Safic-Alcan expands partnership with Momentive to distribute silicone elastomers in Europe

Paris-La Défense – Safic-Alcan announced the extension of its distribution agreement with Momentive Performance Materials for silicone elastomers, including liquid silicone rubber (LSR), heat-cured rubber (HCR), and ready-to-use compounds. This...

4iG Group, Elisa Polystar Expand AI-enabled Network Service Monitoring for CX in Hungary

As part of the cooperation, a new network service monitoring system will be implemented at One Hungary, driving analytics, customer insights, boosting automation and enabled by AI, supporting strategic digital transformation. 4iG Group has...

EU's deregulation agenda will undermine protections against surveillance and snooping

Home / News / 2025 / September / EU's deregulation agenda will undermine protections against surveillance and snooping Topic Country/Region 09 September 2025 The EU's so-called war on red tape risks undermining, sidelining or eliminating a vast...

Coalition for Health, Ethics and Society (CHES)

Aileen McLeod Alberto-Horst Neidhardt Alice Berzolla Alison Hunter Almut Möller Amanda Paul Ana Berdzenishvili Andrew Duff Andrew Scott Anna Crawford Annalisa Buscaini Annika Hedberg Arancha González Laya Arnaldo-Javier Mina Mendoza Benedetta...

This country becomes the first to appoint AI bot as minister to handle corruption

Albania has become the first country to appoint an AI-generated bot as a minister to oversee public procurement. The virtual official, called Diella, which means “sun” in Albanian, will manage all government tenders and contracts through which...

New parliament opens; Socialists hold majority

TIRANA, Sept 12 (TemA) — Albania’s new Parliament meets at 10:00 to open the 11th legislature. A temporary commission will first verify mandates; the 140 members will then take the constitutional oath. The May 11 vote gave the Socialist Party 83...

Quo Vadis Deutschland? An Obituary in Twelve Theses

Germany once again sits sullied among the nations with the blood of those who lie in the streets in imperialist wars. Patrik Baab delivers an obituary in twelve theses or the crash of a discontinued model. Nero Views the Burning of Rome, Karl...

The countries with the world's busiest roads revealed - top 2 are in Europe

The countries with the busiest roads in the world have been revealed. Global car rental comparison site DiscoverCars.com carried out new research into the busiest roads around the world. A total of 12,015 drivers ranked how busy the roads of the...

Is this Greek island as idyllic as Gerald Durrell portrayed? Not everyone thinks so

Among the many centenaries celebrated this year is that of Gerald Durrell (1925-1995), who lived in Corfu in the 1930s, where he was inspired to become one of the world’s leading zoologists and conservationists. He was famous as a writer, too, for...

A Greek Island Has 1,000 Private Chapels. Families Maintain Them for Faith and Community (Photos)

TINOS, Greece (AP) — More than a thousand chapels dot the Greek island of Tinos. In a rare centuries-old tradition, the mostly simple, room-sized stone structures are painstakingly maintained by the ordinary families that own them. These private...

AI revolution with guard rails

The appointment of Diella, an AI-powered digital assistant, as Albania's first "virtually created" cabinet minister signals how far the world has travelled in the realm of artificial intelligence. Diella's task is functional. By overseeing public...

Rama seeks fewer MPs, committee shake-up

TIRANA, Sept 11 (TemA) — Prime Minister Edi Rama proposed cutting Albania’s Parliament to at least 101 seats and rewiring its committees to mirror EU negotiations, in a broad reset he said would sharpen delivery before 2030. He told the Socialist...

From D.C. to Germany: Couple Celebrates Marriage Before International Move

Tucker Jones and Samantha Shimer Tucker Jones and Samantha Shimer celebrated their marriage at a dinner with family and friends in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 23. They were married July 28 in a private ceremony at the National Gallery. The dinner was...

Ethereum Co-Founder Cautions Against AI-Driven Crypto Projects Over Security Flaws

Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed significant concerns about integrating artificial intelligence...

European country appoints AI-generated ‘minister’ to tackle corruption

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The European Cultural Centre Announces 21 Shortlisted Projects for the 2025 ECC Awards

The Virginia Tech Honors College and Cloud 9 + Enric Ruiz Geli at Time Space Existence 2025. Installation view at Marinaressa Gardens. Image © Celestia Studio Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or...

"OMG THIS SH*T IS SO UGLY": Internet reacts after Dua Lipa posts video with iPhone 17 Pro hours after Apple's viral launch event

Albanian singer and songwriter Dua Lipa recently contributed to the “Shot on iPhone” campaign for the tech giant Apple. On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Apple launched new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods during the company’s biggest launch event...

Europe’s far-right Kirk bump

Welcome to Rapporteur, our new newsletter formerly known as The Capitals. I’m Eddy Wax, joined by Nicoletta Ionta in Brussels. Each day we’ll get you up to speed on the stories shaping EU and European politics. Need-to-knows: Germany: Friedrich...

The First AI Bot Minister Is Here to Fight Human Corruption

In the battle against corruption, a new kind of minister has entered the political arena. It can’t be bribed, it doesn’t have a personal agenda, and it won’t be swayed by threats. We’re talking about an AI bot, and it’s not a sci-fi fantasy—it’s...

Why the robot minister is the DP’s relentless enemy

Diella, the world’s first robot “minister,” became famous before doing a single day of work. The global press has marveled at Edi Rama’s experiment: fighting corruption in public tenders with a machine that has no conscience, no friends, no...