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Inside EU, No Clear Financial Options Exist to Reduce Ukraine Grain Transport Costs

Jul 28 2023 // The European Commission has no immediate money in the budget and no clear way to help finance the extra transport costs Ukrainian grain exports will face with the end of the Black Sea deal, sources told Reuters, leaving an...

Microsoft Hit With EU Antitrust Complaint by German Rival Over Bundling of Teams App

Jul 21 2023 // Microsoft was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by German rival alfaview on Thursday, the second so far over its bundling of video app Teams into its Office product, as the bloc’s regulator prepares to investigate...

UK Support to Rejoin EU Passes 50% for 1st Time Since Brexit

Jul 21 2023 // More than half of Britons would vote to rejoin the European Union for the first time since the nation opted to leave the bloc seven years ago, YouGov polling showed.Some 51% of Britons told the polling company that they...

European Heat Wave Sees Temperatures Reaching 115F in Sardinia as Greece Burns

Jul 19 2023 // Europe baked in intense heat, with temperatures reaching almost 46C (115F) on the Italian island of Sardinia on Wednesday, as wildfires continued to rage in Greece.Authorities warned lives were in danger after the latest...

UK’s Post-Brexit Access to EU Financial Markets Still Unclear, EU Official Says

Jul 19 2023 // It is too early to tell if Britain’s financial rules post-Brexit will diverge too far from European Union norms to consider giving it access to the bloc’s markets, a senior EU official said on Tuesday.Paulina...

New Saharan Heat Blast Spells More Extreme Temperatures in Europe

Jul 18 2023 // The heat wave engulfing the Mediterranean is set to intensify as another Saharan anticyclone threatens record temperatures from Italy to Greece.The new weather system — named Charon after the mythological ferryman who...

EU Widens Probe of Suicide Risks Linked to Weight-Loss Drugs

Jul 13 2023 // The European Union’s drug regulator expanded its investigation into a possible risk of suicidal thoughts associated with a new class of weight-loss medicines and a separate analysis found that most patients stopped...

Verlingue Acquires Majority Stake in Italian Broker INSER, Advancing European Strategy

Jul 12 2023 // Verlingue has acquired a majority stake in the insurance broker INSER, in line with its Verlingue 2024 strategic plan to create a major European, family-owned, independent insurance broker.Financial details of the deal...

UK Pension Funds Back Next Phase of Post-Brexit Shakeup in City of London

Jul 11 2023 // Aviva, Legal & General and seven other pension firms intend to invest 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in unlisted companies by 2030 to help the City of London remain a competitive global finance center after Brexit,...

EU Probes Novo Nordisk Drugs After Reports of Suicidal Thoughts

Jul 10 2023 // The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is probing Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss treatment Saxenda after Iceland’s health regulator flagged three cases of patients on the drugs thinking about...

Fusion Specialty Europe Launches Branch in Madrid, Led by DUAL’s Cibin

Jul 3 2023 // Fusion Specialty Europe announces the launch of its Southern Europe branch in Madrid, and the appointment of Filippo Cibin as partner, effective immediately.Cibin will lead the expansion of Fusion into Southern European,...

Cyberattacks on Renewables: The Stuff of Nightmares for Europe’s Power Sector

Jul 3 2023 // Saboteurs target a nation leading the world in clean energy. They hack into vulnerable wind and solar power systems. They knock out digitalized energy grids. They wreak havoc.It’s the stuff of nightmares for European...

UK Regulators Urged to Help Keep London Competitive, Using New Post-Brexit Remit

Jun 30 2023 // Britain’s regulators must push ahead with applying their new post-Brexit remit to help keep the country’s financial sector globally competitive, industry officials said on Thursday.After Britain’s...

Britain and EU Sign Post-Brexit Cooperation Pact in Financial Services

Jun 29 2023 // Britain and the European Union signed a long-delayed post-Brexit cooperation pact in financial services on Tuesday, but the rapprochement is unlikely to restore EU access for the City of London anytime soon.The memorandum...

European Energy Developers Play Down Siemens Gamesa’s Wind Turbine Troubles

Jun 29 2023 // Major wind power developers including Iberdrola, RWE, EDP Renovaveis and Orsted played down the impact of potential problems with Siemens Gamesa onshore wind turbines.Siemens Gamesa parent Siemens Energy last week said...

Businesses Criticize New EU Data Rules, Saying They Could Hinder Data Flow

Jun 28 2023 // Businesses and Big Tech on Wednesday criticized European Union data rules agreed between EU countries and lawmakers, saying they could hinder data flow and contractual freedom, while a pan-European consumer group said they...

EU Banks Expand Risk Models to Better Prepare for Climate-Change Fallout

Jun 23 2023 // European banks are building out their risk models to better prepare for the fallout from climate change, with some even examining the short-term liquidity implications of a hotter planet, according to a joint survey...

Europe’s Firefighters Call for More Resources as Climate Change Hikes Wildfire Threat

Jun 23 2023 // Firefighters across Europe are calling for more resources as climate change increases the threat of wildfires across the region.While the European Union announced a doubling of its aerial firefighting fleet for this season...

Generali Agrees to Acquire Liberty Mutual’s European Units for $2.5 Billion

Jun 15 2023 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA has agreed to acquire a group of European businesses from US insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. for €2.3 billion ($2.5 billion), as part of its plan to expand in non-life insurance.Liberty...

Cyberattacks on Renewables: The Stuff of Nightmares for Europe’s Power Sector

Jun 15 2023 // Saboteurs target a nation leading the world in clean energy. They hack into vulnerable wind and solar power systems. They knock out digitalized energy grids. They wreak havoc.It’s the stuff of nightmares for European...