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France Télévisions, Superprod Animation team on comic book adaptation
FRNCK was created by artist Brice Cossu and writer Olivier Bocquet MIPCOM: French public broadcaster France Télévisions is teaming with local animation outfit Superprod on a series based on hit comic book FRNCK. FRNCK is based on the comic book...

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...

European airline CEOs urge EU leaders to reform policies and protect competitiveness
The heads of Europe’s major airlines have issued an urgent call to EU leaders for regulatory reform, warning that without immediate action, the region’s aviation competitiveness and connectivity are at risk. The CEOs said that more than a year...

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 Appetite Is Fantastic’ – Momentum Rolls Into Rip-Roaring Book 3 Sale At Tattersalls
TATTERSALLS, NEWMARKET – Almost 200 million gns changed hands between Book 1 and 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale but there was no sign of the money drying up at Park Paddocks as Book 3 got off to a rip-roaring start with turnover...

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...

Book review | A Week in Berlin
A Week in Berlin By Angelina Der Arakelian-Dennington Published in September 2025 274 pages What if you could go back in time and change history? What would you give up to save others? “A Week in Berlin” explores these questions through the story...

Germany and France sign agreement for 'Odin's eye' missile detector
Germany and France agreed on Wednesday to build a satellite-based early warning system called "Odin's eye", which is meant to significantly improve capabilities to detect missile launches. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, who signed the...

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....

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...

The Next Crisis: What We Think about the Future – book review
This book is not an attempt to forecast the future. Its subject is current anxieties and their consequences. By analysing the results of opinion surveys covering much of the world’s population and official statistics, Professor Dorling provides...

Ambassador highlights growing Italy-Kuwait ties ahead of Design Festival
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Italy to Kuwait, Lorenzo Morini reaffirmed the strong and growing ties between Italy and Kuwait, noting that both countries are preparing for high-level visits and meetings in the coming months. During a press briefing to...

Book reviews: ‘Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What We Can Do About It’ and ‘It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin’
‘Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What We Can Do About It’ by Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow “certainly knows how to make an idea memorable,” said Henry Mance in the Financial Times. While not everyone will appreciate his new...
News Analysis: AI's rise in publishing fuels debate over efficiency and copyright
FRANKFURT, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the publishing industry - from editing and translation to design - and its growing influence at the ongoing 77th Frankfurt Book Fair is fueling debate over efficiency,...

Revealed: Emma Watson's handsome mystery man she enjoyed 'romantic' Italy holiday with is $5million tech tycoon who dated singer Camila Cabello
The mystery man pictured on an Italian sunshine holiday with Harry Potter star Emma Watson is a tech tycoon worth $5million who has previously dated singer Camila Cabello, the Daily Mail can reveal. Emma, 35, was pictured looking happy and...

What to bring with you if you're moving to Italy from the US
We look at the essential items to stock up on before moving to Italy, and ask which things can just as easily be bought once you've arrived. As an American with on-again, off-again residency in Italy since 2019, I often hear from people...

Film "The Odin Code" about Scandinavian-Azerbaijani cultural connections screened in Brussels
Stockholm, October 16, Nargiz Jafarli, AZERTAC A screening of the documentary film the Odin Code by Swedish director Mikael Silkeberg, exploring cultural ties between Scandinavia and Azerbaijan, took place at the Flagey Cultural Center in...