Europe is preparing to launch its most powerful rocket yet – the four-booster Ariane 64, which will lift off from French Guiana this week.
Category: 3. Europe
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Ariane 64 prepares for historic launch in major test of Europe’s independent space capabilities
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Make Europe Grape Again – with new wine rules favouring both buyers and growers
Liberals and democrats have welcomed the 10 February vote on the Wine package. The two major outcomes of the vote are transparent labelling for consumers and new export markets for independent producers. The Parliament adopted Renew Europe’s proposal for mandatory “reduced alcohol” labelling,…
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Video. Violence erupts at anti-government protest in Albanian capital
Violence erupted in Tirana as opposition supporters clashed with police during an anti-government protest targeting Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Demonstrators hurled Molotov cocktails, flares and fireworks toward the government building…
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EU study maps investment needs to rebuild trade routes between Europe and Central Asia via the Caucasus
The Trans-Caspian Corridor, a route of railways and ports linking Europe, Türkiye, the rest of the Black Sea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia is becoming an alternative trade route connecting both continents. Since 2022, trade on the route has quadrupled and with the right investments,…
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Jordan-EU Security and Defence Dialogue
On 4 February 2026, the first EU-Jordan Security and Defence Dialogue took place in Amman. The establishment of this Dialogue was agreed in the EU-Jordan Strategic Comprehensive Partnership of January 2025. Following the first EU-Jordan Summit on 8 January 2026, the Dialogue marks another step…
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Newsletter: How to fix Europe’s competitiveness problem?
Good morning, I’m Mared Gwyn writing in the early hours from Brussels.
The real heavyweights steering EU policy – top industry chiefs – will join political leaders including the French President and German Chancellor at an annual industry summit in Antwerp later today, in what is set to…
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Points, perks and air miles: How 84% of travellers are ‘gaming’ loyalty schemes to save money
As many as 68 per cent of travellers have booked outside their loyalty programmes for better deals in the last year.
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Majority of UK voters think Keir Starmer should resign – POLITICO
Even among those polled who intend to vote Labour, a quarter (23 percent) believe Starmer should go — and almost one in three (32 percent) said his advisors should go even though they wanted the leader to remain.
The fieldwork for the polling was still being conducted when Morgan…
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Commission approves €390 million Italian rescue loan to Acciaierie d'Italia under EU state aid rules
The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, a rescue loan of up to €390 million to Acciaierie d’Italia (‘AdI’, formerly ILVA), Italy’s main integrated steel producer. The measure aims to ensure that AdI can cover its operating costs until the business is transferred to a…
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