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BUSINESS
Finland’s Unemployment Paradox: Rising Joblessness, Surprising Calm
Finland recorded 10.3% unemployment in October 2025, the highest figure since 2009, yet public discourse suggests that economic pessimism does not always translate into social despair.
Gaza War
EU–Egypt €7.4bn Pact: Can Money Buy Influence?
Europe bets €7.4bn on Egypt, turning Cairo from border guard to Gaza mediator as Brussels tests cash-for-diplomacy influence.
EUROPE
MI6’s New Chief: Europe’s Answer to Mideast Marginalisation
When MI6's new chief speaks Arabic and knows Tehran's secrets, Europe might finally have found its voice in the Middle East's power game.Â
WORLD
A Story to Fit the Narrative: IDF Admits Gaza Mistakes
IDF admits Gaza ambulance strike was a mistake after video contradicts claims, fueling calls for independent war crimes investigation.
EUROPE
Meloni: The Mediator Beyond Borders
Giorgia Meloni positions herself as a key Trump-EU broker amid U.S. aid suspension to Ukraine, shaping Western unity and global diplomacy.
Popular
Fairphone Enters the Office, Not the High Street
As Radboud University announced Fairphones for staff on 16 January 2026, effective 1 February, a niche ethical handset gained an ally that ordinary shoppers still rarely offer.
Big Tech Giants Take Over the European Public Square
Invisible code, engineered thousands of miles away, dictates the daily cadence of European voices.
Guilty by Involvement: Britain, Berbera, and Red Sea Tensions
Britain’s state-backed bets on a Red Sea port are now dragging London into a genocidal war in Sudan and a high-stakes diplomatic collision with Saudi Arabia.
Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices
As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.
Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace
Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.
