Best Read Europe Headlines

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#1 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...

#2 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...

#3 Rising Sick Days Are Costing Europe Billions Every Year

Dec 3 2024 // As companies struggle with chronic shortages, critics blame an overly generous welfare system, where spending on health-related benefits outranks other developed nations. The IMF calls it “costly and...

#4 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...

#5 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...

#6 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...

#7 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...

#8 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...

#9 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...

#10 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...

#11 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...

#12 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...

#13 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...

#14 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...

#15 EU Lawmakers ‘Outraged’ After States Block Landmark ESG Law

Feb 29 2024 // A European Union law designed to clean up corporate supply chains has been derailed by the bloc’s biggest member states, forcing negotiators back to the drawing board on one of the most consequential pieces of ESG...

#16 Europe Braces for Heat Following Greek Fires and Swiss Floods

Jun 24 2024 // European capitals are bracing for heat wave conditions, following wildfires in Greece and flooding in Switzerland over the weekend.High pressure over southern Scandinavian will bring the highest temperatures this year to...

#17 Brexit Red Tape Puts Valentine’s Day Thorn in UK Flower Trade

Feb 14 2024 // Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine’s Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for their business.The...

#18 Apple Hit With $2B EU Antitrust Fine in Spotify Case, Will Appeal

Mar 4 2024 // Brussels fined Apple 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) on Monday, the iPhone maker’s first ever EU antitrust penalty, for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options...

#19 Gas Stoves Linked to 40,000 Premature Deaths in Europe Annually

Oct 28 2024 // Gas stoves in European homes are associated with tens of thousands of premature deaths, a study has found.Nearly 40,000 early deaths each year in the EU and UK can be linked to exposure to nitrogen dioxide from burning gas...

#20 Meta Fined €798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance

Nov 18 2024 // Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook Marketplace service to the social network, the US tech giant’s first ever penalty for EU...