Naspers, a publisher once condemned as a mouthpiece of the apartheid regime in South Africa, has quietly become one of the world’s biggest internet investors thanks to a stake in China’s Tencent. On 11 September it will list its global internet assets on the Amsterdam bourse, becoming Europe's biggest consumer internet company overnight. Arash Massoudi discusses how it got there with Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg.

Contributors: Arash Massoudi, corporate finance and deals editor, and Joseph Cotterill, Southern Africa correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Europe’s top court has ruled that individual countries can force Facebook to take down illegal content, including hate speech, both inside the EU and across the world. Malcolm Moore discusses the implications of the ruling for freedom of expression with Mehreen Khan and Madhumita Murgia.

Contributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, Mehreen Khan, Brussels correspondent, and Madhumita Murgia, European Technology correspondent, Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Allegations of high-level corruption have convulsed the Mediterranean island state of Malta and shocked the rest of Europe. Public anger has been unleashed by dramatic recent developments in the investigation into the killing of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb attack in October 2017. Ben Hall discusses the wider repercussions of the case with Josephine Cumbo and Michael Peel.

Contributors: Ben Hall, Europe editor, Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent, and Michael Peel, EU diplomatic correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Henrik Adam outlines ‘urgent priority’ to boost performance as he cuts 1,250 jobs

Move illustrates how coronavirus impact is rippling through manufacturing supply chains

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Organisers expected to delay flagship event in order to let European domestic leagues finish

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Coronavirus-linked turmoil draws many investors out into the open

Settlement house delays payout and project to let small shareholders cash out

Volatility gauges for both regions show sharp falls from historic highs in March

Coronavirus damage to economy drives eurozone investor sentiment to a record low

Miles Johnson and Daniel Dombey discuss the lockdowns in Italy and Spain

Why the Germans and Dutch are right to resist this way of sharing coronavirus costs

Strategists expect concerns about eurozone stability to dent the currency

Commission warns pandemic will wipe out growth in all member states and result in an uneven recovery

Pound dips following UK chancellor’s hard Brexit remarks

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

Products vital to combat coronavirus could become more expensive and scarce

At the start of the year, it looked like Europe would be in for a “Summer E-Scooters / E-Bike War,” as both regional startups and U.S.-backed unicorns vied for the pockets of city commuters. Consolidation came when German startup Circ was taken over by U.S. competitor Bird at the start of the year. Still on […]

The Europas Awards — which have been recognising the hottest European tech startups in since 2009 — are now open for the public voting stage, prior to the formal judging process. The entries have been sorted and sifted by journalists to compile an editorially-driven ‘long list’ of some of Europe’s most exciting startups and investors. […]

The anti-Brexit movement wasted energy on negative campaigning and parliamentary wrecking tactics

The German finance minister’s proposition on EU deposit insurance are not quite what they seem

If the populists gain power in France and Italy, the future of the euro will be in their hands

Security and climate change will be high on Ursula von der Leyen’s list of priorities

From Brexit to fiscal policy, the EU’s largest member states have seen the mainstream wrongfooted

The EU is culpably complacent about the challenges of the digital age

Ideally governments would co-ordinate fiscal policy but there is no sense of urgency

Without a co-ordinated response, national stimulus policies will end up increasing imbalances

Direct payments should be made to citizens and companies

What if Italy cannot service its debt and a future government is tempted to default?

It is hard to overstate the turn to Euroscepticism. It will not go away when lockdown ends

The eurozone’s problems run far deeper than anything that can be solved by a splurge of foreign cash

To a believer in sound money – gold – the idea that a paper currency can ever be high-quality is fatuous

Hidden flaws of the euro

It has near-unlimited firepower and is the only EU institution willing and able to act

European Union lawmakers have set out a first bundle of proposals for a new digital strategy for the bloc, one that’s intended to drive digitalization across all industries and sectors — and enable what Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described as ‘A Europe fit for the Digital Age‘. It could also be summed […]

The EU should do more to defend itself, without expecting the US to underwrite the peace

The two-party system that prevailed for so long has been upended

German and French leaders’ hesitation could be fatal

The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups is doing what everyone in tech has done before: pivoting! Given the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be ‘going virtual’ on an amazing new platform, to be unveiled. (OK, but not VR – just yet!). A percentage of proceeds from the event will be donated to charities helping to […]

At the start of the year, it looked like Europe would be in for a “Summer E-Scooters / E-Bike War,” as both regional startups and U.S.-backed unicorns vied for the pockets of city commuters. Consolidation came when German startup Circ was taken over by U.S. competitor Bird at the start of the year. Still on […]

The Europas Awards — which have been recognising the hottest European tech startups in since 2009 — are now open for the public voting stage, prior to the formal judging process. The entries have been sorted and sifted by journalists to compile an editorially-driven ‘long list’ of some of Europe’s most exciting startups and investors. […]

Ruffer precious metal and Baillie Gifford tech vehicles shine during market turbulence

Early winners and losers emerge as carmakers scramble to hit tough new targets

PSA and Fiat Chrysler to shut factories as demand tumbles and supply chains disrupted

Heavy toll on jobs through lay-offs and cuts in pay and hours as one of region’s key industries comes to ‘abrupt halt’

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