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L’Uni de Fribourg a participé à une étude européenne qui vient d’illustrer ce jugement via des tours de magie, un bastion jugé masculin.

Mit der Übernahme entstünde der drittgrösste Finanzmarktinfrastrukturanbieter Europas.

Die Schweizer Börsenbetreiberin SIX unterbreitet der spanischen Börsen- und Finanzmarktinfrastrukturgruppe Bolsas y Mercados Españoles ("BME") ein milliardenschweres Übernahmeangebot.

The Czech Republic's billionaire prime minister expressed regret over his communist past on Sunday (17 November) while Slovakia's liberal president hailed the sacrifices communist-era dissidents made for democracy as their nations celebrated 30 years since the Velvet Revolution toppled communism in then-Czechoslovakia.

Anthony Gardner, US ambassador to the EU under Obama, told CNBC Trump is making a "historical mistake" with the EU. "For 60 years, the US administration, both Republic and Democratic, thought that European integration should be promoted because it was good for Europe and it was good for the US," he said, adding "this administration decided that European integration is bad and that the EU is in fact an enemy."

Judges indicted Alexandre Nardella, finance director of François Bayrou's centrist party MoDem, on charges of embezzlement of European Parliament funds, AFP reports. MoDem, part of France's president Emmanuel Macron's En Marche, is alleged to have used funds intended for the salaries of European Parliament assistants to pay people working for the party in France. Sylvie Goulard was rejected by the European Parliament as a EU commissioner because of this case.

Nikos Christodoulides, foreign minister of Greek Cyprus, told the Greek newspaper Kathimerini he hopes to restart reunification talks that fell apart in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana. He said a five-party conference, along the lines of Crans-Montana, outlining the methodology and procedure of future negotiations, could take place as soon as December. However, he warned that this is only possible if Turkey refrains from "violations and provocations".

A BBC investigation revealed links between the exchange platform for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Wex, and Russia's security services. According to the Moscow Times, the Russian founder of the exchange platform, Alexey Bilyuchenko, told the BBC that he was taken to the Federal Security Service (FSB) offices in Moscow to provide access to the online wallets of Wex's customers - where €406m worth of cryptocurrency were stored.

In face of fierce global competition, how can Europe secure access to key raw materials for the future of its industry?

The president of Catalonia, Quim Torra, will be prosecuted by the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia on Monday for failing to comply with an order from the Spanish authorities to remove symbols from governmental buildings in Barcelona in April - during the run-up to elections. "A condemnatory sentence is very likely" which could provoke the dissolution of the Catalan parliament and a call for early elections, El País writes.

Despite the neighbourhood's beautiful name, the reputation of Rosengård (Rose Garden) does not so much evoke images of roses as headlines of crime and social challenges. This area of Malmö has been struggling with its notorious, mythical, image for years.

Microsoft announced on Monday that it was updating the privacy terms of its commercial clouds - after the EU's data watchdog (EDPS) suggested in October that Microsoft's contracts with the European institutions fail to meet EU's data protection rules (GDPR). "We will increase our data protection responsibilities for a subset of processing that Microsoft engages in when we provide enterprise services," said the tech company in a statement.

Ein Radschützenpanzer ist am Freitag in Plons SG in ein Auto gekracht. Dabei wurde eine Seniorin schwer verletzt. Inzwischen ist die Frau im Spital verstorben.

A World Wildlife Fund study revealed that a massive wildfire in the UK in May doubled Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions during the six days it burnt. About 700,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent were released into the atmosphere during these days, reported the BBC. The research calls on the government to protect and improve peat bogs since the quality of this wetland can help to minimise emissions when wildfires occur.

Nur in Norwegen lebts sich besser als Frau: Eine renommierte Studie hat die Schweiz zum zweitbesten Land der Welt gekürt, um eine Frau zu sein.

Although the European Parliament tries to keep a geopolitical balance within the committees, the breakdown of the actual chairs of the committees by political party and nationality is uneven - with a clear under-representation of central and eastern EU countries.

Europe's bee population is dying. The number of pollinator species threatened by extinction is increasing each year, and human activity is the main cause.

BERLIN. Conservative Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) wants to take stronger action against unauthorised migration in Europe. Also, find out about Poland's slowing growth, Greece's smoking ban, CEU's move to Vienna, protests in France and Belgium, and so much more.

Junglandwirte, die über nichtkonventionelle Verträge Zugang zu Land erhalten haben, haben nach Angaben der Europäischen Kommission Anspruch auf EU-Fördermittel. In der Praxis sieht das jedoch anders aus.

Young farmers accessing land via non-conventional contracts are eligible for EU subsidies, according to the European Commission. But in practice, burdensome administrative constraints often outweighs any financial advantage, meaning that landowners are cashing in while young farmers are missing out.