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Lifted by crane early on 27 November, it stands beside the area where a Nativity scene from the Nocera region in Campania will be installed. The tree was harvested with care and donated by the municipalities of Lagundo and Ultimo, which are also providing smaller trees for Vatican offices ahead of Christmas 2025. This year’s Nativity draws on local sites such as the Baptistery of Nocera Superiore and the Helvius Fountain, with figures shaped around everyday life in the region. The spruce will remain on the square until 12 January 2026, continuing a tradition that began in 1982.
The war in Ukraine has shown the importance of space assets, both for intelligence gathering and secure communications. Europe is also looking to cut its reliance on U.S. companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX. In one example of the shift, the ESA’s new dual-use Earth observation project dubbed the European Resilience from Space, could have both civilian and military applications. Poland played a leading role in pushing for the ESA to be more involved in defense, the agency’s Director General Josef Aschbacher told reporters. Warsaw and the organization are currently discussing setting up a new ESA centre in Poland that would…
Updated: 27/11/2025 – 18:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this November 27th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
In Gießen will die AfD am Wochenende ihre neue Jugendorganisation gründen: „Generation Deutschland“. Die alte Junge Alternative gilt als verbrannt und doch rückt die neue Jugend inhaltlich kaum von den alten radikalen Positionen ab. Im Zentrum steht Jean-Pascal Hohm, bestens vernetzt in der rechtsextremen Szene, nun designierter Chef des neuen Verbands. Nach außen moderater, im Kern unverändert hart. Frederik Schindler und Pauline von Pezold analysieren, wie die AfD die Jugend enger unter Parteikontrolle bringen will, welche Machtkämpfe, besonders in Nordrhein-Westfalen, die Wahl überschatten und warum das Antragsbuch bewusst klein gehalten wurde, um inhaltliche Debatten zu verhindern. Das Berlin Playbook als…
As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates into classrooms around the world, education leaders meeting in Doha delivered a clear message: New technologies must deepen learning, not weaken the human foundation of education. Thousands of policymakers, researchers, teachers, and technology experts gathered in Qatar’s capital for the 12th edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education, known as WISE. The event brought together participants from more than 100 countries to debate how systems can adapt to rapid technological change while protecting equity and human values. From ambition to classroom reality A central focus of the summit was how to scale artificial intelligence…
“It’s clear that this will have a negative impact on the international finance system,” Putin underlined. “The trust in the eurozone will decline, will fall abruptly.” Putin warned Europe will go through “an uneasy [economic] test,” given that Europe’s largest economy, Germany, “is in recession for the third year.” The European Commission has repeatedly said that the initiative would not confiscate the assets, which are currently held in the Brussels-based financial depository, Euroclear. The move has met opposition from Belgium amid fears of Russian retaliation. Rather than seizing the assets, the EU would effectively borrow money from Euroclear and wire…
Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Thursday at the start of his official visit to Turkey. The pontiff stopped at Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of the Republic’s founder, where he toured the museum and placed a red and white wreath at the monument’s steps. In the Book of Honour he wrote: ‘I give thanks to God for being able to visit Turkey, and I invoke upon this country and its people an abundance of peace and prosperity.’ The visit marked the Pope’s first engagement in Ankara before heading to the Presidential Palace for talks with…
The price of housing per square metre has surpassed €2,000 in Portugal for the first time ever, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The Lisbon region remains the most expensive in the country. The figures refer to October 2025, when the median bank valuation for housing was €2,025 per square metre, €30 more than in the previous month. The year-on-year jump was 17.7% in October, the same total seen in September. Around 33,900 bank valuations were carried out in October. That’s a 2.8% increase compared to September and a 2.9% decrease compared with October 2024. Apartments…
Published on 27/11/2025 – 15:27 GMT+1 It’s the controversy that has been shaking one of Italy’s most prestigious arts institutions for the past two months. The new season of the Venice opera house La Fenice opened on 20 November with a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s ‘La Clemenza di Tito.’ But the real show took place just outside the doors of the theatre, where dozens of workers and members of the public gathered to call once again for the resignation of the theatre’s newly appointed music director Beatrice Venezi, who is set to lead La Fenice for the upcoming 2026-2027…
The carriers suspended operations after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned on Nov. 21 of a “worsening security situation and heightened military activity” in Venezuela. The Spanish authority AESA joined the warning on Nov. 24. U.S. President Donald Trump has moved forces close to Venezuela and there is growing worry that the U.S. may attack. The day after Spain’s warning, Venezuela’s INAC requested that the six airlines resume operations within 48 hours, threatening to suspend their traffic rights if they did not comply. They did not, so the Venezuelan authority followed through by banning them. “Iberia cannot operate in areas…