• Wartime Budapest was a haven, then a hell, for Europe’s Jews

    One day in May 1944, in the Nagyvárad ghetto, Sándor Leitner saw an elderly man struggling to walk towards him.…What to read next: Is Georgia’s future with Europe, or Russia? | Europe’s coffee houses are in trouble | Richard Dawkins: in defence of scientific truth | The US war aid might be too little, too late for Ukraine

  • For Jews and non-Jews, Passover and Holocaust observance days collide to educate and enlighten

    “We can’t eradicate what happened,” Steinmetz said. “We can shed a light on it and learn from it and say ‘that’s not what we want to be today.’ We don’t want to persecute people and call them names. It shines a light on what happens when we call out people for those things. I hope we learn and can change.”

  • On the ‘un-Jews’ of Columbia

    Editor's note: The author of this op-ed is identified by their first and

  • Why won't Europe foot the bill for Ukraine?

    As a member of Congress, I am being told in real time that if we don’t authorize more money, Ukraine will run out of bullets, that country will fall, and Moldova and Poland will promptly follow.

  • The state of open source in Europe

    Open source is at a crossroads. For the past few years, venture capital has directly or indirectly paid for many of the contributors and much of the infrastructure it needed to keep going. That was until the past 24 months or so, when funding started to slow down, leading to less internal development or funding resources going toward open source. Companies suddenly had to justify themselves, have a real business model, cut costs, and fundamentally start to return something to investors. On the...

  • Bumpy ride for electric cars in Europe

    Electric cars are a key part of Europe’s green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone. Despite the fact that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the European Union as of 2035, sales of plug-in “zero emission” […]

  • Bumpy ride for electric cars in Europe

    Electric cars are a key part of Europe's green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone.Despite the fact that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the European Union as of 2035, sales of plug-in zero emission vehicles have stalled in the region in recent months.The market share for electric cars has shrunk from 14.16 percent last year to 12 percent or less since the start of this year, a drop...

  • Negative: The Bloomberg Open, Europe Edition

    Good morning. Fitch revises its outlook for China’s sovereign rating to negative. The US approves the sale of some weapons to Ukraine. And we learn what’s on the menu when Fumio Kishida visits the White House tonight.

  • Heat-related mortality increased by 30% in Europe

    Geneva, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Heat-related mortality increased by about 30 percent in Europe in the last 20 years, according to a report from the Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The post Heat-related mortality increased by 30% in Europe first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Letter to the editor: Gazans support killing of Jews

    This Jew has no pity when it comes to the residents of Gaza (“Over 70% of Palestinians say Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israelis was right decision: Poll,” web, March 22).

    • NPR

    Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly

    The number of heat-related deaths in Europe increased 30% in the last 20

  • How regional Jews are celebrating the 'most relevant' Passover

    Every single Friday, 100-year-old Ruth Phillips lights candles around her home while her phone rings with friends, family and rabbis wishing her a happy Shabbat. Despite living by herself in the small northern NSW town of Gleniffer, the centenarian has found through constant communication, she is not alone. However, every year she braves the cold and travels 1,300 kilometres from her home in Gleniffer to Melbourne to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover, or Pesach, with her family. "It's...