Category: 3. Europe

A midsummer pole dance in southern Sweden

I enjoyed midsummer at a rented beachside cottage in the Skåne village of Bjärred, north of Malmö, with Swedish friends. We ventured to the local church to enjoy the dancing round a midsummer pole…

Rising European energy prices are among the many risks of the current geopolitical crisis, which threatens to block one of the world’s most important fuel shipping routes. Coupled with the trade war sparked by US tariffs, there are…

This is CNBC’s live blog covering European markets.

Halftime report

We’re around halfway through the final trading session of the week, and regional equities are still broadly on the rise.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was…

A week into their war, Israel and Iran exchanged more strikes on Friday as new diplomatic efforts led by the Europeans took place in Geneva. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held several hours of talks with the European…

As missiles fall on Israel and Iran, civilians face a second battlefield: the online space. Since the beginning of Israel’s offensive, communication tools have come under increasing control – both for spying on the enemy and for suppressing dissent. 

New restrictions have been…