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Ljubljana – The Slovenian Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has granted approval for cohesion funds for the “Let’s Enter the Digital Space” project initiated by the Slovenian Geodetic Administration. This initiative, valued at 9.4 million euros, aims to digitize geospatial data and will receive 5.3 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund. According…

The potential fund could amount to €3 billion to €5 billion, depending on investor contributions. The Commission invited several investors, including Danish Novo Holdings, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, Spanish CriteriaCaixa and Santander, Italian Intesa Sanpaolo, Dutch APG Asset Management, Swedish Wallenberg Investments, and Polish Development Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, as per the planning…

Minsk (Eurotoday Newspaper) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko criticised Lithuania’s closure of the border with Belarus as a “crazy scam” and blamed Vilnius for waging a hybrid warfare that risked the Chinese economy, as Lithuania announced to start shooting down smuggler balloons crossing the border from Belarus. Why did Lithuania decide to close its border…

The study highlighted similar downward trends in the U.K. (0.78, down 0.01), the U.S. (0.68, down 0.028), Russia (0.41, down 0.049), and Ukraine (0.48, down 0.007). Russia experienced the most significant overall decline from 2024 to 2025 of any nation analyzed, while the considerable decrease in the rule of law in the U.S. positioned it…

Sint-Truiden (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Alderman Gert Stas (Vooruit) temporarily takes over Sint-Truiden mayor Ludwig Vandenhove’s duties after a video showed him unsteady; coalition partner N-VA, led by Günther Dauw, maintains support. As VRT News reported, Alderman Gert Stas (Vooruit) will take over the duties of Mayor Ludwig Vandenhove (Vooruit) this week. The change comes…

Karel Lannoo, chief executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, believes that due to a lack of fiscal discipline in some EU countries, eurobonds will likely not be accepted, especially by frugal nations, in the next decade. He suggests that using frozen Russian assets seems to be the only viable option. “€140…

Antwerp (Eurotoday) – Residents of Bergen op Zoomlaan in Merksem report minimal noise from the bypass, opened this weekend to divert Antwerp ring road traffic while work on the new Oosterweel connection continues. As VRT News reported, residents of Bergen op Zoomlaan in Merksem, Antwerp, say the new bypass has caused minimal noise. A meter-high…