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Can Europe’s economy ever hope to rival the US again?

Financial Times: Worried EU policymakers are searching for ways to inject some dynamism.

Letters: Tikanga Māori has no place in our secular legal system

OPINION: 'The role of the judiciary is to interpret our law, not to make new law.'

NZ's 'ambitious' FTA with the EU comes into force

Horticulture shipments likely to take immediate advantage of NZ's FTA with the EU.

Local Waipu shop's award-winning cheeses answer to new EU regulations

Origin Northland in Waipu sells food products with the lowest possible food miles.

Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP

Financial Times: The $61.4m packet underlines vast disparity between European and US pay.

Contested decision as ECB holds interest rates at 4%

Financial Times: Some policymakers backed cut at latest meeting.

Gor-gone-zola: Some NZ cheeses to be renamed after EU deal

NZ Specialist Cheesemakers' Association says it has seven years to find alternative names.

Europe faces ‘competitiveness crisis’ as US widens productivity gap

Financial Times: Washington reaps benefits from green fiscal stimulus, rehiring.

Will Big Tech agree to play by Europe’s rules?

Financial Times: Is the deadline for new competition rules too little, too late?

Simon Kuper: The Dutch are piloting a saner European right

Financial Times: Dutch right is Post-Thatcherite, post-Trumpian, less rabid.

German homebuilding collapse threatens wider economic damage

Financial Times: Once-thriving residential construction industry has slumped.

Fonterra quashes speculation, says clean-up needed to secure export markets

'Even bigger elephant to eat' as Fonterra confronts key issues.

Sweden tourism board tired of being confused for Switzerland

Sweden argues that these similarities are superficial - just two letters deep.

As Israel-Gaza crisis worsens and UN remains impotent, what are NZ’s diplomatic options?

OPINION: New Zealand must reassert its support for the laws of war.

Carry-on bags may become free when flying in the EU

Travellers could be saying goodbye to confusing restrictions and hefty fees.

Israel orders evacuation of northern Gaza within 24 hours, UN says

Israel says a complete siege will remain in place until Hamas frees 150 hostages.

EU reverses announcement it was suspending development aid to Palestinians

EU to urgently review aid assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas.

Why the EU has blocked the sale of this travel website

Europe has locked out an overseas buyer from the purchase of a flight booking platform.