EUROTELEGRAPH
The single-currency economy: growth, competitiveness and the policy shaping both.
POLITICSSir Chris Bryant arrived in Dublin on 24 August 2026 for his inaugural visit as Northern Ireland Secretary, meeting Irish ministers and leading a roundtable with UK and Irish business leaders to discuss unlocking Northern Ireland’s economic potential and boosting cross‑border trade.
Shein’s Hong Kong IPO will offer roughly 280 million shares at a price band of HK$47.60‑49.50, targeting a total raise …
Poundland reported a pre‑tax loss of £85.2 million for the year to September 2025 – an 88 % jump from the previous year…
The Danish statistics office reported a record 26 million overnight stays in the first half of 2026, with German visito…
A Handelsblatt analysis of Fondsconsult’s 2025 evaluation shows that German robo‑advisors pursuing offensive, equity‑only strategies delivered a 10.2% pre‑fee return, be…
The official Companies House Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) suspension list is only updated every two weeks, meaning a newly ceased or suspended provider c…
A Handelsblatt analysis of Pitchbook, Dealroom and Start‑up‑Detector data finds German start‑ups with US investors raise on average ten times more capital than those wit…
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA sold 7.8 million Fresenius Medical Care shares for roughly €300 million on 20 August 2026, cutting its holding from 27.8 % to about 25 % and earm…
The US Finance Minister’s rapid‑fire purchase of long‑term Treasury bonds on 21 August 2026 failed to calm markets beyond 24 hours, underscoring the limits of discretion…
Statistical Office data released on 31 July 2026 show that Germany’s services‑sector employment fell by 27,000 jobs, a 0.1 % year‑on‑year decline – the first contraction…
Munich‑based start‑up Hades Mining announced plans to develop the Storkwitz rare‑earth deposit, which would be Germany’s inaugural rare‑earth mining operation after a te…
In an extraordinary meeting on 20 August 2026, Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s board voted 9‑0‑4 to launch public exchange offers for Banco BPM and Banca Generali, aiming to…
The German club posted a €21.7 million loss for the 2025/26 financial year, reversing a modest profit a year earlier. The swing was driven by a €31‑32 million shortfall …
A 29‑year‑old American visitor died after a lightning strike on Mount Etna on 16 August 2026. The volcano erupted the following day, forcing authorities to bar large sec…
The UK Office of Rail and Road has given Virgin Trains pre‑approval to run up to 20 return international passenger services through the Channel Tunnel between 2030 and 2…
FAZ reports that 160 Swiss glaciers vanished between 2016 and 2023 – a loss of roughly ten percent – while a single glacier tongue shed more than four metres of ice in o…
AstraZeneca halted its phase‑III study of the experimental drug Volrustomig in metastatic non‑small‑cell lung‑cancer patients with low PD‑L1 expression after the therapy…
Zoopla’s August 2026 report shows 180 of 363 local authorities in Great Britain recorded longer average house‑sale times than a year earlier, while Moneyfacts data indic…
Frasers Group bought 12.16 million Hugo Boss shares for more than €463 million, taking its holding to 47.89 % – below the 50 % threshold needed for outright control of t…
On 17 August 2026, 30‑year French bonds rose to 4.8558 %, 30‑year US Treasuries to 5.29 %, German long‑term yields to 3.2138 % and Japan’s 10‑year JGB to 2.93 % – each t…
Nvidia has announced a $500 billion financing agreement with six major U.S. financial institutions, aimed at lending the capital to its customers for AI‑compute expansio…
A wave of house sales from Germany’s and France’s ageing baby‑boomers could flood the market, prompting analysts to warn of a possible price decline – but the forecasts …
On 13 August 2026 the Deutsche Bundesbank opened a Europe‑wide procurement process for a new main office in Frankfurt, trimming the project's size and budget after earli…
New data released on 14 August 2026 show a 14 % year‑on‑year rise in unemployed senior managers across all sectors, coinciding with the Institute for Employment Research…
A new DSW‑TUM analysis shows that German blue‑chip executives earned on average €6.14 million in 2025 – 42 times the pay of a typical employee – while Adidas, Volkswagen…
Nivea’s revenue fell by almost 7 % in the first half of 2026, prompting Beiersdorf’s chief executive Vincent Warnery to unveil an 18‑month plan that abandons the brand’s…
From 1 January 2026 German cryptocurrency exchanges and service providers must transmit customer identity and transaction details to the Federal Central Tax Office, as t…
A Triodos Bank analysis released on 12 August 2026 estimates that the summer heatwave cost the EU €180 billion – about 1 % of GDP – wiping out most of the bloc’s project…
Environment Minister Carsten Schneider said each day of the current heatwave is costing Germany €500 million in lost output, a figure that underscores the urgency of cli…
May 2026 saw 1,995 corporate insolvency applications in Germany – a 2 % year‑on‑year fall and the first monthly drop since February – but the cumulative Jan‑May total ro…