Omicron: Mild or severe impact on the global economy?
After limping its way back from the Covid pandemic last year, the global economic recovery has been rattled by the Omicron variant's rapid rise
Why Europe is facing a surge in energy prices
Prices for gas and electricity are soaring in Europe as winter approaches, forcing governments to react. What are the factors behind this surge in energy prices?
One in 10 Europeans has bought a fake product: study
One in every 10 Europeans has been duped into buying counterfeit products, mostly coming from Asia, according to a study by the EU's intellectual property office (EUIPO)
Price trends in the eurozone
This graphic shows the change in consumer prices in the eurozone between 2019 and 2020.
European banks team up to offer alternative to Visa, Mastercard
European banks have teamed up to deliver by 2022 a new unified payment system that will offer consumers cards and digital wallets that could offer a serious alternative to Visa and Mastercard
Europe’s fresh food prices in flux as virus impact bites
Food growers across Europe are grappling with the ripple effects of coronavirus lockdowns that have snarled supply chains and upended demand, with many shoppers feeling the squeeze
Tropical fish swim into Europe’s waters as common species head north
As climate change heats the oceans, cod, sole and plaice are heading to cooler waters -- with profound potential consequences for fish stocks and European consumers
EU Parliament votes to cap cost of intra-EU calls
The European Parliament votes to put an end to the expensive international phone calls within the EU.
German price levels 5 per cent higher than EU average in 2017
Frankfurt - Consumer price levels in Germany were 5 per cent higher than the average in the European Union's 28 member states in 2017, statistics released Friday showed. The most expensive country within the bloc was Denmark, where the price level was 41.5 per cent above the EU average, according to data from the Federal […]