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How Portugal's bottle return scheme is helping kids earn money

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Watch: The France-based team bringing start-up education to the masses

In partnership with Media City

Best friends, Ariel Renous and Roy Wellner, deliver professional-level education to entrepreneurs worldwide.

Business

Why are female entrepreneurs finding it harder to secure loans?

Euronews looks at some of the reasons stopping female founders from accessing as much money as their male counterparts, as well as what can be done about it.

Business

Are these the best European countries to start a business in?

Euronews explores which countries in Europe are relatively easier to set up a new business in, given the current economic environment.

Business

BusinessEurope: Why Europe’s economy is on a make-or-break knife-edge

Boosting competitiveness in the face of weak growth and tariff threats is now a matter of urgency, says business chief.

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My Wildest Prediction

‘The next Microsoft will be by a 17-year-old girl,’ says Chklovski

Can young women revolutionise the world of tech? According to Tara Chklovski, CEO of Technovation, the answer is yes - it’s simply a matter of providing them with the same funding and networking opportunities as men.

Business

Where in Europe are women most willing to start their own business?

Women have the most appetite to create their own business in Portugal, Poland and Greece in the EU. However, outside the bloc, Ukraine is home to an even higher ratio of aspiring female entrepreneurs, a new study shows.

Economy

IMF chief: Eurozone has tools for greater growth if it learns from US

The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, was speaking at a panel in Davos alongside ECB President, Christine Lagarde.

Travel News

Meet Justin Francis, the tourism pioneer behind responsible travel

Justin Francis founded Responsible Travel as a groundbreaking holiday company seeking to drive change in tourism.

Earth News

Waste from German hops farms turned into building materials

HopfON was inspired by how banana fibres in Colombia are used to make sustainable building materials.

Economy

The anti-growth traps: What stops countries from getting ahead?

Middle-income nations are stuck on the road from rags to riches. According to the World Bank, the status quo is partly to blame.

Business

AI works best with humanity, suggests NYU professor

People who can find a way to complement AI with their unique human skills and traits may have an edge over people who steer clear of AI altogether, according to NYU professor Arun Sundararanjan.

The Big Question

How two Dutch rail enthusiasts funded their own night train start-up

Elmer van Buuren, CEO of a European night train firm, explains how he made his business dream a reality through community funding.

Mobility

This French company has designed an e-bike that doesn’t need a battery

The brainchild of French entrepreneur Adrien Lelièvre, the Pi-Pop e-bike uses a supercapacitor to store energy rather than rely on batteries.

Scenes

Meet the French eco-chic architect crafting fashionable bricks

In partnership with Media City

In partnership with Media City, Qatar. "I took two t-shirts, I compressed them into a brick, and it held. That's how the idea of FabBRICK emerged!"

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Meet the father-and-son duo keeping Qatar fragrant

In partnership with Media City

In partnership with Media City, Qatar

Lifestyle

Ann Summers boss, who transformed sex shops in the UK, dead at 62

Ann Summers CEO Jacqueline Gold helped make lingerie and sex toys a female-friendly mainstream business after taking inspiration from Tupperware parties in the 1980s