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    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Residential
      Five of the best homes for sale in the Balearic Islands

      Prime property for sea views, private beaches and cliff-top living

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    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      What will the Fed minutes say about the path for US interest rates?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

      A montage of the US Federal Reserve building, shoppers in Frankfurt and Jeremy Hunt
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      The violent gang crisis shaking Sweden

      A wealthy nation famed for its progressive values is now wrestling with one of the highest levels of fatal shootings in Europe

    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      News in-depthBulgaria
      Russian hitmen and saboteurs target Bulgaria’s arms industry, magnate says

      Weapons maker Emilian Gebrev survived two poisoning attempts and his munitions plants were set ablaze

      Bulgarian President Rumen Radev looks at missiles next to Emilian Gebrev, owner of Emco
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Martin Sandbu
      Berlin is hoist with its own legalistic petard

      The repercussions of Germany’s top court striking down a domestic budgetary manoeuvre will spread to EU politics

      Three judgeds in red robes put their hats on
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      News in-depthEU-China relations
      ‘We were not hard enough’: how past trade tensions inspired Brussels’ fresh China crackdown

      EU believes ramping up pressure on Beijing is the only way to tackle huge bilateral trade deficit

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Investors bet on earlier interest rate cuts in eurozone and UK

      Weak economic data have added to investors’ conviction on ECB and BoE moves next year

      Christine Lagarde  speaks at an event
    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      News in-depthFrench society
      Paris quayside booksellers dig in for Olympics battle

      Police order traders to temporarily vacate hundreds of historic stalls for opening ceremony on river Seine

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Europe trudges ahead with beefing up its security and defence order Premium content

      EU nations will need to step up to the plate in arming Kyiv as US support becomes less fulsome

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alongside Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      House & Home
      Twelve chandeliers of Christmas: artists and glassmakers light up Venice

      An exhibition of collaborative works will reside in St Mark’s Square through the winter

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      Travel
      Where surfers saved the waves

      In the Basque port of Mundaka, surfers have won protected status for their celebrated wave — and found common cause with local fishermen

      A group of surfers carrying their boards head into the waves
    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      ObituaryKarel Schwarzenberg
      Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech diplomat, 1937-2023

      The prince dedicated his career to championing humanitarian and European values

      Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague in 2013. As foreign minister, he sought to build bridges with western European capitals and Washington
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      UK politics
      Rail operators in England set for bigger profit incentive

      Government preparing to reopen contracts in drive to boost passenger numbers

      The government stepped in to save the industry from collapse when the pandemic struck
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      EU common budget
      German ruling deals blow to EU spending plans

      Funds for Ukraine are secure, says Berlin, but Brussels has delayed agreement as it pushes for other expenses

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      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine claims significant advance in counteroffensive against Russia

      Kyiv’s forces establish fortified bridgeheads on left bank of the Dnipro in Russian-occupied Kherson

      Ukainian marines on a small boat at the Dnipro river
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Northrop Grumman Corp
      Northrop Grumman pulls out of satellite tender for UK armed forces

      US defence group’s decision to withdraw from first stage of competition leaves just one contender

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Deutsche Bundesbank
      Bundesbank looks to aid savers by cutting lenders’ interest payments

      Central bank chief Joachim Nagel’s position at odds with other ECB policymakers

      Joachim Nagel
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      London Stock Exchange Group
      LSE Group chief says higher US stock market valuations ‘a myth’

      David Schwimmer defends London market after Glencore said it would list planned mining spin-off in New York

      David Schwimmer
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      UK retail sales
      UK retail sales fall to two-year low as inflation-hit consumers cut spending

      Figures contrast with expectations of a rise and send gilt yields lower

      Shoppers on Oxford Street in London
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthSpanish politics
      Spanish amnesty gives fugitive Catalan leader a chance to return

      Carles Puigdemont fled to Brussels after staging a failed independence bid for Catalonia in 2017

      Carles Puigdemont
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Mortgages
      Nationwide says UK mortgage arrears continue to ‘creep up’

      Building society warns customers under pressure though defaults lower than expected

      A pedestrian looks at properties advertised in the window of an estate agent
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Differences over Israel-Hamas war cloud Erdoğan visit to Berlin Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Brussels is working to defuse cheesemakers’ concerns over packaging rules

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      UK business
      The Redditch factory with links to Russia

      Activity of British arm of VSMPO-AVISMA is legal because of carve-out in sanctions regimes

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      Low-income borrowers hit hardest by Bank of England rate rises

      Survey finds sharp increase in the number of households in arrears on multiple bills

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      The UK school building local knowledge of watchmaking

      Swiss industry-standard training in Greater Manchester aims to help plug a gap of thousands of workers and improve customer service

      A mentor and his  students at the British School of Watchmaking
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