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People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort Retires; AXA Announces Key Leadership Appointments
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and AXA. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort Retires Liberty Mutual...

Allianz Trade: Bulgaria Among Fastest-Growing Economies in Central and Eastern Europe Through 2027
Bulgaria’s GDP is projected to grow by more than 3% annually between 2025 and 2027, making it one of the fastest-expanding economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), according to a new report by trade credit insurer Allianz Trade. The...

Liberty Mutual Re names Andreas Blosche as Head of Northern Europe
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), the reinsurance arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Andreas Blosche as Head of Northern Europe. Blosche succeeds Hans Van Oort, who has retired after six years with the...

Brussels: A Rotting Corpse of Western Europe
Western Europe is in terminal decline. That’s my point of view, anyway. One informed by two years in the European Union’s infernal capital. Of seeing the rot up close. Formerly the seat of a small yet geopolitically significant empire, Brussels is...

Rallying-Rovanpera wins in Central Europe as Toyota seal manufacturers' title
Kalle Rovanpera won the Rally of Central Europe on Sunday as Toyota sealed the manufacturers' world championship for the fifth year in a row. The double world champion's third win of his last season before switching to circuit racing left the Finn...
Germany Stands To Lose & Poland To Gain From The EU's Latest Energy Move
Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Poland’s role in providing more US LNG to Central & Eastern Europe is expected to erode Germany’s influence in this region and accelerate Poland’s revival of its lost Great Power status. The European...

‘Where You At Jacksonville?’: Limp Bizkit Is The Only Good Rock Band Of The Last 30 Years—And America Sorely Needs Them
If there isn’t a mosh pit, are you even at a concert? That’s the lesson imparted onto millennials by Limp Bizkit, which remains massive in Eastern Europe and just lost founding bass player Sam Rivers to illness. He was 48. A major study found that...

Parliamentary Fragility And Rising Instability: Pakistan’s Decline In Regional Peace
In the post-Cold War era, the disintegration of the Communist Bloc, followed by the resurgence of civil wars, ethnic conflict, and interstate clashes in Asia, Africa, and Eastern and Central Europe, has necessitated a prolonged and continuous...

Storm Benjamin pounds UK, France, Belgium with 75mph winds, torrential rain
Storm Benjamin made landfall in Western Europe on Thursday, October 23, 2025, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and flooding to the United Kingdom, France, Portugal and Belgium. The UK Met Office multiple yellow warnings of severe weather and...

Dubai International Chamber opens 1st Eastern Europe office in Poland
Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has opened its first representative office in Eastern Europe in Poland’s capital city, Warsaw. The inauguration ceremony was attended by HE...

Estonia tops Central Europe in “brain business” index
A new index shows that 9.4 per cent of Estonian adults work in “brain business” roles – highly knowledge-intensive jobs in technology, ICT, advanced services, and the creative industries. This is the highest level in Central Europe, narrowly ahead...

Oceanika: Southern Europe’s largest wooden building redefines Torremolinos life
Overlooking construction. Credit: Revierte biodiversidad Sustainable architecture has reached a landmark moment with the construction of Oceanika in Torremolinos, which has begun construction as southern Europe’s largest wooden building and is...

Dubai International Chamber launches its first Eastern Europe representative office in Poland to support growth of mutual trade and investments
Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has officially opened its first representative office in Eastern Europe in Poland’s capital city, Warsaw. The strategic move reflects the...

Dubai International Chamber launches its first Eastern Europe representative office in Poland
Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has officially opened its first representative office in Eastern Europe in Poland’s capital city, Warsaw. The strategic move reflects the...

Public EV charging expands rapidly, but Czechia still behind Western Europe
The number and use of public electric vehicle charging stations in the Czech Republic continues to rise but the country still lags behind Western and Northern Europe in charging density and electric vehicle uptake, according to the Transport...

Cyprus Business Now: BoC, Invest Cyprus, municipalities, housing permits
Invest Cyprus has been elected Regional Director of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) for Eastern Europe for the 2025–2027 term. The elections took place in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, during the 29th WAIPA World...

Rallying-Rovanpera leads in Central Europe, Ogier crashes out
Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera led the Central European Rally after teammate and title rival Sebastien Ogier crashed out on Saturday. The Finn, who is leaving rallying at the end of the year to switch to circuit racing, ended the penultimate day 36.3...

Greece seen as European entry point for American LNG
ENERGY ENERGY [Shutterstock] The declared strategic interest of the US to make Greece a gateway for the transport of American LNG from the Revithousa and Alexandroupoli terminals via the Vertical Gas Corridor to Eastern Europe will be confirmed by...

From 80 containers to market leader: how Vlissingen became Western Europe's top onion port
Vlissingen is more than just a port in the Netherlands. It has become Western Europe's premier onion port. In 12 years, the North Sea Port has grown into a logistics hub for the international onion trade. Jean Ruinard, who has been working at that...

1spin4win closes the year with showcase at SiGMA Central Europe 2025 in Rome
From November 3 to 6, 1spin4win is set to join SiGMA Central Europe 2025 in Rome. The event will unite 30,000 iGaming leaders for four days of networking, industry discussions, and exploration of the latest trends. This participation marks the...