The Bank of England held rates at 3.75%, with inflation still above the 2% target and early-2026 data hinting the economy has started the year stronger than expected — complicating the case for near-term cuts.
Category: 3. Europe
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BoE holds rates at 3.75% as inflation stays stubbornly above target
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Experts back Anglo-Australian parents in Italy in child custody row
By Chiara Zampiva & EuronewsPublished on
The ongoing dispute between social services and an Anglo-Australian family living in rural…
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Right to be forgotten: Commission offers guidance, not guarantees, to cancer survivors
To mark World Cancer Day, the European Commission published a joint statement by Health Commissioner Várhelyi and Financial Services Commissioner Albuquerque on the ‘right to be forgotten’ (RTBF).
The RTBF aims to end the discrimination cancer survivors face when accessing financial…
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Airbnb launches romantic “Wuthering Heights” experience – for free
Ahead of the release of one of 2026’s most hotly anticipated movies, “Wuthering Heights” fans can book a stay in Catherine Earnshaw’s Thrushcross Grange bedroom.
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2026 Winter Olympics: Italy foils ‘Russian cyber-attacks’ at Milan-Cortina Games
Italy has foiled “Russian origin” cyber-attacks targeting the Winter Olympics, says Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
He said websites linked to the Games, hotels in host town Cortina d’Ampezzo and foreign ministry facilities, including an embassy in Washington, were targeted.
Cortina d’Ampezzo,…
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Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system
Airport organisation says queues could last up to six hours over the summer holidays.
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Video. Giant phantom jellyfish spotted in Argentina’s deep sea
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A rare phantom jellyfish has been spotted by scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s vessel exploring the deep sea near Argentina.
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Europeans don't admit Greenland concessions, JD Vance says
Vance says it is not true Europeans have not made any concessions to the US over its designs to control Greenland.
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France puts assisted dying back on the table after Senate rejection
France’s National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee gave the green light to the assisted dying bill proposal on Wednesday.
The move by the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee – in charge of reviewing and amending health, social security, family, and labour legislation –…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is creating its own police squad
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Starbase, the South Texas company town created by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is developing its own police squad.
The city’s commission green-lighted the…
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