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India doubling down on Rafales despite combat loss

India’s move to expand its Rafale fleet comes as it weighs recent combat lessons, urgent force-structure shortfalls, and longer-term strategic ties with France in a rapidly shifting regional security environment. This month, the Indian Ministry of Defense and multiple media

Producer prices for energy decline gradually in 2025

In December 2025, in the EU, industrial producer prices for energy in the domestic market fell by 1.3% compared with the previous month and by 7.7% compared with December 2024. Looking back at the past 5 years, industrial producer prices for energy surged in 2022, before

Can Europe reassert itself after Ukraine?

Washington’s 2025 strike on Iran, the raid to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early 2026 and its renewed interest in acquiring Greenland have clarified the country’s international priorities. Meanwhile, securing Ukraine’s independence, once a defining rallying cry

Median age in the EU increased by 2.1 years since 2015

On 1 January 2025, the median age of the EU’s population reached 44.9 years. This means that half of the people in the EU were older than 44.9 years, while the other half was younger. Across the EU, it ranged from 39.6 years in Ireland to 49.1 years in Italy. At EU level, the

Berlinale Series Market Amps Up

Series from such creative heavyweights as Ken Burns, Ruben Ostlund and Fernando Meirelles galvanize the most powerful edition to date of the Berlinale Series Market, its TV forum and market. More projects from top talent hitting the BSM include “The Granddaughter,” from İlker

World Radio Day: Listen to the Stats in a Wrap podcast

Eurostat’s podcast series Stats in a Wrap offers a captivating journey into the world of statistics. With four seasons behind us and the first episode of season five on the new edition of the Glossary for transport statistics out in January, we are already planning our next

EU economy greenhouse gas emissions: +1.1% in Q3 2025

The EU economy’s seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions in the third quarter of 2025 were estimated at 828 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 1.1% increase compared with the second quarter of 2025 (819 million tonnes of CO2-eq). At the same time, the EU’s gross