Euro
BUSINESS
Bulgaria Caught Between Moscow’s Grip and Brussels’ Promises
Bulgaria adopts the euro tomorrow amidst street rage and fraud as external forces orchestrate local life while citizens watch their sovereignty slip away.
EUROPE
Sofia Celebrates Open Borders While Clinging to Its Currency
While Bulgaria finally dismantles physical barriers to Europe, a dilemma rises: the country opens its doors to travellers but locks its wallet against the euro currency.
BUSINESS
New Hunting Grounds: Dutch Cash Crime Migration
ATM rigging points to a hidden cost of one of Europe's greatest achievements: the euro.
BUSINESS
Europeans Want a ‘Secure, Easy-to-Use, and Free Digital Euro’
Most Europeans want a digital euro that is secure, easy to use, and free, as ECB advances plans for launch by 2029.
BUSINESS
De-Dollarisation: The Future of World Currency
De-dollarisation, China's rise, and digital currency like the yuan and dirham are reshaping the future of global finance and trade.
Popular
French AI Surveillance: Composing for Algorithms or Audiences?
Musicians begin adjusting melodies and samples to satisfy code rather than listeners with French AI rules in effect.
Gaddafi Assassination Opens a Road for Haftar in Libya
Gunmen in Zintan ended a name that haunted the country for fifteen years and opened a road for the current strongmen to settle the scores they hold today.
From the Plains to Mainland Europe: Botswana’s Elephant Ultimatum
Botswana’s threat to send more than one elephant to Germany questions who truly pays the price for protecting Africa’s wildlife.
Secession After Annexation: U.S. Alberta Oil Bid
Alberta separatists met U.S. officials, sought $500B backing, sparking sovereignty fears as Washington eyes the province’s oil.
Gulf AI Ambitions Drive Demand For Renewables
As the Gulf trades oil wealth for artificial intelligence, a hidden thirst for power creates an opening for Europe's truly massive renewable energy surplus.
