TAG: Services
Eurozone inflation dips in January as investors eye early rate cut
FRANKFURT — Eurozone inflation eased as expected in January, fueling hopes for an early European Cen...
8 months ago
Trump’s return ‘clearly a threat’ to Europe, Christine Lagarde warns
The potential reelection of former U.S. President Donald Trump would be a “threat” to Europe, Europe...
8 months ago
Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...
8 months ago
Europe to be late arrival at Federal Reserve party
The U.S. is having a party, and Europe is going to be unavoidably late to it. No fewer than four cen...
8 months ago
German budget crisis: Ruling coalition gives up on finalizing 2024 budget before year’s end
BERLIN — Germany's ruling coalition will not manage to have a 2024 budget in place before the end of...
8 months ago
Russia fuel export terminal halts operations after suspected Kyiv drone attack
A huge Russian fuel export terminal near St. Petersburg was forced to suspend operations on Sunday a...
8 months ago
Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up
Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...
8 months ago
UK and Switzerland strike ‘first of its kind’ financial services deal
LONDON — The U.K. and Switzerland have signed a financial services deal described as the “first of i...
8 months ago
Yemen: West ignored our warnings about Houthis to court Iran for nuclear deal
BRUSSELS — The U.S. and EU were so determined to court Iran for a nuclear deal over recent years tha...
8 months ago
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade agenda is faltering. Are the Gulf states his last hope?
LONDON — On the Red Sea coast at the northwest tip of Saudi Arabia, plans for an outlandish £400 billion ‘mega-city’ featuring an artificial moon and flying taxis are starting to take shape.While far from completion, the enigmatic project — known as NEOM...
6 months ago
The EU has a €30 billion hidden fees problem
Last year, European consumers and businesses lost €30 billion to hidden fees when sending and spending money internationally. And it is only getting worse, in 2019 it was €22 billion. But there is an easy way to crack down on these hidden charges: taking...
6 months ago
ECB staff in uproar after lunch canteen downgrades olive oil
A staff mutiny over the quality of olive oil served at European Central Bank canteens was narrowly avoided after in-house caterers acquiesced to demands to bring back extra virgin options to the table.Staffers on the central bank’s internal messaging boar...
6 months ago
UK inflation lower than expected
Consumer prices in the United Kingdom stood at 4 percent in January, unchanged from December and defying expectations of a renewed pick-up, data released by the Office for National Statistics showed Wednesday.Analysts polled by Reuters ahead of the releas...
6 months ago
UK rejects European Parliament’s claim Gibraltar is undermining Russian sanctions
STRASBOURG — The U.K. government said it was “extremely disappointed” after the European Parliament accused Gibraltar of undermining sanctions against Russia in a vote to keep the territory on the EU’s money-laundering watchlist.A strong majority of 490 M...
5 months ago