All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2024 // Venture capital firm Accel said on Tuesday it has raised a $650 million fund to invest in early-stage companies in Europe and Israel with a focus on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.The new fund will be...
May 14 2024 // European Union countries gave their final approval on Monday to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free.The law will...
May 10 2024 // China is losing its luster as a top country to invest in as firms seek to avoid geopolitical risks and turn to Southeast Asia and Europe, according to a survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.Only 13% of...
May 9 2024 // The European Commission is planning to allow exemptions from a proposed ban on substances known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” to protect key industries, a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed.In the...
May 8 2024 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the launch of MiCAssure, a proprietary insurance solution for crypto-asset service providers such as custodians, exchanges, and administrators operating within the European Union (EU),...
May 7 2024 // The European Union has proposed restrictions on 11 vessels that contribute to Russia’s ability to sustain its war against Ukraine.The proposed measures, if approved by member states, would ban the ships from...
May 6 2024 // Disruption to Red Sea container shipping is rising, Maersk said on Monday, forecasting this will cut the industry’s capacity between Asia and Europe by up to 20% in the second quarter.Maersk and other shipping...
Apr 26 2024 // French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for a revision of how Europe applies minimum capital rules to banks and insurers so that they are not too risk-averse and Europe is put at an economic disadvantage.The...
Apr 22 2024 // The European Union endured its joint-hottest year on record in 2023, according to new scientific analysis, pointing to a more perilous future for what is already the world’s fastest-warming continent.Europe...
Apr 15 2024 // After years of struggling to raise capital in European Union markets, Mews – a hospitality software firm with Czech roots – finally secured funding by registering as a Dutch company.For its next step, Mews is...
Apr 12 2024 // Steady investor demand in Europe for environmental and socially responsible investments and wide-ranging regulation are helping Europe’s finance industry withstand political pressures that have pushed some U.S. peers...
Apr 12 2024 // Governments and companies that are lax on climate action should be worried since this week’s European human rights court ruling against the Swiss government improves the odds that other such cases could win at the...
Apr 11 2024 // The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to pass a law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free.The law will enforce a...
Apr 11 2024 // The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday.Last year, more than half a million (504,002) hectares, an area twice the size of...
Apr 10 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXIS Global Markets and Newline Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Global Markets’ Head of Underwriting Robson to Retire,...
Apr 9 2024 // Britain and other major European countries with maritime borders on the North Sea on Tuesday signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure, including from possible Russian attacks.The six...
Apr 8 2024 // Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights?That is the question the European Court of Human Rights will for the first time seek to answer in Strasbourg, France, as it rules this week on three separate...
Apr 4 2024 // The EU’s Food Safety Agency (EFSA) warned on Wednesday of a large-scale bird flu pandemic if the virus becomes transmissible between people as humans lack immunity against the virus.This comes a day after Texas...
Mar 22 2024 // Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google are set to be investigated for potential violations of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that could lead to hefty fines by the end of the year, according...
Mar 19 2024 // A panel of lawmakers in the European Parliament on Tuesday backed a draft law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labor or cause environmental damage.The rules, known as the...