According to Viginum [French national agency], the network consisted of 13 websites operated by China’s state broadcaster CGTN, or China Global Television Network. The portals published articles in English, French, Spanish and Vietnamese, presenting themselves as independent media outlets. In reality, they were part of a coordinated influence operation, which French authorities named Fawn Mianju.

Three times a week, limestone trains from Ida‑Viru County have begun passing through Eesti Raudtee's freight yard in Tallinn, heading to Pärnu County for Rail Baltica construction. A single freight train carries up to 1,800 tonnes.

The Buff Medical Resort in Germany is an £87 million, 118-room medi-spa that’s taking a revolutionary approach to wellness. Susan d’Arcy tries it out

The EU Commission and investors are launching a multi-billion euro fund so that promising tech startups no longer have to seek capital increases abroad.

As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens NATO, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent.

Timothy Garton Ash Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mobilizes unprecedented support for military among young Jews, though many still can’t reconcile themselves with past crimes – or far-right bigotry today.

Germany's tax-free "mini-jobs" help 6.9 million people earn up to €603 a month. Now the government wants to scrap them. We meet the workers and small shops who could lose out.

The conflict in the Middle East has been a stark reminder that Europe pays a major cost for continuing to depend on imported fossil fuels. Soaring prices are threatening growth and fuelling inflation. Against this backdrop, investments in renewable energy are no longer about meeting climate targets. They are existential, and central to achieving competitiveness and strategic independence for Europe.

QuiX Quantum delivered the Netherlands’ first quantum computer to Germany’s DLR aerospace institute, Financieele Dagblad (FD) reports. The machine, named Carina, is also the world’s first quantum computer to rely on photons — light particles — as its qubits. The Enschede-based startup, a spin-off from the University of Twente, developed and delivered the system.

The legendary architecture school marks its centenary amid political and identity tensions, as the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surges in Saxony-Anhalt. The Bauhaus Foundation in Dessau fears budget cuts and renewed attacks on its modernist legacy.

Marine Le Pen’s candidacy for president means Europeans should prepare for a France wholly different to the one they know.

A new technology (developed in Germany and Europe) uses shape-memory metals that heat up when stretched and cool down when released. This cooling effect would make refrigerators and air conditioners much more efficient.