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Category: 3. Europe
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September review: Stability, strength & new trends in European tech investments
Each month, I shift my focus from daily market activities to gain a macro view of Europe’s tech investment ecosystem. It’s not just about who raised new funding or exited, but about the underlying…
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Blast kills three police officers trying to evict siblings from house in Italy
Three police officers have been killed and at least 15 other people injured in an apparently deliberate gas explosion at a farmhouse in northern Italy.
The blast was triggered as police and firefighters went into the house near Verona to carry out an eviction order for two brothers and a sister…
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Russia’s ‘permanent test’ is pushing Europe to the brink of war – here’s what Moscow actually wants
The scenes have become grimly familiar: Russian tanks rolling into Georgia in 2008, the seizure of Crimea in 2014, the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian military jets violating European airspace, and now mysterious drone sightings closing…
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European airport traffic achieves new summer high
Passenger traffic at Europe’s airports rose by 4.9 per cent year-on-year in August thanks to “strong” summer demand, according to the latest figures from airports organisation ACI Europe.
The increase was primarily driven by international…
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Joint Position on the EU Biotech Act and Wider Legislative Efforts to Strengthen Europe’s Bioeconomy
We, the undersigned from the synthetic biology and health security communities, strongly support the European Commission’s initiative to establish a European Biotech Act, and other actions to advance safe innovation. Biotechnology and…
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Eurovision cancels vote over Israel's competing in song contest
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has pushed to December a vote planned for next month over Israel’s Eurovision participation after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
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Will Ukrainian citizens soon be represented in the Polish parliament?
Far-right politicians in Poland have expressed their outrage at an alleged plan to give Ukrainians with Polish citizenship their own representation in Poland’s parliament.
Politicians from different far-right parties decry any notion of Ukrainians having their own representation in the…
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Qantas data leak: Over 5 million customers affected as personal information shared on the dark web
Travellers are being told to brace for an increase in airline scams after cyber criminals targeted millions of Qantas customers.
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EU Commission Proposes Expanding ‘Drone Wall’ Plan to Protect More Areas, Sources Say
By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has proposed expanding an initiative for a “drone wall” on Europe’s eastern flank to protect all of the continent after some regions said they felt left out, two EU…
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