Category: 3. Europe

“I do think that Rachel has suddenly realized that she’s wildly unpopular in the PLP,” said the same second MP quoted above, who argued her “iron chancellor” image means restive cabinet ministers — not Reeves herself — will get the credit for any extra spending.

Former…

The export controls are meant to keep Brussels from cozying up to the Trump administration as the EU looks to make a deal after the mercurial president slapped the bloc with 50 percent tariffs.

“This is China’s way of building pressure to avoid any alignment with the U.S.,” said Bouchard….

The global literary community has also reacted in horror. Two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, France’s Annie Ernaux and Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk, have publicly called on Algeria to release Sansal, as has Salman Rushdie.

Sansal’s main support group says the author — who in…

Greece has solidified its position as the top European importer of Iraqi oil in 2024, according to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights.

The country imported an average of 190,950 barrels per day (bpd) during the first half of the year, before…

Key Drivers Fuelling Resilience and Growth in Europe’s Living Sector 

1. RISING COSTS, SHRINKING OPTIONS AND SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS

Homeownership in Europe has become increasingly unaffordable, pushing more people towards rentals….

A small marble sculpture thought to be a copy of the French artist Auguste Rodin’s work has turned out to be the real thing, selling for almost $1m at an auction in France on Monday.

The sculpture, called “Despair”, a figure of a woman hugging her knees and holding one foot, is a work by the…

When Agosto Bodo took a job at a Chinese law firm’s Budapest office last year, he found himself catapulted into the centre of a China-fuelled investment boom.

Yingke Law Firm, a major player in Chinese corporate law, had opened the new office to…