British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Friday to move Brexit talks onto trade and a transition pact but some leaders cautioned t... More »
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s conservatives and far-right Freedom Party (FPO) could complete coalition talks as soon as Friday evening and be sworn in on Monday, officials from both parties said. A deal between the center-right People’s Party (OVP) led by 31-ye... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron as he hosts the leaders of the G5 Sahel countries in La Celle Saint Cloud, near Paris, France, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – French... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rallied to a week’s high on Friday as Britain and the European Union announced a ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull junior driver Dan Ticktum put McLaren in an awkward position on Sunday after winning a coveted award that includes a Formula One test drive and simulator role with the Woking-based team. Macau Formula Three Grand Prix winner Ticktum... More »
On the eve of his trip to Europe, Rex Tillerson gave a speech last week that European allies had waited months to hear: an "ironclad" promise of U.S. support to its oldest allies. More »
Czech history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers march ahead of a re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz, that will take place tomorrow, near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic December 1, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny (Reu... More »
Nov 26, 2017- Lake Louise, Alberta, CAN- Kjetil Jansrud of Norway takes the podium in the finish area after his run during the men’s Super G race in the FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Lake Louise Ski Resort. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports (Re... More »
FILE PHOTO: The charging plug of an electric Volkswagen Passat car is pictured at charging station at a VW dealer in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has partnered with top carm... More »
Nov 26, 2017- Killington, VT, USA- From left, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia (second), Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States (first), and Bernadette Schild of Austria (third) after the women’s slalom race in the 2017 Audi FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Killington Re... More »
The first mass-delivered bread made of insects are seen at the Finnish food company Fazer bakery in Helsinki, Finland November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Attila Cser HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish bakery and food service company Fazer launched on Thursday what it said wa... More »
The spirit was as strong as ever but Rafael Nadal's troublesome knee failed him in the end as the Spaniard quit the ATP Finals after a painful defeat by Belgium's David Goffin on Monday. More »
Some 250 art works from a huge trove hoarded by a collector during the Nazi era went on display in Germany for the first time on Thursday, as its curators pursue efforts to find the rightful owners of pieces identified as looted. More »
Some 150 art works from a massive trove amassed by a German collector during the Nazi era went on public display for the first time on Wednesday in the Swiss capital, amid lingering questions about the origins of the collection. More »
Oil markets were stable on Monday, with Brent remaining above $60 per barrel supported by expectations that an OPEC-led production cut due to expire next March would be extended. More »
Lucas Pouille halted Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's charge in the Vienna Open on Sunday, scoring a comfortable straight-sets victory over his French compatriot to claim his third title of the season. More »
(Reuters) – Lucas Pouille halted Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s charge in the Vienna Open on Sunday, scoring a comfortable straight-sets victory over his French compatriot to claim his third title of the season. World number 25 Pouille, who won 6-1 6-4, converted three ... More »
American skier Lindsey Vonn will compete in this weekend's season-opening World Cup giant slalom in Austria as she starts her competitive build-up to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, she said on Thursday. More »
Max Verstappen made a public apology for his criticism of a Formula One steward on Thursday after the sport's governing body made clear they were awaiting his response. More »
World equity markets held close to all-time highs on Tuesday, as investors latched on to rising bets on higher borrowing costs in the U.S. and Britain. More »
European shares hit their highest in nearly four months on Friday, helped by gains in Bayer after an asset sale deal paving the way for the German drugmaker's $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto. More »
European shares hovered around three-month highs on Tuesday as a sell-off in Spanish stocks eased and financials gained following another record-breaking session on Wall Street. More »
A Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) bid price of 200 million euros ($239 million) to buy assets from insolvent Air Berlin (AB1.DE) plus 100 million euros to meet operating costs is roughly correct, a source familiar with the talks said on Sunday. More »
Airbus (AIR.PA) denied any wrongdoing in a submission on Monday to Austrian prosecutors investigating allegations of fraud and willful deception over a $2 billion fighter deal and threatened the country's defense minister with legal action. More »
The United States and Iran quarreled over how Tehran's nuclear activities should be policed at a meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday, in a row sparked last month by Washington's call for wider inspections. More »
Portugal's 10-year bond yield hit its lowest level since January 2016 on Monday, driven by the country regaining an investment grade credit rating after 5-1/2 years, effectively drawing a line under its debt crisis. More »
European shares rose on Monday, led by insurers as the downgrade of Hurricane Irma in the United States raised the prospect that costs for the industry may be lower than initially feared. More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counter-productive and said threats of military action could trigger "a global catastrophe". More »
Juan Martin Del Potro produced a stunning comeback to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals on Monday, a feat he believes was impossible without the backing of a partisan crowd. More »
An ailing Juan Martin Del Potro came back from the brink of defeat to beat Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem 1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 and reach the last eight of the U.S. Open on Monday. More »
The International Energy Agency (IEA) still sees no need for a coordinated international release of oil stocks after Hurricane Harvey disrupted a large chunk of U.S. refining and some production facilities, IEA boss Fatih Birol said on Monday. More »
Highlights from day two of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Tuesday (all times GMT): More »
Liechtenstein's LGT Bank, owned by the mini-state's ruling family, hopes to stand out in Asia's crowded private banking market by touting the clan's own track record of preserving wealth. More »
Tests show that some imported egg products in Austria have been contaminated with a potentially harmful insecticide, a health ministry official told broadcaster ORF on Monday, adding to the list of countries affected by an international health scare. More »
Jul 31, 2017- Washington, DC, USA- Daniil Medvedev of Russia hits forehand against Reilly Opelka of the United States (not pictured) on day one of the Citi Open at Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Russia’s Daniil Medvede... More »
A general view shows the location of the exhibition entitled ‘Hitler – How Could it Happen?’ about German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during a media tour in a World War Two bunker in Berlin, Germany, July 27, 2017. More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed ... More »
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a news conference during the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Beijing, China June 19, 2017. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday it was “wild” that U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son w... More »
Britain Formula One – F1 – British Grand Prix 2016 – Silverstone, England – 10/7/16 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his team after winning the race Lewis Hamilton will head to Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix with the circuit as much ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci makes a speech in Cologne, Germany, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Austria has barred Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci from entering the country to attend an event marking the anniversary of l... More »
Formula One – F1 – Austrian Grand Prix 2017 – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria – July 9, 2017 Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel celebrates his second place on the podium after the race Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler Ferrari have told Sebastian Vettel he just has to sig... More »
FILE PHOTO – The dismantled Euro sign sculpture stand in front of the headquarters of the former European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt July 8, 2015. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski Euro zone government bonds steadied on Friday from another battering that left market... More »
Formula One – F1 – Chinese Grand Prix – Shanghai, China – 6/4/17 – Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz Jr. of Spain walks at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of the Chinese F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Aly Song Red Bull have slapped down “disingenuous” Carlos Sainz af... More »
Formula One – F1 – Austrian Grand Prix 2017 – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria – July 7, 2017 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during practice Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on top of the timesheets in first practice for... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an ‘Unleashing American Energy’ event at the Department of Energy in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a polit... More »
FILE PHOTO: Finished cars are stored at the SEAT factory in Martorell, near Barcelona, Spain March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo Factories across the euro zone rounded off the first half of 2017 by ramping up activity at the fastest rate for over six... More »
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C38, carrying Cartosat-2 and 30 other satellites, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into spac... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man shelters under an umbrella as he walks past the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo Recovering technology stocks gave European shares another leg up on Wednesday, while deal chatter se... More »
Swiss drugmaker Roche’s logo is seen at their headquarters in Basel, Switzerland January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Roche is convinced a new breast cancer drug will have a significant role in treating the disease despite recent trial results that disappoi... More »
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi listens during a news conference following the Governing Council meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Euro zone bond yields hit multi-month lows and the euro dipped below $1.12 on Thursday... More »
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 2, 2017 Austria’s Dominic Thiem celebrates winning his third round match against USA’s Steve Johnson Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes For good reason Austria’s Dominic Thiem knows he will have to find a new w... More »
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 4, 2017 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in action during his fourth round match against Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes Here’s a look at the form and previous records of Serbia’s Novak D... More »
Lufthansa Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr delivers his speech at the annual shareholders meeting in Hamburg, Germany May 5 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer Demand for Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) flights is better than expected this year, with traffic from the United ... More »
Signboards display fuel prices at an ENI petrol station in Rome, Italy, April 9 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Oil majors BP and Eni are deepening their foray into blockchain technology, starting to run blockchain trades in parallel with their live trading s... More »
Investment firm Adams Street Partners said on Thursday it hired industry veteran Martin vom Hagen to head its newly established office in Munich, Germany. More »
Bulgaria said on Saturday it would conduct checks on different food products of multinational companies sold in the Balkan state and compare them with food sold in richer western European countries, amid concerns over quality. More »
A man walks in front of the Novokuibyshevsk refinery near the city of Samara, October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Nikolay Korchekov/File Photo Oil prices jumped over 1.5 percent on Monday after the energy ministers of the world’s two biggest producers Saudi Arabia and R... More »
Tennis – ATP 1000 Masters – Madrid Open – Men’s Singles Final – Dominic Thiem of Austria v Rafael Nadal of Spain – Madrid, Spain – 14/5/17 – Nadal poses with the trophy after his victory. REUTERS/Susana Vera Rafael Nadal consolidated his flying start to the cl... More »
An Austrian court jailed a Syrian asylum seeker for life for murdering 20 wounded soldiers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s army while fighting alongside an anti-Assad militia near the city of Homs, a court spokesman said. More »
Gaps in vaccination coverage against measles have lead to several outbreaks of the highly-contagious disease in Europe in the past year, with both children and young adults affected, health officials said on Monday. More »
The logo of Airbus Group is seen on the company’s headquarters building in Toulouse, Southwestern France, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Austria and Australia are 16,000 km (9,940 miles) and two keystrokes apart, as European aircraft manufacturer Airbu... More »
Cannes Film festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux (L) and Cannes Film festival president Pierre Lescure (R) pose in front of the official poster for the 70th Cannes Film Festival after a news conference, to announce this year’s official selection, in Paris... More »
FILE PHOTO: A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist’s illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. REUTERS/National Human Genome Research Institute/Handout/File Photo The University of California is ... More »
European Central Bank executive board member Peter Praet attends the 2016 Institute of International Finance (IIF) Spring Membership meeting in Madrid, Spain, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera The European Central Bank’s chief economist stood by the ECB’s pled... More »
Mar 19, 2017- Aspen, CO, USA- Tessa Worley of France holds the crystal globe after the women’s giant slalom alpine skiing race in the 2017 Audi FIS World Cup Finals at Aspen Mountain. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports France’s Tessa Worley clin... More »
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo Euro zone money markets on Friday showed around an 80 percent chance that the European Central Bank could lift its deposit rate at its ... More »
Mar 16, 2017- Indian Wells, CA, USA- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) as he defeated Dominic Theim (AUT) in the quarter final match in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Stan Wawrinka raised his game... More »
The Formula One season starts in Australia on March 26, the first of 20 races. Race times are 1200 GMT unless stated. More »
European Council President Donald Tusk (Bottom, C) chairs a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Jan Bartunek and Waverly Colville More »
The empty pelican enclosure and the infection tents are seen after Schoenbrunn Zoo culled 20 pelicans infected with the H5N8 bird flu virus in Vienna, Austria March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger An Austrian zoo culled 20 pelicans on Friday after it found t... More »
FILE PHOTO – Pump jacks drill for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. on April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo U.S. shale oil producers are plotting ambitious production growth outside the red-hot Permian Basin in Texas, widening a resurgen... More »
File Photo: A trader speaks on the phone during a trading session on the trading floor of Frankfurt’s stock exchange, Germany, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski Investor sentiment in the euro zone improved more than expected in March, hitting its highe... More »
Workers look at a drilling rig of the Rosneft-owned Prirazlomnoye oil field outside Nefteyugansk, Russia, August 4, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Monday, wiping out some of the gains of the previous session amid wo... More »
Workers pose with Gustav Klimt’s ”Bauerngarten (Blumengarten)” ahead of an upcoming sale at Sotheby’s auction house, in London, Britain February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files A painting of flowers by Gustav Klimt sold in London for 48 million pounds (... More »
A man works at the assembly line in the truck production plant of truck and bus-maker MAN AG in Munich, Germany July 30, 2015. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle Euro zone manufacturing growth accelerated to a six-year high in February as a weaker euro helped drive strong... More »
Austria said on Friday that Vienna prosecutors had initiated a formal criminal investigation against Airbus and the Eurofighter consortium over alleged fraud, widening the potential fallout from a $2 billion combat jet order more than a decade ago. More »
Biathlon – IBU World Championships – Men’s 15km Individual – Hochfilzen, Austria – 16/2/17 – Lowell Bailey from the U.S.in action. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger American Lowell Bailey pulled off one of the biggest upsets in biathlon history as he took the gold medal... More »
Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships – Women’s Giant Slalom – St. Moritz, Switzerland – 16/2/17 – Tessa Worley of France in action. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Tessa Worley won her second gold medal at the alpine skiing world championship on Th... More »
The Hundertwasser House landmark, an apartment house designed by artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, with the ‘Terrassencafe im Hundertwasserhaus’ is seen in Vienna, Austria, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Grumpy waiter service is a... More »
Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships – Women’s Downhill – St. Moritz, Switzerland – 12/2/17 – Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia in action. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec blasted to victory in the women’s downhill at the Alpine Skiing... More »
Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships – Men’s Downhill – St. Moritz, Switzerland – 12/2/17 – Gold medalist Beat Feuz of Switzerland is flanked by Canada’s silver medalist Erik Guay (L) of Canada and Austria’s bronze medalist Max Franz following... More »
FILE PHOTO:Activists placed life-size cardboards, depicting Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Philippe Petain in front of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument at the Deutsches Eck (‘German Corner’) to protest against a European far-right leaders meeting,... More »
The Austrian parliament is seen in Vienna, Austria, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Hackers took the Austrian parliament’s website down for 20 minutes on Sunday by flooding its server with digital service requests, and although no data was lost aut... More »
People gather in Klarna office in Stockholm, Sweden February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Mia Shanley/File Photo Swedish payments firm Klarna, one of Europe’s most highly valued tech startups, said on Monday it is buying German online payment company BillPay. More »
The flag of the Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is seen waving at the company headquarters in the Manhattan borough in New York June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) has struck a preliminary deal to... More »
An employee of a foreign exchange trading company works near monitors showing Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on TV news (top C), and the Japanese yen’s exchange rate against the euro in Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The euro fell to a... More »
A man holds his smartphone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, August 22, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau U.S. tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube and Microsoft will have ... More »
People pass a television installation at the Panasonic pavilion before the start of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/File Photo Japan’s Panasonic Corp (6752.T) is in talks to buy European automotive light mak... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 27/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Formula One driver, Lewis Hamilton of Britain gives thumbs up at his fans during driver’s parade. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Mercedes will not ... More »
A two Euro coin is pictured next to an English ten Pound note in an illustration taken March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Illustration/File Photo Euro zone governments are increasingly relying on hedge funds to help them meet their borrowing needs, which risks... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid After a number of false starts since the term was first coined five years ago, the idea of a ‘Great Rotation’ out of bonds into ... More »
Britain Formula One – F1 – British Grand Prix 2016 – Silverstone, England – 8/7/16Sauber’s Felipe Nasr during practiceAction Images via Reuters / Andrew BoyersLivepic. Brazilian Felipe Nasr had hoped his home race would provide a breakthrough for struggling Sa... More »
The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is seen on its headquarters building in Basel, Switzerland October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.S) is considering to sell its struggling Alcon eye care division, its chairman said in... More »
German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt answers reporters questions during a Reuters interview in Berlin, Germany July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Joachim Herrmann Germany is considering ordering its poultry farmers to keep their flocks indoors following an outbrea... More »
Tennis – Paris Masters tennis tournament men’s singles final – Andy Murray of Britain v John Isner of the U.S. – Paris, France – 6/11/2016 – Murray reacts. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Andy Murray’s route to securing the year-end world number ranking looks fraught ... More »
Roche tablets are seen in this photo illustration shot January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo The spotlight on finding a cancer cure has spurred improvements in systems to collect and analyze oncology data, but efforts to track patients with other dis... More »
Pedestrians walk past the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski The euro zone housing market is on its best run since the global financial crisis but prices on average are still only in ... More »
A man passes a trade exhibition stand at the Careers and Jobs Live careers fair at the ExCeL centre in London April 19, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor Euro zone unemployment was 10.0 percent in September, unchanged from a downward revised 10.0 percent in August ... More »
The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at its headquarters at the Paradeplatz in Zurich, Switzerland November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Credit Suisse reported an unexpected net profit for a second quarter in a row on Thursday though the surprise was... More »
Bain, Apollo and Lone Star have been shortlisted in the sale of building materials maker Xella, a potential 2 billion euro ($2.18 billion) deal, according to several people close to the transaction. More »
Afghan men gather raw opium on a poppy field on the outskirts of Jalalabad in this April 28, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Parwiz The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world’s main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 ... More »
