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Over BB, de andere kant van haar levensverhaal.
https://reportersonline.nl/de-lelijke-erfenis-van-een-frans-icoon/

De lelijke erfenis van een Frans icoon - Reporters Online
Bloedmooi van buiten, hard en ontmenselijkend van binnen. Ze was bloedmooi. De Franse Marilyn Monroe, de vrouw die God schiep, […]

European national security advisors arrive in Kyiv, Coalition of the Willing talks to be held later in the day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/03/european-national-security-advisors-arrive.html

eu_airlines: European airline network
A multiplex network of airline routes among European airports, where each of the 37 edge types represents routes by a different airline.
This network has 450 nodes and 3588 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/eu_airl…

Dealroom: 76 European deep tech and life sciences companies spun out from universities reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025, or both (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/30/76-european-deep-tech-uni…

Almost 80 European deep tech university spinouts reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025 | TechCrunch
According to Dealroom’s European Spinout Report 2025, 76 European deep tech and life sciences spinouts have either reached $1 billion valuations, $100 million in revenue, or both.

Do european allies really want to fight with the US that wants "no stupid rules of engagement"... as Hegseth has said? While most european militaries would like to have a higher norm?
#USA #Iran #EU …

Microsoft and Google keep the energy consumption of their Dutch data centers secret
-- despite European reporting obligations.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO)
received blank forms or no data at all.
The Dutch newspaper NRC reports that the government has no legal means to request the actual figures.

How much energy do Microsoft and Google consume? The Dutch don't know
Microsoft and Google keep the energy consumption of their Dutch data centers secret, despite European reporting obligations. The Netherlands Enterprise

French nuclear 'umbrella' for Europe now increasingly discussed among allies.
French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a speech on nuclear deterrence on Monday, with Europeans expected to pay close attention amid threats from Russia and growing doubts over the United States' reliability as a NATO ally.

French nuclear 'umbrella' for Europe now increasingly discussed among allies
French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a speech on nuclear deterrence on Monday, with Europeans expected to pay close attention amid threats from Russia and growing doubts over the United States' reliability as a NATO ally.

I was surprised to learn that famously neutral #Switzerland 🇨🇭 has been a member of the Council of Europe 🇪🇺 (which is *not* the same as either of the European Council 🇪🇺 and the Council of the European Union 🇪🇺) since 1963. For reference, Switzerland joined the #UnitedNations in 2002.

Operation Sovereignty: Bundestag plans a breakthrough from Microsoft & Co.
A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Operatio…

Operation Sovereignty: Bundestag plans a breakthrough from Microsoft & Co.
A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.

eu_airlines: European airline network
A multiplex network of airline routes among European airports, where each of the 37 edge types represents routes by a different airline.
This network has 450 nodes and 3588 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/eu_airl…