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Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe

Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe

See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts...

A huge new EU competitiveness fund?

A huge new EU competitiveness fund?

It’s B-Day! The European Commission will today unveil its seven-year spending plan, the so-called MFF. No, it doesn’t stand for 'mutha-fuckin farmers’ – though farm lobbies will be protesting in the streets of Brussels this afternoon. We got a...

Win-or-bust tie with Panathinaikos is coming a little too quickly for Rangers boss Martin, writes John McGarry

Win-or-bust tie with Panathinaikos is coming a little too quickly for Rangers boss Martin, writes John McGarry

Rangers' impending Champions League qualifier against Panathinaikos almost feels like a rude interruption this summer. The town of Portrush won’t even be back to normal after the conclusion of The Open on Monday by the time Russell Martin takes...

Towards a Demographic Winter in Europe

Towards a Demographic Winter in Europe

It is a terrifying observation: in 2024, less than a quarter of the 202 million households in the European Union (23.6%) will have at least one minor child. Three-quarters of them (76.4%) will consist of only adults. Of those who do have children,...

Miralem Halilovic to Wear Bosna Jersey Next Season

Miralem Halilovic to Wear Bosna Jersey Next Season

Long-time national team player and captain of the senior basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miralem Halilović, will wear the jersey of Sarajevo’s Bosna from next season, it was announced on the ‘Student’ Facebook profile. Halilović comes...

Astrolight successfully tests Laser Communication Terminal with Lithuanian Navy, providing unjammable free-space laser link between ships

Astrolight successfully tests Laser Communication Terminal with Lithuanian Navy, providing unjammable free-space laser link between ships

July 9, 2025 – Vilnius, Lithuania. In a demonstration of secure, unjammable communication, Lithuanian space and defense tech company Astrolight has successfully tested its POLARIS free-space laser terminal at sea in collaboration with the...

NBA Trade Rumors: Utah Jazz make stance clear on Lauri Markkanen after slew of obvious tanking moves

NBA Trade Rumors: Utah Jazz make stance clear on Lauri Markkanen after slew of obvious tanking moves

The Utah Jazz don't appear to be ready to part ways with Lauri Markkanen. Despite trading away veterans like Collin Sexton and John Collins this offseason in apparent tanking moves, the Finnish forward remains part of the franchise's plans. In an...

Stars of Storrs, team of UConn basketball alumni, ready for second run in The Basketball Tournament

Stars of Storrs, team of UConn basketball alumni, ready for second run in The Basketball Tournament

While Dan Hurley and staff are out recruiting future UConn men’s basketball players, a group of former Huskies is getting ready to take the court for the second consecutive summer in The Basketball Tournament. The Stars of Storrs will begin its...

St Patrick’s Athletic v FC Hegelmann: Aidan Keena’s late penalty gives Saints the edge

St Patrick’s Athletic v FC Hegelmann: Aidan Keena’s late penalty gives Saints the edge

Full-time: St Pat's 1-0 Hegelmann It's advantage St Pat's as courtesy of Aidan Keena's 81st-minute penalty, Stephen Kenny's men take a one-goal lead to Lithuania for next Thursday's second-leg. It was no more than the Saints deserved after a...

Riga Contemporary art fair concludes in positive mood

Riga Contemporary art fair concludes in positive mood

The first international contemporary art fair 'Riga Contemporary' concluded in Riga last weekend, with organizers saying it gathered more than 12,000 visitors and 43 galleries from 16 countries over four days. Among the participants were leading...

EU road freight volumes grow slightly in 2024

EU road freight volumes grow slightly in 2024

Road freight transport across the European Union remained steady in 2024, reaching a total annual volume of 1 869 billion tonne-kilometres. This marked a slight increase from 1 857 billion in 2023, amounting to a marginal year-on-year rise of 0.6...

Belarus Opposition Leader Calls for Continued Pressure on Lukashenko

Belarus Opposition Leader Calls for Continued Pressure on Lukashenko

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarusian opposition figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski, recently released from prison, urged the West on July 1 to intensify pressure on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to promote democratic change. Tsikhanouski, who spent...

China exposes series of malicious foreign websites and IP addresses used by overseas hacker groups

China exposes series of malicious foreign websites and IP addresses used by overseas hacker groups

cyber attack Photo:VCG China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNERT/CC) has uncovered a series of malicious foreign websites and IP addresses used by overseas hacker groups to carry out ongoing cyberattacks against...

London Diamond League - Entries & Schedule 2025

London Diamond League - Entries & Schedule 2025

Venue: London Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, UK Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025 (11th stop of the Wanda Diamond League) Overview: The Novuna London Athletics Meet returns with a packed program featuring Olympic medalists, world...

Russia says it needs time to ‘analyse’ Trump’s Ukraine announcements

Russia says it needs time to ‘analyse’ Trump’s Ukraine announcements

The Kremlin has said that US President Donald Trump’s recent statements, including a threat to impose sanctions on Russia’s trading partners, are serious and require time to assess. Amid growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin,...

Penybont re-united with missing boots for European tie

Penybont re-united with missing boots for European tie

Welsh side Penybont's preparations for their Uefa Conference League qualifier in Lithuania have been disrupted after losing their luggage en route. The lost luggage included the squad's boots, and the travelling party had to hastily buy...

Europe’s quiet power blocs: The new relevance of Visegrád and the Baltic Triangle

Europe’s quiet power blocs: The new relevance of Visegrád and the Baltic Triangle

Angelo Valerio Toma is a geopolitical analyst focusing on digital sovereignty, infrastructure politics, and emerging technologies. As war, migration, and geopolitical fragmentation test the European Union’s unity, the centre of gravity is shifting...

NATO Spy Planes Make Pincer Move Over Russia

NATO Spy Planes Make Pincer Move Over Russia

American and British reconnaissance aircraft flew from England toward Russia, approaching the country from two sides on the same day, according to flight data. A Newsweek map shows the planes' route amid tensions between NATO and Moscow. On...

Wednesday 9th July 2025 Football Match Resu

Wednesday 9th July 2025 Football Match Resu

FIFA Club World Cup PSG vs Real Madrid 4-0 Friendly Matches Freiburg II vs VfL Bochum II 3-1 Třinec vs Žilina II 2-1 Tirsense vs Lusitania FC Nyíregyháza Spartacus vs Debreceni EAC 3-0 Cherno More Varna vs Chernomorets Balchik 1-0 Blau-Weiß Linz...

Wisconsin freshman to represent home country in Eurobasket U20

Wisconsin freshman to represent home country in Eurobasket U20

The Wisconsin Badgers had their biggest recruiting class in recent years, taking four high school players in the Class of 2025: four-star in-state guard Zach Kinziger, three-star in-state center Will Garlock, three-star New Zealand guard Hayden...

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