PARIS: Having finally secured her fourth term as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel heads to France on Friday (Mar 16) for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, who is eager to push ahead with EU overhauls. Macron has called for a major…
Pawel Kulon’s family was part of a movement in the late 1980s that led nearly one million Poles to immigrate to Chicago. Despite growing up in the U.S., Kulon recently decided to move back to his native city of Kraków, Poland, where he now…
China’s march into Europe with its massive Belt and Road Initiative has been far from smooth, in contrast to its path in Africa and Asia. In fact, it increasingly appears that the BRI, as the initiative is known, has failed…
The European Union economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade last year, figures from the EU statistics office Eurostat have confirmed. The 28-strong EU expanded by 2.5% in 2017, its strongest performance since 2007, when it grew by…
The U.K. should ensure it stays in a close and comprehensive customs agreement with the European Union, providing tariff-free trade in all goods after Brexit, according to the leader of a major business group. Remaining in a customs union with…
EU leaders are calling for an increase in the budget from 2020 onwards to pay for more spending on research and innovation, defence and controlling migration, in the face of the UK’s exit and the loss of its €11.52 billion…
From stocks and bonds to property, cryptocurrencies and commodities, Harvey Jones analyses which asset classes will be the winners over the next 12 months. Last year turned out to be a bumper year for investors, as the doomsayers were proved wrong and asset…
A think tank is proposing a post-Brexit trading deal based on the UK and the EU sharing each other’s markets. It would see the UK and EU continuing the regulatory alignment that exists today, and the formation of a new…
Ireland’s tax regime is the most “business friendly” among European Union nations, according to a new report by accountancy giant PwC and the World Bank Group. It finds that Ireland’s tax system once again ranks as the most effective in the EU for paying business taxes…
(BRUSSELS) – The European Commission welcomed Friday the agreement by the G20’s Global Forum to wide-ranging policy solutions to tackle global steel over-capacity, to be implemented in 2018 and 2019. According to the agreed package, Global Forum members must ensure market-based…