Central Europe’s small nations joined “eastern Europe” in 1945. After 1989, when communism fell, they joined “Europe”. In 1999, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic entered Nato and got a ...

One of the mechanisms Europe has at its disposal to make up the shortfall of American backing is to fully seize frozen Russian assets held in the region.

The ECB will announce its rate decision, as well as its latest economic projections, at 2:15 p.m. (1315 GMT). ECB President ...

The European Central Bank's payments crash last week meant salaries and welfare funds were delayed for thousands of people.

The impact of a potential trade war with the United States and massive increases in European defense spending and government borrowing are looming over Thursday’s policy meeting at the European Centra ...

As a rapid rise in military spending across Europe looks increasingly likely, could it also give the region’s economy a much-needed shot in the arm? That depends on where the money comes from and how ...

Massive German spending pledges and uncertainty caused by US trade policy are fuelling expectations the European Central Bank ...

FRANKFURT — Germany’s historic turnaround on public spending has sent shockwaves through financial markets, sending the euro ...

Asian stocks rose on Thursday as investors held out hope that trade tensions could ease after U.S. President Donald Trump ...

The Middle Corridor trade route is filling out. China and Kazakhstan have announced the launch of a new freight rail transit ...

European-domiciled ETFs that invest in US equities suffered $510mn in outflows in February, even though total inflows into ETFs in Europe edged up to $35.3bn in February.

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