#europe

#europe

Every year, VivaTech transforms Paris into a vibrant global hub of innovation. In 2025, Fortune played a leading role as an official media partner, boosting the event's international reach and highlighting Europe's most thrilling innovations.

The analysis of 5G performance across Europe shows some regions like Poland experiencing significant speed increases, while others like Sweden face declines. This disparity arises from differences in spectrum use and network congestion.

"The reason we haven't grown as much in Europe as we have in the US - and everybody is in the same boat - is because of complexity, regulation, environmental impact assessments," Walsh told the keynote audience at the recent Datacloud Global Congress in Cannes.

Emmanuel Macron emphasized that the United Kingdom must not remain on the sidelines and that defense, security, and democracy are interconnected across Europe.

A consortium made up of ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy International has made a second natural gas discovery beneath the seabed south of Cyprus, reinforcing the region's role as an energy exporter.

Low water levels after heatwaves and drought are limiting shipping on some of Europe's biggest rivers, including the Rhine and the Danube, and pushing up transport costs.

At a meeting in Brussels last week, several dozens of CEOs of Fortune 500 Europe companies met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and four of her deputies. They held an open-ended discussion that touched on simplifying and delaying ESG rules, recasting clean energy as a matter of European independence, crafting an industrial AI strategy to compete with the US, and creating a single regime for companies to operate all over Europe.

The UK has been revealed as the worst country in Europe for commuters, in joint worst place with Greece, showing high commuting costs and long times.

Support for democracy among young people in Europe varies significantly, with only half in France and Spain seeing it as the best government form, while Poland has lower support.

The heat wave that has blanketed much of Europe is expected to linger over the continent this week, driving up temperatures to higher-than-normal levels and offering little reprieve.

According to the European Parliament, from 2015 to 2023, in absolute terms, house prices in the EU rose by just under 50% on average.

The Blockchain Group has positioned itself as Europe's first Bitcoin treasury company by acquiring additional BTC, reflecting the growing trend of institutional Bitcoin adoption.

Israel's airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites have escalated tensions, prompting Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on major cities like Tel Aviv and Haifa. This cycle of aggression raises fears of a full-blown war.

After a long day of exploring, I boarded the OBB Nightjet from Berlin to Vienna, seeking a weary respite but found myself faced with utter discomfort.