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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    News in-depthEuropean companies
    The secretive powerbroker with a tight grip on corporate Spain

    Isidro Fainé runs the Caixa Foundation but the 83-year-old’s age and dominance are causing disquiet

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    Bloc’s narrow endorsement of Mercosur trade deal shows its inability to rise above everyday protectionism

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato

    Conflict over Greenland could destroy the transatlantic alliance, requiring a new European security treaty to replace it

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    Former Polish justice minister granted asylum in Hungary

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    ‘I don’t want to live in an American empire’: Greenlanders bristle at US threats

    Inuit fear loss of language and traditions if Donald Trump succeeds in grabbing the vast Arctic island

    Colourful houses with snow-covered roofs overlook a bay in Nuuk, Greenland.
  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    Patrick Jenkins
    Why Italy is turning its insurance giant into a pawn of power politics

    Billionaire Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and allies are close to gaining control of Generali

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    Wind chiefs warn of global ‘spillover’ from Trump’s green crackdown

    US suspension of offshore renewable projects adds to market uncertainty

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    Rana Foroohar
    Trump’s new ‘great game’: mining, mapping and mercantilism

    The contest for resources between the US and China will continue after the president is gone and affect us all

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    Tiny satellites take Glasgow to the stars

    Scotland’s space industry has become a leader in manufacturing the small modular units

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    Portuguese food is stepping into the spotlight in London

    It’s the once-overshadowed cuisine’s time to shine in the UK capital, with buzzy openings, packed-out old-school spots — and the mouthwatering bifana sandwich now a breakout star

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    Merz under pressure to ease ‘firewall’ against Germany’s far-right

    Upcoming regional elections have reignited debate about CDU’s policy of excluding AfD

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    EU defence
    Defence jobs boom as Germany’s arms companies go on hiring spree

    Data from selection of companies and start-ups suggests limited success in hiring from embattled auto sector

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    InterviewLondon
    Police chief calls London ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

    Mark Rowley rejects claims the UK capital has descended into lawlessness

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
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    Share of London homes sold at a loss higher than anywhere else in England and Wales

    Lossmaking sales are the latest sign of weakness in the capital’s property market

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  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    The Week Ahead
    Danish officials hope to calm the conversation over Greenland

    Talks over Arctic island’s future, Le Pen in court again, Wall Street bank results season kicks off and UK gets a GDP update

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  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Nato
    Britain in talks with Nato allies over increasing presence in Arctic

    UK premier Keir Starmer is seeking to fend off Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland

    A Danish frigate marked P572 is seen in icy waters near colourful houses and snow-covered rocks in Nuuk, Greenland.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Private equity
    UK private equity firms sharply increase use of offshore funds

    University of Glasgow researcher says trend raises transparency concerns for investors

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  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Brexit
    EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain

    Reform UK leader vows to overturn any insurance deal with Brussels, saying such a move would be a ‘democratic outrage’

    Nigel Farage gestures with his right hand while speaking at a Reform UK press conference podium.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Martin Sandbu
    Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone

    The more the EU has to pay for ingratiation with Trump, the less convincing its strategic rationale for doing so

    An illustration showing a lone British soldier standing defiantly on a coastline, raising his fist toward the sky with waves crashing behind him.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    News in-depthGreenland
    Nato silence on Trump’s Greenland threats rattles European allies

    Military alliance yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of Arctic island and kingdom of Denmark

    Montage shows Giorgia Meloni against the Greenland flag with Mark Rutte against the Nato flag
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Geopolitics
    Nordic diplomats reject Trump’s claim of Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland

    US president invokes ship movements to justify his desire to take control of Arctic island

    Colourful houses of Nuuk are scattered across snowy hills, with icebergs in the water and the snow-covered Sermitsiaq mountain in the background.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    EU economy
    Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn

    Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against project

    The euro symbol and yellow stars are illuminated on the European Central Bank’s main building to celebrate Bulgaria adopting the euro.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    German Armed Forces
    Elite German army unit accused of sexual harassment, drug use and making Nazi salutes

    Scandal comes as Berlin tries to strengthen the military and boost recruitment

    German soldiers in camouflage uniforms hold rifles during a live-fire exercise at Panzergrenadierbataillon 122.
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Pilita Clark
    The surprising joys of under-tourism

    Avoiding the trials of modern sightseeing is more soothing than you might think

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