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EU delivers over 4 billion euros to Ukraine ahead of Independence Day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/23/eu-delivers-over-billion-euros.html

Report: German banks blocked €10B in PayPal payments on Monday over fraud concerns; PayPal says a temporary service interruption affected some transactions (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/german…

Simplon Hostel sluit na Eurosonic de deuren: 'Jongeren kiezen voor meer comfort' - RTV Noord
https://www.rtvnoord.nl/economie/1358303/simplon-hostel-sluit-na-eurosonic-de-deuren-jongeren-kiezen-voor-meer-comfort…

EU life expectancy estimated at 81.7 years in 2024 - News articles - #Eurostat
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250911-1
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What a nonsense: nationalise it (jointly with France)!
"Eurostar is also the only company currently offering cross-Channel rail services between London and Paris, but others want to set up rival services."
Eurostar orders first double-decker trains - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6n…

Eurostar orders first double-decker trains
They would be the first two-level high-speed trains to run through the Channel Tunnel.

Ich denke bei dem aktuellen Ransomware-Chaos am #BER ist ein guter Zeitpunkt, um mal darauf hinzuweisen, dass man dank #OSDM inzwischen für viele europäische Bahnen nativ auf Bahn.de ein durchgehendes Ticket buchen kann. Zum Beispiel Berlin - Brüssel - London per ICE und Eurostar, in einer Buchung direkt…

It is not wise to piss off your partners and allies.
The EU is starting an initiative to define an EU-specific technology stack. There is an impressive set of companies and organizations signing on. If you are a US technology firm you need to start tracking this and figure out a strategy. Caving in to autocrats has its downsides. More here:
https://…

"We want to cut municipality ICT spending on software in half before the start of 2027. Imagine reducing the cost from 36 euros per resident per year in 2022 to just 18.50 euros in 2027. We are committed to achieving this by replacing lock-in software and non-user-friendly applications with transparent, accessible, and innovative solutions. Fair contracting is at the heart of our strategy."
Conduction · GitHub
https://github.com/ConductionNL/

Forgot to post this: the way I usually hook up multiple consoles to the RetroTINK: the gscart EuroSCART switch. All of the consoles I own have RGB out which makes it work out pretty well.
#retrogaming #retroconsoles

EU weighs 6.6 billion euros fund to buy US weapons for Ukraine, Kyiv says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/10/eu-weighs-billion-euros-fund.html