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Patronage, sponsorship or advertising? Netflix’s financing of a light show for Lyon’s treasured Fête des Lumières this year has some…
Category: 3. Europe
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‘Fundamentally wrong’: Belgian prime minister doubles down on opposition to reparations loan
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has doubled down on his opposition to the European Union’s proposal to use the immobilised Russian assets and issue a so-called reparations loan to Ukraine, calling the idea “fundamentally wrong”.
“Why would we thus venture into uncharted legal and…
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Kazakhstan joins the world’s TOP-500 most powerful supercomputers
Kazakhstan has entered the international TOP-500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers for the first time, Qazinform News Agency reports.
The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of AI and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhaslan Madiyev…
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Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%
Ticket prices for the Louvre museum in Paris will rise by 45% for most non-European Union visitors, the museum’s board decided on Thursday.
From early next year, tourists from countries like the US, UK and China will have to pay €32 ($37; £28) to enter the museum, a price hike which is expected…
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EU must move forward on frozen assets to finance Ukraine, EU ambassador to Kyiv says
EU ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová calls on the European Union to find an agreement to use the Russian frozen assets to finance Ukraine’s war effort. In a strongly worded letter sent overnight, Belgian PM De Wever pushed back against the plan citing “unequivocal risks” for his country.
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The Black Friday trap: the psychological keys that trigger consumerism
Black Friday activates psychological mechanisms that push us to buy: from the fear of being left out to the illusion of filling empty spaces. An expert explains why this happens and how to avoid falling into the trap.
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EU household real income per capita up 22% since 2004
Between 2004 and 2024, household real income per capita in the EU grew by 22%.
Income per capita grew steadily between 2004 and 2008, stagnated between 2008 and 2011 due to the global financial crisis and declined in 2012 and 2013. Since then, income resumed the steady growth until the…
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New agreements signal deepening EU–Central Asia economic ties
Another step forward in the fast-growing partnership between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia was made during the 3rd EU–Central Asia Economic Forum, that took place in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent.
Following this year’s EU–Central Asia Summit in Samarkand…
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Louvre to hike ticket prices for non-EU visitors by 45% next year
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Art lovers from the UK, US and China hoping to admire the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile will have to shell out an extra €10 to do so next year.
The…
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Agriculture and forestry energy use down 1.1% in 2023
In 2023, the EU’s agriculture and forestry sector consumed 26.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent of energy. This represented a decrease of 1.1% compared with 2022. The sector’s share of the total EU energy consumption remained unchanged at 3.0%.
The agriculture and forestry sector in…
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