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Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services is projected to reach $1.53 trillion in 2025, marking a 1.7 per cent increase year on year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The ...

Worldwide tablet shipments declined 4.4 per cent year over year in the third quarter of 2025, totalling 38 million units, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Following six consecutive quarters ...

Car demand is expected to experience a sluggish recovery across the eurozone, according to the European Central Bank (ECB), whose latest report was based on it Consumer Expectations Survey (CES). ...

By turning wastewater sludge into biocoal and green hydrogen, EU-funded researchers are helping reduce the steel industry’s environmental impact. By Tom Cassauwers What comes out of our wastewater treatment ...

As Europe prepares for the leap to 6G, researchers, policymakers and citizens are working together to make sure that the next digital revolution is not just faster, but also ethical, ...

The number of registrations of EU businesses increased by 4.0 per cent during the third quarter of 2025, compared with the second quarter of 2025, according to Eurostat. At the same time, the ...

IBM (IBM.N) announced on this week that it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful quantum ...

The euro area recorded a trade in goods surplus of €19.4 billion with the rest of the world in September 2025, compared with €12.9 billion in September 2024. Exports from the euro area rose ...

Shipping’s training ecosystem is straining under accelerating change, with senior figures warning that operational pressures, shrinking manning levels and a compliance culture are eroding seafarer competence. Although companies acknowledge ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently released its first comprehensive assessment of the total costs borne by investors in UCITS and AIFs. UCITS are EU-regulated retail investment funds ...

Finance and technology announcements at the inaugural TOURISE Summit in Riyadh set out major investment commitments and the launch of a new global digital framework for tourism. TOURISE said it ...

The United States and Germany were the top ultimate investing economies in a sample of 13 EU countries in 2024, highlighting the complexity of global finance, according to Eurostat. For the 13 EU ...

Long-term unemployment ranged dramatically from 0.4 per cent to 16.3 per cent across EU regions in 2024, highlighting significant disparities in labour market resilience, according to Eurostat. Eurostat’s latest report showed that 4.2 ...

Freedom Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRHC), the parent company of the Freedom24 investment platform, has released its financial results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2026, which ended ...

Greek airline Aegean posted strong financial and operational results for the first nine months of 2025, with consolidated revenue reaching €1.43 billion, a 4 per cent rise compared with the same period last ...

The 26th session of the UN Tourism General Assembly concluded in Riyadh on Tuesday with the adoption of the Riyadh Declaration on the Future of Tourism, marking what officials described ...

Greece’s Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy Vasilis Kikilias visited Cairo this week for the TransMEA 2025 international transport conference. The event brought together ministers, regulators and senior industry figures ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final guidelines on environmental scenario analysis, outlining how financial institutions across the European Union should assess and manage environmental risks. The new ...

SOFTSWISS, a global technology leader in iGaming solutions, has unveiled its 2026 iGaming Trends Report, developed in partnership with NEXT.io, providing a detailed look at the forces shaping the industry’...

Global combined revenues from the online video and traditional TV markets are on track to reach $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, according to market intelligence firm Omdia. While pay TV ...

EU-funded researchers are exploring how undersea communication cables can double-up as environmental and seismic sensors – a potential game-changer for early warning systems. By Michael Allen Beneath the world’s oceans, ...

The European Union’s total trade with the Indo-Pacific region amounted to €848.0 billion in 2024, a period marked by a slight decrease in imports and a continuing trade deficit, according to ...

Display glass revenue reached a record high of JPY 270 billion in the third quarter of 2025, according to market intelligence firm Omdia. Display glass is a specialised, ultra-thin and durable glass ...

Rail travel across the European Union reached a record high in 2024, though rail freight transport saw a slight decrease, according to Eurostat. Specifically, a total of 443 billion passenger-kilometres (pkm) were ...