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Ferrari has unveiled its first fully electric vehicle, the Luce.  The new model, priced at around $640,000, marks a major change for the Italian luxury brand.  It is not only Ferrari's first all-electric vehicle but also its first five-seater. The Luce was developed over five years in partnership with LoveFrom, the design firm founded by former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive.  Unlike traditional...

It would send a needed message to Putin - and Trump - and help Kyiv make tough decisions By Mihai Razvan Ungureanu and Dan Perry Europe, finally moving seriously toward Ukrainian membership in the European Union, should now accelerate the process dramatically and make one thing unmistakably clear to Moscow: Ukraine will become a member of the EU, period, and sooner...

In his second year as president, Nicușor Dan lost his sense of reality as well as his sense of ridicule. He demonstrated it on both axes of the country's policy: foreign and domestic. It began in January, with the Davos Forum, one of the major institutions on the international scene. The President of Romania did not even dare to make an appearance...

Romania’s President Nicusor Dan, generally called a 'centrist' for want of a better adjective (though 'weak' would be more fitting), described Ilie Bolojan as "the person best fit to carry out the necessary reforms of the Romanian state apparatus" when he nominated him to head a government. The challenges facing the former mayor of Oradea in June 2025 were huge:...

A US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed and burst into flames immediately after taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft went down at about 11:20 AM while conducting a routine test flight connected to the base's radar modernization program. The crash occurred on the runway within the base and...

Czech national law enforcement authorities carried out searches 10-11 June as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving funds intended for employee training, financed by the EU under the National Recovery Plan. A total of 32 residential and non-residential searches were conducted, at the request of the European Public Prosecutors Office by the Police of the Czech Republic (Policie...

A Ukrainian man who set fire to property linked to British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appears to have been acting on behalf of a wider Russian influence and sabotage operation, a BBC investigation reports.  Prosecutors say that the case was motivated by money, but evidence uncovered by BBC journalists suggests it may have been part of a broader campaign...

Outgoing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan made a name for himself through his successes as Oradea mayor and was recognized by friends and enemies alike. He started almost 20 years ago, developing the west Romanian city to the point where it became a reference for good management. Two decades of successful administration helped Bolojan win public and political confidence at a national...

Where the old world lingers, stubbornly and beautifully I recall waiting impatiently in line at a Würstelstand, well past midnight, anticipating my favorite sausage in the world: eine Kasekrainer mit viel scharfem Senf (filled with cheese, spicy mustard, surrounded on all sides by bread). Before me three young toughs were arguing; they had only enough money among them for two...

Citi launches market-first tokenised depositary receipts. After falling to a low of $59,100, bitcoin staged a modest relief rally last week, climbing as high as $66,000 as buyers stepped back in following the recent selloff. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $85.9 million in net inflows on Friday, ending a five-session outflow streak, writes Simon Peters, cryptoasset market analyst at multi-asset investment...