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Good to know: When should you equip your car with winter tyres?
In Luxembourg, winter tyres are mandatory whenever weather conditions require them – a regulation often criticised for its lack of clarityn; however, the answer is quite straightforward. You hear it every year: winter tyres are mandatory in...
Automotive Update - October 2025 - 2
Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst Key Developments Foley & Lardner partners Vanessa Miller and Mark Aiello share insights on the challenges and potential of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in their ITS International article,...
Piyush Goyal Invites CEOs And Industry Leaders In Berlin To Join India’s Growth Story
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met several top CEOs and industry leaders during his Berlin visit, exchanging views on fostering greater innovation and collaboration in fields like automotive, semiconductor, renewable energy...
Prolonged multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 linked to consumption of tomatoes in the European Union/European Economic Area – first update, 23 October 2025
A prolonged cross‐border outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 is ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). From 2023 to 30 September 2025, 437 confirmed cases of S. Strathcona ST2559 were identified in 17 EU/EEA countries...
Life expectancy in France continues to outperform European averages says latest official data
France, Spain, and Luxembourg are among the EU countries where people live the longest France’s average age of death in 2024 was 79.4 years - an increase of nearly two years since 2014 tomertu/Shutterstock France has a longer average life...
Piyush Goyal holds meetings with German business leaders to discuss investment opportunities in various sectors
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, held a series of meetings with top business leaders in Germany to strengthen trade and business cooperation between the two countries. The Minister is...
EU lawmakers cut down proposed forest health data collection law
Published on 22/10/2025 - 16:52 GMT+2 European lawmakers rejected on Tuesday a draft law to monitor and report on "forest health", which would mandate EU countries to collect data on forestry conditions and enable preparedness against forest fires...
Business News | Piyush Goyal Holds Meetings with German Business Leaders to Discuss Investment Opportunities in Various Sectors
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, held a series of meetings with top business leaders in Germany to strengthen trade and business cooperation between the two countries. The Minister is...
Operational by 2035: Final route revealed for express tram between Cloche d'Or and Belvaux
Minister of Mobility and Public Works Yuriko Backes unveiled the final, optimised route of Luxembourg's express tram linking Cloche d'Or to Belvaux by 2035. The route of Luxembourg's future express tram line between Cloche d'Or and Belvaux has...
Nigeria ranked 110th worldwide for fraud protection in 2025 global index
… As experts urge stronger collaboration to boost digital security Nigeria has been ranked 110th out of 112 countries assessed in the 2025 Global Fraud Index released by Sumsub in collaboration with Statista, positioning it among the world’s least...
Zenne River powers Belgium’s first large-scale aquathermic heating system
The National Social Security Office (RSZ) has commissioned a pioneering heat pump system that uses water from the Zenne River to heat its Horta building at Brussels’ Gare du Midi. This feat is a first of its kind in Belgium in terms of scale,...
Beyond the lease: 10 European startups reshaping how we discover and book properties
PropTech, short for property technology, is transforming how we buy, rent, and manage places to live, work and use. It covers a broad range of innovations across Property Search, Management, Smart Buildings, Fintech and Real Estate, Construction,...
Piyush Goyal to visit Germany to bolster trade, investment ties
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, will be on an official visit to Berlin, Germany, from October 23. The visit marks a key milestone in enhancing India's engagement with Germany and holds...
Potential challenges, Issues that could hamper the establishment and operationalization of Islamic Banking System-: ‘A aase of Ghana’- Policy recommendations
By Dr Richmond Akwasi ATUAHENE Corporate Governance/Banking Consultant Abstract Islamic banking in Ghana is still at its drawing and preparatory stage and surrounded by a lot of potential challenges and set backs. It is important to note that...
Screen Grabs: Emma Stone is an alien—or not?—in ‘Bugonia’
Even as AI threatens to drain the last drops of creative individuality from screen entertainment’s future, there is still proof that at least some audiences crave the kinds of idiosyncratic ideas you can only get from an actual human brain. When...
Gcore launches AI Cloud Stack to accelerate private AI cloud adoption with hyperscaler-grade functionality
LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has announced the launch of AI Cloud Stack, a next-generation software solution for building private AI clouds with...
Business News | Piyush Goyal to Visit Germany to Bolster Trade, Investment Ties
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, will be on an official visit to Berlin, Germany, from October 23. The visit marks a key milestone in enhancing India's engagement with Germany and holds...
‘Talks progressing’: Piyush Goyal on India-US trade, as he leads outreach in Europe
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that discussions between India and the United States are progressing toward a “fair and equitable” trade agreement, as both sides continue to deepen economic engagement. “We are in dialogue with the...
New Ireland-Spain subsea electricity connector announced: Will this affect Spain’s power grid?
Ireland and Spain plan a new undersea electricity interconnector Image: Shuttertock/Marko Aliaksandr The Irish Government is moving forward with plans to build an undersea electricity interconnector linking Ireland and Spain. The project, expected...
European Union: Commission aims to enhance economic security with new FDI screening framework
General overview Background Historically, there was no comprehensive framework for the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) operating across the European Union. Instead, individual member states could adopt their own FDI screening regimes...