UK finance reigns in Europe despite Brexit fallout
One year after Britain's formal exit from the European Union, London's powerful City financial sector still reigns on the continent despite losing key business and bankers to rival hubs
Worker victories over gig economy giants
The European Union is challenging gig economy giants, like Uber, Bolt and Deliveroo, by tabling plans that could force them to treat their freelance workers as fully-fledged employees
Gig economy: Free ride is over as workers strike back
In Britain, Uber has granted its drivers workers' rights for the first time in a major U-turn, but could this effect the whole gig economy which is coming under greater scrutiny across Europe?
At the foot of the Pyrenees planes put out to pasture
Under the snow-capped Pyrenees, dozens of planes are lined up like toys on a shelf at one of several airports in southern Europe where parking planes has become big business
The economic challenges facing Italy’s ‘Super Mario’
Political instability and the worst recession since World War II -- Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief brought in to rescue his native Italy, has some major challenges ahead
Hope and despair in locked down European hospitality sector
As coronavirus lockdowns are extended across Europe, protests have flared in its hard-hit hospitality sector, along with warnings that many businesses are on the verge of extinction
World lost equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020: UN
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a huge toll on global jobs, with a new study by the United Nations estimating that the equivalent of 255 million jobs were lost last year
Trucker, fisherman, scientist… the voices of Brexit
They transport goods from Europe to Britain, export British produce to the EU, or recruit scientists and researchers... AFP has spoken to six people whose lives will be directly affected by Brexit
EU citizens in the UK face two-tier system after Brexit
Most EU citizens settled in the UK will retain their rights to live and work in the country after Brexit, but on January 1 a two-tiered system comes into force that may exclude thousands
EU warns no return to pre-crisis economy before 2023
A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has stalled a nascent recovery in Europe, as the EU warned that the economy would not return to pre-virus normality before 2023