Category: 3. Europe

The long-running strike action, sparked by Tesla’s refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement, has been labelled “insane” by CEO Elon Musk. ADVERTISEMENT A California-based Tesla director has blamed trade unions for holdups at charging stations in Sweden over the… Continue Reading

The annual Consumer Electronics Show opens on January 7 and will host over 4,500 exhibitors in Las Vegas. ADVERTISEMENT Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking centre stage as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest tech fair, kicks off this week in Las Vegas. From… Continue Reading

Sujata Setia’s ‘A Thousand Cuts’ is a powerful and deeply personal artistic project that explores the hidden realities of domestic abuse within South Asian communities in the UK. ADVERTISEMENT What does it take to turn personal trauma into a profound work of art? For Indian-born,… Continue Reading

French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96. Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for several weeks, died at midday on Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, the family said. Le Pen – who repeatedly played down the Holocaust and was an unrepentant extremist on race, gender… Continue Reading

While Spain and France saw some of the highest unemployment rates in November, Germany recorded the fewest number of people without jobs. ADVERTISEMENT The unemployment rate in the euro area during November 2024 was 6.3%, the same figure as October, according to Eurostat. That was in… Continue Reading

Greece claims its border policies comply with international law, but the ruling raises concerns about how European nations handle migrants. ADVERTISEMENT The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday issued a landmark ruling finding that Greece had unlawfully expelled a woman… Continue Reading