International

Eurostat this week reported that the euro area balance in trade in goods posted a €12.6 billion surplus in December 2025, compared with a surplus of €13.9 billion in December 2024. The first estimates ...

British economic growth data released this week showed a marked seasonal pattern for the fourth year in a row, adding to economists’ concerns about numbers from the Office for National ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently launched its Pillar 3 data hub, creating a single, harmonised digital platform that makes prudential information from all EEA institutions publicly accessible for the first ...

Seasonally adjusted services production across the European Union experienced a contraction in November 2025, according to Eurostat. This monthly decline of 0.5 per cent in the EU and 0.6 per cent in the ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has initiated a public consultation regarding draft amendments to its guidelines on systemic risk buffers specifically designed to mitigate climate change risks. The revised framework ...

NatWest (NWG.L) reported a 24 per cent jump in annual profit on Friday, just ahead of forecasts, and set more ambitious performance targets as it steps up investment in Britain’...

Airports and airlines warned the European Commission that the rollout of the Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) is already causing significant delays at border control, with waiting times reaching up ...

Industrial producer prices for energy in the domestic market across the European Union fell by 1.3 per cent in December 2025 compared with the previous month, according to Eurostat. These figures represent ...

Last year, Eirini Syntihaki was renting an apartment she loved in central Athens near friends, work and the city’s many streetside cafes. Then a few months ago, her flatmate ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its latest wage tracker data showing that negotiated wage growth in the euro area is set to moderate in 2026, signalling easing pay pressures ...

Manufacturing labourers recorded the largest increase in job vacancy rates in the EU between 2019 and 2023, according to Eurostat, signalling growing recruitment difficulties in that occupation. The figures, which compare developments ...

Freedom Holding Corp. this week reported resilient financial performance for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal year 2026, as the diversified financial services group continued to expand its global ...

Russia has transferred ownership of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport to a company linked to the operator of Sheremetyevo, following a court ruling that nationalised the asset earlier this year. In ...

Germany’s carnival season, whose celebrations will peak this week, is set to generate nearly 2 billion euros ($2.36 billion) in revenue this year, according to a study by the German Economic ...

Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo SA (TLGO.MC), the company and Spain’s transport minister have announced. In a statement, Talgo said the deal ...

It would be “impossible” to move 40 per cent of Taiwan’s semiconductor capacity to the US, the island’s top tariff negotiator said, pushing back against recent comments by American ...

Retail group Jumbo S.A. has announced that shareholders approved an extraordinary cash distribution of €0.50 per share during a general meeting held earlier this month. The payment corresponds to a ...

Oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Monday as fears of a Middle East conflict eased after the US and Iran pledged to continue indirect talks about Tehran’s ...

Investors polled by the Bank of England expect the central bank to steadily cut its main Bank Rate to a low of 3 per cent by its March 2027 meeting, down from 3.75 ...

Global technology and data stocks slid again on Friday, as a rout showed no signs of abating on worries over the impact of powerful new AI models on their business ...

YouTube reached a total of 29 billion videos as of December 30, 2025, following a massive surge in content driven by Shorts, artificial intelligence, and significant expansion in the Indian market, according to ...

As the global memory chip shortage hits the smartphone market, a key question is echoing from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: Will Apple raise prices, or sacrifice profit to gain new ...

The IT distribution channel saw sales increase by 6 per cent year over year to reach 24.3 billion dollars in the fourth quarter of December 31, 2025, representing the strongest quarter on record for ...

Reddit forecast first-quarter revenue above analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as artificial intelligence-powered enhancements to its ad platform help the social media platform draw more marketers. Shares of the company rose 4% ...