All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 19 2021 // Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the economy. Health workers were stranded, supermarkets shut, and the army was called in....
Jan 14 2021 // Global broking business, Brokerslink, starts 2021 with the continued the expansion of its global network and the addition of independent broker JDB in North Macedonia.Trading since 2009, JDB is a growing broker with a...
Jan 13 2021 // The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump administration...
Jan 12 2021 // While the mile-long lines of trucks have dissipated at ports, UK businesses are waking up to less visible forms of friction at the border with the European Union that may cause more enduring damage.From health certificates...
Jan 8 2021 // Britain should not submit to the European Union’s financial services rules just to get better access to the bloc’s market after Brexit, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday.European daily...
Jan 8 2021 // European companies are expected to hunt for assets in China, mainly in insurance, healthcare and automobile sectors, after the world’s second-largest economy and the European Union agreed to an investment deal last...
Dec 30 2020 // The UK’s parting of the ways from the European Union means that an obscure 7-year-old watchdog is about to gain massive new powers over corporate mergers.Itself the product of a merger of two failing regulators, the...
Dec 30 2020 // LONDON (AP) – So far, the large majority of British and EU citizens have not felt the realities of Brexit. Though the UK left the European Union on Jan. 31, it follows the bloc’s rules until the end of this year as...
Dec 30 2020 // European freight forwarders are rejecting contracts to take loads into the UK due to fears the chaos at Dover could be repeated post-Brexit.Transporeon, a German software company that monitors real-time data on freight...
Dec 29 2020 // MADRID – Cross-border workers who commute between Gibraltar and Spain will be exempt from border controls after Brexit even if no agreement on free movement is reached with Britain, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha...
Dec 28 2020 // Synchrono Group, doing business under SynchronoSure, and American European Insurance Group (AEIG) have expanded their partnership to include trucker general liability insurance for small trucking companies.SynchronoSure...
Dec 28 2020 // LONDON – Britain, which left the European Union in January, loses full access to the bloc under transition arrangements that end at 2300 GMT on Dec. 31.The 27-nation EU is Britain’s biggest financial services...
Dec 24 2020 // Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of...
Dec 23 2020 // BRUSSELS – Britain and the European Union are close to clinching a Brexit trade deal, diplomats said on Wednesday and, while it could still be days away, it appears that the estranged allies will avoid a turbulent...
Dec 22 2020 // BRUSSELS/LONDON — The European Union is giving a “final push” in a bid to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain, the bloc’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday.Britain is set to complete its...
Dec 21 2020 // Aon plc confirmed that the European Commission (EC) has initiated a review of the company’s proposed $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson.Aon said the Phase II review is a common next step “for a...
Dec 21 2020 // Boris Johnson faces a choice in the next few hours that will define his premiership: accept a trade deal with the European Union or go it alone.It could scarcely have come at a more difficult time for him. As he faces a...
Dec 18 2020 // BRUSSELS/LONDON – The European Union said on Friday there were just hours left to strike a Brexit trade deal while Britain called on the bloc to see sense as the two sides race to prevent a turbulent finale to the Brexit...
Dec 17 2020 // The European Union’s capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and provide stronger intervention powers like banning dividends to preserve solvency during market shocks, the bloc’s...
Dec 16 2020 // BRUSSELS – Britain and the European Union have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed, the bloc’s chief executive said on Wednesday.Britain and the EU are in the...