Europe

  • Sep 4
  • 2 min read

Industry struggles could alter Germany’s car policy

Volkswagen has said job cuts and plant closures are possible owing to the company’s weakening market position

Germany
  • Sep 4
  • 2 min read

Services strength bodes well but prolongs price risks

The European and Asian services activity PMIs remained solid but some areas raised concerns

International
  • Sep 3
  • 7 min read

State results signal trouble for Germany’s centrists

The far right and far left were the main winners in the September 1 state elections in Thuringia and Saxony

Germany
  • Sep 3
  • 2 min read

London will aim to balance its position towards Israel

The UK government has announced an immediate suspension of some of its arms exports to Israel

Israel
  • Sep 3
  • 2 min read

Internal splits plague Bulgarian parties ahead of vote

The two factions of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms will run separately in the October snap elections

Bulgaria
  • Sep 2
  • 7 min read

Eastern Europe’s gas deliveries are on shaky ground

Fighting in Russia around key gas infrastructure has raised supply fears in Central-Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe
  • Sep 2
  • 2 min read

German votes will have national and EU implications

Radical parties were the main winners in Sunday’s state elections in eastern Germany

Germany
  • Sep 2
  • 2 min read

Kosovo pushes ahead with centralisation

Prishtina closed down all remaining Serb-run institutions in the north

Kosovo