European miasma
ON the night of the Swedish election on Sept 11, a 26-year-old politician from the Sweden Democrats hailed its triumph in becoming the nation’s second-biggest parliamentary party by raising one…
Sowing dragon’s teeth in Europe
PRESIDENT Zelensky was commenting on the commonly held belief that neo-Nazis lurked in the body politic of Ukraine and even ran powerful militias in the country, including the one apparently…
European IPOs fizzle out as political turmoil roils stocks
The European IPO market is unlikely to see any new candidates until after the summer, as political uncertainty has roiled markets, bankers said. This week Italian luxury sneaker brand Golden…
EU-beating wage gains unnerve central Europe’s rate-setters
Double-digit wage rises far outpacing average growth rates in the European Union have raised alarm among central Europe’s monetary policymakers wary of a rebound in inflation as the region’s economic…
Tourism buoys southern Europe’s ‘Club Med’ nations
Derided as “Club Med” nations during the European debt crisis 15 years ago, the economies of Spain, Greece and Portugal are now outperforming their northern peers thanks to a rebound…
There’s a new spectre in Europe
The spectre of brutal policies has once again returned to Europe. However, this time it is neither communism nor the bloody red revolution; it is the pernicious far-right forces that…
And Action! Amazon leans into video in emerging Europe’s online marketplace fight Anna Koper,
Amazon and Temu are taking different tacks to challenge Poland’s online marketplace leader Allegro, with the US e-commerce giant leaning into video and the fashion-focused Chinese company relying on low…
Europe’s economic divergence with US is real but has its limits
Inflation in the euro zone is different to that in the United States, much as ECB President Christine Lagarde insists, but the bloc will still face many of the same…
Central Europe’s rate-setters have pause for thought
With steep falls in inflation over and the timing of the first Federal Reserve rate cut pushed back by strong US data, a period of carefree rate easing appears to…
Carbon price fall deprives Europe’s green funds of billions
A drop in the European Union’s carbon price this year could mean that a fund intended to be among the world’s biggest schemes for new green technologies will be smaller…
