The Latest Breaking News from Europe

Tech giants face alternate universes across the Atlantic

Firms are facing vastly different regulatory regimes in the U.S. and the tougher EU, which keeps piling on fines.

Axios · Jan 5, 2023

Amazon Ireland job fears as firm to cut 18,000 roles globally in bid to slash costs

It is understood the job losses will include Europe, but Amazon has not given details of how each country, including Ireland, will be affected. Amazon employs around 5,000 people in Ireland.

Irish Mirror · Jan 5, 2023

Cristiano Ronaldo's new manager a 'cold human being' and 'worst character in football'

Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Al-Nassr this week, but the former Manchester United boss has already been warned about the suitability of new boss Rudi Garcia to his job

Daily Mirror · Jan 5, 2023

Ex-NATO Chief Says Europe 'Too Naive' on China's Taiwan Threats

European powers must do more to dissuade China from invading Taiwan, including being prepared to unleash painful economic sanctions and train Taiwanese troops, the former head of NATO said Thursday. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is visiting Taipei, said European and NATO powers were "too naive" in the run-up to Moscow's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 5, 2023

Durham University study shows Ice Age hunters used cave paintings to time animals' life cycles

Markings on cave paintings could have been used as a kind of lunar calendar

Chronicle Live · Jan 5, 2023

Record warm winter in parts of Europe forces closure of ski slopes

Resorts open hiking trails and lifts for mountain bikes amid unseasonably high temperatures and lack of snow

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2023

‘Feels Like Summer’: Warm Winter Breaks Temperature Records in Europe

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds of sites have seen temperature records smashed in the past days, from Switzerland to Poland to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 4, 2023

Free Speech Historian Jacob Mchangama on Europe's Digital Services Act

A very interesting L.A. Times op-ed from a couple of weeks ago; an excerpt: In November, the European Union's Digital Services Act took effect, with enforcement beginning for some businesses during the next year and for the rest in January 2024. The stated purpose of the law is to end…

Reason · Jan 4, 2023

'Feels like summer': Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices.

Reuters · Jan 4, 2023

Global economy 2023: how governments could make the energy crisis worse this year

This is the second instalment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023, which started with this article on global inflation.

The Conversation · Jan 4, 2023