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Following a wave of positive news surrounding massive AI investments, it was almost inevitable that ASML, the Dutch company that supplies equipment enabling the manufacturing of silicon chips, would see its order book grow faster than expected. Its earnings report is an overture to the technology sector announcements, with the market waiting to see how the big spenders in the...

In rural Romania, 30% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds do not eat lunch at home, and 28% do not eat breakfast or lunch, according to data from the World Vision Romania Foundation released Thursday. In almost a quarter of vulnerable families (23%), there isn't enough food to go round for the evening meal, and children are not eating dinner so...

October 16 marks World Food Day, a day dedicated to tackling global hunger and food waste. It was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945 to raise awareness about hunger and promote sustainable food systems.   Currently, 150 countries mark the day with events that focus on issues food insecurity, sustainable diets, and reducing...

 German MEP Daniel Freund who was targeted said there were "indications that the Hungarian secret service is behind the attack.”. A German MEP and an outspoken critic of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has filed a complaint following a failed attempt to hack his email account in the run-up to the European Parliament elections. Daniel Freund and German NGO the Society...

Press freedom watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has opened an office in Prague, its first bureau in the region which is under increasing attack from disinformation and propaganda and attacks on press freedoms. The move aims to strengthen the non-governmental organization's work in the eastern part of the European Union and highlight the region’s contribution to press freedom...

Qatar and the other mediators must take a hammer to Hamas, right now, to force true acceptance of the Trump 20-point plan - including disarmament   Is the Gaza “peace” already falling apart? I argued on Al Jazeera English (above) that the central, critical, pivotal thing right now is for the mediators, especially Qatar, to move like a hammer to force...

Chinese customs officers  seized 60,000 maps that "mislabelled" Taiwan. Taiwan is a self-governed, democratic island — but China has always claimed it as its own.  The "problematic" maps, meant for export, cannot be sold because they "endanger national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity" of China, authorities said. China Customs said that the maps also did not contain the nine-dash line, which signifies...

A new exhibition titled “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” is now open to the public on Moscow streets, on public boards.  The exhibition opened on Monday on Gogolevsky Boulevard in central Moscow.  It is organized by the Russian Military Historical Society (RMHS), established in 2012 by Vladimir Putin to “counter attempts to distort Russian history”.  This society is backed by the defence...

An interview on Hungarian opposition YouTube channel Partizán given the other day by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the central European country led by the pro-Russian leader Viktor Orban, tiggered sharp criticism from Poland and the Baltic countries. Criticism fully deserved, given the substance of the problem, the international context of that time and – aggravating circumstance – the...

Romania's national broadcast authority on Tuesday called on the president to include media literacy in the school curriculum amid a rise in disinformation that has threatened democracy and confused ordinary people into believing fake news, conspiracy theories and fearing vaccines. The National Audiovisual Council (NAC) on Tuesday adopted an official position to ask President Nicusor Dan, to include media literacy...