Strategic Fintech Acquisition: Safra Group Expands with €1.6B Saxo Bank Deal
J. Safra Sarasin Group has agreed to acquire a 70% stake in Denmark's Saxo Bank for approximately €1.1 billion. Coverage...
March 11, 2025Section
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Europe is where the old industrial order is being reordered – by an energy shock, a two-speed split between a sunlit south and an open north, trade friction and a shifting security map from Ukraine to the UK. The Rio Times covers Europe for the emerging-market reader: the economies, markets, energy transition, trade and politics that move global capital and set the terms Latin America trades on. This hub gathers our daily Europe coverage and links it to the wider Global South story.
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Democracy Unraveled: Inside Romania’s Electoral Coup Against Calin Georgescu
(Analysis) In an extraordinary series of events, Romanian electoral authorities have barred presidential frontrunner Calin Georgescu from participating in the...
March 10, 2025
Kremlin Signals Cautious Optimism for US-Russia Thaw Despite Long Road Ahead
The Kremlin acknowledged today that restoring relations with the United States presents substantial challenges but emphasized mutual political determination to...
March 10, 2025
Democracy Derailed: Romania Blocks Leading Conservative as Protests Erupt
Romania's Central Electoral Bureau barred conservative candidate Calin Georgescu from running in the May presidential. Analysis from The Rio Times.
March 10, 2025
Trade Routes, Antimony and Ambition: Why Trump Wants Greenland at Any Cost
(Analysis) In March 2025, Donald Trump, reinstated as U.S. president, has trained his sights on Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory...
March 9, 2025
Putin Offers Conditional Ukraine Truce as Trump Threatens Russia with Sanctions
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shows willingness to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine if progress toward a final peace settlement...
March 9, 2025
Europe’s Tech Reality Check: The Race to Replace American Systems
America demonstrates decisive influence over the Ukraine conflict as European alternatives to US intelligence and Starlink
March 9, 2025
Eurozone Economy Lags Global Peers Despite Modest Growth Revision
The Eurozone economy grew faster than initially estimated in the fourth quarter of 2024 Eurostat reported Friday. Coverage and analysis...
March 7, 2025
Lavrov Warns Europe’s Peacekeeper Proposals Risk Escalation with Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov strongly rejected European proposals to deploy peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. Analysis from The Rio Times.
March 6, 2025