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Water Matters
Worth its salt: Can desalination help address Europe's freshwater needs?
In partnership with the European Commission
The process of desalination has been around for centuries, but has had only limited success in providing freshwater for humans. The EU is exploring ways to make it a viable solution to future water shortages.
Culture news
What's behind the runaway success of French-language music on Spotify?
Alors on danse... Across music, podcasts, and audiobooks, more Spotify listeners are turning toward French-language content. The likes of Stromae, Indila and Aya Nakamura are seducing wider audiences and crossing borders like never before.
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Art
A family hangs a Picasso painting for 50 years without knowing it
For more than 50 years, a family in Pompeii kept a real treasure inside their home without having any idea about its worth. The canvas, found in the 1960s by a junk dealer, hung in their living room before they discovered it was a masterpiece by Picasso, now valued at 6 million euros.
Markets
European stock markets conclude lacklustre month with mixed results
European stock markets underperformed compared to their US and Chinese counterparts in September, primarily due to a lack of local catalysts and a dependence on global events. However, luxury consumer stocks excelled, driven by optimism surrounding a swift recovery in Chinese demand.
Green News
EU needs long-term climate investment plan set with just transition
French Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, 34, has been a researcher in EU energy policy for the past ten years and joined the European Parliament as a S&D lawmaker following the June elections. The Frenchman wants to stop the EU from backtracking on the green promises it has made to its youth.
Europe News
Brussels airports cancel hundreds of flights as workers go on strike
Flights to and from airports Zaventem and Charleroi in Brussels will be put on hold as reportedly hundreds of security, cleaning and hospitality staff employed at the major transport hubs will strike for better wages and working conditions.
Space
Is EU's first space commissioner launched on low-orbit mission?
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's second term will see the first-ever commissioner for defence and space. But his mission and support do not match the recognition seen at the policy level, analysts and industry representatives argue.
Netherlands
Will Rutte's political savvy help him manage a growingly complex NATO?
As the former Dutch PM takes over as secretary general of the alliance, analysts say he will have to use his political survival skills as an astute negotiator to persuade members to spend more on defence and keep supporting Ukraine.
