How Ukraine’s largest private equity firm raised $350m during a war

CEO says doing business while at ‘the centre of a hurricane’ is crucial to keeping the country afloat

UK criticised over apparent call to firms to rebuild disputed areas of Azerbaijan

Officials held online meeting with business leaders despite flight of ethnic Armenians after military takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh

Jim Ratcliffe’s vast petrochemical plant in Antwerp faces new legal challenge

Proposed Project One cracking plant is ‘hugely destructive’, says Client Earth

Brexit has cost UK food companies exporting to EU an extra £170m

Exclusive: Data shows costs have contributed to value of meat exports falling by 17% since 2019

Danish man on trial over alleged £500k music streaming fraud

Aarhus court hears he may have profited from artificially generated playbacks, in case thought to be first of its kind

Apple reportedly faces €500m fine from EU over music streaming access

Brussels to issue levy after Spotify complained about block on telling users about cheaper alternatives to app store, according to FT

The Body Shop’s German arm falls into administration

Belgian arm will be put into insolvency, with more than 460 jobs at risk across two countries

‘What rules today is money’: Rome’s five-star hotel boom

High-end tourism is back in Italian capital but there are concerns over how ‘incredible rebirth’ is being managed

EDF takes €12.9bn hit after Hinkley Point C delays and cost overruns

French energy firm swung to profit in 2023 despite impairment charge on struggling nuclear project in UK

Egypt’s economic woes lure digital nomads – but cast others out to sea

While the Red Sea resort of Dahab draws those who earn dollars and can work anywhere, a third of Egyptians live in poverty and see a perilous voyage to Europe as their only hope

Ukraine says frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild war-hit economy

Call comes as report puts reconstruction cost at nearly $500bn since start of conflict

Japan loses crown as world’s third-largest economy after it slips into recession

Fall in rank below Germany has been attributed to a weak yen and country’s ageing, shrinking population

‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition

A sustainable technique for catching tuna that goes back thousands of years is on the verge of extinction in Italy – but not for a lack of fish

Tui investors vote to leave London Stock Exchange amid record results

More than 98% of shareholders in Europe’s biggest travel operator vote to delist in favour of Germany

Will hydrogen overtake batteries in the race for zero-emission cars?

In part six of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we weigh up what will be the power of the future