Sentiment across the European economy weakened again in March, with confidence in services and retail slumping. The euro area’s index fell to 95.2, deepening doubts over recovery momentum.
Category: 3. Europe
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Europe’s economic confidence dips again in March as services sector retreats
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French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal given five year prison sentence
Sansal was arrested in November 2024 at Algiers airport. French President Macron has called on Algeria to release the writer.
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria for undermining the country’s territorial…
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Fear and loathing in a Signal group chat – POLITICO
The real bombshell is how much Vance and Hegseth despise Europe. This is no way for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to find out that the two men share a “loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.”
Comments such as these require a strong response; our leaders have…
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Should European countries reconsider their plans for Big Tech taxes to avoid US tariffs?
Tax or tariffs? Officials in the UK and Poland are debating what they should do regarding proposed and passed digital sales taxes to potentially avoid new US trade barriers.
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Massive Attack concert made history by slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 98%
The gig broke the world record for the lowest carbon emissions ever produced by a music event.
Last year, a concert by UK trip-hop collective Massive Attack made history – not for the music, but for its environmental footprint.
The group collaborated with climate…
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Ukraine’s drone tech crucial to frontline superiority, digital transformation minister says
Drones battling drones, fibre-optic warfare, and an AI-driven battlefield – Ukraine’s digital war strategy is evolving fast. Minister Mykhailo Fedorov spoke to Euronews on how technology is shaping Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
Innovation and adaptability on the…
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Kyiv officials trash Putin’s ‘external governance’ plan for Ukraine – POLITICO
“Putin is doing everything he can to delay and derail any progress toward peace because he has no interest in ending the war. That’s why he keeps making these wild demands and proposals,” Kovalenko said on Telegram.
“The way to limit his options is through tougher economic…
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Gene Hackman and wife’s bodies remain unclaimed a month after deaths
According to recent reports, the bodies of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa have still not been claimed by family members. The investigation into their deaths revealed that the couple died of natural causes, but a week apart.
The bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy…
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Governments losing patience with European Commission over delayed 2040 climate target proposal
With some clear exceptions, there appears to be broad support among European governments to open negotiations on a 2040 emissions reduction target as soon as possible – but enthusiasm for the 90% cut favoured by the European Commission was less in evidence at an EU Council summit on…
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Wanted: Remote Australian town is offering €400k salary and a free rent to find a new doctor
Applications to work as the sole doctor in a town of 500 people in the Australian Outback close on Sunday.
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