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“Once again, the opposition chose obstruction over responsibility, blocking the will of the majority and preventing Kosovo from moving forward,” Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Liza Gashi, a member of VV, told POLITICO. Kurti offered to step aside and let his VV colleague, Glauk Konjufca, speaker of the Assembly, take the mandate of prime minister, proposing to serve as deputy PM and foreign minister instead — after Kurti himself failed to form a government on Oct. 26. In a last-ditch effort, President Osmani gave Konjufca the mandate to propose a Cabinet, which he presented to MPs on Wednesday. But Konjufca’s proposal…
Global stocks rose on Thursday after strong Nvidia results eased concerns of a market crash, linked to the perceived overvaluation of AI firms. Bitcoin, the world’s most established cryptocurrency, also enjoyed a modest lift — rising 0.73% by early afternoon in Europe. This comes after a hard few months for the token. On Monday it briefly slipped below the $90,000 mark for the first time in seven months before rising to around $91,800 on Thursday. A turning point in crypto’s trajectory can be traced back to 10 October, when a meltdown wiped out more than $1 trillion in market value…
As Europe redefines its life sciences and biotech agenda, one truth stands out: the strength of our innovation lies in its interconnection between human and animal health, science and society, and policy and practice. This spirit of collaboration guided the recent “Innovation for Animal Health: Advancing Europe’s Life Sciences Agenda” policy breakfast in Brussels, where leading voices from EU politics, science and industry came together to discuss how Europe can turn its scientific excellence into a truly competitive and connected life sciences ecosystem. Jeannette Ferran Astorga / Via Zoetis Europe’s role in life sciences will depend on its ability to…
With the European Union bringing back the use of carbon credits as a mechanism to help European industries and businesses offset their greenhouse gas emissions, Euronews talked to Sebastien Cross, co-founder and chief innovation officer at the London-based carbon rating agency BeZero Carbon. Founded in 2020, the agency’s primary role is to assess carbon credits and analyse the likelihood that they offset a tonne of carbon, a method analogous to the way financial rating agencies assess the probability of default on bonds and financial instruments. “What we do as a rating agency is rate credits,” Cross said. “We don’t provide…
Published on 20/11/2025 – 14:36 GMT+1 The Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg was opened on Thursday, nearly a year after it was the scene of a car-ramming attack that killed six people. More than 140 merchants opened their stalls, selling candles, wool hats, candied almonds, mulled wine and other Christmas treats, German news agency dpa reported. The market also has a Ferris wheel and an ice rink. “Expectations are hopeful, naturally with the utmost respect for what happened last year, and we simply hope that people will rediscover their Christmas market,” Paul-Gerhard Stieger, the managing director of…
A fast-growing coffee chain selling cappuccinos for €2.50 has sparked fierce debate in Berlin, with local café owners warning of displacement and activists attacking branches with paint. Life Among People or LAP Coffee, founded by former Delivery Hero executive Ralph Hage and ex-Flink employee Tonalli Arreola, has opened 24 branches in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich since launching in 2023. The chain’s low prices — roughly half what many Berlin cafés charge — have drawn both customers and criticism. Several LAP branches in Berlin were targeted with red paint in late October. Police confirmed incidents at four locations across Prenzlauer Berg,…
‘A child could have done that’ is modern art’s most banal criticism, but in the case of Jackson Pollock, the cynics are actually right. The US artist of the abstract expressionist movement was the master of the drip painting, where he dribbled, scattered and flung colours onto a canvas laid on the floor. A new study has found that Pollock’s style is hard for adults to replicate, whereas children find it… child’s play. Can you tell if a painting was made by a child or an adult? And when it comes to the artist, can we reliably tell if an…
“At this stage, the numbers aren’t one hundred percent known, because we’re hoping we can talk a bit more with the government about this and about bringing a bit more pragmatism into it. But there is a mechanism whereby everybody contributes.” Higher charges for tunnel users would also hit Virgin Trains, the new challenger operator hoping to start running competing services to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam through the tunnel by 2030. The second operator got the green light just last month with the aim of reducing fares and increasing competition on the key international rail route. “Since 2017 we’ve had,…
Updated: 20/11/2025 – 9:43 GMT+1 NASA released close-up images of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, only the third known visitor from another star, after it passed near Mars. The closest the comet will come to Earth is 269 million kilometres in mid-December. Then it will hightail it back into interstellar space, never to return. … More
Jet2 has outlined its expansion plans after welcoming a record-breaking number of passengers, despite increasing holiday costs. The travel firm has released its Interim Results for the first six months of 2025, drawing attention to its viral campaign that quickly became one of the defining soundbites of the year. The catchy tagline “Nothing Beats a Jet2 holiday” reached more than 80 billion global views across 11.8 million social media posts, and revived Jess Glynne’s 2015 hit Hold my Hand. But, is virality always a good thing – and can Jet2’s ad really take credit for sky–high sales? ‘Nothing beats a…