The European Union is trying to assemble the building blocks to produce electric cars, but subsidies are luring companies to the United States.
Category: Europe
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Why Are Food Prices So High in Europe? Sugar, Cheese and Bread Costs Soar
Agricultural and energy costs are falling, but basic items remain stubbornly expensive for consumers.
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Ingrid Haebler, Pianist Known for Her Mastery of Mozart, Is Dead
In concerts and on dozens of recordings, she applied a delicate touch that critics said set her apart from other performers.
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German Economy Slipped Into Recession in First Quarter
Consumer spending and exports fell in the first three months of this year, adding to a slump in late 2022 in Europe’s largest economy.
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How to Plan Around Strikes in Europe
Across Europe, workers have been walking out over pay disputes and labor conditions, and the turmoil will extend into the summer travel season. But they don’t have to disrupt your trip.
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The Castle Where Future Queens Drop the Royal Act
At Atlantic College, a school in a 12th-century castle clinging to the windy Welsh coastline, teenage royals take classes on world peace.
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To Find Europe’s Best Bike Routes, a Cycling Writer Asked the Crowd
The longtime sports journalist Claude Droussent discusses his new guidebook to cycling in Europe, which uses data from the fitness app Strava, and the growing role bicycles play in worldwide travel.
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G7 Countries Borrow China’s Economic Strategy
Wealthy democracies rev up an effort to spend trillions on a new climate-friendly energy economy, while stealing away some of China’s manufacturing power.
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Hannah Waddingham Joins Eurovision 2023 as a Host
The most well-known to American viewers is the Emmy Award-winning actress Hannah Waddingham, who appears on TV’s “Ted Lasso.”
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It’s Tennis vs. Pickleball vs. Padel. Or Is It?
Private clubs and public facilities are striving to be more things to more people as they try to defuse the tension between tennis and fast-growing racket sports like pickleball.
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European Central Bank Raises Rates Again, but Only a Quarter Point
The bank said “underlying price pressures remain strong” in the eurozone, where the annual inflation rate reached 7 percent last month.