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Get comfortable with failure, create a local startup ecosystem and build regulation to support business success, says Lithuanian entrepreneur Tomas Okmanas of NordVPN. Despite having access to an abundance of talent, European tech companies often struggle to achieve the global scale enjoyed by competitors in the U.S. and China. Kicking against the trend is Tomas Okmanas, co-founder of several highly successful international businesses in his native Lithuania. These include cybersecurity group Nord Security, valued at more than $3 billion and best known for virtual private network provider NordVPN. His latest venture, nexos.ai, is a secure, all-in-one AI platform for enterprises…
Nach 100 Tagen sind die Zweifel groß:Die Koalition aus Union und SPD droht nach einem Sommer auch mit Streit die Krise. Gordon Repinski und Rasmus Buchsteiner analysieren die Gräben zwischen den Partnern und blicken auf die anstehenden Krisentreffen, die in Union und SPD natürlich niemand so nennen will.Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Steffen Bilger. Der Parlamentarische Geschäftsführer der Unionsfraktion stellt sich der Frage, ob die Koalition noch zu retten ist und er sagt, was er von der SPD im Herbst erwartet.Außerdem: Kanzler Friedrich Merz gibt einen Startschuss für Spekulationen – und bringt beim Tag der offenen Tür erstmals persönlich ins Spiel, dass eine…
“The impact on savings and retail banks of the digital euro taking a big chunk of card transactions will depend on the holding limits the ECB imposes, and [on] the underlying business model of the digital currency,” said Diederik Bruggink, senior director of payments, digital finance and innovation at the European Savings and Retail Banking Group. The higher the holding limits allowed for the digital euro and the lower the fees for payments between service providers, the worse it will be for banks, he explained. A large part of payment fees currently goes to companies such as Visa and Mastercard and…
Kushner’s open letter, published Sunday in the Wall Street Journal, noted the U.S. envoy’s “deep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France and the lack of sufficient action by your government to confront it.” “President Trump and I have Jewish children and share Jewish grandchildren,” Kushner wrote. “I know how he feels about antisemitism.” Antisemitic incidents have surged in France following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. France said it “firmly refutes” Kushner’s claims, adding that its “authorities are demonstrating total mobilization, as these acts [of antisemitism] are intolerable.”…
By Euronews Published on 24/08/2025 – 20:11 GMT+2 •Updated 21:56 A person has been stabbed in the wake of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central Brussels on Sunday evening and is in critical condition, local media reported. The Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone has confirmed that a person was stabbed in the centre of the capital. Ilse Van de Keere, spokesperson for the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone, told Het Laatse Nieuws: “One person was taken to hospital in critical condition. A suspect was arrested.” This afternoon, dozens of people had gathered at Zaterdagplein, near top tourist spot Place Saint Catherine to…
Published on 24/08/2025 – 19:55 GMT+2 Close to 70 smuggled inflatable boats have been seized at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint in Bulgaria since the beginning of the year. For the second year in a row, at the request of the United Kingdom, Bulgarian customs officers have been stopping inflatable boats at the border with Turkey, which are used for illegal migrant trafficking across the English Channel. Over the past two years, nearly 200 boats hidden in trucks have been seized at the checkpoint. The most recent case happened just a few days ago, when customs officers discovered 20 boats…
24 August marks Ukraine’s Independence Day. A holiday that has recently had a bittersweet taste for Ukrainians residing in Poland and other countries. Natalia Panchenko, leader of Euromaidan Warsaw and co-organiser of Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrations in Warsaw, tells Euronews: “We are the generation that is dying for Ukraine to continue to be independent. That is why this day is especially important for us. This day is important for those who are fighting in the trench, because it reminds them what they are fighting for – for Ukraine to be independent. This day is important for the mothers who lost…
Updated: 24/08/2025 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 24th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
The base is where Canada leads a multi-national NATO brigade in its largest foreign military deployment. Canada has trained 45,000 Ukrainian troops through NATO’s Operation Unifier, starting soon after Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Training was relocated to Poland after Russia’s full-scale February 2022 invasion. Carney’s political meetings will include Polish President Donald Tusk, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In Poland, discussions will focus on the aerospace, defense and energy and nuclear sectors. Carney and the Cabinet ministers are eager to bolster economic cooperation and investment in defense and security as all NATO countries aim to reach the…
By Gabriele Barbati & Andreas Rogal Published on 24/08/2025 – 16:34 GMT+2 The president of the European Commission intervened with an article on Sunday in several European newspapers, including the Italian IlSole24ore and the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which indirectly provides a response to the criticism of the EU’s “absence” on duties and wars made by former ECB chief and Italian PM Mario Draghi on Friday. “Much has been written about this agreement, considerations that deserve a direct response,” von der Leyen argued in the Italian newspaper, “imagine for a moment if the two largest economies in the democratic world had failed to…