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Tesco, Aldi and Lidl have followed Sainsbury's by cutting the price of own-brand butter and bread after criticism over high supermarket prices.more

An association of Russian organisations operating in Sweden called Rurik receives subsidies from the Swedish state budget for cultural and educational activities. However, it spreads Kremlin propaganda on the internet, the daily 'Dagens Nyheter' newspaper reveals today.more

Banks have warned of a large increase in fraud in 2022, with much of this originating online.more

For the second time in a matter of days, investigators took aim at the yacht 'Luna' of a Russian oligarch. According to the Spiegel weekly portal, they confiscated works of art worth several million euros. The yacht allegedly once belonged to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the weekly magazine reveals.more

Train passengers using the East Coast Main Line will have more flexible ticketing options from Sunday. Operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said it will expand its trial of single-leg pricing to cover its entire network.more

The Bank of England (BoE) announced today that it does not expect the UK economy to fall into recession this year, but in addition to raising its growth forecast, it has raised its inflation forecast. As expected, he raised the interest rate again - to 4.5 percent.more

Thanks to the Poles, striking workers at the distribution centres of Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, have won an improved collective agreement including wage increases, the daily newspaper De Volkskrant reported today, adding: "the striking Poles have brought Albert Heijn to its knees".more

There is still nothing to count on to start paying less for shopping. The consolation is that prices are rising somewhat more slowly, writes today's Rzeczpospolita.more

Labour is considering moves to levy higher taxes on foreign buyers of UK homes, as a senior Conservative blamed their party’s abolition of housebuilding targets for woeful results in last week’s local elections.more

Which? figures show Britons struggling with loans, cards and bills as interest rates and inflation soar. An estimated 700,000 UK households missed or defaulted on a rent or mortgage payment last month, according to data issued days before another expected rise in the cost of borrowing.more

Virgin Media O2 has accused rival mobile operators of not doing enough to help customers move onto cheaper monthly tariffs. The phone giant says other firms are "swindling" people by keeping them on rates that cover the cost of a handset, even after they have finished paying for the phone.more

First-time buyers with a 15% deposit to put down face paying nearly £200 per month more for a mortgage typically than they did a year ago, according to a property website. Rightmove said those in this deposit bracket will pay an average of around £1,056 per month compared with £865 last year, due to mortgage rates and house prices rising.more

The UK should open more shared banking hubs to help those who feel uncomfortable managing their finances online, a charity has said. Bank hubs - which are spaces shared by several different High Street lenders - are meant to help communities that have seen all their bank branches close. more

Ministers have announced a clampdown on the use of cold calls to sell financial products and on technology which allows mass texting of numerous phones as part of a strategy to combat fraud, now the UK’s most common crime.more

The prices of ready meals, coffee and canned products are rising sharply in the UK, according to the latest price index compiled by the BRC-NielsenIQ group. Overall food inflation hit a record high of 15.7% in April. - despite a noticeable drop in wholesale prices.more

Oil and gas giant BP has reported strong profits for the beginning of the year as energy prices remain high. more

Barack Obama performed last night in Amsterdam. Tickets at the capital's largest hall, the Ziggo Dome, cost as much as 2,700 euros. The media estimate that the former U.S. president could have earned as much as one million euros.more

Apartment prices per square meter within a single development are increasingly being set by developers at similar levels, regardless of tier, experts say. Large price differences can be seen especially in premium developments. Ground-floor apartments, once the cheapest, are no longer so.more

Fears of a "debt time-bomb" have been raised by Citizens Advice, which said growing numbers of households faced a "wild west" when seeking help. The charity said it is helping more people who do not have enough income to cover essential expenses.more

A monthly ticket for 49 euro allowing travel on local transportation - buses, streetcars, subways - as well as local and regional trains has been in effect throughout Germany since May 1. More than three million people have already bought the new ticket for May, reports the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV).more

67.6 percent of respondents do not believe that the government can cope with high inflation; 17.1% are of the opposite opinion. surveyed - according to the SW Research survey for rp.pl.more

More than 11,400 apartments were sold by developers in the first three months of this year in Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, the Tri-City, Poznan and Lodz. This was 34 percent better than in the previous quarter and 10 percent higher year-on-year, JLL experts reported.more

Average rents have continued to hit new highs, according to property website Rightmove, as the shortage of available properties continues. Asking rents outside London have reached a record of £1,190 a month on average, Rightmove said, while in London they have risen above £2,500.more

Picking up a sandwich, crisps and drink meal deal when you're out and about used to guarantee a bargain lunch. more

The Bank of England's top economist has said people in the UK need to accept that they are poorer otherwise prices will continue to rise. more