International

The National Bank of Greece has acquired 300,000 of its own shares during the period from August 7 to August 14, at a weighted average price of €13.1384 per share, with a total cost ...

British manufacturers have suffered a fresh setback with orders falling heavily in the three months to August and further weakness expected ahead, according to a survey published on Thursday by ...

A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets from ...

Low cost air carrier Ryanair has expressed anger over what it described as a chaotic European Air Traffic Control (ATC) system following delays on 12 of its flights at Athens airport ...

Oil prices rose 1 per cent on Thursday, bolstered by signs of strong demand in the United States, with uncertainty over efforts to end the war in Ukraine also lending support. ...

The European Union’s reliance on renewable energy in its overall energy supply is higher than the global average, according to the latest figures published by Eurostat. In 2022, renewables represented 18.9 ...

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company’s homegrown operating system. As part ...

Pay settlements by British private-sector employers held at 3 per cent in the three months to July and uncertainty about the economy and possible further tax increases means that cautious approach ...

Britain’s Office for National Statistics has announced that it was delaying Friday’s scheduled release of July retail sales data by two weeks, the latest in a string of ...

British inflation hit its highest in 18 months in July when it increased to 3.8 per cent from 3.6 per cent, official data showed on Wednesday, once again leaving the country with the ...

European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde has warned that the global economy is facing a period of heightened uncertainty, while underlining the resilience of both global and euro area ...

S&P Global on Monday affirmed its ‘AA+’ credit rating on the US, saying the revenue from President Donald Trump’s tariffs will offset the fiscal hit from his ...

Britain’s economy at the end of 2023 is now estimated to have been 2.2 per cent bigger than its peak immediately before the coronavirus pandemic, up slightly from a previous estimate ...

Oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders weighed the possibility that talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US to end the war in Ukraine could lead to the lifting of ...

Germany said this week that the United States would have to follow through on agreed lower tariffs on Europe-made cars before a wider agreement on trade can be finalised in ...

Shein’s British business made 2.05 billion pounds ($2.77 billion) in sales in 2024, a 32.3 per cent increase from the previous year, a filing by the online fast-fashion retailer showed. Shein does not ...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said this week that it had decided to exclude six companies with connections to the West Bank and Gaza from its ...

British lender Barclays is selling Thames Water debt worth 236 million pounds ($319.9 million), Bloomberg News has reported, amid concerns the struggling water utility could be placed into special administration if it ...

British motorists can now lease a Tesla electric vehicle for just over half the price they would have paid a year ago, The Times reported on Monday, citing industry sources. ...

Oil prices edged up on Monday after White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and had to ...

Real estate brokers have expressed cautious optimism about the sector’s performance in 2025, according to consulting firm PwC. In its latest report on the sector, PwC said that brokers are ...

Czech and Estonian researchers are joining forces to build a cross-border cybersecurity hub that will strengthen Europe’s digital defences in the face of growing cyber threats. By Michaela Nesvarova ...

The recent surge in government-backed stablecoins has sparked debate over whether these dollar-pegged crypto tokens will strengthen or destabilise the economy. The bipartisan passage of the “Genius Act” last month, ...

As shipping strives to decarbonise, a new wave of EU-funded innovation is proving that methanol-fuelled vessels could offer a scalable, low-emission alternative to diesel on the high seas. By Tom ...