Reporting and analysis on business from across Europe and beyond — updated through the day.
Early pilots of agentic AI in health and local government report thousands of saved hours, yet buyers still lack clear criteria to assess methods and results.
A 30‑minute extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI streamed on Netflix attracted more than 9,000 Twitch streamers and generated 5,227,798 hours of viewing during its release week, according to data collated by Eurogamer and reported by The Guardian.
Grindr will pay £26 million to settle a UK class‑action over the alleged sharing of users’ HIV status with advertisers, with payments split into two £13 million instalments.
Screening of up to 1,600 asymptomatic adults begins in the UK, marking the first European rollout of Roche’s PrevenTRON phase‑III study that will test the drug trontinemab in participants with high p‑tau217 levels.
Die verfügbaren Quellen zu Verhandlungstrainings beschreiben Angebote, Preise und Inhalte, liefern jedoch keine…
Higher bond yields are alarming investors, but strong growth and record earnings may help equity markets absorb the rising borrowing costs.
The European Commission, the European Council, and the European Parliament representatives have said that an ambitious budget requires substantial resources.
The EU has suspended imports of various Brazilian animal products due to Brazil's failure to comply with antimicrobial standards, affecting $1.84 billion in annual exports.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared that the European Union formally joined Washington's campaign to sever Iran from the global financial system.
A survey of nearly 10,000 employees across Europe and the Americas has found that most believe AI flatters their professional reputation, with 64% admitting they have used it to complete work they could not have done alone, raising an awkward question for…
China has claimed that the new "anti-fast-fashion" law which came into force in France on Tuesday amounts to "discrimination." Responding to these accusations, a
Uber is cutting 3,300 jobs worldwide as it strips out management layers and merges teams, saying the savings will fund growth in areas such as robotaxis.
How can Africa bridge the gap between ambitious commitments and the capital needed to scale businesses?
Ireland and Romania are among Europe's most generous countries, according to a recent report measuring both the share of people who give and the proportion of their income they donate.
The rial has lost 63% of its value against the dollar since March, with the euro hitting 2.55 million rials and gold coins changing hands at 2.26 billion.
14:37 CETChinese President Xi Jinping’s return to Cairo comes as Egypt and China push their relationship beyond infrastructure and trade into technology, defence and a broader strategic partnership with regional implications.
Chevron announced a $7 billion expansion deal for its Venezuelan operations on Wednesday, hours after the country's parliament approved handing Washington control over a fifth of its oil reserves.
Venezuela's parliament has approved handing the US control of a fifth of its oil reserves, cementing Washington's grip on a government it helped install after toppling President Nicolas Maduro in January.
Ryanair's Boeing 737 comes with retractable onboard stairs that cut costs and turnaround times, but an Italian safety study has linked them to hundreds of passenger falls since 2021.
Klaus-Michael Kühne had no children and lived in a Swiss canton with zero inheritance tax.
A global bond sell-off has hit European debt markets, reflecting concerns about inflation, budget deficits and government debt.
The White House has published the terms of its Venezuela oil deal, naming the private company at its centre and confirming Washington's majority control of more than 65 billion barrels, as President Trump vowed the US would be taking "all" of it.
Japan's 10-year government bond yield touched 3% on Tuesday for the first time since 1996, part of a deepening global sovereign debt sell-off, while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used the G20 finance meeting to press Tokyo for faster rate hikes.
Shein has listed in Hong Kong after failed attempts in New York and London, as US tariffs and rising shipping costs squeeze the fast-fashion giant's profits.
Inflation in Germany rose 2.9% in the year to August on the harmonised measure tracked by the European Central Bank, a fresh acceleration from July but well short of the 3.1% economists had expected, in a reading that offers modest relief to policymakers…
QatarEnergy’s latest cancellations run into early November. Buyers in Europe and Asia are finding replacement cargoes, switching to other fuels or using less gas, while no one knows when LNG shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will return to normal.
The benchmark Dutch TTF natural gas price rose above €70 per megawatt-hour on Monday, as renewed fighting between the US and Iran raised fresh concerns about further delays to LNG exports from the Persian Gulf.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's largest economies meet in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday and Tuesday, hosted by a US administration that is simultaneously pressing allies to help isolate Iran financially and imposing…
TAP Air Portugal, the Portuguese state-owned airline currently in talks to be sold, posted a net loss of almost €100 million for the first half of the year, despite increasing revenue by 4% and carrying a record number of passengers.
The Polish government, led by Prime Minister Tusk, has excluded funding for the constitutional court in its 2027 budget amid ongoing disputes, projecting a 7.1% deficit.
Another summer of record heat, drought and wildfires is leaving European governments with a bill that will land months later in the form of emergency relief, farm compensation, infrastructure repairs, unpaid taxes and food inflation.
Oil prices climbed on Monday morning as tensions flared once again in the Middle East and as investors weighed a potential US rate hike.
Besides a social media post from US President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “the biggest oil deal in world history” in Venezuela.
The price per square metre of buying an apartment in city centres differs widely across Europe.
Germany will miss its November gas-storage target if injections continue at their current pace, the country’s storage association has warned.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh used his first Jackson Hole address on Friday to argue that financial conditions are not restrictive and that underlying inflation has not meaningfully improved, a hawkish assessment that strengthens the case for a rate hike,…
Footfall in bookshops and school supply stores is already rising, as parents search for notebooks, stationery, art materials and the rest of the gear pupils will need.
German industry associations urge Chancellor Merz for a tougher stance on China, highlighting changing concerns over trade imbalances and competition amidst growing deficits.
Construction of a business park on part of a former Nazi concentration camp site has prompted calls for its surviving remains to be preserved.
Sweden spent 6.8% of GDP on education in 2023, compared with just below 3% in Romania.
Seven key candidates running in the French presidential election battled it out in their first debate on Thursday, with the economy, public debt and pension reform dominating heated discussions.
The share of each EU country in the bloc’s total GDP changes over time. The Debate looks at how these shares have evolved over the past 20 years.
Google sister company Waymo plans to launch driverless taxi services with robotaxis in Bavaria's capital from next year.
Nvidia will report its second-quarter results after the US market closes on Wednesday, with analysts expecting revenue of roughly $92 billion (€78.8bn) and investors treating the chipmaker's guidance as a verdict on whether the AI rally still has room to run.
Almost 50,000 new students have been placed in higher education, creating fresh housing pressures as demand for rooms rises, supply shrinks and rents stay high.
Azerbaijan's largest financial institution, the International Bank of Azerbaijan, is expanding its corporate banking operations by acquiring a 51% controlling stake in Uzbekistan's Davr Bank in a deal valued at $150 million (€128.5m).
The Italian energy giant is deepening its footprint in Egypt with a wave of new exploration, as Cairo pushes to become a regional gas hub.
From 12 January 2027, EU cloud providers may not charge customers to leave. Article 29 of the Data Act turns switching cost into a negotiable, expiring concession, and the window to use it is closing.