The United States will launch a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices, President Donald Trump announced on Friday, accusing the bloc of unfairly imposing billions of dollars in penalties on Google, Apple and other American technology companies. The move came…
Hungary’s Prosecutor General has resigned under mounting pressure from Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who has been working to remove key officials appointed during Viktor Orbán’s years in power. In his statement, Gábor Bálint Nagy said he was stepping down to protect the…
The world’s population of high-net-worth individuals grew by almost two million in 2025, and their combined fortune rose 8.7 percent to a record $98.3 trillion (€86.2 trillion), the biggest annual jump since 2018, according to Capgemini’s World Wealth Report. The global count…
Montenegro supports new safeguards designed to stop future EU members from backsliding on the rule of law and democratic standards, but only if those measures rest on objective criteria for judging systemic breaches, the country’s ambassador to the bloc has told Euronews.…
Fuel costs are once again dominating the debate in Italy, with prices in Milan and along the country’s motorways pushing above €2.60 a litre. Opposition parties and consumer groups are warning of the strain on households and businesses, while Prime Minister Giorgia…
The largest expansion in the history of the European Union took place in 2004, when 10 mainly eastern and central European countries realised long-held ambitions of joining the bloc. Many were emerging from decades of communist rule, carrying hopes that home-grown businesses…
ASML, Europe’s most valuable listed company, has lifted its full-year sales guidance on the back of surging demand tied to artificial intelligence, reigniting optimism about the durability of the AI-driven technology cycle. The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker now expects 2026 net sales…
Home sales climbed in 17 of 20 European countries last year as falling borrowing costs helped revive buyer demand. France passed one million transactions, while Slovenia posted the steepest percentage gain of any market on the continent. Europe’s housing market found its…
Nine airlines pulled in a combined $25.11 billion (€22bn) in their latest annual results, with Emirates once again sitting at the top of the pile. Yet these figures tell the story of an industry frozen in time — captured just before the…
For years, Austria’s stock market was seen largely as a bet on banks, with energy company OMV offering one of the few significant industrial alternatives. In 2026, that picture has changed dramatically, as the Vienna Stock Exchange has become one of Europe’s…
