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Hybrid work is holding up in Europe despite a steady decline in fully remote positions and pressure to return to the office five days a week. ADVERTISEMENTFully remote work might be past its prime.Companies like JPMorgan, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs recently ordered thousands of employees to return to the office five days a week, citing reasons like productivity and work culture.At the same time, and despite a 1% decline last year, hybrid work remains the most common arrangement (44%) among EU employees in roles that can also be performed remotely.Workplace-only roles trail at 41%, reflecting a 5% growth over the…

What is “passivhaus” and how can we optimise energy systems to protect the planet? In this episode of Smart Regions, we visit a house that has no radiators, a German-based test bed, and explore how to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Thomas and Heike live in a house without radiators. We visited them on a day when it was minus 0°C in Aachen, Germany. How do they do it? They live in a passivhaus. “The temperature is maintained thanks to powerful thermal insulation and controlled mechanical ventilation, which ventilates without having to open the windows,” explains Thomas Mokelbur. They…

The ceremony, which coincided with the birthday of the leader’s father, took place in Pyongyang’s Hwasong district on Sunday.

The annual three-day gathering in the Bavarian city saw a whole host of leaders offer, at times, competing visions of the world.

Fancy sleeping in a Pullman carriage or a former ticket office? Hop on board Europe’s luxurious train hotels.

US Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has lauded Poland as a “model NATO ally” in his first visit to Warsaw on Friday, where he met with President Andrzej Duda and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

Hamas releases 3 Israeli hostages, with over 300 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in return. It is an indication that the fragile ceasefire is set to hold. ADVERTISEMENTThree Israeli men that have been held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 have been freed in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners.At the time of writing, the Israeli hostages were in Israeli care after being handed to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.It is the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire that was signed between the two sides last month teetered on the brink of collapse…

The EU Commission will propose to activate the escape clause for defence investments, Ursula von der Leyen announced in Munich. “This will allow Member states to substantially increase their defence expenditure,” she said. ADVERTISEMENTEuropean Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday that she will propose to activate the escape clause in the bloc’s fiscal rules in a bid to “substantially” boost member states’ defence investment. The measure, von der Leyen told the Munich Security Conference, would be done in “a controlled and conditional way” and will be followed by “a wider package of tailor-made tools to address the specific…

Actors and filmmakers are presenting their latest works and meeting the press live at the Berlinale. Follow us here on Euronews Culture for each day’s top stories from the Berlin International Film Festival.

A minister told parliament that while the government does have a contract with Israeli cyber solutions firm Paragon, it has not overstepped the law in its use of spyware technology. ADVERTISEMENTThe Italian government has denied using military-grade surveillance technology to illegally spy on journalists and migrant activists but said it would cooperate with an investigation into digital “vulnerabilities” after at least seven Italian cellphones were apparently hacked with spyware.The story first broke on 31 January when Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service informed dozens of people across the EU that their devices had been targeted using software from Paragon Solutions, an Israeli…