International

The digital euro will be designed to ensure it protects European card schemes and keep banks at the core of the euro zone payments system, a senior European Central Bank ...

A German appeals court has ordered social media platform X to give vetted researchers access to publicly available data linked to Hungary’s April 12 election, setting a precedent for enforcing ...

British inflation fell to its lowest since March last year, according to official data that added to expectations of an interest rate cut soon by the Bank of England, even ...

The European Central Bank and the European Systemic Risk Board have published a joint report warning that growing links between banks and the non-bank financial intermediation sector create vulnerabilities that ...

Global investors are increasingly worried that companies are overinvesting, just as market sentiment remains “uber bullish” and further asset gains look harder to achieve, Bank of America’s monthly fund ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Tuesday detailed how persistently high electricity prices are undermining the European Union’s central strategy for achieving net-zero emissions through widespread electrification. The analysis ...

The European Union’s fishing fleet has seen a steady decline in size over the past decade, with vessel numbers, tonnage, and engine power all contracting significantly since 2014, according to ...

The global tablet market continued its recovery in 2025, with shipments rising 9.8 per cent year-on-year to 162 million units, according to the latest research from Omdia. Momentum was particularly strong in the ...

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 ...