Category: 3. Europe

Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front, now National Rally, contested the repayment order in 2024, arguing it violated legal certainty and his right to a fair trial. After his death in January 2025, his daughters — Marine Le Pen, Yann Maréchal and Marie-Caroline Olivier —…

Heatwaves in Europe have arrived unexpectedly early this year with two major spikes in temperatures already affecting millions of people and a third gripping parts of the continent.

From late June to mid-July, temperatures soared as high as 46…

Billy McFarland, the scam artist and convicted fellon who gained notoriety for the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, has officially sold the rights to the event’s brand on eBay for $245,300 (approx. €211,135). 

The auction, which reportedly drew a 175 bids, included intellectual…

US President Donald Trump announced that Washington had sealed a trade deal with Indonesia on Tuesday.

The tariffs on imports from the Asian country will now be 19%, Trump said on his Truth Social platform, significantly below the previously threatened 32%.

“They are going to pay…

BRUSSELS — The EU’s trade chief, Maroš Šefčovič, will fly to Washington D.C. Wednesday afternoon for talks with his U.S. counterparts, European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill confirmed to POLITICO. 

The last-minute decision to head to the U.S. in…

The slowdown at Europe’s cocoa factories is deepening, highlighting how historically high prices are curbing demand and hurting processors’ profits in the top chocolate consuming region.

The amount of beans ground into butter and powder…