EU News Digest Latest News & Updates
Frédéric Soltan | Corbis News | Getty Images Aerial view of Osaka. View on the Osaka Bay and its port on March 28, 2015 in Osaka, Japan. The U.K. business minister admitted Tuesday that a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan would not be completed in time to facilitate a …
Read More »Honda confirms UK factory closure but says it’s not Brexit-related
MAX NASH | AFP | Getty Images A transporter loaded with Honda cars leaves the Honda car factory in Swindon, southwest England, on January 30, 2009. Workers at Honda’s British factory made the last cars Friday before a four-month shutdown caused by a sharp fall in worldwide sales. Production at …
Read More »Trump urges European allies to take back hundreds of ISIS fighters
T.J. Kirkpatrick | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. The United States is asking its European allies to “take back over 800” ISIS fighters that have been captured in …
Read More »Trump’s message is having an impact on NATO, secretary general says
Yves Herman NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg talks to the media as he arrives at an European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on defense spending is having an “important” impact on the military alliance. “I’m …
Read More »Manchester City’s millionaire soccer stars set to face lowly Newport
Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City celebrates during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Manchester City at London Stadium on April 29, 2018 in London, England. English Premier League leaders Manchester City has a squad valued at over $1 billion and is still on …
Read More »US private equity founder reportedly detained in Russia
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Michael Calvey, co-managing partner of Baring Vostok Capital Partners, gestures during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 4, 2011. A U.S. citizen and private equity founder has reportedly been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of embezzlement. According to …
Read More »Goldman Sachs expects Brexit talks to go right down to the wire
ADRIAN DENNIS | AFP | Getty Images Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves from 10 Downing Street in London on January 29, 2019, to head to the House of Commons. Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Theresa May is running down the clock with Brexit talks, Goldman Sachs said on Friday. With …
Read More »IEA says markets may adjust to US sanctions on Venezuela
Marco Bello | Reuters A woman walks past a mural with the corporate logo of the state oil company PDVSA in Caracas, Venezuela November 3, 2017. Energy market participants may be able to adjust to U.S. sanctions against Venezuela’s crude industry, the IEA said in its closely-watched report on Tuesday. …
Read More »France is well placed to take the ECB’s top job after Draghi
Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Benoit Coeure, executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB). The same official mentioned that France has more than one possible candidate and that Germany is more inclined to seek the presidency of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, which also …
Read More »How a nationwide protest against Maduro could shape Venezuela’s future
Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, reacts during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government and to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the end of the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez in Caracas, Venezuela January 23, 2019. However, only a limited amount of …
Read More »