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How an indoor snow world keeps its snow intact all year round
An indoor snow world is a large refrigerated building that keeps snow and ice year-round, and its design choices explain what visitors find inside.
How Hungary plans to pay for its 2027 budget, from savings to a new wealth tax
The Atlantic is far harder than a strait: depth, pressure and a moving seabed
Warsaw bets on an EU-India deal to close its trade gap with India
Matolcsy faces pre-trial detention over alleged PADME foundation transfer
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RAF jets met unidentified drones at 17,000 ft over the North Sea, the Telegraph reports
British troops will rehearse a Ukraine ceasefire deployment alongside French and German forces, while police examine drones spotted at RAF jets’ altitude.
Hungary’s wealth tax fight pits Magyar against Orbán’s Fidesz legacy
Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s plan to tax large fortunes has drawn fire from Viktor Orbán, while Magyar himself…
Energy costs, Ukraine and defence on the agenda of October’s European Council
The European Council meeting scheduled in Brussels for 15 and 16 October 2026 was to examine relief from…
Romanian man charged with forced labour in Hungary
Pest County prosecutors say a promised driving job in Nagykőrös turned into beatings and unpaid work. They want…
Budapest’s Castle District voters back a short-term rental ban
District 1 has yet to turn a 58.6% vote for prohibition into rules, and an impact assessment and…
Navigation revenue would fund embankments, heritage and public space under Budapest’s Danube plan
An equally owned company would manage the riverbed and bank together, while directing navigation revenue towards embankments, public…
Trump Blocks Venezuelan Access: Europe Warns of Escalating Conflict, Defense Secretary Holds Key Strike Video, Impacts Await
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers, escalating geopolitical tensions. New U.S. notice to…
Science
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A fusion reactor’s core magnet forces it to run in pulses, not continuously
Skates leave their eggs and swim away, so the seabed they choose decides the embryo’s fate
Post-quantum-Technologie: Neue Partnerschaft erleichtert Entwicklung und verspricht Durchbruch in der digitalen Sicherheit
The Stealth Bomber: A $80 Billion Defense Asset That Instills Fear in Adversaries
China’s Deep-Sea ‘Spider’ Unveils the Mysteries of Ghostly Cosmic Neutrinos, Transforming Our Understanding of the Universe
“This Could Be the Moment We Find Life”: Europe’s Mars Rover Will Drill Deeper Than Ever to Uncover What’s Hidden Beneath the Red Planet
Secret Supersonic Plane Discovered on Google Earth: Traveling at Six Times the Speed of Sound
Here’s a Shocking New Threat: Metal-Cutting Drones From China Could Soon Be Flying Over Your Home
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Spoil heaps, new roads and vents: what satellite images can and cannot show about hidden bases
Tunnelled command posts, depots and shelters follow a recognisable logic of rock, depth and concealment, and that logic explains what such projects involve.
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Indonesia’s haze has sickened 175,000 people as El Niño fuels its worst fire season since 2015
The WMO expects the record El Niño to last into 2027, while Indonesian fires, eastern Pacific hurricanes and a patchy monsoon already…
Thousands of European wind and solar sites reachable online, but few confirmed attacks
Scotland’s planned data centres could add major pressure to power, water and local communities
Europe’s circular economy target needs skills as well as recycling capacity
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E.ON’s EU-funded grid upgrade opens room for wind in Hungary
A HUF 230 billion programme backed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility targets substations, lines and meters across a network serving three…