WBN News Europe
WBN News Europe delivers fast, verified business intelligence for European entrepreneurs and SMBs. Daily briefings blend local insight with global trends—actionable, bias-free, and built to help win clients, cut costs, and move faster across Europe.

The key to embracing this unusual opportunity presented to us? Our focus. Not on what we look at (as convention urges), but what we see. One of the gifts of being human is we get to choose what we see.
by Les Mottosky & WBN News Okanagan & WBN News Global & WBN USA Edition & WBN News Nashville & WBNNewsCalgary & WBN News Winnipeg & WBN News Canada & WBN News Europe
Lufthansa celebrates 100 years with special crane livery on Boeing 787. Discover the airline's journey from 1926 to becoming a global aviation leader.
by 1. Elke Porter & Westcoast German News & WBN News Europe
Cyprus’s 2013 crisis set a eurozone precedent: citizens’ deposits were seized in a bail-in, alongside harsh austerity, reshaping the economy and eroding trust in banks.
by Miika Makela & WBN News Global & WBN News Europe
Bail-ins transfer bank failure costs to citizens and businesses, cutting into deposits and pensions—privatizing gains while socializing losses, and leaving deep economic and social impacts.
by Miika Makela & WBN News Global & WBN News Europe
Greek households carried austerity’s burden: wages and pensions were cut, taxes rose, capital controls squeezed cash, and public services were scaled back—leaving fewer jobs, reduced access to care, and enduring insecurity.
by Miika Makela & WBN News Europe & WBN News Global
Bail-outs use public funds to rescue failing banks and governments, shifting the cost to citizens through taxes, debt, and austerity—privatizing gains while socializing losses over decades.
by Miika Makela & WBN News Global & WBN News Europe
If you want your people to give their all—to the vision, the mission, the values—hear their myth, and help them live it.
by Les Mottosky & WBN News Canada & WBNNewsCalgary & WBN USA Edition & WBN News Winnipeg & WBN News Nashville & WBN News Okanagan & WBN News Europe
Iceland’s 2008 banking collapse forced harsh austerity: soaring taxes, deep spending cuts, and strict capital controls. Savings eroded, debt ballooned, and recovery came only after years of hardship.
by Miika Makela & WBN News Europe & WBN News Global