Tighter EU investment conditions targeted at China are ‘fair’, says expert
Alicia García-Herrero, an economist at the Bruegel think tank, says new EU legislation to limit the subsidies foreign companies investing in Europe can receive is “fair”. Read More
Timeline: How a Russian drone nearly hit Zelenskyy’s plane in Moldova
Russia’s latest drone incursion into Moldova and NATO airspace comes as Moscow increasingly deploys jet-powered attack drones, blurring the line between traditional UAVs and low-cost cruise missiles and making them…
These are the best airports in the world, according to a new ranking
Spain’s Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport and Germany’s Düsseldorf Airport were named the best airports in the world. Read More
At least five dead and 86 missing in Philippines ferry fire
At least five people were killed and 86 remain missing after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a popular tourist destination in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coast…
British man arrested in Alanya for spitting at Turkish flag after hotel argument
A 58-year-old British tourist has been arrested in the resort town of Alanya on Turkey’s central Mediterranean coast, accused of spitting on a Turkish flag and charged with insulting a…
British man arrested in Alanya for spitting at Turkish flag after hotel argument
A 58-year-old British tourist has been arrested in the resort town of Alanya on Turkey’s central Mediterranean coast, accused of spitting on a Turkish flag and charged with insulting a…
Spanish archaeologists find 4,400-year-old tomb in Egypt with original colours intact
A Spanish-Egyptian archaeological team has found in Saqqara an outstanding late Fifth Dynasty tomb with two chapels and colourful reliefs of farming and offering processions. Read More
‘Enemy of the people’: Writer Kati Marton on Budapest return after Orbán’s regime rejection
The American-Hungarian writer, a Peabody Award winner, has avoided Budapest for years but she’s now returned to because her novel about her parents, “Enemies of the People”, has been adapted…
As Zelenskyy dodges drones, Europe’s defence dilemma deepens
Happy Thursday, readers. Angela Skujins here, writing to you from the Latvian capital. I’ll be heading to the Rīga Conference later, where the conversations will range from the Baltics to…
We shouldn’t fear AI if we keep it ‘under control, open and public’, expert says
Andrea Renda, Director of Research at the Centre for European Policy Studies, believes the main issue is that “we don’t know enough” about what is actually happening inside AI development…