All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2021 // Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month, but the UK’s actions in Northern Ireland makes it harder to build trust, the bloc’s...
Mar 4 2021 // Climate change is weakening the ocean currents that shape weather on both sides of the Atlantic.The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during the 20th century has weakened more than at any other time over the last...
Mar 3 2021 // BRUSSELS – Aon will face a list of objections by the EU’s antitrust watchdog which it must overcome with concessions to proceed with its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson, two people familiar with the matter...
Mar 2 2021 // The European Commission said on Tuesday that it was considering emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines as a faster alternative to more rigorous conditional marketing authorisations which have been used so far.The move...
Mar 2 2021 // LONDON – The shift in financial staff and assets from the City of London to the European Union because of Brexit has eased after Britain completed its full departure from the bloc, a tracker from consultants EY showed on...
Feb 26 2021 // The European Union is bolstering its 14-trillion-euro ($17 trillion) economy against damage caused by the impacts of climate change, from droughts to floods and forest loss.Under an updated climate adaptation strategy...
Feb 25 2021 // Britain is conducting a review of its financial rulebooks and policies to see how it can keep its 130 billion pound ($184 billion) finance sector competitive after Brexit left it largely cut off from the European Union.The...
Feb 24 2021 // MILAN – Italy’s top insurer Generali said on Wednesday it launched a 3.5 billion euro ($4.26 billion) investment plan over five years to support the recovery of European countries hit by COVID-19.The plan, dubbed...
Feb 23 2021 // Plans by Britain and the European Union to set up a new financial cooperation forum by the end of March have made some progress but this will not automatically lead to market access, senior officials said on...
Feb 22 2021 // Around 1,000 European Union finance firms are expected to open their first offices in the UK after losing their passporting rights because of Brexit.Roughly two-thirds of the 1,500 money managers, payment firms and...
Feb 22 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s defeat in a UK legal battle over the way it treats its drivers is set to trigger a wave of complaints from workers across the region.Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that Uber must...
Feb 17 2021 // Uber on Monday called on EU regulators to recognize the value of independent contracts in job creation as they consider new rules to protect gig economy workers.The company has been criticized for classifying its drivers...
Feb 12 2021 // European Union efforts to resolve a patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers have hit a roadblock after experts enlisted for advice failed to agree on the level of royalties or who should pay them.Tech firm...
Feb 11 2021 // Amsterdam has displaced London as Europe’s biggest share trading center after Britain left the European Union’s single market, and picked up a chunk of UK derivatives business along the way, according to data...
Feb 10 2021 // The Bank of England told insurers on Wednesday not to expect any big reduction in capital requirements after Brexit, adding that more capital could be “part of the answer” to meeting a 1.7 billion pound bill...
Feb 5 2021 // LONDON – Around 40% of British companies that import and export said the shift to a new trading arrangement with the European Union had made trade more cumbersome last month, a survey showed on Thursday.The report from...
Feb 1 2021 // NEW DELHI – The Indian government on Monday said it plans to raise limits on how much foreign companies can invest in the country’s insurance industry, a move that could attract inflows from U.S. and European...
Feb 1 2021 // Truckloads of British pig meat waiting to be shipped to Germany and stuffed into bratwursts perished at UK ports this month while stuck in line for customs clearance.It’s a story that barely made a ripple in the UK,...
Jan 27 2021 // European regulators need to overhaul their capital rules to free up insurers to invest more in climate-friendly infrastructure projects, the chief executive of German insurer Allianz said on Wednesday.“Today, the...
Jan 26 2021 // European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting will be powered by artificial intelligence.The European Centre for Medium-Range...