The competition for rare-earth minerals, crucial for everything from clean energy to defense technology, has reached a new level of intensity. As global supply chains are realigned away from China, Greenland has emerged as a critical player. Historically viewed as peripheral in global…
Category: 3. Europe
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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week
What does the future hold?
It’s a question that’s on many of our minds right now, especially with 2026 looming. It’s also the subject of a fantastical exhibition in London called ‘The Future Was Then’, which blasts us into the sci-fi comic book predictions of the past to question how much…
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Statement by the President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe
On 12 December, in line with the Statutes of the College of Europe, following the unanimous position expressed by the Executive Committee, and after consultation and full endorsement by the Academic Council, the Administrative Council adopted a decision to transfer the powers and…
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Europe Today: Ukraine peace talks, terror in Australia, and climate change
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After spending his Friday on the frontline of the war, Ukraine’s President Zelenksyy moved on to Berlin for face to face talks with American officials:…
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Europe has both a competitiveness and a fantasy-thinking problem
By Egle Markeviciute, EU Tech Loop and Euronews
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As European member states’ representatives debate the proposed Digital Omnibus, the Europeans are…
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Christmas comforts
You might be craving for Christmas and its comforts.
If so, you cannot be blamed.
As winter settles over Belgium and Luxembourg, the long, dark nights leave lots of us thinking of the finer things in life.
This being Belgium and Benelux, these include good food and wine and, with that…
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Senior MEP: EU has 'decisions to make' on GSP+
Romanian MEP Georgiana Teodorescu (pictured) has urged the EU to rethink Pakistan’s GSP+ status unless the country respects “certain things”.
This refers to the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) which generally grants duty-free access for products to the European…
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A Christmas miracle: two more homeless will have their home
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This year, the municipality of Kőbánya offered two dilapidated, vacant apartments for renovation from floor to ceiling by volunteers of the Street to…
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This AI tool could spare cancer patients from chemotherapy they don't need
The tool scans digital images of the same cancer tissue samples that pathologists use and can tell how fast the cancer is likely to grow and how risky it is.
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Food prices in Europe: Which countries are the most and least expensive?
Food is one of the largest household expenses in Europe, accounting for an average of about 11.9% of spending across the EU and rising to as much as 20% in countries such as Romania.
Food prices also vary widely across Europe. Eurostat’s food price level index provides a useful basis for…
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