The EU agri-food trade surplus increased sharply in October 2025, reaching EUR 6.4 billion. This represents an 18% increase compared to September and represents the highest monthly surplus in more than a year. The surplus was 19% higher than in October of last year.
Between January and…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed cautious optimism about the US-led peace talks, addressing that the majority of Kyiv’s demands have been met.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, the Ukrainian leader described the peace deal as “quite solid at this stage,” with “nearly 90%” of…
In the wake of Australia’s under-16 social media ban, launched earlier this month, European countries are grappling with whether they should implement similar restrictions.
As of December 10, Australian children under 16 could no longer create or keep social media accounts on platforms…
From lowering blood pressure and reducing inflammation to improving heart health and relieving stress, laughter has the power to trigger a number of positive chemical and physical benefits.
Winter is coming. Let your interior reflect your sustainable choices, with well-crafted pieces chosen with intention. The EU Ecolabel guides you towards choices that resonate.
When winter settles in, our homes come alive with candlelit evenings. Frost gathers on windowpanes, a crackling…
Year after year, inequality deepens, hardens, and settles in across the world.
Fewer than 60,000 of the world’s richest people own more wealth than half of the entire world put together, with a global elite amounting to 0.001% of the population being three times wealthier than the bottom…
Deep Shambarkar would never have thought that his studies in Germany would end up like this.
The 25-year-old moved from Maharashtra in India to Berlin last July to pursue a master’s in business management. He had enrolled at the private International University, or IU for short.
Shambarkar…
When Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev first told the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 that his country planned to establish an Islamic Civilization Center, the ambition was clear: this would not be another national museum, but a global cultural institution.
The aim, he said…
On a recent trip, I booked an airport hotel for a layover in Jakarta. I used Booking.com, selecting the option for an automatic card payment to be taken a few days before the stay.
A week before the trip, I received a WhatsApp message purporting to be from the Jakarta airport hotel. There…
Ein turbulentes politisches Jahr 2025 neigt sich dem Ende zu. Von der vorgezogenen Neuwahl im Februar über die Zitterpartie bei der Kanzlerwahl von Friedrich Merz bis hin zu den ersten Auslandsreisen der neuen Regierung: In dieser Sonderfolge blickt ein Teil des POLITICO-Teams…