Category: Editor’s choice

Editor's choice

EU Opens DSA Case Against Shein Over Illegal Products

Commission targets “addictive design” and recommender transparency as scrutiny widens beyond Big Tech The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against the online fast-fashion giant Shein under the Digital Services…

18 February 2026 · 3 min read

Economy

EU Funding at Risk When Public Tenders Impose Faith Tests

Audit rules designed to protect the EU budget can collide head-on with “faith-breaker” clauses that ask bidders or applicants to renounce a religious practice to access work, grants, or contracts.

12 February 2026 · 5 min read

Editor's choice

Brigitte Bardot, Film Icon and Activist, Dies at 91

Brigitte Bardot—the French screen legend whose early stardom helped define a new era of European cinema, and whose later life became inseparable from animal-rights campaigning—has died aged 91. She passed…

8 January 2026 · 3 min read

Editor's choice

Brussels’ Drug Consumption Rooms: A Dangerous Surrender to Addiction

As Brussels expands its network of supervised drug consumption rooms—known euphemistically as "safe injection sites"—the city risks entrenching a failed policy that prioritizes harm management over true recovery, mirroring disastrous…

28 December 2025 · 3 min read

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Christmas in Europe: Traditions, Origins and 2025 News

Across the continent, one holiday carries many languages, calendars, and meanings. From candlelit church services to winter swims and family feasts that stretch into early January, Christmas in Europe is…

26 December 2025 · 6 min read