Spain will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday in Kyiv during an international meeting held on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion.

The ECB lowered borrowing costs for the fourth straight time last week and hinted at even more policy easing since inflation could be back at its 2% goal by late summer, economic growth is anaemic and a trade war was a distinct possibility.

The euro nudged higher today after Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election as expected, while the dollar trod water amid worries over the growth outlook for the US economy.

If a policy-driven turnaround in Europe's biggest economy tempts the continent's equity investors home, they may want to look to the bloc's faster-growing and cheaper fringes. Global investors are abuzz that the winners of this weekend's elections in Germany may be in a position to finally loosen the country's

Pubs may be allowed to extend their opening hours until 1am if England or Wales – or even both – make it to the semi-finals of the Women’s Euros this summer.