Europe

Swedes voted on Sunday in an election pitting the incumbent centre-left Social Democrats against a right-wing bloc that has embraced the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats as it tries to win back ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the security situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Sunday. Speaking by phone, the ...

Aer Lingus cancelled all of its afternoon flight departures from Dublin airport on Saturday as connection problems in its reservation systems disrupted check-in and boarding processes, the company said. The ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected on Saturday to announce further funding to cushion the impact of an energy crisis and soaring inflation on the nation’s households, a ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) this week said that Eurochambers, the association of European chambers of commerce, has requested immediate support measures for businesses against the rising ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is scheduled to speak to US arms makers and military leaders on September 21, when he is expected to make an appeal for more weapons for his ...

Romanian low cost air carrier Blue Air said on Friday it will cancel all flights until October 10, extending a halt in operations by a month, saying it cannot pay for ...

Four people were detained after police made their largest ever seizure of heroin in Germany, prosecutors said on Friday, with police confiscating some 700 kilos as part of an operation against ...

The price cap that G7 countries want to impose on Russian oil to punish Moscow should be set at a fair market value minus any risk premium resulting from its ...

European Union energy ministers on Friday tasked Brussels with drafting proposals within a few days to cap the revenues of non-gas energy producers and help power firms stay afloat. But ...

The European Union will make travelling to the bloc more difficult and expensive for Russians from Monday after it formally backed suspending a visa facilitation agreement over Russia’s invasion ...

The euro rose back above parity to a two-week high against the dollar on Friday following a large rate hike and hawkish comments from the European Central Bank, while a ...

The European Central Bank raised its key interest rates by an unprecedented 75 basis points on Thursday and signalled further hikes, prioritising the fight against inflation even as the bloc’s ...

Greece will repay ahead of schedule 2.7 billion euros of loans owed to euro zone countries under the first bailout it received during its decade-long debt crisis, finance ministry officials told ...

The euro was hovering above Tuesday’s two-decade low on Thursday as investors awaited a policy decision from the European Central Bank (ECB) and comments from the head of the ...

The European Central Bank will raise interest rates again on Thursday to fight runaway inflation and, with a big move and a record one under consideration, the only question is ...

Some of Europe’s biggest banks are preparing back-up generators and to dim the lights as they brace for potential power cuts and energy rationing that threaten the money system ...

Greek state entities will risk losing government funding if they fail to implement a government energy-saving plan, ministers said on Wednesday, as the country, like its European peers, struggles with ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the West was failing because a futile and aggressive attempt to isolate Russia with sanctions was destroying the global economy just as Asia ...

The Netherlands has warned other European Union countries that an EU plan to use a carbon market reserve to finance their exit from Russian gas would undermine the bloc’s ...

The hit to the euro zone economy and its currency from a deepening energy crisis is so severe that more aggressive monetary tightening from the European Central Bank will do ...

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) on Monday announced its intention to float sports car brand Porsche, triggering what could become one of the world’s largest listings even as record inflation ...

Hungary will create an anti-corruption authority and a working group involving non-government organisations to oversee the spending of European Union funds, the government said in a decree in its official ...

The euro sank below $0.99 to a new 20-year low on Monday after Russia’s halt to gas supplies down its main pipeline to Europe heightened fears about a deepening energy ...