Category: 3. Business

John Hutchinson BBC Weather EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Red alerts for flooding and landslides were issued for parts of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna There has been flooding and landslides in parts of northern Italy as red alerts cover cities including Florence and Pisa. Torrential rain prompted the alerts… Continue Reading

“We are absolutely not there yet,” he said, referring to any normalization of relations. “That’s why we have the sanctions. Let’s not be naive about the Russians. But in the longer term, Russia is there, and Russia will not go away.” Rutte’s statement comes a day after he met with U.S…. Continue Reading

The ETIAS will require visa-free travellers from non-EU countries, including the UK, to obtain authorisation before short stays in the Schengen Area. ADVERTISEMENT This year, the new Entry/Exit System (EES) for the EU and Schengen Zone will finally be launched. This will be a… Continue Reading

Bars of 250 gram fine gold are stored at a plant of gold refiner and bar manufacturer Argor-Heraeus SA in the southern Swiss town of Mendrisio. Picture taken on November 13, 2008. — Reuters US shares rose in early deals after slumping in recent sessions. European… Continue Reading

After the Bulgarian Constitutional Court ordered a partial recount of October’s election results, the nationalist, pro-Russian Velichie party now has 10 seats in parliament. ADVERTISEMENT The make-up of Bulgaria’s parliament has changed, after the country’s Constitutional Country… Continue Reading

Legendary avant-garde composer Sofia Gubaidulina has died in Germany, where she spent more than 30 years of her life after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Gubaidulina, who was 93, was one of a group of composers blacklisted in the Soviet Union in 1979. But her work eventually reached the West,… Continue Reading

A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Finnish court for committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Voislav Torden, 38, a senior member of the Russian far-right mercenary group Rusich, was found guilty of four charges by a court in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on… Continue Reading

The firm is at the heart of a new corruption scandal that involves “preliminary charges of active corruption, forgery of documents, money laundering” at the European Parliament, Belgian federal prosecutors said Thursday. Huawei had nine people registered to enter Parliament’s premises when… Continue Reading