UMPG Inks Global Publishing Deal With Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never): ‘One of the Most Forward-Thinking and Influential Artists of Our Generation’

Daniel Lopatin and UMPG’s Natasha Baldwin. Photo Credit: Universal Music Publishing Group UMPG and Lopatin announced their exclusive tie-up today, about 42 months after the composer and producer finalized a Downtown Music Services agreement. Now,...

Europe’s defence wake-up call: why innovation can’t wait

Russia’s war economy has reached a staggering scale that should alarm every European leader. Between 2022 and 2024, Moscow allocated at least $263 billion to defence outlays — approximately 7% of GDP annually — transforming a massive portion of...

Germany's largest bookshop chain Thalia reports 14% sales growth

NewsOct 16, 2025by Anja Sieg Thalia in Hamburg Germany’s largest bookshop chain, Thalia, has reported a 14% growth in sales for the financial year 2024/25. You've hit your free article limit. Serious about the book trade? Join thousands of...

7 Cruises Superfans Can’t Wait to Book in 2026 and Beyond, According to a Cruise Expert

If you thought the cruise comeback of the past few years was impressive, just wait until 2026. According to industry insider Stewart Chiron, better known as The Cruise Guy, the next year is already shaping up to be another record-breaker. “Future...

Book Review – The end of empires and a world remade: A global history of decolonization

[This is an excerpt from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies.] Martin Thomas’s study of decolonisation is impressive. At 670 pages, including around 100 pages of bibliography and...

What does a 'suspension' of France's pension reform actually mean?

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu delivers his government policy statement, at the Sénat in Paris, on October 15, 2025. JULIEN MUGUET FOR LE MONDE To save his government in a politically unstable France, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday,...

European Stocks Mixed Ahead of French Confidence Vote

Zurich, Switzerland – European shares faced mixed outcomes on Thursday as attention turned towards a critical confidence vote in France and the release of various corporate earnings reports. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu‘s government is...

Flights to Europe from $1600 in major airline sale - plus more great travel deals right now

Airfares are a major factor when budgeting for an overseas trip, especially if you're planning to go as far as Europe. Well, Singapore Airlines has just launched its Time to Travel campaign, offering major discounts on flights for travel in 2026....

“Pasaulietė”: Deimantė Rudžinskaitė and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 3. Weaponizing a Book

by Rosita Šorytė Article 2 of 3. Read article 1 and article 2. Deimantė Rudžinskaitė promoting her book. From Facebook. Deimantė Rudžinskaitė’s book “Pausalietė” is more interesting as a personal memoir than as a book about religion. While we can...

Kazakhstan Showcases 350 Works at Frankfurt Book Fair

ASTANA – Kazakhstan presented more than 350 books at one of the world’s largest and most prestigious publishing events, the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse), on Oct. 15. The book fair included a presentation of the monograph...

Photographer Rodney Smith’s Otherworldliness Is Evident in Two Exhibitions and New Book

Ten years after the death of the photographer Rodney Smith, his work is the focus of two exhibitions, and Rizzoli will release a book about his extensive career next month. “Rodney Smith: Photography between real and surreal” is on view at Palazzo...

Italy’s gold reserves hit a record high, worth $300 Billion

Italy, whose sovereign assets from bonds to banks have so often been the subject of market crises in recent years, is currently enjoying a windfall as the central bank’s vast gold reserves track record-high prices. The country’s bullion stockpile...

Pope Leo’s writings as Augustinian prior to be featured in new book

The Order of St. Augustine and the Vatican Publishing House announced the publication of a new book by Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost O.S.A., titled “Free Under Grace: Writings and Meditations 2001-2013.” The book will be presented at the...

Check the selected projects and programme of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

CHECK THE PROGRAMME OF INDUSTRY@TALLINN &; BALTIC EVENT The Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event 2025 programme, running from 14–21 November, is now live! This year’s edition features a rich selection of seminars, masterclasses, case studies, and...

The best Christmas markets in Europe

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, copious amounts of mulled wine and some of the best hot chocolate you've ever had. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas across Europe, with hundreds of festive markets glittering brilliantly as soon as...

Why Investors are Bullish on EU’s Most Valuable Firm Despite Mixed Earnings

CEO offers more visibility into 2026 growth. Dutch semiconductor company ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) recently became the most valuable firm in the EU. This week, ASML’s market cap surged even higher to around $396 billion as its stock price jumped about 8%...

They called me Dr Antifa. Now I’m in exile, teaching from Spain

A professor who fled his New Jersey campus for Spain after being branded “Dr Antifa” by Charlie Kirk’s conservative group has told The Times he plans to spend at least six months in exile after receiving death threats. Mark Bray, a Rutgers...

The Austrian left-winger taking on Europe’s orthodoxies

Faika El-Nagashi has bravely challenged her own political tribe on sex and gender Seven years ago, when she was still a Green MP in Vienna, Faika El-Nagashi first sensed something was badly amiss in the movement she had helped build. At the...

Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim in air freight

In this exclusive webcast, leaders discuss the urgency for reducing air freight emissions for freight forwarders and shippers, and reasons why companies should use SAF. They also explain how companies can best make use of the book and claim model...

10 Years of Inaction: Gui Minhai’s Ordeal and Europe’s Inability to Fight China’s Repression

Exactly ten years ago, Gui Minhai, a Swedish publisher and founder of a Hong Kong publishing house, was kidnapped in Thailand. On October 17, 2015, Chinese state agents took him away from his vacation home. It was supposed to be a short trip....