A woman is playing with her dog, and a swimmer jumps into the Atlantic while the sun slowly sinks on a Spanish beach. A pair of massive US warships intrudes on the tranquil scene. The five destroyers, each weighing 9,000 tonnes, are based at Rota. Once a small farming village in the middle of nowhere, Rota is now home to …
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The Dualsense Controller, which was released along with the PlayStation 5 Sergey Galyonkin. Creative Commons Sony has raised the price of certain PlayStation 5 consoles. It’s a move likely to be met with collective sighs from gamers throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Why? Why? Apparently, it’s all due to what they’ve called a “difficult decision” driven by – you …
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By: Olivier Acuña Barba • Published: 12 Apr 2025 • 21:00 • 2 minutes read Donald Trump is accused by Democrats of market manipulation and Insider Trading – Press Office image Stock markets around the world have responded in both directions every time Donald Trump activated, reversed or paused tariffs. But whether Trump did it on purpose or through insider trading, is …
Read More »Daniel Esteve is a former boxer, a self-defence teacher and an advocate for dog welfare. But in Spain, he is best known for something else. Esteve claims to have evicted squatters from more than 9,000 properties since 2016. When we meet in Valdemoro, a commuter town south of Madrid, he is congratulating himself on having vacated 30 flats of their …
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Credit: Fotogrin. – Shutterstock According to Aurora Energy Research By 2035, renewable hydrogen will meet over half the demand for electricity in Germany, Spain and Sweden. The United Kingdom will also account for 40%.per cent Europe‘s hydrogen consumption. The following is a list of the most popular ways to contact us Increased by sixfold Balances The following are some of …
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Is America on the rise or in freefall? Credit: Shutterstock:Rokas Tenys The introduction of tariffs, as announced by President Donald Trump on April 2, has caused investors to go into a tailspin, resulting in losses of an incredible $4 trillion (€3.6 trillion) in market value. This is compared with the peak of the S&P 500 just under a month ago …
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Welcome back. We have some news to share with our readers. This is my final Europe Express Weekend newsletter for The Financial Times. I am retiring. Ben Hall will succeed me. You can reach him at ben.hall@ft.com. I’ve been at the FT for 28 years, but my journalism career began 16 years before that, in 1981, as a correspondent for …
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The Morrisons supermarket’s logo is displayed on this sign. Credit: Shutterstock, P.Cartwright. In 2021, Morrisons was snapped up by US private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in a £7 billion deal – a takeover funded mostly by debt. The price of this deal is still felt. Since then, the supermarket faced increasing interest payments and squeezed profits margins. This …
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Spain and Europe shaken by BBVA hostile bid for Sabadell. Banco Sabadell logo on mobile phone. BBVA’s bid to purchase Sabadell Spain is a ‘concerning move’ Credit: Shutterstock. Piotr Swat The hostile takeover by Spanish banking giant BBVA is causing concern across Europe. The highly controversial move has drawn sharp warnings from rival Banco Sabadell, which claims the move ‘threatens …
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Get the Editor’s Digest free In this weekly newsletter, Roula Khalaf, Editor of FT, chooses her favorite stories. Iberdrola’s executive chairman has warned that electricity prices could rise by over 25 percent if Spain makes the same “big mistake” as Germany and shuts down its nuclear plants. Ignacio Galán told the Financial Times the Spanish public would pay much higher …
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