Frankfurt equities squeezed out gains Monday after conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, with investors hoping that Europe's largest economy can emerge from recession.

Frankfurt equities and the euro rose Monday after conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, with investors hoping that Europe's largest economy can emerge from recession.

Europe’s first licensed blockchain-based exchange and settlement system, 21X, believes exactly that and is set to launch this spring. Last month 21X, based in Frankfurt, carried out a dummy trade with ABN Amro to prove its system worked.

It won't be long until easyJet returns to Frankfurt, Europe's sixth-busiest airport by passengers. It will do so on March 30, when the low-cost carrier and other northern airlines switch to summer schedules based on IATA slot seasons.

Banks struggled to process payments on Friday after an unprecedented day-long breakdown in the European Central Bank's machine underpinning trillions of euros of money movements.The ECB said late on Thursday it had fixed the roughly seven-hour outage in its payment system,

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as chancellor. It’s not yet clear what governing coalitions will be possible.

Bundesliga contenders Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen could be forgiven for thinking of their Champions League date before they fulfill challenging domestic obligations this weekend.

Frankfurt equities squeezed out gains Monday after conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, with investors hoping that Europe's largest economy can emerge from recession.

Experts say that Europe could feel more pain from new tariffs, but U.S. workers and industry would also take big hits.

Germany's office market remains depressed, with any recovery in the coming months seen as vulnerable to further economic weakness, according to an index by the property lender Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (PBB) released on Thursday.

The event was a success- exceeding the expectations of RIBA Europe and the organisers Becky Halsted, founder of Echo Architects and Waldemar Koehler, RIBA Councillor for Europe, who used their contacts and especially RICS’s Jens Boehnlein to secure a line-up of inspiring speakers and exceptional venues.

Türkiye's largest air hub, Istanbul Airport, became Europe's busiest air cargo center last year, according to Airports International