Czech minister slams Commission’s ‘chaotic steps’ in deforestation rules overhaul

The European Commission’s bid to simplify the EU’s deforestation rules is turning out to be anything but simple. After weeks of behind-closed-doors talks with diplomats and MEPs, the Commission last week unveiled its plan to tweak the EU...

The dangers of ‘urgency mindset’

Good Monday morning, and welcome back to Rapporteur, Euractiv’s front page. This is Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta in Brussels and our editor Christina Zhao in New Zealand. The big one to watch this week is Wednesday’s Dutch election. More on that...

Transact CEO: ‘We’re building the best AI-ready platform for advisers’

Transact chief executive Tom Dunbar says the platform is on a mission to build the UK’s best AI-ready ecosystem for financial advisers. He says this next phase will combine seamless integrations, automation and digital efficiency to make financial...

EU Leads the Tokenization Turn of Wholesale Settlement With EMT Approval

Alvin Foo, Venture Partner at Zero2Launch 27.10.2025 01:00 pm #Tokenization #WholesaleSettlement What does MiCA, the European digital assets law, really do for global economy? Finally, a cross-border fintech firm seems to give an answer--and it's...

The 21st CIIF Market presents 21 projects from eight countries

27/10/2025 - The event in Tenerife, featuring filmmakers Marco Berger, Marina Seresesky and Omar Al Abdul Razzak, showcases new works and includes a professional agenda Director Omar Al Abdul Razzak, selected with his project The Pain of the...

The Agrivoltaic Movement Pivots To Green Hydrogen

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The global agrivoltaic industry launched just a few years ago, with the aim of enabling crops and livestock to share the space with rural solar power plants. Also called...

Tenaris Bags Pipe Contract for Trion Field offshore Mexico

Woodside Energy Group Ltd has awarded Tenaris SA a contract for the supply of casing and tubing for the Trion oilfield in Mexican waters. "Tenaris will also provide line pipe and coatings for bends, flowlines and risers as part of the project’s...

Your Weekly Recap: Poison murder trial unfolds, refugee facility conditions criticised, and EU to cut off Russian gas

Your Weekly Recap for 20–24 October 2025. Here are five things you should know at the end of this week: Murder trial unfolds over alleged family conspiracy to poison Luxembourg resident, Human Rights Commission criticises facility for rejected...

DHS expands biometric entry-exit, CBP to photograph all noncitizens at U.S. borders

When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its final rule last week expanding the use of biometrics at the nation’s borders, it formalized what had been years in the making: a full-scale system to photograph and track every...

Trump visits Japan, World Cup ticket prices spark outrage, and LSC finalists to be announced

The Today Radio news team brings you the latest headlines for Monday, 27 October. Luxembourg ROAD ACCIDENTS – Rescue services are reporting an accident between a motorcycle and a car yesterday evening around 8.05pm on the Esch motorway, between...

Substantive protections: obligations illustrate tension between strictly interpreting treaty wording and preserving state sovereignty

This chapter discusses three distinct substantive protections: umbrella clauses, transfer of funds clauses and prohibitions of performance requirements. For each substantive protection, the chapter provides an overview and treaty examples, and...

Sydney chosen as APAC Circular Hotspot in 2026

Sydney has won the right to host the Asia Pacific Circular Hotspot next year in a winning bid focusing on strong Pacific inclusion and circular economy action for climate and nature. A global jury selected the Sydney bid by Circular Australia,...

Anuga ends on a high: 8,000+ exhibitors, growing Indian presence marks global momentum

Anuga was held in Cologne in early October 2025.Global F&B fair Anuga saw 8,000 exhibitors from 110 countries enthralling the over 145,000 trade visitors from over 190 countries. This year’s event was the biggest to date, with the venue Koelnmesse...

How Tolls Affect Road Transportation Prices in Europe

Road freight operators across Europe are continuing to face rising toll costs as EU member states introduce new charging structures designed to support environmental goals and shift the sector toward lower-emission transport. Research from...

New spot-spraying weed control system targeting Ireland and UK

A computer-operated spot-spraying system, specifically designed to target individual weeds in grass swards, is now available in Ireland and the UK. It was put through its paces for the first time at a recent event co-hosted by the importer and...

Neil Cawse: The engineer who thinks in data

As Geotab marks 25 years at the heart of the connected-vehicle revolution, founder and CEO Neil Cawse reflects on cloud resilience, OEM collaboration, and why the future of mobility depends on data more than ever. The connected vehicle is no...

On Chamber website: 17 new petitions open for signatures

Among the latest petitions are calls to ban mobile phone use behind the wheel, make Luxembourgish compulsory in schools, and reject EU-wide chat control proposals. The petitions can be signed online. They must reach a threshold of at least 5,500...

An overcrowded agenda

Donald Trump took off on Friday for a tour of Asia, the highlight of which will be his meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday in South Korea. The week promises a flurry of diplomatic engagements, adding yet more weight to an already packed agenda....

Europe’s dependence moment

Welcome to Rapporteur. This is Eddy Wax in Luxembourg, with Nicoletta Ionta in Brussels. Got a story we should know about? Drop us a line – we read every message. Need-to-knows: EU-US: Europe needs America for everything Diplomacy: Bulgaria opens...

EXCLUSIVE: Athens holds EU’s COP30 strategy hostage over green shipping

LUXEMBOURG – The Greek government is refusing to sign off on the EU’s formal position paper for the annual climate conference COP30 in Brazil this year over EU efforts to make the shipping industry cleaner. Each year, the EU’s 27 countries...