Back in the early 1990s, an ambitious Finnish company called Elcoteq decided to lower its costs by moving production overseas. First it looked to the Far East, as companies did in those days. Then it ...

A 700-year-old ship that was part of the Hanseatic League – a powerful trading network formed in 1356 that stretched from England to Russia – has been found just five feet beneath the streets of ...

A bargain, forged in the fires of 2012's economic emergency, has defined the European Union for the past two years. It was an agreement made between two sides that can be defined in several terms — ...

From 1449–74, an association of market towns and cities along the Baltic coast in Europe known as the Hanseatic League waged an on-again, off-again war with England over maritime trading privileges.

IN THE LATE Middle Ages the Hanseatic League, a confederation of merchant guilds in northern Europe, dominated maritime trade in the Baltic and North seas. Now finance ministers from the northern ...

French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, ambushed the EU’s new Hanseatic League - a group of small northern and Baltic countries - during a dinner in Paris claiming “closed clubs” threaten the future ...

Sir, In a very thoughtful article on possible futures for London post-Brexit (“London’s future: a brief guide”, Life & Arts, July 23). Charles Leadbeater suggests there is “a strong case for the ...

It’s one of the most picturesque spots in urban Norway and a real tourist magnet. Yet many of the visitors—often in town for just a couple hours before returning to their cruise ship—take a quick ...

RIPON'S first Flat fixture of the season has been strongly supported by local runners, including Middleham-based raider Hanseatic League (2.45), a leading contender for the Chequers Inn Handicap. Mark ...

A WALLED city-within-a-city once stood on the site now occupied by London’s Cannon Street station. From the 15th to 17th centuries, its counting houses, guildhall and wharves echoed to a babble of ...