Category: 3. Europe

Published on
05/02/2026 – 9:20 GMT+1

The Chinese New Year is soon upon us and 2026’s lunar new year has a surprising mascot: Draco Malfoy.

Tom Felton, who played Harry Potter’s smirking…

With powerful nations rolling back climate protections and temperatures soaring ever closer to dangerous thresholds, it’s hard not to feel worried about the state of the planet.

As green journalists, climate anxiety, climate doom and even environmental existential dread are a daily…

Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn with a packed newsletter to start your Thursday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet President Emmanuel Macron in Paris later today – amid reports that Macron discretely sent his most senior diplomat, Emmanuel Bonne, to meet his…

83 masterpieces by 45 leading artists ofmodern and contemporary art, make up the stunning temporary exhibition “From Monet to Warhol: Three generations, one collection, a journey through the evolution of modern art”, organised by the Basil & Warhol Foundation, Elise Goulandris Foundation and…

Published on
05/02/2026 – 7:55 GMT+1

Malaysia has announced an immediate and full ban on the importation of electronic waste, as the…

Published on
05/02/2026 – 7:43 GMT+1

On today’s show:

• Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo interviews Latvia’s Prime Minister, Evika Siliņa, at the World Governance Conference in Dubai.
• Our…

As Arctic ice retreats and geopolitical tensions harden, NATO’s northern flank is emerging as one of the alliance’s most consequential and neglected theatres, and Europe is now confronting a hard truth: it is strategically underprepared to play a role in a region that is set to become a…

In Tallinn, starting a company can take minutes. Registration, taxation and contracts are handled online, often without a single interaction with a civil servant. For entrepreneurs, the state is designed to stay out of the way.

This efficiency has made Estonia, with a population of 1.3…