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Updated: 28/10/2025 – 12:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 28th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Published on 28/10/2025 – 12:05 GMT+1 US tech giant Amazon has announced that it is cutting about 14,000 corporate positions, with communications from management to the affected teams starting on Tuesday. The reductions are part of the company’s efforts to “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers’ current and future needs,” the company said in a statement. Most employees affected have 90 days to look for a new role internally, said Amazon, adding that those made redundant can expect transition support, including severance pay. Amazon…
Ukraine aims to cripple the Russian oil industry and cut the key source of revenue to Moscow’s war machine. And Zelenskyy believes that long-range oil strikes, plus U.S. sanctions and a mega loan to Kyiv from the EU financed by frozen Russian assets, could push Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. Zelenskyy said that, even though Kyiv wants allies to continue providing long-range missiles, expanding domestic long-range capabilities is a key priority. He added that Ukraine conducts 90 percent of its deep strikes into Russia with its own long-range drones and cruise missiles, but sometimes Kyiv uses the…
AI is intensifying the strategic rivalry between the European Union and the United States, reshaping models of industrial policy and regulatory sovereignty. Amid a flurry of investment announcements, the exposure of security vulnerabilities and the contest over global standards, one critical factor remains largely in the shadows — seldom acknowledged, scarcely quantified and rarely debated: its environmental footprint. The environmental blind spot of a strategic technology The silence surrounding the impact of AI is surprising. A study carried out by Sopra Steria and Opsci.ai analyzing over 3 million posts about AI on social media reveals that its environmental impact accounts…
As Labour sinks to record lows in the latest YouGov poll, and the chancellor wrestles with how to fill a £20bn budget gap, Sir Keir Starmer’s government faces fresh pressure on migration, the economy, and trust. Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy break down the day’s biggest stories in British politics.
When travelling for personal reasons, EU citizens generally prefer to stay within their borders. The latest Eurostat data shows a clear preference for domestic travel (71%) over intra-EU (21%) and extra-EU travel (8%). Spaniards are the most “loyal” to their country, according to the figures: only 8% of their journeys within the bloc take place outside of Spain. The French and the Romanians place second, with just 9% of trips spent abroad but within the EU. At the other end of the scale, and perhaps unsurprisingly, are countries of relatively small size: Luxembourg (78%), Belgium (62%) and Malta (48%). Spending…
“The lack of fiscal discipline [in some EU countries] is so high that I don’t believe that eurobonds will be accepted, certainly by the frugals over the next 10 years,” said Karel Lannoo, chief executive of the influential Centre for European Policy Studies, a Brussels think tank. That’s why using the frozen Russian assets looks like the only game in town. “€140 billion is a ton of money and we have to use it. We have to show that we’re not afraid.” European governments and the European Central Bank have slowly come round to using seized Russian assets to fund…
Russia is facing a new wave of US and EU sanctions while its internal economy is nearing recession, but all this is not enough to curb its capacity to fund the war in Ukraine, according to experts. “Recession means almost nothing for Russia’s economic and political stability these days,” said Vladislav Inozemtsev, co-founder and Advisory Council Member of the Center for Analysis and Strategies in Europe (CASE), an independent think-tank based in the European Union. A look inside the Russian economy Despite being boosted by military spending, the Russian economy is showing signs of sliding towards recession or stagflation. Inflation…
Die Rente soll stabil bleiben, aber zu welchem Preis? Union und SPD planen ein milliardenschweres Rentenpaket 2025. Es soll das Rentenniveau weiter festschreiben. Doch was gut klingt, könnte zur Kostenlawine werden. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum die Stabilisierung der Rente zum Risiko für kommende Generationen wird und es neue, vielleicht auch unbequeme Ideen braucht. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview verteidigt Annika Klose (SPD) das Vorhaben: Stabilität koste Geld, aber auch Vertrauen. Sie erklärt, warum die Rentenpolitik auf dem Generationenvertrag beruht und weshalb höhere Beiträge für sie „ein Preis für soziale Sicherheit“ sind. Außerdem: In Washington bereitet Donald Trump ein neues Kapitel seiner Außenpolitik vor.…
Published on 28/10/2025 – 7:30 GMT+1 While EU enlargement is gaining new political momentum, a new poll indicates that more than half of Europeans support the process. To be precise, 56% of citizens approve of opening up the European project to other countries. According to a Eurobarometer poll, the most supportive Member States are Sweden (79%), Denmark (75%) and Lithuania (74%). Conversely, Austria (45%), the Czech Republic (43%) and France (43%) are the least receptive. Young Europeans in particular support enlargement. 67% of 15-24 year olds are in favour, ahead of 25-39 year olds at 63%. Overall the survey indicates…