Bloomberg Britain’s departure from the European Union may free up officials in Brussels to tighten air- pollution regulations everywhere in the region — including in the U.K. because of a twist in the free-trade laws likely to remain in force. The U.K. has worked to limit EU curbs on vehicle exhaust fumes in the form of nitrogen dioxide, saying it’s ...

Stockholm / Bloomberg Sweden’s economy expanded faster than estimated in the fourth quarter after the central bank unleashed record stimulus to defend the credibility of its inflation target. The economy surged 1.3 percent from the third quarter, Statistics Sweden said in a statement. Growth was seen at 0.7 percent in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. It expanded an annual 4.5 ...

WARSAW / Bloomberg Poland’s largest mobile phone operator agreed to buy another company controlled by billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak to gain access to high-speed mobile Internet network services and fend off competition from the units of Orange SA and Deutsche Telekom AG. Cyfrowy Polsat SA, Poland’s largest private television broadcaster and owner of mobile company Polkomtel Sp. z o.o. , will ...