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“I could make that.” And then you did. Congratulations, Prusa Research! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Makers, share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #PrusaResearch #3DPrinting

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You had a plan. Your party had other ideas. Congratulations, Larian! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Tag your co-op accomplice. Share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #LarianStudios #BG3

Who says medical research can’t be cool? Congratulations, Owkin! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Share the nomination with your research community. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #Owkin #EUEconomics

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Cloud and darkness? ICEYE brought radar. Congratulations, ICEYE! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Share the nomination with your space people. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #ICEYE #EUEconomics

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Who says cool belongs to fashion brands? Congratulations, IQM! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Quantum computers make quite a case. Share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #IQM #QuantumComputing

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Who said Europe’s coolest company had to make software? Congratulations, Funky Fluid! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Tell your beer people. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #FunkyFluid #EUEconomics

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Cool doesn’t have to shout. Congratulations, La Paz! Someone in r/EU_Economics has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Portuguese coastal character, everyday clothes. Share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #LaPaz #EUEconomics

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Who says the dance floor isn’t part of the economy? Congratulations, MISBHV! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Share it with your people. Voting dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #MISBHV #EUEconomics

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“Just one more quest.” Congratulations, CD PROJEKT RED! Someone in r/EU_Economics has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Witcher and Cyberpunk fans: make your case. Share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #CDProjektRed #EUEconomics

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The credits rolled. The Midsommar debate didn’t. Congratulations, B-Reel Films! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Film fans, share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #BReelFilms #EUEconomics

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Some people see a motorcycle. Ducatisti have a longer answer. #Ducati has been nominated by someone in r/EU_Economics for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Tell the Ducatisti. Share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #Ducati #EUEconomics

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Publishing. Fashion. Cultural provocation. Congratulations, 032c! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Readers and wearers: make your case. Share the nomination. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #032c #EUEconomics

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EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 6h

Three stripes. Sport, music, street culture. Congratulations, adidas! The r/EU_Economics community has nominated you for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Fans, make your case. Share the nomination. Voting dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #adidas #EUEconomics

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#Europe makes cool shit. Teenage Engineering has been nominated by someone in r/EU_Economics for Europe’s Coolest Company 2026. Synths you want to play AND leave on display. Sound obsessives, spread the word. Dates & rules: eu-economics.eu #TeenageEngineering #EU

EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

Ukraine bombs three Russian data centres and immediately online mentions of AfD nose-dive by more than 50%.

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EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

🇪🇺 🇲🇹 Malta is looking to Asia to strengthen its tourism economy. The goal: higher-value, year-round tourism that supports Maltese businesses and reduces dependence on existing visitor markets. businessnow.mt/malta-looks-... #EU #Tourism #Malta

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🇪🇺 🇸🇪 Swedish research could help Europe grow food with fewer inputs and less pollution. Potential benefits include lower farming costs, healthier soils and cleaner waterways. www.slu.se/en/research/... #EUEconomics #Innovation

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🇪🇺 🇨🇳 EU and China reach a preliminary trade understanding. The outcome covers Chinese hybrid vehicle exports, lower tariffs on nearly €4bn of European exports, and improved rare earth licensing. ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #EUEconomics #EUTrade #China

🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 US and German workers face very different dismissal rules. Most US employment is at-will; Germany generally requires a defensible reason once dismissal protections apply. #EU #Germany #Employment #TypeAshton youtu.be/xe3jPDQGSww?...

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🇪🇺 🇬🇷 Greece says more EU countries are backing calls for greater flexibility to respond to high energy prices. The aim is temporary, targeted support for households and businesses. No EU-wide shield has been agreed yet. #EU #Greece #Energy #Naftemporiki www.naftemporiki.gr/finance/econ...

🇪🇺 The EU has selected 46 new critical-raw-material Strategic Projects across 16 member states. They cover 15 of 17 strategic materials and require about €21.1bn in investment. #EU #CriticalRawMaterials #Mining #MiningWeekly www.miningweekly.com/article/euro...

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🇪🇺 🇫🇮 KHOY is turning bulky furniture into parcel logistics. The Finnish company vacuum-packs sofa beds into compact boxes and ships them across Europe. 2025 revenue: €4.3m Exports: >80% 2026: revenue expected to more than double #EU #Finland #KHOY #Kauppalehti www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/a/9c...

EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

🇪🇺 🇮🇪 EU finance ministers have agreed a key Savings and Investments Union reform. The package aims to reduce capital-market fragmentation and help channel more of Europe’s €10tn in household savings into investment. #EU #Ireland #CapitalMarkets #RTEBusiness www.rte.ie/news/europe/...

EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

🇪🇺 🇮🇹 Italy has upheld rules guaranteeing telecom customers access to a human operator. Average response time: max 150 seconds. At least 40% of calls: answered within 20 seconds. #EU #Italy #Telecommunications #AGCOM #LaRepubblica www.repubblica.it/economia/202...

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EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

🇪🇺 🇱🇻 Latvia registered 8,526 new companies in the first nine months of 2026, up 8.3%. September alone hit a 10-year record with 1,118 registrations. #EU #Latvia #Business #Lursoft #DienasBizness db.lv/zinas/latvij...

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🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win the 2026 Chemistry Nobel. Their work on molecular “handedness” became a key tool for designing pharmaceutical reactions. Prize: SEK 12m. #EU #France #Chemistry #NobelPrize #PhysOrg phys.org/news/2026-10...

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🇪🇺 🇮🇹 Meloni has filed a 4-second EU sound-mark application as a new defence against AI voice cloning. The EUIPO application is still under examination and would not protect her entire voice. #EU #Italy #EUIPO #AI #WION www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hCl...

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🇪🇺 The EU’s three global top-10 startup ecosystems are worth $769.2B combined. 🇸🇪 Sweden #6 🇩🇪 Germany #7 🇳🇱 Netherlands #10 Add France at #11 and the total reaches about $1.139T. #EU #Startups #Innovation #StartupBlink www.startupblink.com/blog/the-bes...

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EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 France and Germany want EU action against unfair trade. Macron and Merz propose stronger tools to reduce supplier dependencies and, in exceptional cases, let the Commission restrict single-market access more quickly. #EU #Germany #France #Trade #SingleMarket www.dw.com/en/merz-macr...

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🇪🇺 🇪🇸 Spain backs the Orión critical-minerals project with the maximum grant in its latest funding round. The project targets rare earths, titanium and zirconium in Andalucía. #EU #Spain #RareEarths #CriticalMinerals #MiningWeekly www.miningweekly.com/article/osmo...

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🇪🇺 🇩🇪 planqc wins the 2026 Made in Europe Award for commercialising quantum computing. The German company is building 100-qubit and 1,000-qubit systems for European research infrastructure. #EU #Germany #planqc #QuantumComputing #QuantumInsider thequantuminsider.com/2026/10/05/m...

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🇪🇺 🇵🇭 EU–Philippines trade deal moves closer to completion. More than 94% of tariff lines would be liberalised, covering over 97% of bilateral trade. #EU #Philippines #Trade #EuropeanCommission ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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🇪🇺 🇨🇾 Services generate 51% of EU business value added. They account for 64% of enterprises and 53% of employment, with Cyprus following the same service-heavy economic structure. #EU #Cyprus #Services #Eurostat #CyprusMail cyprus-mail.com/2026/10/05/e...

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🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 Global wealth remains extraordinarily concentrated. Top 10%: ~76% Bottom 50%: ~2% Economic growth tells us how much wealth is created. Distribution tells us who owns it. #EU #Wealth #Inequality #WION www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I10...

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🇪🇺 🇩🇪 Germany has built the world’s tallest wind turbine: 365 metres. Its 300m hub reaches stronger, steadier winds and could more than double electricity yield. #EU #Germany #GICON #WindEnergy #InterestingEngineering interestingengineering.com/energy/world...

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🇪🇺 🇩🇪 Germany now has “gaming electricity”. It is really a high-consumption tariff with a lower kWh price and higher base fee, aimed at households using roughly 2,500+ kWh/year. #EU #Germany #Energy #Gaming #ComputerBase www.computerbase.de/news/gaming/...

🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Schneider Electric is close to a nearly $20bn deal for US industrial-software group PTC. It would substantially expand the French group’s industrial software business. #EU #France #SchneiderElectric #PTC #Boursorama www.boursorama.com/bourse/actua...

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🇪🇺 EU–China trade tensions move into chemicals. China has opened an anti-dumping probe into EU p-nitrotoluene exports after alleging prices fell nearly 60% since 2022. #EU #China #Trade #FinancialTimes www.ft.com/content/bae0...

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🇪🇺 Piketty’s Global Justice Project models a very different 2100: €5,000 monthly income per person globally, far lower wealth inequality and roughly half today’s annual working hours. A scenario — not a forecast. #EU #Economics #Piketty #ElPais elpais.com/economia/neg...

he Greenland deal gives the U.S. more military access — but not sovereignty. CSIS argues the bigger legacy may be Europe’s faster push toward strategic autonomy and reduced dependence on Washington. #EU #Greenland #Denmark #CSIS www.csis.org/analysis/tru...

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🇪🇺 Europe is turning public spending into industrial policy. Dacia Spring assembly has moved from China to Slovenia, where Renault employs 2,100 people and is hiring 300 more. #EU #Slovenia #Renault #Industry #LeMonde www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

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🇩🇪 Aleph Alpha has released a 78B open-weight German-English AI model. Kolibri-1 supports reasoning, tool use and up to 1M-token context under Apache 2.0. #EU #Germany #AlephAlpha #AI #Golem www.golem.de/news/78-mill...

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🇫🇷 Renault plans another €10bn+ of investment in France over five years. French production is expected to rise at least 25% in 2026 as EV manufacturing expands. #EU #France #Renault #EV #Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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🇩🇪 Germany’s next industrial champions may be robots and chips. DW profiles #NEURARobotics and #BlackSemiconductor as German deep tech moves from laboratories into factories. #EU #Germany #DeepTech #DWDocumentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpMT...

🇪🇺 Europe’s innovation problem may not be invention — but getting inventions to market. 120+ researchers and innovators want simpler EU funding and a smoother path from research to companies. #EU #Innovation #Research #BankierPL www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Eu...

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria’s SOFIX has broken 1,500 points for the first time since 2008. The index is now up 30% since the start of 2026. #EU #Bulgaria #SOFIX #CapitalMarkets #BTA www.bta.bg/en/news/econ...

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