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Luxembourg’s Crypto Funds Surge: How Europe’s Finance Hub Is Embracing Digital Assets

Luxembourg, already the world’s second-largest hub for investment funds, is now witnessing an unprecedented surge in crypto and digital-asset funds as institutional investors and...

TikTok Booms In Europe Despite Threat Of U.S. Ban

Revenue from Chinese social media giant ByteDance’s short video app leapt up 38% to $6.3 billion last year in Europe even as it faces...

Billionaires Tally Their Losses

Billionaires were expected to be the major winners in a United States led by Donald Trump. That has not been the case: their wealth...

Luxembourg’s Tobacco Windfall

Tobacco brought Luxembourg €1.2B in 2024, set to hit €2B by 2028—yet just 5% is consumed locally. This cross-border “parallel market” may soon face...

Carbone 4: EU ESG Cuts Raise Transparency Concerns

EU plans to ease ESG reporting may sideline 80% of firms. Carbone 4’s Christina Stuart warns this shift could weaken transparency—and Europe’s climate credibility. On...

Opinion: If You Want Peace, Prepare For War

This Roman proverb is no longer a relic — it is fast becoming a European doctrine. As the continent rethinks its strategic autonomy, a...

AI Is Listening — Because We Often Don’t

In conversations about artificial intelligence, the focus often lies on speed, automation, and productivity gains. Rarely do we talk about what AI reflects back...

We’re Criticising GDPR For All The Wrong Reasons

“Simplify”, “Streamline”, “Scale back”. While EU communiqués often find creative ways to avoid uttering the word “deregulation”, this new European Commission is all about...

Luxembourg Multilingual Challenge

Luxembourgish is spoken by about half the population amid many linguistic communities, creating challenges in promoting the language while addressing all residents. Since March 2025,...

Some Economists Have Called For A Radical ‘Global Wealth Tax’ On Billionaires. How Would That Work?

Earlier this year, I attended a housing conference in Sydney. The event’s opening address centred on the way Australia seems to be becoming like...

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