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European real estate liquidity is rebounding as markets recalibrate in response to ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and the impact of lower interest rates. This shift is delivering renewed momentum across the continent, with Eastern Europe and Georgia serving as compelling examples of resilience, adaptation and opportunity. European Real Estate – New Trends in Liquidity After several years marked by restricted transaction volumes and heightened risk aversion, European property markets are now seeing a measurable return of investor confidence. Investment volumes have climbed, driven by improving access to financing and an easing of monetary policy across the Eurozone. Notably, capital growth is…
Possible options include choice screens, meaning users can switch more easily between search engines; more transparency and control for publishers whose content is used in Google’s AI overviews; and portability of consumer search data. Google said the CMA’s actions could delay product launches in the U.K. Its senior director for competition Oliver Bethell said: “The U.K. enjoys access to the latest products and services before other countries because it has so far avoided costly restrictions on popular services, such as Search. Retaining this position means avoiding unduly onerous regulations and learning from the negative results seen in other jurisdictions.”…
For nine nights, the German capital will host light and video installations under this year’s theme, “Let’s Shine Together.” The festival highlights sustainability, mindfulness, and the preservation of cultural diversity. Beginning each evening at 7 p.m., iconic locations such as the Brandenburg Gate and the television tower are turned into glowing canvases, blending light, sound, and motion to tell visual stories. The illuminations continue until 11 p.m., offering residents and visitors a chance to see Berlin’s historic architecture from a new perspective. Among the most popular attractions are the immersive projections at Bebelplatz, where light displays envelop the square’s façades…
The prize has loomed large in Trump’s mind; he has frequently brought it up since he returned to the Oval Office. “They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize,” the president told reporters in February. “It’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me.” He rehashed those concerns Thursday, telling reporters: “I don’t know what they’re going to do, but I know nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months … They’ll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine. I know this: I didn’t do…
HORSENS, Denmark — The European Commission is probing two platforms and two app stores about their compliance with EU digital regulations designed to protect minors. The Commission has sent requests for information to Snapchat, YouTube, Apple Store and Google Play on how they protect kids on their platforms under the Digital Services Act, the Commission’s Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen said in Denmark Friday. All four are designated as Very Large Online Platforms under the regulation because they have more than 45 million users in the European Union, so they have to follow strict risk assessment and mitigation provisions. The…
France was plunged into a crisis on Monday when Lecornu resigned from his post as prime minister, just 14 hours after unveiling his new government. Lecornu, a Macron loyalist, agreed to stay on as PM to try to find a way out of the deadlock. The next prime minister will be France’s third in less than a year and will face the arduous task of having to negotiate and pass a budget through a deeply fractured and hostile parliament. Speculation was rife on Friday that Macron would name either someone from his camp, possibly even Lecornu again, or pick a…
“No Going Back” reads the Tron: Ares tagline. Why couldn’t Disney heed its own advice? Greed. The answer’s most definitely greed – as well as the desperate desire to recycle an IP through cynical nostalgia-baiting to better generate interest in a franchise the House of Mouse wants to turn into a profit opportunity. All this despite the fact Tron’s cultural stock dried out in the 80s. So, 15 years after the underwhelming Tron: Legacy and 43 years since the original Tron, one of the first films to extensively use CGI, audiences are going back into The Grid’s digital landscape for a…
Duarte wants to use tax breaks to goad the owners of the city’s 20,000 vacant homes to rent them out at affordable prices, but Pizarro argues his own plan to build 5,000 affordable homes on municipal land could be implemented much faster. Duarte also has a radical proposal to raise the tourist tax to make public transport free for all city residents — but Pizarro’s counterplan to slash the speed limit on Porto’s innermost ring road could prove more controversial. With neither candidate expected to secure a governing majority, Chega may ultimately determine the winning vision. Beyond the biggest cities…
Once home to ruler and astronomer Mirzo Ulugbek’s legendary observatory — a beacon of science in the 15th century — the Uzbek city of Samarkand is set to reclaim its place among the stars. In 2028, the Silk Road city will host the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the world’s largest space industry gathering. It reflects Uzbekistan’s goal to become an important player in the modern “space age”. Uzbekistan’s space ambitions have accelerated since the establishment of the Uzbekcosmos Agency in 2019. The agency is reshaping how the nation uses space technologies for governance, environment, and development. “In early 2025, Uzbekistan…
The gnome-painting was part of a celebration of new EU protection of quality labels, one of which has been given to handcrafted gnomes from the German village of Gräfenroda, now officially protected as “Original Thuringian Garden Gnomes.” Alas, this column’s application for a protection of quality label was rejected on the grounds of, er, quality. Incidentally, this writer’s favorite gnome available from the shop of the company behind the painting workshop is Johannes der “Ruhende–Holzhacker” (the resting woodcutter), who is adopting a vaguely sexual pose (are you sure about that? — ed) while smoking a pipe and holding an ax (neither…