Spotify turns up volume to make record profitsMusic streaming giant Spotify has announced record profits of over €1bn (£860m) after a year of cutting costs and laying off staff.
Beaches, lakes and sea pools: Europe’s best train journeys for a summer breakChlorinated pools can have an annual footprint of 1,400kg CO2, so cool off in these dreamy natural swimming spots instead.
Venice access fee: what is it and how much does it cost?The Italian Unesco site is hoping to reduce over-tourism with the charge – the first of its kind in a major city.
Athens turns orange, Helsinki goes white as Europe’s weather springs a surpriseA yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, prompting authorities to issue health warnings and creating spectacular dreamlike scenes.
How Ozempic Is Transforming a Small Danish TownIn Kalundborg, population under 17,000, Novo Nordisk is making huge investments to increase production of its popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy.
EU Policy. MEPs call to seize Russia’s hundreds of billions in frozen assets“Europe needs to seize all of Russia's underlying assets and it needs to do so now,” Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Poland/Socialists and Democrats) said at the final European Parliament session ahead of June elections, warning that otherwise Ukraine “may run simply out of money”.
EU expansion: Can the bloc afford new members in the east?Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed enlargement back on top of Europe's agenda. But taking in new members would strain the bloc's budget.
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