationwide attack with 67 drones
September 07, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with his Irish counterpart, Saturday in what was billed as an attempt to reset relations between the two countries after years of tensions following the U.K.’s departure from the European Union
September 07, 2024
German rail company Deutsche Bahn said on Saturday that a technical fault, which had "massively disrupted" train services in the centre of the country, has been fixed.
September 07, 2024
Morocco has stopped 45,015 people from illegally migrating to Europe since January and busted 177 migrant trafficking gangs, Morocco's state news agency MAP reported on Friday,
September 07, 2024
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across France, responding to a call from a far-left party leader who criticized as a power grab the president’s appointment of a new prime minister, Michel Barnier
September 07, 2024
CIA and MI6 chiefs made an unprecedented joint appearance in London to address key world security issues, including reports that Iran recently transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources familiar with the intelligence.
September 07, 2024
Europe's autos industry could face fines of 15 billion euros ($17.4 billion) for carbon emissions due to slowing demand for electric vehicles, Renault CEO Luca de Meo said on
September 07, 2024
Thousands of people demonstrated across France on Saturday against Emmanuel Macron's decision to pick centre-right politician Michel Barnier as prime minister, with
September 07, 2024
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday her government has not been weakened by a controversy over a consultancy role offered to the former lover of a
September 07, 2024
Funeral services have been held in the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava for the victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the invasion began, which killed over 50 people at a military training facility
September 07, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pledged unwavering support for Ukraine after a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday, in which they discussed Kyiv's
September 07, 2024
Debris from a downed drone was found next to Ukraine's parliament building after an overnight Russian air attack, the country's parliament said in a statement on the Telegram
September 07, 2024
Kosovo said on Saturday it had closed two border crossings with Serbia after protesters on Serbian soil partially blocked roads and turned back passengers with Kosovo
September 07, 2024
Ukraine's air force said on Saturday Russia launched a total of 67 long-range Shahed drones in a mass overnight attack, 58 of which it was able to shoot down.
September 07, 2024
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports that Ukraine is testing the use of so-called "Dragon Drones" that would drop thermite on Russian units.
September 07, 2024
Ukraine’s ‘dragon drones’ rain molten metal on Russian positions in latest terrifying battlefield innovation
September 07, 2024
The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies say Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding war
September 07, 2024
Britain and Ireland said on Saturday they were moving "from friction back to friendship" as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Dublin, part of his efforts to improve ties
September 06, 2024
European Union and South American negotiators ended two days of trade negotiations on Friday with "significant progress" on contentious issues that have been
September 06, 2024
Helicopter crews ferried down scores of tourists stranded atop of one of Switzerland’s most popular mountain resorts on Friday after a mudslide a day earlier cut off road access until next week
September 06, 2024
France's next government will not be limited to members of his own conservative political grouping but will also include members of President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp, Prime
September 06, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the importance of maintaining support for Ukraine and the need for a ceasefire in Gaza during talks on Friday with German Chancellor Olaf
September 06, 2024
A sharper rise in capital investment is one of many improvements to Russia's 2024 economic outlook, new economy ministry forecasts showed, though stubbornly
September 06, 2024
Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain
September 06, 2024
European Union countries are considering delaying the introduction of EU-wide taxes on polluting aviation fuels for 20 years, as they seek a breakthrough on tax
September 06, 2024
In May, Volkswagen finance chief Arno Antlitz warned that Europe's top carmaker had about two or three years to
September 06, 2024
Hundreds of residents of Lviv packed into a church on Friday to mourn three sisters and their mother, killed in a Russian strike that hit their home in the western Ukrainian
September 06, 2024
The French capital will pay tribute to Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set on fire by her boyfriend, by naming a sports facility in her honour, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo
September 06, 2024
Water reserves at the artificial Lake Mornos in central Greece have hit their lowest level in 16 years as a drought induced by climate change rampages across much of southern Europe this summer
September 06, 2024
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday visited the town where a gunman shot him in May and accused progressive opponents of fuelling political tension that he
September 06, 2024
Sweden’s strong foraging culture could help determine how much radioactive fallout remains in the Scandinavian country, 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion
September 06, 2024
Prosecutors say a man armed with a machete has been overwhelmed and arrested after threatening to kill officers at a police station in western Germany
September 06, 2024
Danish transport firm DSV is slightly ahead in the bidding race for German state railway Deutsche Bahn's logistics unit Schenker, several people familiar with the sales process told
September 06, 2024
The final act of the Paralympics in Paris will be a giant dance party
September 06, 2024
Thousands of mourners have gathered for funeral services in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for victims of a Russian missile attack that killed seven people, including a mother and her three daughters
September 06, 2024
Italy is looking to Mexico and Vietnam as it seeks alternative export markets for its production of automotive components, in anticipation of weaker demand from Germany
September 06, 2024
The European Union needs closer cooperation on markets and defence, but not on political issues such as migration, where major differences between countries make this impossible,
September 06, 2024
Sweden says children under the age of 2 should not be exposed to any digital screens
September 06, 2024
A British man was jailed for nine years on Friday for arson at a hotel housing asylum seekers last month, by far the longest sentence imposed over a wave of anti-Muslim riots.
September 06, 2024
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to unveil plans on Saturday to increase pensions, reduce social security contributions
September 06, 2024
Britain appointed former Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief of staff on Friday to negotiate ownership of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which are home to a major U.S.
September 06, 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hailed his close relationship with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday, describing her as his "Christian sister", and said
September 06, 2024
Spain's Guardia Civil police found a young man's body on Friday in a mountainous area of Mallorca where they were searching for a British hiker whose partner's body was discovered
September 06, 2024
Having lost cheap energy from Russia and facing uncertainty over its once-lucrative trade ties with China, big German business is now facing a
September 06, 2024
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday he was optimistic of a breakthrough in talks between Moscow and Kyiv to keep Russian gas flowing through Ukraine to
September 06, 2024
Airbus deliveries fell in August after a sharp spike in the previous month, the European planemaker said on Friday, a decline which analysts said leaves it with the task of achieving
September 06, 2024
Zelensky sounds alarm on air defense shortfall as US announces more military aid
September 06, 2024
A Russian missile attack on Friday killed one civilian and wounded at least 30 other people, including three children, in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, regional governor Serhiy
September 06, 2024
Italy's president said there was an "inescapable need" to bring down the country's mammoth public debt, but warned on
September 06, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and said he would push for "strong" decisions by Western allies to allow Kyiv to
September 06, 2024
Polish prosecutors have enough evidence to charge three Belarusian citizens over the forced landing in Minsk in 2021 of a civilian airliner carrying an opposition journalist, who
September 06, 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday called on China to stop supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and said Beijing's assistance has been a significant factor
September 06, 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday urged military allies to ignore Moscow's "red lines" and allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons for strikes on Russian
September 06, 2024
Ukraine's president has told U.S. and allied military leaders meeting in Germany that his country needs the ability to strike deep within Russia now
September 06, 2024
Italian retail sales rose 0.5% in July from the month before, data showed on Friday, following a 0.2% fall in June. Sales rose 1.0% in unadjusted year-on-year terms in July, ISTAT said.
September 06, 2024
A Russian court has frozen Raiffeisen Bank International's local arm, killing off any prospect of selling the business for now and
September 06, 2024
Volkswagen's PowerCo battery subsidiary will build just one of two planned production lines at its Salzgitter plant in Germany for now, its works council said, as the sector adjusts
September 06, 2024
European shares fell for a fifth straight session on Friday in their worst day since early August, after a widely anticipated U.S. jobs report
September 06, 2024
New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Friday pledged he would work independently from President Emmanuel Macron but signalled he would defend
September 06, 2024
Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight caused fires and injured at least five people across the country, local authorities said on Friday.
September 06, 2024
German industrial production fell more than expected in July, driven mainly by weak activity in the automotive sector, spurring fears that Europe's largest economy could
September 06, 2024
The European Central Bank looks all but certain to cut rates again on Thursday, yet the outlook after that is less clear.
September 06, 2024
Video footage appears to show Russians killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers
September 06, 2024
CNN has obtained exclusive video that appears to show Ukrainian troops trying to surrender to Russian forces, only to be gunned down in cold blood. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
September 06, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Whatever Friday's U.S. payrolls report says, it's going to move things.
September 06, 2024
The world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Friday, as
September 06, 2024
The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record
September 06, 2024
The British government said on Friday it would provide Ukraine with 650 lightweight multi-role missiles worth 162 million pounds ($213.13 million) to help protect the country from
September 05, 2024
A Russian court froze the shares in Raiffeisen Bank International's local arm, the biggest Western bank
September 05, 2024
Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
September 05, 2024
A former Deutsche Bank trader on Thursday lost her London lawsuit against the bank for just over 2.6 million pounds ($3.4 million) after she was not paid an individual bonus nearly
September 05, 2024
Newly appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday pledged he would work with "all those in good faith" towards more respect and unity in a politically divided country
September 05, 2024
A powerful thunderstorm battered the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, forcing actors and filmmakers to flee the red carpet as lashing rain drenched the Lido.
September 05, 2024
A wave of violent storms and torrential rain have battered northern Italy, raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region
September 05, 2024
A court in Romania’s capital has rejected an appeal by prosecutors to jail divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate
September 05, 2024
French workplace supplies provider Elis SA has approached Vestis, the former uniform rentals business of Aramark, with an acquisition offer, according to
September 05, 2024
Poland backed away on Thursday from earlier claims that a drone had likely entered its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine in August, after a 10-day analysis and search for
September 05, 2024
Hundreds of theatres, galleries and other cultural organisations in Slovakia threatened on Thursday to go on strike if the culture ministry did not stop what they described as intimidation
September 05, 2024
Here are some of the key appointees in a Ukrainian cabinet reshuffle completed on Thursday and why their portfolios matter: FOREIGN MINISTER: ANDRII SYBIHA, 49
September 05, 2024
After making his name negotiating Brexit, one of the messiest muddles Brussels has faced in recent years, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier now faces an
September 05, 2024
French conservative Michel Barnier, named prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, faces an overflowing in-tray on his desk, not least with tricky budget legislation
September 05, 2024
Initial examinations of four of the people killed when British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's family yacht sank off Sicily last month indicated they had died of suffocation as oxygen ran
September 05, 2024
Italy luxury yacht victims died of ‘dry drowning,’ first autopsies show
September 05, 2024
Ukraine has achieved "a lot" in its Kursk offensive into Russia but it's hard to say how the situation will develop next, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
September 05, 2024
Madrid will ban e-scooters rented through mobile apps after the city's three licensed operators failed to implement limits on their clients' circulation or control their parking,
September 05, 2024
A Budapest district is holding a two-week referendum on a possible ban on short-term rentals, which would be the first of its kind in one of
September 05, 2024
Michel Barnier named as new French prime minister
September 05, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the European Union's former Brexit negotiator, as his new prime minister on Thursday, after weeks of drawn out talks
September 05, 2024
Global physically backed gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw the fourth consecutive month of inflows in August due to additions to holdings by North America- and Europe-listed
September 05, 2024
Europe's air safety regulator on Thursday ordered inspections on engines of Airbus A350-1000 jets after an engine fire during the flight of
September 05, 2024
France's far-right National Rally (RN), one of the biggest party in parliament after an inconclusive snap election in early July, said it was taking note of the appointment of Michel
September 05, 2024
Beleaguered Burberry is no longer one of UK’s most valuable public companies
September 05, 2024
After coming second in the Brandenburg state vote on Sunday and winning the Thuringia state election this month, Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)
September 05, 2024
President Emmanuel Macron has named EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government
September 05, 2024
The Netherlands will increase defence spending by more than 10% next year, investing in new tanks, fighter jets, frigates and air defence systems in a push to strengthen its
September 05, 2024
Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in the conflict and Ukraine presses its offensive in Russia’s Kursk region
September 05, 2024
Daimler Truck expects a further slowdown in demand for commercial vehicles and its new CEO must take measures to adjust for that, the German company's Chairman Joe Kaeser said on
September 05, 2024
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU - The European Central Bank will cut its deposit rate by 25 basis points on Sept. 12 and again in December, according to a significant majority of economists in a Reuters
September 05, 2024
Europe's top court should reject an appeal by Air France KLM and its Dutch unit KLM, British Airways, Singapore Airlines and some of their peers against cartel
September 05, 2024
Rome is considering limiting access to the Trevi Fountain, one of its busiest monuments, ahead of an expected bumper year for tourism in the Eternal City, city council officials say.
September 05, 2024
The Bank of England allotted a record 40.29 billion pounds ($53.02 billion) in seven-day funds in its weekly short-term repo on Thursday, up from 36.584 billion pounds last week.
September 05, 2024
Russian firms were able to obtain spare parts for 25-year-old ASML chipmaking machines in 2022 to 2023 on secondary markets despite European Union sanctions, Dutch newspaper
September 05, 2024
After two months of political chaos following snap elections, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named as prime
September 05, 2024
Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Thursday to appoint nine new ministers, including the foreign minister and two deputy prime ministers,
September 05, 2024
Germany's economy is likely to stagnate this year, the country's Ifo institute said on Thursday, abandoning its previous forecast of 0.4% growth.
September 05, 2024
Google's refusal to allow an e-mobility app developed by Enel access to its Android Auto platform may breach competition rules, an adviser to Europe's top court
September 05, 2024
Italy's culture minister admitted in a tearful prime time TV interview to an affair with a woman who claimed to have been hired as an aide, in a case that is testing
September 05, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he did not understand France's actions against Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who was placed under formal investigation
September 05, 2024
German police shot dead an Austrian suspected Islamist gunman in Munich on Thursday in an exchange of fire close to the Israeli consulate,
September 05, 2024
Germany's biggest union pledged to leave no idea unexplored, including a move to a four-day week, to counter Volkswagen management's threat of closing domestic
September 05, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that China, India and Brazil could act as mediators in potential peace talks over Ukraine.
September 05, 2024
Europe's Arianespace has launched the last Vega rocket, placing the Sentinel-2C satellite into orbit under the European Union's Copernicus programme to monitor Earth's environment.
September 05, 2024
European stocks fell on Thursday as mixed economic data spurred worries about global growth and offset gains in interest rate-sensitive sectors,
September 05, 2024
A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped while unconscious by other men has testified in a court in France about her yearslong ordeal
September 05, 2024
Norway's wealth fund will back a proposal demanding Nike consider whether binding agreements with workers would improve its ability to
September 05, 2024
German industrial orders unexpectedly rose in July, but the increase was flattered by some large orders, making economists doubtful the sluggish sector was on the cusp of
September 05, 2024
Germany's migration commissioner proposed deporting to Rwanda migrants who arrive illegally to the European Union through its borders with Belarus, as Berlin contemplates measures
September 05, 2024
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars slashed its margin and revenue ambitions for a second time in a year on Thursday, a day after it abandoned its EV-only target by
September 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Markets hit the pause button after a selloff in equities since the start of the week but sentiment remained fragile, as
September 05, 2024
The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries that negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States and Britain,
September 05, 2024
The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said a cooling tower at Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been badly damaged in a fire last month and would probably
September 04, 2024
Paris officials are considering making the Eiffel Tower’s Olympic Rings a permanent fixture, and reception to the idea is mixed.
September 04, 2024
Britain will on Thursday set out new legislation to stop water companies leaking sewage into rivers and seas by bringing in tougher penalties including imprisonment for bosses, and
September 04, 2024
A spate of resignations from the Ukrainian government came with one major surprise: the departure of the highly regarded foreign minster
September 04, 2024
Lionel Messi was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best soccer player
September 04, 2024
‘Enthusiastic amateur’ finds ‘remarkable’ Pictish ring buried for more than 1,000 years
September 04, 2024
The European Union is falling behind global rivals due to limited innovation, high energy prices and skills gaps, former European Central Bank chief Mario
September 04, 2024
European Union antitrust regulators will seek feedback next week on Google's proposals to comply with tech rules aimed at promoting fair competition, people with
September 04, 2024
Germany's Daimler Truck Holding AG said on Wednesday it had appointed Karin Radstrom as its new CEO, effective Oct. 1.
September 04, 2024
Dolce & Gabbana Holding posted a wider operating loss of 13 million euros ($14.4 million) in the fiscal year through March after stepping up investments in its shop network and its
September 04, 2024
The Spanish government defended on Wednesday its pick to helm the central bank - a minister in the Socialist-led administration - countering the opposition's protest that the
September 04, 2024
Hisam Choucair lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law and three young nieces when a devastating fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a 23-storey social housing block in
September 04, 2024
Paris mayor plans to keep Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower. But not everyone is happy
September 04, 2024
About 20 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean this week
September 04, 2024
Lightning strike damages Rome’s ancient Arch of Constantine
September 04, 2024
The Netherlands' Schiphol Airport, one of Europe's main aviation hubs, is likely to be allowed 475,000 to 480,000 flights annually, up from the previous target of 460,000 to
September 04, 2024
Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Britain’s deadliest residential fire since World War II, survivors and bereaved relatives are demanding that criminal charges be brought against those responsible for the blaze that killed 72 people in 2017
September 04, 2024
This airport was once the gateway to Europe. Now no one’s heard of it
September 04, 2024
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Wednesday he will step down next week after almost two years in office, during which his traditionally non-aligned country joined
September 04, 2024
Seven people were rescued and 21 people were missing at sea after a migrant shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard said
September 04, 2024
Analysts polled by Russia's central bank expect year-end inflation at 7.3%, the bank said on Wednesday, well above the 4% target and just shy of the 7.4% reading for 2023.
September 04, 2024
Romania's coalition government approved a series of measures on Wednesday to improve revenue collection and curb a widening budget deficit, including a partial debt amnesty and
September 04, 2024
Consumer goods giant Unilever has received Russian government approval to sell its assets in Russia, the RBC business daily reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources familiar
September 04, 2024
A top Kremlin official says Turkey has formally applied for a membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as Russia and China seek to counter the West's global influence
September 04, 2024
Germany will not slacken in its military support for Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, trying to dispel fears Berlin might disappoint Kyiv amid a
September 04, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he intended to discuss a gas supply contract with Serbia that expires in March 2025 with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin.
September 04, 2024
The European Union has coordinated a record number of emergency responses to extreme weather this year, as climate change fuels wildfires and other disasters in
September 04, 2024
Syrian doctor Humam Razok felt relief when he arrived in Germany nine years ago after fleeing Damascus, where he had been jailed twice for his political beliefs.
September 04, 2024
Nearly three months after plunging France into political crisis by calling a snap election, President Emmanuel Macron is struggling to name a new
September 04, 2024
Swiss prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation into the collection of false signatures to trigger a referendum - touching on a cornerstone of the country's tradition of direct
September 04, 2024
Grenfell Tower fire, Britain’s deadliest since World War II, caused by ‘decades of failure,’ report says
September 04, 2024
Capacity was reduced at one unit of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant after Russian attacks damaged the country's electricity transmission system, nuclear firm Energoatom said on
September 04, 2024
Mountain runner Kilian Jornet climbs all 82 4,000-meter Alpine peaks in 19 days, smashing previous record
September 04, 2024
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pledged her support to Ukraine on Wednesday as she welcomed a delegation of mayors from the country and said Russian and Belarusian athletes
September 04, 2024
Serbia's deputy prime minister has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and vowed that his country will remain an ally of Moscow despite its proclaimed bid to join the European Union
September 04, 2024
Volkswagen's plan to close plants in Germany and dissolve long-standing labour agreements with unions has put the spotlight on
September 04, 2024
A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a "culmination of decades of failure" by the
September 04, 2024
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday pardoned 30 more people convicted of protest activity, the third batch in two months, but a human rights group said
September 04, 2024
An International Monetary Fund mission began work on Wednesday on the fifth review of its $15.6 billion lending programme to Ukraine amid a major wartime government reshuffle.
September 04, 2024
The deaths of a dozen migrants on the English Channel hasn't stopped more boats from attempting to cross from France to the U.K. Associated Press journalists watched a crowded boat make its way through the sea on Wednesday as French patrol boats monitored and crew threw life vests
September 04, 2024
Growth in Germany's services sector slowed for a third consecutive month in August, a survey showed on Wednesday, in a further sign that Europe's biggest economy
September 04, 2024
Euro zone business activity received a boost from France hosting the Olympic Games last month but the malaise in the bloc is likely to return once the Paralympics
September 04, 2024
France's services sector experienced its most robust expansion in over two years in August, boosted by the Olympics and a modest rise in demand, a business survey showed on Wednesday
September 04, 2024
Italy's services sector expanded in August but at a slower pace than the previous month, a survey showed on Wednesday, amid a decline in new business in the euro zone's third-largest
September 04, 2024
Britain's main stock index ended lower on Wednesday, led by a drop in personal goods and homebuilder stocks, while investors assessed crucial UK and U.S. economic data
September 04, 2024
Rain has raised water levels on the Rhine in Germany but most of the river remains too shallow for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, commodity traders said on Wednesday,
September 04, 2024
A day before he tendered his resignation as Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Russia's deadly attack on the city of Poltava shows Ukraine's need for air defense systems.
September 04, 2024
Swedish police said on Wednesday a teenager had been shot in an attempted murder at a school in Stockholm but that a suspect had been apprehended and the
September 04, 2024
Europe's main share indices fell to a two-week low on Wednesday, with technology stocks leading declines as concerns of an imminent slowdown in
September 04, 2024
A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights
September 04, 2024
Activity across Russia's services sector grew at its fastest pace in seven months in August, a business survey showed on Wednesday, boosted by a sharp expansion in new export business.
September 04, 2024
The market's best guess is the European Central Bank won't step on the accelerator over the coming cycle - which is either way off beam or extremely worrying.
September 04, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine needed "new energy", as he ordered a major government reshuffle at a crucial juncture in the war against
September 04, 2024
Chip shares dragged Asian indexes lower on Wednesday and European futures fell after growth concerns drove the steepest selloff in a month on Wall Street and investors wiped $279 billion
September 04, 2024
The European Central Bank can continue to cut interest rates given the slowdown in inflation, and there is a risk the bank could keep policy too tight, ECB board member Piero
September 04, 2024
The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II is releasing its final report on failings that led to deaths of 72 people at a high-rise apartment building in west London more than seven years ago
September 04, 2024
Volkswagen has "one, maybe two" years to turn its main car brand around, its finance chief said on Wednesday, as the auto giant
September 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Markets in Europe are set for a rocky start on Wednesday after Asia stocks were left in a sea of red, as worries over the global
September 04, 2024
A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government,
September 03, 2024
Norway's $1.7 trillion wealth fund may have to divest shares of companies that violate the fund watchdog's new, tougher interpretation of ethics standards for
September 03, 2024
Finland's ruling centre-right coalition plans to spend more on NATO membership, defence and security in 2025, while scaling back on welfare spending to tame the Nordic country's
September 03, 2024
Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who has been a key centrist ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said in a magazine interview published on Tuesday that he himself would
September 03, 2024
The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday.
September 03, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday dismissed his deputy chief of staff Rostyslav Shurma, according to a decree on the presidential website.
September 03, 2024
Britain and the European Union must turn their "first steps" to rebuild trust into a "steady walk" as they confront common challenges, the president of the
September 03, 2024
Man accused of plotting wife’s rape by at least 50 strangers over almost 10 years in French trial
September 03, 2024
An Irish state inquiry uncovered a "truly shocking" level of sexual abuse at religious schools, primarily those
September 03, 2024
The IMF will become the first major international financial body to send its official mission to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Aleksei
September 03, 2024
Germany is sticking to its plan to deliver 12 IRIS-T SLM air defence systems to Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, clarifying that he was referring
September 03, 2024
A senior official has confirmed a report that Turkey wants to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies but fell short of confirming that the NATO country had formally applied for membership
September 03, 2024
At least 12 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks in the English Channel
September 03, 2024
Denmark has reported cases of bluetongue in the country’s east, a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease that is harmless to humans but can be fatal for so-called ruminant animals — mainly sheep but also cows and goats
September 03, 2024
From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45 years since the village that once
September 03, 2024
A Russian strike against a military educational facility in Poltava, central Ukraine, has killed 41 people and injured more than 180 others, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
September 03, 2024
Two independent members of the supervisory board of Ukraine's national power grid operator resigned on Tuesday, saying they believed the decision to dismiss the operator's head was "
September 03, 2024
Sweden will scrap its tax on airline tickets from the middle of next year, aiming to reduce prices and boost availability, the government and its Sweden Democrats alliance
September 03, 2024
Senior government ministers from Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium have taken a public and potentially embarrassing swipe at Hungary
September 03, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the British government made a "shameful decision" when it suspended some arms export licences to Israel.
September 03, 2024
Dozens killed in Russian strike on military educational facility in central Ukraine
September 03, 2024
A 71-year-old man is on trial in France accused of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her in their home over nearly a decade in a case that has shocked the
September 03, 2024
Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume, already battling slowing demand for electric cars and Chinese rivals, must now
September 03, 2024
Officials say a boat carrying migrants has ripped apart in the English Channel as they tried to reach Britain from northern France, and 12 are dead
September 03, 2024
Ukrainian officials say two Russian ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others
September 03, 2024
At least 12 migrants died on Tuesday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin
September 03, 2024
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said on Tuesday it had dismissed its first deputy over a suspected leak case inside the body that spearheads efforts by the European
September 03, 2024
Romania's lower house of parliament approved a draft law on Tuesday greenlighting the donation of a Patriot missile defence system to Ukraine.
September 03, 2024
A Moscow court on Tuesday extended the detention of a French researcher accused of failing to register as a "foreign agent" in Russia while collecting military information of value
September 03, 2024
The U.S. is close to an agreement to give Ukraine long-range cruise missiles that could reach deep into Russia, but Kyiv would
September 03, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red carpet welcome on Tuesday on a state visit to Mongolia, whose failure to arrest him under a warrant from the International Criminal Court was
September 03, 2024
Germany's Lufthansa will resume its flights to Tel Aviv from Thursday, according to an update from the company, one of a number of airlines to alter their schedules amid fears of an
September 03, 2024
The Dutch data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros or $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces
September 03, 2024
Christian Dior Couture has recruited Benedetta Petruzzo, the CEO of Prada's fast growing Miu Miu label, as its managing director, the LVMH-owned brand said on
September 03, 2024
The Swiss economy grew by 1.8% in the second quarter, the government said on Tuesday, boosted by income from the Paris Olympics and the European football championship as well as
September 03, 2024
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has described the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as “very fragile” following fresh attacks near the site in central Ukraine
September 03, 2024
Europe stocks fell on Tuesday in their worst session in nearly a month, as U.S. manufacturing data brought concerns about a slowdown in global
September 03, 2024
Spanish authorities are encouraging the expansion of luxury hotels as they crack down on a surge in holiday rentals
September 03, 2024
Just a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the country's financial adviser, Rothschild & Co, handed Kyiv's debt chief a thick black folder
September 03, 2024
Sweden's Volvo will launch a long-range variant of its FH Electric truck, capable of covering up to 600 km (373 miles) on a single charge, its truckmaking arm said on
September 03, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
September 03, 2024
An eight-year-old boy was among two people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region overnight, while a third person died in a missile attack on the
September 03, 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he will meet the head of the international nuclear agency in Kyiv after the official visits the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
September 02, 2024
France could see its budget deficit spiral unexpectedly higher this year and next if extra savings are not found, the finance ministry warned in a
September 02, 2024
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Mongolia's failure to arrest visiting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, wanted on an international warrant, dealt a severe blow to the
September 02, 2024
The salvage operation of the oil tanker MV Sounion, which was recently attacked by Iran-aligned Houthi militants, is about to begin, the European Union's mission in the Red Sea,
September 02, 2024
German automaker BMW is recalling electric Mini Cooper SE vehicles due to problems in their batteries, which could potentially affect more than 140,000 autos worldwide, a company
September 02, 2024
Volkswagen says it's not getting the cost reductions that it needs - and won't rule out plant closings in its home country Germany
September 02, 2024
‘A very serious situation’: Volkswagen could close plants in Germany for the first time in history
September 02, 2024
Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licences with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit
September 02, 2024
Italian prosecutors say a 17-year-old high school student, who confessed to stabbing to death his 12-year-old brother and parents, had been suffering a general sense of “malaise,” but has been unable to provide a motive for a triple homicide that has shocked Italy
September 02, 2024
As children across Ukraine return for the start of the academic year, in the country's second largest city of Kharkiv they could only do so at an
September 02, 2024
Only a third of the European Union's recovery fund cash had reached members by the end of last year and there is a risk it will not be fully used as
September 02, 2024
Private equity giant Blackstone has agreed to buy an 80% stake in a European warehouse portfolio run by landlord Burstone, the latest push by the U.S. investment manager into
September 02, 2024
Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they want prison sentences of up to 14 years against two men from Pakistan over public calls for the murder of far-right anti-Muslim leader Geert
September 02, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday Ukraine's Western allies should not only allow their weapons to be used for strikes deep inside Russia, but also supply Kyiv with more of the
September 02, 2024
An ethnic Greek politician in Albania who also has Greek citizenship was released from jail on Monday in a case that has sparked tensions between Albania and neighbouring Greece.
September 02, 2024
Some Germans are worried about the future of their country after Alternative for Germany, or AfD, became the first far-right party to win a state election in post-World War II Germany
September 02, 2024
AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945
September 02, 2024
Italy's economy grew by 0.2% in the second quarter from the previous three months, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Monday, confirming a preliminary estimate.
September 02, 2024
Finland's government is proposing to ban most Russian citizens from buying property in the Nordic country in a move to protect national security, Defence Minister
September 02, 2024
Spain received a record 10.9 million tourists in July, 7.3% more than a year ago, while their spending jumped 12%, stoking the Spanish
September 02, 2024
Pavel Durov, the Telegram boss arrested in France, was "too free" in his approach to running the social media platform, and this was his undoing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
September 02, 2024
British factories had their strongest month in more than two years in August as demand at home offset a fall in exports, according to a survey published on Monday that added to
September 02, 2024
Poland has held a state burial of the remains of more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II mass executions that were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country’s north
September 02, 2024
Euro zone manufacturing activity remained mired in contraction in August, a survey showed on Monday, with the data suggesting a recovery could be some way off as demand fell at its
September 02, 2024
The downturn in Germany's manufacturing sector, which accounts for about a fifth of Europe's biggest economy, continued to gather pace in August, a survey showed
September 02, 2024
Italian manufacturing activity contracted for a fifth month running in August but at a slower pace than the month before, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting the worst of a long-
September 02, 2024
France's manufacturing activity contracted at its fastest pace since January in August, as output and new orders fell sharply, a survey showed on Monday.
September 02, 2024
French train maker Alstom said on Monday it had completed the sale of its North American conventional signalling business to Knorr-Bremse for $690 million.
September 02, 2024
The far-right Alternative for Germany party’s success in two state elections has piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious government
September 02, 2024
Spanish manufacturing activity grew for a seventh consecutive month in August though at the slowest pace in all those months, while business confidence was at its lowest so far this
September 02, 2024
Activity in Russia's manufacturing sector grew at its slowest pace in over a year in August, a business survey showed on Monday, as expansion in output, new orders and employment all eased
September 02, 2024
European Central Bank policymakers are increasingly at odds on the outlook for growth, a rift that could shape the rate cut debate for months with some fearing
September 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 02, 2024
Ukraine’s air force says Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv as children prepared to return to school on Monday after summer vacation
September 02, 2024
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is returning to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore
September 02, 2024
Loud explosions rocked Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Monday as Russia launched a barrage of missiles, sparking fires and damaging homes
September 02, 2024
The far right's first victory in a German state election in the post-war era prompted soul-searching in Berlin on Monday, but Chancellor Olaf
September 02, 2024
Factories in the euro zone remained mired in contraction last month, surveys showed, with the data suggesting a recovery could be some way
September 02, 2024
The West is openly persecuting Russian journalists, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Monday, days after Moscow banned dozens of U.S. journalists from entering the
September 02, 2024
China urged the European Union to be "objective and fair" and careful with words and actions on issues in the South China Sea, after the bloc remarked on an incident that occurred
September 02, 2024
German state elections that dealt a heavy blow to the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and historic wins for two anti-establishment parties are likely
September 01, 2024
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Istanbul to protest recent legislation that critics say is leading to the killing of stray dogs across Turkey
September 01, 2024
Germany’s far-right party AfD set to win one state election, and is level in another, exit polls show
September 01, 2024
Emmanuel Macron will meet his predecessors and two senior politicians tipped as candidates to become the next prime minister on Monday as the French president is close to announcing a
September 01, 2024
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc takes thrilling surprise win at Italian Grand Prix
September 01, 2024
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was on track to become the first far-right party to win a regional election in Germany since World War Two,
September 01, 2024
Mourners lit candles and placed icons on Sunday beneath photographs of the schoolchildren, teachers and parents who died 20 years ago when Islamist gunmen staged the
September 01, 2024
Germany's far-right AfD was on track to coming first in the state election of Thuringia on Sunday, an exit poll by broadcaster ZDF said, although it will unlikely be able to form a
September 01, 2024
Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media
September 01, 2024
The Czech Finance Ministry has submitted a 2025 budget draft with a 9% lower deficit to the government, saying it will bring record investments while narrowing the fiscal gap to
September 01, 2024
Just hours after a dawn air raid alarm rang through the city, Zaporizhzhia schoolchildren have celebrated the traditional first day of school
September 01, 2024
Russia has launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and possibly other cities
September 01, 2024
One civilian was killed and four others injured in Russian shelling overnight on Ukraine's Sumy region on the border between the two warring countries, the local Ukrainian
September 01, 2024
A far-right party has won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east, while it looks set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote
September 01, 2024
Germans were voting in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election for the first time and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition
September 01, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his
August 31, 2024
Crew members on Mike Lynch's yacht have spoken of the moments when a storm sank the vessel off Sicily and their efforts to help save passengers, after a disaster that killed the
August 31, 2024
Russian bomb attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv leave at least 8 dead, more than 100 injured
August 31, 2024
Norway's Princess Martha Louise married her long-term partner, American spiritual guru Durek Verrett, on Saturday in a ceremony attended by the Norwegian king and other royalty but
August 31, 2024
Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, married an American self-professed shaman in a wedding ceremony at the culmination of three days of festivities
August 31, 2024
Five people have been killed by Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar as Moscow’s troops push ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region
August 31, 2024
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday his country was unlikely to enter the European Union in 2028, a date targeted by some other western Balkan countries hoping to
August 31, 2024
For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the Paralympic Games has come at a cost
August 31, 2024
Fed's Kashkari says broad-based US deportations could disrupt labor for some businesses
'Heretic' and Hugh Grant debut with $11 million, but 'Venom: The Last Dance' tops box office again
Veterans face challenges starting small businesses but there are plenty of resources to help
The Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the 1st time
No reason not to cut rates in Dec as of now, ECB's Holzmann tells paper
Israel Defence Minister Katz says Israel has defeated Hezbollah
Judith Jamison, influential dancer and choreographer, dies at 81
Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova calls out Tennis Channel's Jon Wertheim
Ian Botham saved by Ashes rival from crocodile infested waters after fishing mishap