Category: 3. Europe

Researchers measured lead pollution and its impact on human health through Arctic ice-core samples. ADVERTISEMENT Lead pollution during the Roman Empire may have caused declines of two-and-a-half to three points in intelligence quotient (IQ) levels in the European population,… Continue Reading

The Belgian Federal Food Agency issued the odd warning after Ghent’s local city suggested people could reuse pine needles in recipes to avoid waste. Continue Reading

Alexander Schallenberg serves as Austria’s foreign minister under outgoing chancellor Karl Nehammer since 2021. ADVERTISEMENT Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will be named caretaker chancellor on Wednesday, taking over from outgoing Karl Nehammer, who quit after the… Continue Reading

Emmanuel Macron said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not working and that several countries are breaking away from it, but in Geneva European Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefcovic renewed the EU’s commitment to multilateral world trade rules. ADVERTISEMENT European Trade… Continue Reading

ADVERTISEMENT Volkswagen managers will take pay cuts worth over €300m by 2030, according to comments published Wednesday from Gunnar Kilian, a VW human resources board member. Volkswagen’s board would lose a larger proportion of their salary than the rest of management or the workforce, Kilian… Continue Reading

Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are back for 2025 with their guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. The economy is back in focus today in… Continue Reading

The wildfires in Los Angeles have led to the cancellation of several entertainment events, including today’s live SAG nominations. ADVERTISEMENT The Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) nominations have cancelled an in-person announcement planned for today due to devastating wildfires… Continue Reading

From Central Cee to Mogwai, via Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey, the already announced releases of 2025 sound mighty promising. Here are the 10 albums we’re looking forward to the most in the first half of the year. ADVERTISEMENT 2025 has a lot to live up to when it comes to music, as… Continue…

The centre-right Austrian People’s Party is currently negotiating with the far-right Freedom Party to establish a coalition government in Austria. ADVERTISEMENT What implications would Herbert Kickl’s rise to Austria’s chancellorship, as the leader of the Eurosceptic,… Continue Reading