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Due to the coronavirus, activities supporting entrepreneurs and job protection so that the "scourge of unemployment" does not return will continue - said Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets. He added that there was no question of going back to the universal lockdown.more

The economic recession in the UK due to the coronavirus epidemic will be less severe than expected, but the economic recovery will also take longer, the Bank of England (BoE) said on Thursday. He forecasts that the economy will shrink by 9.5 percent this year.more

New homes and hospitals will be granted "automatic" permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in England, the housing secretary says. more

The Portuguese and Spanish authorities confirmed yesterday that due to the coronavirus crisis in the second quarter of this year. there was the biggest drop in GDP in the history of these countries. In Portugal, compared to the first quarter of this year. it was 14.1 percent, and in Spain - 18.5 percent.more

Travel company TUI said yesterday that it will close 166 UK and Ireland sites in response to the slowdown in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a shift in consumer behavior in favor of online booking.more

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in June, the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported, amid the coronavirus pandemic.more

High Street pasty seller Greggs has decided not to payout last year's dividend as the company prepares to preserve cash in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. more

The UK economy could take until 2024 to return to the size it was before the coronavirus lockdown, according to analysis from the EY Item Club.more

The board of directors of Crossrail have said it will not open as planned in summer next year because of delays caused by coronavirus.more

The government's failure to plan for the economic impact of a pandemic is "astonishing", a committee of MPs says.more

So far, we are not able to swallow this bitter pill. The EU cannot disappoint people; common debts will not make sense without financing European programs - said representatives of the Renew Europe, EPP and S&D faction in the EP in today's debate. They appealed for particulars regarding the rule of law.more

EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned the discussions could still fall apart.more

The Prime Minister of France Jean Castex announced today that the order to wear masks will apply throughout France from next week. He also said that the country would face the deepest recession since statistics on state finances were being kept.more

The number of workers on UK company payrolls fell by 649,000 between March and June, official figures indicate. The number of people claiming work-related benefits last month - including the unemployed - was 2.6 million.more

Johnnie Walker, the whisky which traces its roots back 200 years, will soon be available in paper bottles. more

The 475-mile underwater and onshore cable is a ‘milestone’ in UK’s move towards net-zero emissions, says National Grid.more

Budget supermarket Lidl has unveiled plans to open a new store every week until Christmas, creating 1,000 jobs, and then keep going into next year and the year after until 100 new shops are openmore

The UK economy grew by 1.8% in May as businesses across the country started to unlock. But the figures from the Office of National Statistics will have done little to boost hopes of a V-shaped recovery as the economy remains much smaller than in February earlier this year before lockdown was implemented.more

83 millionaires issued an open letter on Monday calling for "immediate" and "permanent" taxes to accelerate their economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic crisis.more

Pub giant Wetherspoon is to reduce prices on meals and drinks following the decision to cut VAT on food, coffee and soft drinks, and has produced posters praising the Chancellor.more

Nearly 10 million children around the world may never go back to school after quarantine, due to the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, London-based international NGO Save the Children said.more

The Canadian parliamentary oversight office for the budget in Canada counted that guaranteed income for poor Canadians would cost less than the allowances paid to those who lose their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.more

A threat to the Polish economy are potential global turbulence after a possible deterioration of the epidemic situation, perturbations after the November presidential election in the US and possible hard Brexit at the end of the year - assessed PKO BP economist Piotr Bujak.more

Royal Mail has been fined £1.5m by the regulator for being late with first class deliveries and overcharging customers for second class stamps.more

The Government is set to spend more than £700 million on new infrastructure, staff and technology to create new border with the EU when the UK leaves at the end of the year.more