Environment
BUSINESS
Europe’s Safe Water Face a Growing Rulebook
Europe's bathing waters are mostly safe to swim in, but the rules around who can wear what, where and how are becoming harder to ignore.
BUSINESS
LVMH, War and the Luxury of Trees
As war dents luxury sales and Europe's tree cover grows more unequal, an old truth is returning: comfort is becoming easier to buy than to share.
BUSINESS
Rural Europe Pushes Back Against Megafarms
Almost half of Poland’s 2,000 large poultry farms lack EU pollution permits, as Brussels takes Warsaw to court over drinking water failures.
EUROPE
Spain’s Street Paradox: Clean Reputation, Dirty Reality
New data from Spanish cities shows rising complaints about dog waste in public spaces despite record sanitation spending, creating a gap between the country's self-image and daily reality.
BUSINESS
French Farmers: Trade Runs Through the Countryside, Not Brussels
Trade bureaucrats in Brussels ready their paperwork while French tractors idle on country roads, engines still warm from last winter's blockades.
Popular
Russia Imports Back Its Own Oil from India
Russia's purchase of Indian petrol shows how Ukrainian strikes have reversed the logic of an energy power that once exported fuel without fearing shortages at home.
Europe’s Rivers Run Dry as Cities Ration Water
From Dublin's first nationwide hosepipe ban and Italy's shrinking Po River, drought is reordering ordinary daily life this summer.
Germany’s Rich Want Out and the Brand is Taking the Hit
Germany's affluent emigration mood is significant not only because some wealthy people may leave, but because it chips away at the country's image as the obvious place to build, keep and grow success.
EU Muscat Mission Signals a More Permanent Gulf Strategy
The European Union's decision to establish a permanent delegation in Muscat is more than a bureaucratic upgrade.
Does Britain Need a Ministry for Artificial Intelligence?
Recent developments from OpenAI and China confirm that Britain's new AI minister needs a genuine ministry.
