International

By Stephania Constantinou Early this month, the S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent to a new high, taking its gain for the year to more than 14 percent. The main reason is ...

EU goods exports to Canada rose 1.2 per cent in 2025, reaching €48.80 billion, while imports increased much more sharply to €33.00 billion, leaving the bloc with a €15.80 billion trade surplus, according to Eurostat. ...

The European Union recorded a high-tech trade surplus of €32.4 billion in 2025, driven by strong export growth in pharmaceuticals and aerospace products, according to figures published by Eurostat. The statistical agency ...

HELLENiQ ENERGY has brought its first large-scale battery energy storage facility into operation in Thessaloniki, Greece, following an investment of approximately €50 million aimed at improving the use of renewable electricity. ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) will hold two online workshops later this month and in November to explain the implementation of its Integrated Reporting Framework (IReF), which aims to standardise ...

Stellantis (STLAM.MI) headed into Paris Motor Show with a message it ​hopes customers, investors and dealers are ready to hear: after years of sliding market share and weak sales ‌...

Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan stated on Monday that capital availability will become the primary constraint restricting the growth of artificial intelligence as development continues to scale rapidly. Speaking at ...

Greek airline Aegean has appointed Michalis Kouveliotis as chief executive officer, succeeding Dimitris Gerogiannis, who is stepping down after 20 years in the role but will remain with the company as ...

The technology industry will enter 2027 under growing pressure to turn years of heavy investment and rapid innovation into measurable economic and operational returns, according to research firm Omdia. Omdia identified ...

British lenders reduced the availability of mortgages and ​other secured lending to ‌households for the first time in three years during the three ​months to the end of ​August, a ...

EU-funded researchers are developing tiny devices that could turn infrared sunlight and stray radio waves into extra energy for satellites. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Satellites waste energy in space. Some ...

Enterprises are increasingly moving edge computing into production as they expand internet of things deployments, with 62 per cent adopting edge architectures, according to research firm Omdia. The survey of 570 IoT ...

The Bank of England should not continue to rely on high ​bond yields to do its job ‌of taming inflation, Monetary Policy Committee member Megan Greene has said. “It’s ...

Global shipments of premium televisions are forecast to rise 9.3 per cent year-on-year in 2027 even as the wider TV market contracts, according to research from market intelligence firm Omdia. Premium TVs, ...

Researchers are combining AI, cameras and DNA traces in seawater to build a transparent picture of what is being caught, and support more sustainable fisheries. By Michael Allen Europe’s ...

British long-term borrowing costs hit fresh multi-decade highs ​this week as part of ‌a global bond selloff driven by a sharp rise in oil prices triggered ​by attacks on shipping ​...

The prospect of higher interest rates weighted on Britain’s housing market last month, with downward pressure on house prices increasing for ​the first time in four months, the Royal ...

Marine dry-bulk shipping company Safe Bulkers has increased its issued share capital to 113.84 million shares after Euronext Athens approved the listing of 5,226 new shares allocated to its independent directors under ...

Wizz Air has been named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, as the low-cost carrier continues to expand its network and invest in improving ...

The Athens Municipality and the National Bank of Greece have reached an agreement to resolve decades-old property disputes, with seven properties set to be transferred or otherwise made available to ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is proposing a major expansion of proportionality in banking supervision that could bring around 150 additional smaller banks under a lighter regulatory framework, according to ECB ...

A six-week-old tanker managed by Dynacom Tankers Management has been damaged after being struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, with its engine room hit and the ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently released its risk dashboard for the second quarter of 2026, confirming that banks across the EU and EEA continue to operate from a position of ...

Services accounted for more than half of the EU’s business economy value added in 2024, with the sector also employing more than half of the bloc’s business workforce, according ...