Europe News

Airbnb in breach of EU consumer rules

The European Commission has announced that Airbnb's terms and conditions and its pricing policy is breaking EU rules.

16 July 2018

World News

Italy is only EU country to see house prices fall in 2017: Eurostat

House prices across the EU have risen by more than 10% since 2010, Eurostat revealed on Tuesday, but Italy remains an outlier — it is the only member state to have seen prices shrink last year.

10 July 2018

Germany

Berlin squatters occupy buildings to protest homelessness, gentrification | Euronews answers

Activist squatters in Berlin have taken over vacant buildings in the city to protest rising house prices, homelessness and gentrification.

21 May 2018

Economy

UnFAirbnb - is Airbnb lobbying Brussels to veto European cities' regulation?

Have you struggled to find an affordable place to live? It could be the Airbnb effect.

7 May 2018

Spain

Palma bans apartment owners from renting to tourists

Holiday rentals have pushed up prices for locals and one Spanish city has had enough.

24 April 2018

United Kingdom

"Up to a third of millennials face renting from cradle to grave"

Policy makers are being asked to make significant changes, as a new report suggests a third of Britain's young people will continue renting for the rest of their lives.

17 April 2018