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#1 How Brexit Hobbled Britain’s Race to Space

Jan 2 2024 // Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how the nation needs international partners more than ever...

#2 What Does Red Sea Disruption Mean for Europe’s Economy?

Jan 23 2024 // Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe, carrying around 15% of global sea trade.For the...

#3 People Moves: Papanikolaou to Succeed Mueller as AGCS CEO and Will Lead Allianz Commercial; May Promoted to CEO of Lloyd’s Europe as Breitburd Steps Down

Dec 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) and Lloyd’s Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Papanikolaou to Succeed Mueller as...

#4 Germany Is Europe’s Prime Target for Audacious ATM Bombings

Aug 12 2024 // In the early morning hours of May 6, 2023, an explosion occurred in a bank in the German town of Bad Homburg, sending shattered glass as far as 30 meters away. Two men had broken into the building and filled the ATM with...

#5 European Union Agrees Landmark Deal Governing Use of Artificial Intelligence

Dec 11 2023 // Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such...

#6 Cevian’s Baloise Move Triggers European Insurers to Study Deal

Nov 13 2024 // Baloise Holding AG has become one of the most-discussed takeover candidates in the European financial sector, after agitation by an activist investor triggered top industry players to take fresh looks at the Swiss...

#7 City of London Chief Says Brexit ‘Disaster’ Cost 40,000 Finance Jobs

Oct 16 2024 // Britain’s departure from the European Union cost London’s financial center about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates.Michael...

#8 2024 Will Be World’s Hottest Year on Record, EU Scientists Say

Nov 7 2024 // This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.The data was released ahead...

#9 Brexit Backer and Inventor James Dyson Loses Libel Lawsuit Against UK Newspaper

Dec 1 2023 // James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, lost a libel lawsuit on Friday against a British newspaper publisher over a column that branded him a hypocrite who had “screwed”...

#10 European Job Seekers Turn Away From UK After Brexit

Jun 26 2024 // Irish workers have been making the short trip over to the UK to find employment for centuries, escaping famine and more recently the aftermath of the financial crisis.But new data suggests that job seekers from across the...

#11 An ESG Backlash Erupts in Europe on World’s Strictest Rules

Sep 10 2024 // For TotalEnergies SE Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne, the difference in the performance of his company’s stock and that of Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest US producer of oil and gas, is in no small part...

#12 EU Recommends Ambitious 2040 Climate Target, Goes Light on Farming

Feb 6 2024 // The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region’s fight against climate change ahead...

#13 Europe’s $42 Billion Effort to Fight Wildfires Is an Uphill Battle

Aug 19 2024 // Europe is spending tens of billions of euros a year to fight wildfires, yet it hasn’t stopped blazes from flaring up across Greece and other parts of the continent this summer.This week fires on the outskirts of...

#14 Extreme Cold Grips Nordic Countries as Floods Hit Western Europe

Jan 4 2024 // Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and...

#15 People Moves: Coalition Appoints AIG’s Simonsen as European Head of Insurance

Oct 7 2024 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, has appointed Tine Simonsen as the company’s head of Insurance for Continental Europe. As an experienced cyber underwriter and...

#16 People Moves: Marsh Announces Group of Promotions in UK, Global Placement Team; Klingspor Succeeds Papanikolaou as CEO, Allianz Central Europe

Dec 13 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh and Allianz Central Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Announces Group of Promotions in UK, Global Placement TeamMarsh, the...

#17 EU AI Act Checker Reveals Big Tech’s Compliance Pitfalls

Oct 17 2024 // Some of the most prominent artificial intelligence models are falling short of European regulations in key areas such as cybersecurity resilience and discriminatory output, according to data seen by Reuters.The EU had long...

#18 UK to Sign Deal Boosting City of London’s Post-Brexit Ties to Switzerland

Dec 20 2023 // The UK and Switzerland will sign an agreement around financial services on Thursday, a post-Brexit accord to deepen ties between their respective financial centers.Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will visit Bern to...

#19 Europe Stands Firm Against US-Driven ESG Backlash

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...

#20 French Farmers Head Home but Anger Spreads Elsewhere in Europe

Feb 2 2024 // Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst their peers in France started lifting blockades countrywide after the government made...