Texas Instruments in advanced talks to buy chip designer Silicon Labs ft.trib.al/hXVCDKJ

ChatGPT to learn if it falls under EU’s toughest online rules soon

French cybercrime authorities search X offices in Paris

Germany, INSA poll: CDU/CSU-EPP: 26% AfD-ESN: 26% SPD-S&D: 15.5% (-0.5) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 11.5% (+0.5) LINKE-LEFT: 10% BSW-NI: 4% FDP-RE: 3% +/- vs. 26-30 January 2026 Fieldwork: 30 January - 02 February 2026 Sample size: 2006 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

China bans Tesla-style hidden car door handles ft.trib.al/bAASY8s

Can Europe do nuclear deterrence without America? economist.com/europe/2026/... from The Economist

"Onlookers cheered Saturday as Danish military veterans and their families marched. They began at a citadel site associated with the remembrance of Denmark’s armed forces, and walked to the U.S. Embassy. There, they stood in stoic silence, remembering the fallen..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w...

🇸🇰🇪🇺⚖️It took a while, but the Commission is finally, belatedly, getting tough on Fico's softcore rule of law crisis. While not as severe as in 🇭🇺🇵🇱, the slowly crawling dismantling of checks and balances by the Slovak government is finally getting the attention it deserves. 1/

Een echte pest belasting- 4 uur is te kort om de auto van een Bev op te laden. Idle fee na voltooien laden was veel logischer Langer dan 4 uur je auto opladen in Gent? Vanaf vandaag betaal je rotatietarief vrtnws.be/p.VLG5GMvJY

Artificial intelligence researchers hit by flood of ‘slop’ ft.trib.al/blGe1C3

The Trump regime's greatness weakness is a level of zealotry that makes them wholly unaware when they're handing public opinion wins to their enemies.

Frescoes in the natural “Cave of Christ” (İsa Mağarası) at Mount Latmos (Beşparmak Dağları), which is located near Lake Bafa in Muğla Province. See link below for video on the cave and its frescoes

China’s controversial policy of forced joint ventures was once a taboo spurned by European policymakers. Now, it’s being written into regulations with the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...

Eurozone unemployment has never been lower. That’s partially good news, partially a sign of aging societies not being able to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Retirements > entrants. Youth cohorts are smaller - that explains falling youth unemployment figures. Migration helps, but not enough.

Germany, INSA poll: CDU/CSU-EPP: 26% (+1) AfD-ESN: 26% SPD-S&D: 16% (+1) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 11% (-1) LINKE-LEFT: 10% (-1) BSW-NI: 4% (-1) FDP-RE: 3% (-1) +/- vs. 23-26 January 2026 Fieldwork: 26-30 January 2026 Sample size: 1204 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

1 February 1930 |A French Jewish girl, Mathilde Zameczkowski, was born in Paris. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber. --- 🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

1 February 1896 | A Czech Jew, Josef Guttmann, was born in Čáslav. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 January 1943. He did not survive.

Ford held talks with China's Xiaomi over EV partnership, FT reports reut.rs/4a6MFz8

Poland's economy grew by 3.6% last year, according to preliminary figures from state statistical agency Statistics Poland (GUS). GUS notes that Poland was the "growth leader" among major EU economies in 2025, with Malta and Ireland the only member states to see stronger growth.

Uit CSIS-data blijkt dat Rusland een uitzonderlijk hoge prijs betaalt voor geringe winst in Oekraïne. ‘Kremlin onderschat verliezen omdat bevelhebbers resultaten te mooi voorstellen, wat ook in Verdun en Vietnam gebeurde’, zegt militair hoogleraar Tom Simoens (KMS). www.demorgen.be/nieuws/verpl...

"Perhaps most dispiriting for many Europeans was realising the French had been right all along." www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Europe’s future is built on knowledge. For 30 years, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) has supported over 150,000 researchers, including 23 Nobel Prize winners. This programme is built on curiosity, openness and excellence. Happy birthday MSCA!

Interesting turn of events. After Trump complained the Panama Canal was controlled by China through Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, it will now be controlled by the parent country of Greenland.

Van uitzonderlijk nationaal én internationaal belang’: Romeins legerkamp in Velzeke blijkt grootste ooit gevonden in België www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/v...

"Our study highlights the presence of widespread neuroinflammation in the brain and increased levels of inflammatory cytokines in the plasma of individuals with post–COVID-19 active temporal lobe epilepsy.". www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Only this week: 🇸🇪Swedish PM confirms talks on nuclear deterrence with France, UK 🇩🇪German chancellor confirms early discussions about a European nuclear deterrent 🇳🇱Dutch coalition agreement pledges to “take a constructive stance on strengthening a European nuclear deterrent” What a time to be alive!

Merz says Germany exploring shared nuclear umbrella with European allies reut.rs/46m17C1

Europe is losing the race for rare earths. It is playing the long game. Will that be enough? My latest for The @economist.com, with my fantastic colleague Matthieu Favas. economist.com/europe/2026/...

29 January 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Arnold van Emden, was born in The Hague. In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in the gas chamber after selection. --- Children at Auschwitz 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

Spain's Pedro Sánchez is already weaker than at any point during his eight years in power thanks to a string of scandals in his party. Now, a train collision that killed 45 people this month is piling even more political pressure on him. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/spai...

A leaked draft of the Industrial Accelerator Act has huge restrictions on FDI: a 49% cap on "emerging key strategic sectors", tech and knowhow transfer mandates, quotas on local workers and more. Likely to be watered down before formal release. But the starting point is astounding ft.trib.al/428KN03

Out of the 2159 Jews who lived in my Zayde's village before the war, 20 survived. The Germans, with assistance from Lithuanian police, shot 2000 people in two days. The rest were sent to ghettos, or hid in the forest. My Zayde hid, and I get to be here today. I can't forget, I hope you won't either.

So today I think of the lost Jewish community of Nove Mesto in #Slovakia. We have a duty to remember... #HolocaustRemembranceDay

#holocaustremembranceday today And my regular reminder it is not a piece of history in a time and land far away. We have a duty to remember

CVC deal brings American-style alternative investing to Europe ft.trib.al/Klg0qgf | opinion

Here is an example of a Dutch call-up paper for Jews to report to labor camps. The Frank family ignored their call-up, meaning they were officially in Amsterdam illegally from this point on. The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.

27. 1. International Holocaust Remembrance Day 🕯️ #WeRemember #Nezabudnime #NeverAgain #NeverAgainIsNow

These peptides have not been shown to cure or treat anything. Safety hasn't been established. Yet, many of the people taking stacks of them, injecting into their bloodstream, are the same ones who are against vaccines. nymag.com/intelligence...

Ford and General Motors in talks with First Brands over rescue financing, FT reports reut.rs/49V6pW7

Ajd, #HolocaustRemembranceDay, inauguration de pierres commémoratives Rue des Tanneurs à #Bruxelles pour les familles Welna & Gorbitz. Elles furent déportées sous le régime nazi en Belgique à Auschwitz-Birkenau & y furent assassinées. Nous perpétuons leur mémoire. #WeRemember

The EU wants to create a new agency to handle sketchy foreign cargoes such as unsafe toys from China and illegal drugs by 2028. But which European city will host the bloc’s customs cops? Here are the pluses and minuses of each candidate 👇 www.politico.eu/article/plac...

The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.

Volkswagen to recall over 44,000 US vehicles over battery fire risk, NHTSA says reut.rs/45uQ2OW

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België houdt liefst twaalf Europese handels- en partnerakkoorden tegen www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

‘Zoals het er nu naar uitziet, rijden drie op de vier IC-treinen maandag’ www.standaard.be/nieuws/wat-m...

"The U.K. government will raise the net price it pays for new patented medicines by 25% and revamp a tax program to ease the burden on drug companies, according to a statement Monday by the U.S. Trade Representative." www.wsj.com/health/pharm...