
2025-07-03 20:57:17
France expecting peak temperatures as heat wave hits Europe #Europe
France expecting peak temperatures as heat wave hits Europe #Europe
Estes gajos acham que em Portugal é ilegal mijar no mar.
Desde quando?
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/posts/laws/weird-laws-in-europe
A broken housing market is driving inequality right across Europe – and fuelling the far right https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/26/broken-housing-market-inequality-europe-far-right?CMP=S…
“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
– Maurice Switzer https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/114789191589954642
Jesus. The russian federation disrupted GPS signals for the President of EU’s plane and he’s trying to make jokes about it. 😳🤦♂️
https://apnews.com/article/europe-leyen-plane-radar-russia-jammed-51fa78294c2d0464dce5fd24dd4f273b …
Europe on high alert as surprise early heat wave creeps north https://phys.org/news/2025-07-europe-high-early-north.html
Satellite image shows Southern Europe's land and sea experiencing extreme heat
Cybersecurity Flaws Plagued EU Border Control System, Audit Shows
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/europe-s-schengen-border-software-vulnerable-to-hacks-audit-says
TikTok launches a new version of its app called TikTok Pro in Germany, Portugal, and Spain, allowing users to earn "virtual sunshine" to support charities (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/tiktok-launche…
Muistutus: Runsas vuorokausi aikaa jäljellä Interrailin 20% alennuskampanjassa. https://www.interrail.eu/en
Esimerkiksi 60 vuotta täyttäneelle 10 matkustuspäivää kahden kuukauden sisällä 1. luokassa 408€. Ei paha. (Suosittelen yleensä 1. luokkaa.)
(Tällä alennuksella ostettua lippua saa alka…
Goodbye to gold in the US - Germany, France, and the Netherlands pressure the United States to recover their gold reserves amid growing financial tensions
https://unionrayo.com/en/gold-europe-recover-pressure-us/
dear italian dock workers, please shut all of europe down 🙏🙏🙏 PLEASE do it NOW 🙏🙏🙏
Trump and the USA is "losing" everywhere...
#USA
Populist Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls in Europe's Biggest Economies (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/right-wing-europe-dd4f1156?st=Wfxsnx
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p52#a250831p52
Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/30/spain-records-highs-of-46c-and-france-under-alert-as-europe-swelters-in-heatwave…
Tesla's Europe sales cratered 40% in July while overall EV sales were up 34% compared to a year ago. Tesla sales in the Netherlands were down 62%!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-europe-sales-crater-40-in-july-as…
euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
Hey @… & @…, falls ihr es noch nicht mitbekommen habt, hier der Hinweis, dass gerade wieder das Transcontinental Race läuft und die ersten Teilnehmenden in spätestens zwei Tagen wieder auf dem Balkan aufschlagen.
Ich würd…
🌟 “I see GÉANT as a strong component in the competitiveness that Europe is striving for.”
In her first interview as GÉANT CEO, Lise Fuhr reflects on her initial impressions, shares what she wishes more people knew about the GÉANT community, and offers a glimpse into the forthcoming GÉANT Association strategy.
➡️ Read the full interview:
Great work by Maarten Staats to make all available grid hosting capacity maps in Europe accessible via one website. What started with the simple question: why doesn't this exist yet is now here via the bookmarkable URL https://www.gridcapacitymaps.eu
"More European consumers are buying frozen food to reduce waste, survey shows"
#Europe #Food #FoodWaste
Even de naam vsn een van de personages van Paulus de boskabouter opzoeken.
personages Paulus de boskabouter – Qwant
https://www.qwant.com/
@…
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"The Nordic and Baltic states have quietly demonstrated that Europe has done more than its fair share in helping an embattled ally. The continent as a whole is a lot stronger than it looks. Perhaps it’s time it knew its own strength."
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-farther-east-one-goes-in-europe-the-more-west-one-winds-up/
The role of Projects of Common Interest in reaching Europe's energy policy targets
Bobby Xiong, Iegor Riepin, Tom Brown
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01860
Die #Klimakrise trifft #Westeuropa.
Zwei #Hitzewellen haben den Juni 2025 zum wärmsten Juni seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen gemacht. Durchschnittlich 20,49 °C lagen 2,81 °C über dem Klima…
Crowds gather for Budapest Pride march despite Orbšn’s threat of ‘legal consequences’ – Europe live
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/28/europe-latest-news-budapest-pride-march-hungary-or…
MEET BIANCA-IOANA MARCU, FPF EUROPE MANAGING DIRECTOR
https://fpf.org/blog/meet-bianca-ioana-marcu-fpf-europe-managing-director/
@…
Europe urgently needs to find and shut down all the ways by which foreign billionaires - like Trump's billionaire brigade - can influence elections here.
https://
Europe drafting 'precise plans' for troop deployments to Ukraine with US backing, FT reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/01/europe-drafting-precise-plans-for.html
OpenAI says the tokenized OpenAI shares Robinhood has started offering are not equity: "We did not partner with Robinhood...and do not endorse it" (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/openai-robinhood-tokens.html
The US is preparing to authorize giving Israel B-2 stealth bombers
and 30,000-pound, 20-foot-long “bunker buster” bombs
if Iran resumes its nuclear weapons program,
under a new bill proposed by a bipartisan pair of lawmakers.
The Bunker Buster Act would allow Trump to “take actions to ensure Israel is prepared for all contingencies if Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon,”
according to Reps. Josh Gottheimer, (D-NJ), and Mike Lawler, (R-NY), who proposed the le…
UK realigning with the EU by "stealth" - a way to do it in spite of dangerous extremists like those in the Reform party.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-eu-relations-alignment-by-stealth/
Southern Europe roasts as temperatures soar https://phys.org/news/2025-06-southern-europe-roasts-temperatures-soar.html
Scorching temperatures grip Europe, putting regions on high alert
Scary reality. And it not only could reshape Britain.
The Coming Storm: How Mediterranean Water Collapse Could Reshape Britain - From The Prism https://fromtheprism.com/mediterranean-water-crisis-britain.html
Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee (Constant Méheut/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/europe/ukraine-weapons-security.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250902/p23#a250902p23
"The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be preparing to block WhatsApp and Telegram."
Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/world/europe/russia-putin-internet.html
Nadelstecher sind unterwegs. Gestern wurde einer sus dem RailJet in dem ich saß von der #Polizei entfernt. Was motiviert diese Menschen? https://displayeurope.eu/preview/eay4nsvyj2yoargi7lcw…
#WWE are coming back to Europe for another tour in the new year ahead of the #RoyalRumble
including:
* Monday Night RAW TV Taping on Monday 19th January from the SSE Arena in #Belfast
Science submits CE mark application for PRIMA retinal implant – A critical step towards making it available to patients in Europe #AMD
France shuts schools, Italy limits outdoor work as sweltering heatwave grips Europe
Enjoy a cool day!
"Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000 as a precaution"
#Europe #Australia #PFAS
Remarkable.
I visited Budapest not too long ago and ••loved•• the place. I had trouble while there parsing or even perceiving all the layers of Orbanism and cosmopolitanism and Hungarian-ness. I could tell that there were strong undercurrents invisible to me, both oppressive and liberatory. And I had a sense that yes, it was a city where a march like this was just beneath the surface everywhere, every day.
Watch a few seconds the video for a sense of scale.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/28/europe-latest-news-budapest-pride-march-hungary-orban-ukraine-russia-updates
Russia is preparing for a confrontation with NATO: will Europe have time to prepare? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/russia-is-preparing-for-a.html
Fortune laid off its European editorial team, including Executive Editor Alex Wood Morton; the layoffs took place before its 10% global workforce cut on July 21 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/fortune-…
People are disrespecting the flag of Saint George by spraying it on roads and graffitiing it on houses and plastering cheap tacky ones on lampposts.
The prime minister was on the radio asked about flags. He's always been a flag-shagger. He said he's very proud of the flag.
Proud of a flag?
What does this even mean? How can you be proud of a pattern on a cloth that you didn't even design or print yourself?
Proud of your badges? What? It isn't even one you picked, it's one you were born under.
We don't need no stinking badges.
It's because people mistake the symbol for the thing it symbolizes. They think in magic. The flag isn't just a symbol with a referent, it IS the country. They feel attachment and pride to the symbol, because they feel attachment and pride for the country.
In England you can choose between two flags:
🏴 The flag of the crusades, when marauding Christians fought across Europe to murder Muslims.
🇬🇧 The flag of the empire, when the island's nobility violently enslaved and pillaged a third of the world.
🤔
And people say they are proud of the flag, mistaking the symbol for those acts which they symbolize. Proud of this?
The people who paint roundabouts claim to think they are being patriotic somehow, but painting the flag of the crusades on a mosque isn't patriotic. It's just aggressive and deliberately threatening.
These people aren't my people.
Think the country needs a new flag really. Maybe something with more rainbow in it. 🏳️🌈
#ukpol #flags
Olha, Portugal ali em primeiro.
Curioso que quando nos ensinam na escola os descobrimentos nem sempre nos digam também que "descobrimentos" sempre implicaram imperialismo e colonialismo e o que deles vem.
Em grande medida, Portugal criou o mundo moderno. Com o que isso tem de bom E com o (muito) que tem de mau. Mas por cš raramente se fala do mau.
This is going on, and the UK government is worried about a punk act at Glastonbury hurting the IDFs feelings?!?
The end cannot come soon enough for Netanyahu and the IDF.
#IsraeliGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
While it may not feel like it since January,
the rule of law still matters.
The U.S. remains a signatory to dozens of international agreements related to the use of force,
which ultimately protect our national security interests.
We have a raft of U.S. laws, including a Constitution and Bill of Rights,
that determine how and when our nation may legally engage in conflict abroad.
We are ill-served as a public when the most crucial decision a government can …
Great one-man effort (in his spare time) by my former colleague Maarten Staats! He went where no organisation went before ;)
Still quite tough to find the information underneath - crossing language and other barriers - but by far the best overview of Europe's grid capacity issues there is.
Rightfully getting a lot of traction!
Ach guck, der Ansatzpunkt ist größer:
#Finnland und #Polen prüfen, ob sie trockengelegte #Moorgebiete an der Grenze zu
‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/01/pfas-forever-chemicals-water-contamination-saint-lo…
I’m so glad sane, rational leadership from the US Federal Government lead to smooth sailing for trade between most of Europe and most of North America.
Gratifying to see intelligible, useful agreement that won’t needlessly jeopardize the livelihoods of millions. /s
https://www.
Record numbers expected at Budapest Pride march despite attempts to ban it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/28/europe-latest-news-budapest-pride-march-hungary-orban-ukraine-russia-updates
Sanctions will work — but only if Europe has courage to finish the job: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/02/sanctions-will-work-but-only.html
Robinhood announces an expanded offering of tokenized US stocks across Europe, crypto staking in US, a Layer 2 blockchain for real-world asset settlement, more (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/robinhood-crypto-cannes.html
Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/28/europe-on-alert-as-first-major-heatwave-of-2025-pushes-temperatures-to-42c
…
Cold Nordic countries are being seared by “truly unprecedented” heat,
as hot weather strengthened and lengthened by carbon pollution continues to roast northern Europe.
A weather station in the Norwegian part of the Arctic Circle recorded temperatures above 30C (86F) on 13 days in July,
while Finland has had three straight weeks with 30C heat.
Scientists say it is the longest streak in records going back to 1961, and 50% longer than the previous record.
“Truly u…
I can confirm the it is indeed too warm.
'Unprecedented' alerts in France as blistering heat grips Europe
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7781e915o
> Dozens of the country's mainland regions are currently under the second-highest alert as…
US officials accuse Europe of prolonging Russia's war in Ukraine, Axios reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/us-officials-accuse-europe-of.html
This map of Europe showing housing cost, Copenhagen region just pops out compared to rest of Denmark... 😕
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/living-at-great-cost
140000 people estimated to have gathered at the anti-government protest last evening in Belgrade : r/europe
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1ln9o43/140000_people_estimated_to_have_gathered_at_the/
"Delay to EU's 2040 climate goals 'a mistake,' European Commission's Ribera answers Macron"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Climate
Russia's Aeroflot cancels more flights but says schedule is now 'stabilised' after cyberattack
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-aeroflot-cancels-more-flights-says-schedule-is-now-stabilised-af…
Europe faces a dual challenge. On the one hand, the United States is drifting toward a more authoritarian—perhaps even fascist—political orientation, while at the same time adopting a stance more favorable toward Russia than toward Europe. On the other hand, both the US and Europe are confronted with China as a major geopolitical competitor and adversary. This complex situation demands careful diplomacy and strategic maneuvering. Difficult times ahead.
Experts raise concerns that Malta's expedited MiCA licensing process may lack sufficient enforcement and oversight; OKX received a MiCA license in four days (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/202
Nearly half of British voters want another EU referendum in the next five years,
And less than a third would back Brexit in a new vote.
Research by More in Common for the Sunday Times reveals public attitudes towards Europe have shifted over the past decade.
The poll of more than 2,000 people found 29% would vote to leave the EU if the Brexit vote was repeated, compared to 52% in the referendum in June 2016.
Canal reports H1 2025 revenue down 3.3% YoY to €3.09B, free cash flow of €370M, up from €128M in H1 2024, and expects FY 2025 EBITA of ~€515M; CAN jumps 6% (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/canal-reports-jump-cash-flow-boosting…
Putin Finds a Growing Embrace on the Global Stage (Paul Sonne/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-diplomacy.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250902/p2#a250902p2
UK filings: TikTok's revenue in the UK, Europe, and Latin America grew 38% YoY to $6.3B in 2024, up from $2.6B in 2022 (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/08/22/tiktok-booms-in-europe-despite-threat-of-us-ban/…
Europe boosts artillery ammunition production sixfold in 2 years, NATO chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/28/europe-boosts-artillery-ammunition-production.html
I subscribe to the European Correspondent. A daily newsletter by journalists across Europe. This morning's is really good: impact of climate change on agriculture; the 3 battles shaping up the EU's autumn's agenda (budgets, climate, migration) and deepfakes.
https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/iu73kj8tcub51gy9i9fne0apabbvanx01alcgokw04tf/2866
🏳️🌈 Orbšn banned Budapest pride. People of Budapest:F*ck you, I won't do what you tell me. The mass flowed for 1 and a half hours after I made this picture. A day I will never forget. : r/europe
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1lmtsld/orbán_banned_budapest_pride_people_of_budapestfck/
"Ireland Shuts Last Coal Plant, Becomes 15th Coal-Free Country in Europe"
#Ireland #FossilFuels #Coal
Putin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on 'Inflated Expectations' (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/trump-putin-ukraine-russia-talks.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250801/p112#a250801p112
Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition, staying in Europe, and more; the company now has 2.3M active users, including 180K paying subscribers (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/01/lovables-ceo-is…
The article points out that the rise on borrowing and visiting libraries in Denmark is an anomaly in Europe*, which is a pity. It also rightly identified that the number of events, reading groups and a good selection of books are key to get people into libraries. IMHO, the other important factor is the digital side. It's extremely easy to see what books are available and to order from libraries across the whole country on the bibliotek.dk website.
And once you're in the library to collect one thing, it's easy to pick up a few more...
*Citation needed
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114946331036135197
Ruth_Mottram - Last year Danes borrowed 23.6 million paper books from public libraries, plus music, film, games digital loans, with 32.5 million in person library visits. It's increasing annually too.
I'm not surprised, Danish libraries are wonderful, everyone should have this.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/bibliotekernes-udlaan-stiger-tredje-aar-i-traek-vi-elsker-laese-papirboeger
Europe considering military buffer zone on Ukrainian territory, Politico reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/29/europe-considering-military-buffer-zone.html
Turkey battles disastrous wildfires
Temperatures above seasonal norms have been exacerbated by strong winds and dry conditions, resulting in dozens of wildfires across the country.
A new fire broke out on Friday close to high-rise apartments in the popular Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in southern Turkey.
Homes were evacuated in the city center on Friday and the outlying district of Aksu as the fire advanced.
At 46.1 degrees Celsius, July temperatures in Antalya ci…
Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker (Constant Méheut/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/europe/ukraine-andriy-parubiy-murder.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250901/p27#a250901p27
Internal emails and audits warn the Schengen Information System II, the system used by EU border forces, is rife with software and security vulnerabilities (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…
Agents in cassocks: how the ROC supports Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and Europe: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/01/agents-in-cassocks-how-the.html
French President Emmanuel Macron vows a strong response if any country takes measures that undermine Europe's digital sovereignty (Richard Bravo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-29/macron-vows-r…
More summer weather extremes in Europe likely as North Atlantic Oscillation intensifies under climate change https://phys.org/news/2025-06-summer-weather-extremes-europe-north.html
Europe fights back against support for Russia – international tensions rise!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/europe-fights-back-against-support.html
Europe scorched by wildfires – pictures from space https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2025/aug/14/europe-scorched-by-wildfires-pictures-from-space
US urges Europe to join potential secondary tariffs on Russian oil: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/us-urges-europe-to-join.html
Scientists fear the Atlantic’s great ocean conveyor could shut down #Atlantic
Russia could be ready for 'confrontation with Europe' by 2027, Polish prime minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/26/russia-could-be-ready-for.html
Wildfires kill at least 3 and displace thousands across southern Europe #Europe
❗️Northern Europe and the Baltics support Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/northern-europe-and-the-baltics.html