Bloomberg Euro-area factories cut prices at the fastest pace in almost three years in February, compounding an already worrisome inflation environment for the ECB. Markit Economics said the price gauge of its manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell further below the key 50 level, dropping to the lowest since June 2013. All countries bar one in its monthly survey reported falling ...

OSLO / Bloomberg As the U.K. agonizes over whether to stay or leave, Norway is eyeing its own way of distancing itself from the EU. The thing is, the Nordic nation isn’t part of the club to begin with. The case illustrates how hard it will be for the U.K. to escape the bloc’s influence even if it decides to ...

Aleppo / AFP A landmark ceasefire has lifted the burden of daily rocket attacks and bomb blasts in Syria’s second city Aleppo—but not its residents’ profound thirst. Citizens on both sides of the fault line dividing Aleppo between regime and rebel forces are suffering from their longest water shortage yet in the nearly five-year war. “The general situation in the ...