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Report: Three in four SMEs in Romania, Central and Eastern Europe use AI but not at scale
Romania Insider
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July 8, 2025
A new report by AI Chamber, based on a survey conducted among over 3,200 small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, from 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, shows that over 75% of SMEs in the region claim to already be using AI, but only...
With pipes from India, Bulgaria accelerates construction of gas pipeline to Central Europe
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 8, 2025
Zhecho Stankov Photo: BTA A second ship carrying pipes for the Vertical Gas Corridor project, which will connect Greece and Romania, has arrived at the Port of Burgas. Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov oversaw the delivery. "These 2,526 pipes from...
Liquidnet Advances Emerging Markets Strategy With New Hire - Michael Fidance Appointed As Head Of CEEMEA Equities To Drive Growth Across Central And Eastern Europe, The Middle East And Africa
Mondovisione
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Liquidnet, a leading technology-driven agency execution specialist, today announced the appointment of Michael Fidance as Head of CEEMEA Equity Markets. Based in London and reporting to James Whitehead, Head of Trade Coverage, EMEA, Fidance will...
Ukrzaliznytsia Updates Train Schedules Amid Storm Disruptions in Central Europe
Mezha
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July 8, 2025
The company reported this on Telegram Ukrzaliznytsia has announced changes to the passenger train schedule due to storm conditions observed in Zakarpattia, as well as in neighboring countries – Slovakia and Hungary. This information was published...
Q1 2025 reveals crypto media’s visibility reset in Western Europe
crypto.news
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July 7, 2025
In Q1 2025, crypto media in Western Europe entered a phase of noticeable realignment. As the soft enforcement of MiCA began reshaping content boundaries—particularly around what qualifies as promotional—publishers also faced algorithmic turbulence...
Air and rail traffic disrupted in Hungary as severe storms batter eastern Europe
Euronews
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By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 07/07/2025 - 18:20 GMT+2 Severe thunderstorms hit Hungary on Monday forcing the closure of the main international airport in the capital Budapest after debris had been blown across the runways....
Small country, big ideas: Moldova’s journey into the global creative economy
Emerging Europe
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July 9, 2025
As global industries increasingly turn to creativity as a growth driver, Moldova is quietly emerging as one of Eastern Europe’s most dynamic and resilient hubs for creative services. With a growing ecosystem of over 2,700 companies and more than...
Southern EU States Warn UK-France Migrant Deal Could Backfire
The European Conservative
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July 9, 2025
Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta, and Cyprus have sounded the alarm over a proposed UK-France migrant returns deal, warning it could destabilise the EU’s asylum system and saddle southern Europe with an even greater share of the migration burden—just...
Europe’s deadly heatwave claims 2,300 lives, climate change blamed
Daily Times
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July 9, 2025
A brutal heatwave that gripped Western Europe late last month has resulted in an estimated 2,300 heat-related deaths across 12 major cities, according to a new rapid scientific analysis. Cities such as Madrid, London, Barcelona, and Milan were...
“Really a great way to kick off our soft citrus season in China”
Fresh Plaza
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July 9, 2025
In South Africa, all fruit packhouses ask themselves the same question: where lies the line between super efficiency of operations and sustenance of human operators? Similar packhouses in Western Europe and Australia feel eerily devoid of people...
Leonardo Hotels Opens the NYX Hotel Erfurt, a New Lifestyle Highlight in Thuringia
Hospitality Net
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July 9, 2025
NYX Hotel Erfurt — Photo by Leonardo Hotels Leonardo Hotels Central Europe is making a new addition to its portfolio in one of East Germany's most exciting cities: On July 1, the hotel company took over the Radisson Blu Hotel in Erfurt. The hotel,...
Germany to Purchase a Thousand Tanks To Try To Turn the Bundeswehr Into Western Europe’s Largest Fighting Force
The Gateway Pundit
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July 5, 2025
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is pushing for Germany to rapidly rearm itself. Germany is rapidly rearming itself: have we learned nothing from history? As military escalations sweep the European continent, the Germans are no exception, as Berlin aims...
Heat-related deaths tripled during heat wave due to climate change, study shows
Belga News Agency
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July 9, 2025
The heat wave that gripped Western Europe in late June and early July claimed the lives of about 2,300 people in 12 major European cities, a study by Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine revealed on...
Chinese cars expand their share in Central Europe
AzerNews
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July 5, 2025
By Alimat Aliyeva Chery, the largest Chinese car exporter, has officially entered the markets of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland through a strategic partnership with the regional office of Astana Motors, Azernews reports. Sales in these...
Warsaw-based Alsendo expands into Western Europe with the acquisition of Italian shipping platform Spedire.com
EU Startups
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July 4, 2025
Alsendo, a Polish technology platform supporting shipping process management, announces its acquisition of Italian shipping platforms Spedire.com and SpedirePRO for €5.5 million. This acquisition marks Alsendo’s first in Western Europe and a...
Polish manufacturer embraces sustainable packaging to grow its presence in Western Europe and MENA region
Food and Drink Technology
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July 4, 2025
Coveris Rypin has partnered with the Polish company Brześć to package their “puffs” snacks in recyclable film to increase shelf appeal and reduce packaging waste. The Polish confectionery market, including sweets, chocolate and baked goods,...
Heat Fuels Fire, Fish Deaths and Tensions Over Protests in Eastern Europe
Albanian Daily News
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The heat wave that has stifled Europe this week has barreled eastward, fraying nerves at escalating street protests in Serbia and leaving a river in the Czech Republic clogged with dead fish as the effects of global warming accelerate. In Albania,...
Strengthening cooperation between Central Asia and Eastern Europe on AEO implementation
Asia Plus
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09:35, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The International Trade Center (ITC), in collaboration with the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova, hosted a regional Peer Learning Initiative (PLI) on Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) from 30 June to 2...
‘Only a Handful of Environmental Organisations Still Dare Challenge Corporate Projects in Court’
Inter Press Service
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July 9, 2025
Active Citizens, Biodiversity, Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid, Energy, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Jul 9 2025 (IPS) - CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu,...
‘Heat dome’ set to arrive from Western Europe
Kathimerini
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Greece is bracing for its second major heatwave of the summer as a “heat dome” phenomenon moves eastward from Western Europe, bringing temperatures that could exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), beginning Sunday. The heat dome,...