Miranda Murray

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Friday that he is confident European Union countries will find a solution to use Russian central bank assets to help Ukraine.

BMW shares fell as much as 7% on Wednesday after the luxury automaker cut its 2025 earnings forecast, citing delays in U.S. and German customs refunds and continued weakness in China as trade tensions cloud its prospects.

Sentiment among small- and medium-sized German businesses nudged into positive territory for the first time since 2022, as slightly more firms showed optimism, a survey found on Tuesday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Wednesday to make Europe's biggest economy competitive again after the cabinet approved measures aimed at reducing bureaucracy and making it quicker and easier to do business through AI and digitisation.

A senior official from the European Space Agency said mergers could be needed to reach the scale to compete with U.S. and Chinese rivals, but that too much concentration could limit choice.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised the United States on Friday for no longer following the rules, part of what he called a fundamental shift in Europe's transatlantic partner.

Consumer sentiment in Germany is set to rise slightly heading into October, while remaining in negative territory, as households' brighter view of their income prospects offset the downward trend in recent months, a survey showed on Thursday.

Shares in Swiss Marketplace Group (SMG) jumped more than 7% after listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange on Friday, driving the stock significantly higher than its initial valuation.

German producer prices fell more than expected in August, decreasing by 2.2% on the year, the federal statistics office reported on Friday.

Germany's VDA car industry association and IG Metall metalworkers' union on Thursday urged the European Union to drop plans to ban the production of CO2-emitting vehicles from 2035, joining a chorus of sector voices warning against the move.