Businesses breathe sigh of relief as Spain, Portugal open border to all travel

[ad_1] By Catarina Demony, Nathan Allen MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) – Neighbours Spain and Portugal reopened their border on Wednesday to all travellers after a three-month closure to prevent the spread of…

Italy to set up virtual pavilion on Alibaba e-commerce platform

[ad_1] ROME, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Italy on Monday signed a partnership with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to build a virtual store for Italian products, in a move aimed…

Germany gives nod to $8 billion tunnel link to Denmark

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – German authorities on Friday gave their approval to an $8 billion rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite environmental objections. The 19 km (11.8…

Italy, Brussels to hammer out Alitalia revamp details next week

[ad_1] By Giuseppe Fonte, Francesca Landini ROME (Reuters) – Rome and Brussels will start talks next week to iron out technical details for the revamp of ailing carrier Alitalia, three…

France sticking to ‘red lines’ as Brexit talks continue – govt spokesman

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Fishermen empty a fishing net aboard the Boulogne-sur-Mer based trawler “Nicolas Jeremy” in the North Sea, off the coast of northern France, December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol…

Denmark to let cross-border couples meet – if they show photos, love letters

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN, May 25 (Reuters) – Denmark eased its border controls with other Nordic countries and Germany on Monday, allowing cross-border couples separated by the coronavirus lockdown to meet again…

UK and EU can see ‘landing zone’ on level playing field – RTE

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: British and European Union flags flutter ahead of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s arrival for a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels,…

BT sells two business units in Italy to Telecom Italia

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Telecom Italia new logo is seen at the headquarter in Rozzano neighbourhood of Milan, Italy, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) has…

Italy’s parties enthuse over Draghi, 5-Star postpones online vote

[ad_1] By Gavin Jones, Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s political parties on the left and right enthused at the prospect of backing a Mario Draghi government after meeting the…

Denmark to join euro zone’s Target2 payment system

[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Denmark’s central bank has applied to join from 2025 the European Central Bank’s Target2 system, a real-time payment settlement platform used to clear cross-border interbank transactions,…