France's economy will barely grow in the first half of the year as consumer spending struggles to offset the impact of weak business activity and government belt tightening, the
March 18, 2025
A Polish presidential candidate faced accusations on Tuesday he took self-promotion too far, after local media reported he praised his own work as a historian in a 2018 interview in
March 18, 2025
The Dutch parliament on Tuesday approved a law criminalizing digital espionage and diaspora espionage, which refers to foreign powers attempting to influence communities in the
March 18, 2025
Widely used prescription medicines could get caught up in the Trump administration's tariff trade wars and EU retaliation.
March 18, 2025
Heavy rains hit Spain for a third week in a row on Tuesday, with at least two people missing and hundreds evacuated in the southern region of Andalusia, where several rivers had
March 18, 2025
German equities closed higher on Tuesday, after the parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge, while investors awaited details from a call
March 18, 2025
Europe should be included in Ukraine peace talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on his arrival in Helsinki on Tuesday, as U.S.
March 18, 2025
Germany's outgoing parliament on Tuesday passed a massive increase in government borrowing, including a sweeping change to the country's debt rules.
March 18, 2025
Istanbul University said on Tuesday it had annulled the degree of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival over irregularities, dealing a blow to the opposition days before
March 18, 2025
The Turkish Cypriot leader said on Tuesday that talks in Geneva on Cyprus were positive, and that he hopes to open a new page on a sustainable future for the island.
March 18, 2025
Hungary's parliament passed a law on Tuesday to ban the Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities, triggering the blockade of a bridge in central Budapest in protest against the changes
March 18, 2025
Air France on Tuesday unveiled a new first-class suite as it expands efforts to lure wealthy travellers from business jets and lend a 'French touch
March 18, 2025
French politician suggests US should give back Statue of Liberty for taking ‘the side of the tyrants’
March 18, 2025
The European Union is debating ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet over the weekend
March 18, 2025
A judge looking into the murder of newborn babies by British nurse Lucy Letby said on Monday she would hear arguments why the inquiry should be paused, after requests from hospital
March 17, 2025
Russia is preparing itself for a confrontation with European democracies as the United States shifts its focus towards the Indo-Pacific region, European Commission head Ursula von
March 18, 2025
Mercedes-Benz is trialling using humanoid robots made by U.S.-based company Apptronik for tasks such as moving components to the production line or carrying
March 18, 2025
Germany's top AAA credit rating could face pressure in the longer run if a vast spending effort is not offset by consolidation measures, or doesn't lead to a lasting improvement in
March 18, 2025
German premium carmakers exposed to U.S. import tariffs are weighing long-term strategies from
March 18, 2025
French police raided a theatre in central Paris at dawn on Tuesday, briefly using tear gas to evict more than 400 migrants who had been squatting
March 18, 2025
Apple lost its challenge at Germany's top civil court on Tuesday against its classification as a significant market power, a label which gives antitrust
March 18, 2025
Siemens will cut 5,600 jobs at its Digital Industries business, the engineering company said on Tuesday, in the latest blow for German industry shaken by weak demand
March 18, 2025
Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in hopes of reviving
March 18, 2025
Drugmakers are urging the Trump administration and European Union officials to exclude medical goods from expanding tariff wars, hoping to avert price spikes on top-
March 18, 2025
Germany’s Merz wins vote to massively expand borrowing and super-charge military spending
March 18, 2025
Western companies that "slammed the door defiantly" when they left Russia will not be allowed to buy back the businesses they quit for small
March 18, 2025
German 10-year borrowing costs could rise to 4%, their highest since 2008, in coming years as it massively increases its spending on defence and
March 18, 2025
Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday.
March 18, 2025
The U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world,
March 18, 2025
Russia's finance ministry on Tuesday said it intends to revive plans for privatisations of state assets and hopes to sell stakes in seven large
March 18, 2025
The European Union needs to be pragmatic and seek common ground on tariffs with the United States to avert a trade war, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament on
March 18, 2025
Three people are believed to have died when a plane originally from Denmark crashed on Monday evening in Switzerland, police from the eastern Swiss canton of Graubuenden said on
March 18, 2025
NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines due to the
March 18, 2025
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold a phone call between 1300 and 1500 GMT on Tuesday to talk about settling the Ukraine conflict and normalising relations between
March 18, 2025
Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance, and to set up an enormous fund for investment in its creaking infrastructure
March 18, 2025
Trump suggests Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant is on the line in talks with Putin. What’s next for Zaporizhzhia?
March 18, 2025
The European Union’s law enforcement agency is warning that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization efforts
March 18, 2025
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March 18, 2025
Organised crime gangs are turning to AI-powered scams and payment systems to target victims, allowing them to rapidly and more cheaply scale up operations globally and making them harder
March 18, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has updated U.S.
March 18, 2025
A leading assessor of company climate goals on Tuesday proposed new rules to better help companies set high-quality emissions-reduction plans,
March 18, 2025
Iron Maiden’s plane has been cut into pieces and put up for sale
March 18, 2025
A public inquiry examining how British nurse Lucy Letby was able to murder babies in her care should be suspended because new evidence casts real doubt on her
March 18, 2025
Financial markets operator CME Group said on Tuesday that it plans to launch cash-settled futures for European rapeseed oil next month, using an Argus Media index for Dutch prices.
March 18, 2025
President Vladimir Putin told Russian business leaders on Tuesday not to count on fully free trade or movement of capital being restored in the event of Western sanctions on Russia
March 18, 2025
Graphic artist Victoria Lomasko’s journey highlights how censorship has intensified in Russia.
March 18, 2025
Kenya is hosting the Netherlands king and queen for a state visit against the backdrop of allegations of human rights abuses in the East African country
March 18, 2025
German investor morale improved more than expected in March, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, reporting an increase in its economic sentiment
March 18, 2025
The administration of U.S.
March 18, 2025
Ukraine's leading mobile operator Kyivstar is moving ahead with its planned U.S. listing, its parent VEON said on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump's chaotic
March 18, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng on Tuesday forecast first-quarter revenue above estimates, betting on the launch of its lower-priced G6 and G9 SUV models as well as its foray into
March 18, 2025
Nicolai Tangen has been appointed to a second term as CEO of Norway's vast sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management, the central bank said on Tuesday.
March 18, 2025
The Swiss government trimmed its economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 on Tuesday, citing global trade tensions, although it expects the country to avoid a
March 18, 2025
Audi to cut 7,500 jobs as Germany’s auto industry struggles
March 18, 2025
The Swiss National Bank bought foreign currency worth 1.2 billion Swiss francs ($1.36 billion) in 2024, the central bank said on Tuesday, dramatically reducing its interventions
March 18, 2025
Conor McGregor draws Irish leader’s ire after anti-immigration comments at White House
March 18, 2025
France unveils ‘incredible’ new high-speed TGV trains with double-decker dining car
March 18, 2025
Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era
March 18, 2025
SARAJEVO - The chairperson of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Elina Valtonen, on Tuesday urged rival leaders in Bosnia to respect constitutional order and engage in talks to
March 18, 2025
The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would talk to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on Tuesday.
March 17, 2025
Weaknesses in the capital regime for the Swiss banking sector still need to be addressed after the 2023 collapse of Credit Suisse, the Swiss National Bank said on Tuesday, backing
March 18, 2025
Building permits for apartments in Germany rose 6.9% in January from a year earlier, statistics office data showed on Tuesday, a second consecutive month of increases after three
March 18, 2025
Euro zone banks need to get into the habit of tapping the European Central Banks for cash, preparing for the continued decline in excess liquidity in the banking system, two top
March 18, 2025
Allocation to U.S. stocks saw the biggest drop ever in March with concerns over stagflation, trade wars and end of U.S. exceptionalism driving a "bull crash" in sentiment, a survey
March 18, 2025
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who in two weeks will learn her fate in an embezzlement trial, says prosecutors demanding she face an instant five-year
March 18, 2025
Only one Englishman who had a great Olympic career ever stood for the IOC presidency before Sebastian Coe
March 18, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook A phone call between Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is on markets' radar this morning as the U.S.
March 18, 2025
Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor used a St.
March 17, 2025
With U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv’s European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets
March 18, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as efforts continue to end the war in Ukraine, a move that could represent a possible pivot point in the conflict and an opportunity for Trump to continue reorienting American foreign policy
March 17, 2025
Britain's King Charles is still hoping to see Pope Francis during a state visit to the Vatican and Italy next month, a Buckingham Palace source said on Tuesday, more than a month
March 17, 2025
Britain and the European Union will ramp up pressure on Russia and boost defence initiatives, as the EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, meets British foreign minister David Lammy and
March 17, 2025
Britain's business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds travels to Washington on Tuesday to meet his U.S. counterparts in the hope of strengthening economic ties, as President Donald
March 17, 2025
King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, suggesting the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back at work by then
March 17, 2025
UK business minister Jonathan Reynolds will meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S.
March 17, 2025
Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Pope Francis next month
March 18, 2025
The European Union and its partners have pledged 5.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion) for Syria and its neighbours, said the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday.
March 17, 2025
U.S.
March 17, 2025
Italy and Spain made clear on Monday they were not ready to back a European Union proposal to pledge up to 40 billion euros ($43.67 billion) in
March 17, 2025
Russia's state-controlled gas giant Gazprom recorded a net loss of 1.076 trillion roubles ($12.89 billion) in 2024 under Russian accounting standards (RAS), Interfax news agency reported.
March 17, 2025
Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik announced a law on Monday to establish a border police force for his Serb-dominated region, after a top Bosnian court sought his
March 17, 2025
Honda and Suzuki will pool carbon emissions with U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla in 2025 to comply with European Union rules, an EU filing showed on Monday.
March 17, 2025
The bodies of seven people were recovered off Cyprus on Monday after authorities mounted a search and rescue operation following the capsize of a boat carrying migrants, Cyprus's
March 17, 2025
The Belgian actor who won a top Cannes prize for her breakout role in “Rosetta,” Émilie Dequenne has died at 43
March 17, 2025
China is willing to work with the United Kingdom to deepen cooperation in financial services, trade and investment, as well as green and low-carbon development, Ding Xuexiang,
March 17, 2025
Volkswagen's Audi will cut up to 7,500 jobs in Germany by 2029 in areas like administration and development, the premium carmaker said on Monday, the latest German auto industry
March 17, 2025
The German insurer Allianz said on Monday that it was selling its 26% stake in two joint ventures with India's Bajaj Finserv to the Bajaj Group for around 2.6 billion euros ($2.84
March 17, 2025
European shares closed higher for a second day on Monday, supported by energy and healthcare stocks, with the focus on Germany's debt reform plans and the
March 17, 2025
EU powers said on Monday they would try to save Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - the U.S.-funded news outlet set up to reach people under communism during the
March 17, 2025
The Russian central bank will keep its benchmark interest rate on hold at a board meeting on March 21, all 29 analysts who took part in a Reuters poll predicted
March 17, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of people have packed the streets of Dublin to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade
March 17, 2025
French engine and aircraft equipment maker Safran has offered remedies in an attempt to secure EU antitrust approval for its $1.8 billion bid for Collins
March 17, 2025
Sporadic violence broke out in North Macedonia on Monday as thousands of people demanded justice for 59 people killed in a nightclub blaze and called
March 17, 2025
Concerns that the Trump administration’s metals tariffs could divert a wave of aluminium to Europe have prompted the European Commission to consider possible curbs
March 17, 2025
Automaker Stellantis is investing 38 million euros ($41 million) in its Verrone plant in Northern Italy to manufacture parts for electric engines for its upcoming small-size models,
March 17, 2025
A "significant number" of countries are willing to provide peacekeeping troops in Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir
March 17, 2025
Lithuanian prosecutors accused Russia's military intelligence on Monday of orchestrating an arson attack on an IKEA store in Vilnius in May, and suggested it may
March 17, 2025
British defence and security company QinetiQ warned on Monday of delays in short-term contracts being awarded in the U.S. and UK, where new policies are being implemented after changes in
March 17, 2025
A court in Georgia has handed another prison sentence to imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili
March 17, 2025
Soccer match in France postponed after fans throw flares and start fire in stands
March 17, 2025
A transformation of women’s soccer in Europe is well under way
March 17, 2025
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Monday to four-and-a-half more years in jail after being found guilty of illegally crossing the state border, Georgian
March 17, 2025
Britain's economy will grow more slowly than previously expected in 2025 and 2026 as global growth is hit by uncertainty, the OECD said on Monday, underscoring the challenge facing
March 17, 2025
A decision by U.S.
March 17, 2025
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti's total pay was 14.9 million Swiss francs ($16.9 million) last year, with the bank keeping his remuneration in check as it navigates a tense
March 17, 2025
UBS's auditors have expressed an "adverse opinion" on the bank's internal controls over its financial reporting for 2024 after it
March 17, 2025
The euro zone housing market has already recovered from its recent slump and prices are likely to rise further, challenging affordability in a potentially unhealthy development,
March 17, 2025
U.S.
March 17, 2025
LVMH label Loewe said on Monday that creative director Jonathan Anderson was leaving the Spanish luxury house after 11 years in the role.
March 17, 2025
The U.S.-European tariff conflict is jeopardising transatlantic business worth $9.5 trillion annually, the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU warned on
March 17, 2025
President Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a shouting match, with the US president telling Ukraine’s leader “make a deal or we’re out” during an angry exchange about the nature of US support, and whether Zelensky had demonstrated enough gratitude.
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