International

Apple, Google and Microsoft have been asked by EU tech regulators about the measures they are taking to prevent their platforms being used for financial scams, underscoring Europe’s concern ...

Greece recorded a surplus of €1.96 billion in its state budget for the period January–August 2025, according to execution data on a modified cash basis. The result contrasts with the €1.38 billion ...

Europe’s biggest bank HSBC said this week that a trial use of quantum computers to aid bond trading had produced promising results, in a rare example of a major ...

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, warned that the ocean is under threat, stressing that its decline is driven by human activities but can still be ...

Pay settlements granted by British employers held at 3 per cent in the three months to August but many firms are now offering smaller rises in response to their higher labour ...

When Greek firefighters investigated the cause of a deadly wildfire near the Athens Riviera in August, they found a familiar culprit: a loose power cable whose sparks were blown across ...

Eurozone employees are reluctant to give up a significant share of their wages for the option to work from home, despite reporting high levels of satisfaction with hybrid arrangements, a ...

The member states of the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) gathered in New York on September 23, 2025, for the first High-level Dialogue for Digital Cooperation, held on the sidelines of the 80th ...

European fintech company payabl. this week announced that it has expanded into the Lithuanian market, formalising its presence in Vilnius and establishing the city as its hub for the Baltics ...

US President Donald Trump’s new visa fees for foreign workers drew widespread condemnation from technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors across social media, with just a few outliers, as many ...

As alarm over Donald Trump’s trade policy was pushing the dollar toward multi-year lows, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde in late-May asked Europe’s leaders to put their ...

Greek investors prioritised technology and artificial intelligence stocks during the summer of 2025, according to a survey released this week by fintech app Plum. According to the survey, shares of Nvidia ...

Eurobank Holdings on Monday announced the acquisition of 2,712,383 of its own shares between September 15 and September 19 at an average acquisition price of €3.24 per share, for a total cost of €8.78 million. ...

Fintech companies continue to play a decisive role in shaping the future of technology for the financial services industry, according to market intelligence firm IDC. “While the names of the ...

EU-funded researchers are working across countries and sectors to boost organic farming, support farmers and shape policy to help meet the target of 25 per cent organic farmland in Europe and ...

India’s PC market grew six per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2025, reaching 3.6 million units, according to industry analysts Canalys. Notebook shipments drove the expansion, rising ...

Hourly labour costs in the euro area rose by 3.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to Eurostat, the statistical office ...

Artificial intelligence could boost the value of trade in goods and services by nearly 40 per cent by 2040, but without adequate policies it could also exacerbate economic divides, a new World ...

Construction production in the euro area increased by 0.5 per cent in July 2025 compared with June, according to preliminary estimates from Eurostat. According to Eurostat’s latest update, production in construction ...

President Donald Trump’s renewed push to nix quarterly corporate disclosures, a drive that went nowhere in his first administration, has a better chance this time as the White House ...

US companies are lining up to borrow in euros with bond sales hitting a record $100 billion so far this year, reflecting attractive European funding conditions and a growing willingness among ...

On its 20th birthday, YouTube is unrecognizable as the scrappy video site that began as the domain of young amateur users publishing unpolished, low-budget clips. Commanding 2.7 billion users, including celebrities ...

Intel this week said that it has lowered its full-year 2025 adjusted operating expense target to $16.8 billion, from $17 billion earlier, to reflect the deconsolidation of its programmable chip business, Altera. Shares ...

Tesla shares jumped 6 per cent earlier this week after CEO Elon Musk disclosed his purchase of about $1 billion worth of the electric vehicle-maker’s stock, in the latest vote of ...