ASTANA – The Astana Times has selected articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest covers Central Asia’s relations with the European Union, Kazakhstan’s growing international engagement,…
Category: 3. Europe
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Euronews Culture’s Film of the Week: ‘Thunderbolts*’
A common gripe about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, post-Endgame, is that it’s been convoluted quantity over streamlined quality.
With their 36th adventure – and Phase Five closer – the MCU may have found a way of keeping the machine rolling smoother for a bit longer….
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Asia-Europe peak season? Mind the capacity gap
It was this time last year, with the Red Sea crisis in full swing, that the first signs of an early peak season on the Asia-Europe trades began to make itself apparent.
It took…
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Europe best region in world for press freedom but situation worsening, says RSF
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual report on global press freedom on Friday. Europe remains the safest region for journalists, but the situation is deteriorating.
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Europe ramps up military spending amid rising security anxiety-Xinhua
NATO soldiers participate in NATO’s Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise at a training range in Smardan, Romania, on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua) Global military expenditure soared to a record 2.72 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024,…
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what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?
On the morning of Monday 28 April, nothing was out of the ordinary in peninsular Spain’s electricity system. Demand was at normal levels for the time of year, and was being easily met by the total generation capacity available.
The day…
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Reform UK wins by-election by just six votes to gain fifth MP
Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party campaigned on an anti-immigration platform in Runcorn and Helsby, a constituency in northwest England.
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Americans want to move to Europe — but just how easy is it?
Last May, Eric Schmidt, the US billionaire who formerly headed Google, bought a house in west London’s Holland Park for £42mn. The price he paid may not be typical, but the purchase is. American interest in a home on the other side of the…
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US hopes of beating China in the humanoid robotics race may be dashed by Trump’s tariffs
Tariffs weren’t on the agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit in Boston, United States, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with humanoid and other robot varieties and talked about how to build and sell a new generation of increasingly autonomous machines.
Not on the…
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