Prime Minister Theresa May, weakened by a disastrous party conference, will give British lawmakers a bullish prognosis for negotiations over exit from the European Union on Monday, but tell them that it is up to Brussels to make the next move. May has seen her authority erode since calling and then bungling an election in […]

London police said on Saturday a number of pedestrians had been injured near the city’s Natural History Museum and that a man had been detained at the scene. British media reported a car had mounted the pavement outside the tourist attraction. The crash happened at 2:20 p.m. on a day when the central London museum […]

Spain apologized Friday for a violent police crackdown on Catalonia’s independence referendum, in a conciliatory gesture as both sides looked for a way out of the nation’s worst political crisis since it became a democracy four decades ago. Spain’s representative in northeast Catalonia, which accounts for a fifth of the national economy, made the apology […]

Political tensions in Catalonia continue to simmer after Banco Sabadell confirmed its intention to relocate its legal headquarters, while Caixabank is due to hold a meeting to discuss the issue later on Friday. Shares in both banks rallied yesterday on the news but have today given up some of those gains. Fernando Sanchez Costa, Catalan […]

Ryanair on Thursday promised its pilots significant improvements in pay and conditions, saying it would exceed rates paid by rivals and improve job security, according to a letter to pilots seen by Reuters. The Irish airline, the largest in Europe by passenger numbers, has in recent weeks announced the cancellation of thousands of flights, saying […]

European stocks are set to open higher on Friday morning, boosted by positive sentiment in the U.S. and further developments in northeastern Spain. The FTSE 100 is seen higher by 14 points at 7,513; the DAX is expected to start up by 24 points at 12,987 and the CAC 40 is seen higher by 7 […]

Catalonia might be the separatist region making headlines at the moment but Europe has many other separatist movements that are closely watching developments in northeastern Spain. Separatist movements in Europe can range from small townships to entire regions and the motivations for wanting to go it alone are equally as diverse encompassing linguistic and cultural […]

Spain’s Constitutional Court has suspended a session of the Catalan parliament scheduled for Monday in which local leaders were expected to declare Catalonia’s unilateral independence from Spain. The ruling followed a legal challenge by the Catalan Socialist Party, which opposes secession, according to El Pais newspaper. Source: cnbc Spain's constitutional court suspends Catalan parliament session […]

Insurance giant Aviva has bought a majority stake in a British start-up that manages diversified investment plans. The insurer said Thursday it would allow customers to access “robo” investment firm Wealthify’s services via its app MyAviva. Based in Cardiff, Wales, Wealthify is targeted at millennials and offers five different investment plans via tax-free Individual Savings […]

Japanese-born Kazuo Ishiguro, author of “The Remains of the Day,” has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for uncovering “the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday on awarding the 9 million crown ($1.1 million) prize. The award marks a return to a more mainstream interpretation […]