Such a good one in @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

Schéi Chrëschtdeeg 🎄 (That’s Merry Christmas in Luxembourgish)

Tis the season when we repeat "peace on earth" -- even as a massacre has been unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan, apparently claiming tens of thousands of lives. It may have slaughtered as many people in seven weeks as the Gaza war did in two years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

Same is probably true for most residents permits in London. A service for drivers subsidised by non driving neighbours.

Americans - you get a really nice cover.

“I am shocked, shocked to find that agriculture is subsidized” is one of those gags that works for countries/entities accounting for at least 75% of the world economy,

BREAKING: Aktien banket i gulvet: Ørsted lukker børsdagen med massivt kursdyk #breaking #dkbiz

I am very proud of the work The Economist Educational Foundation does in teaching children around the world to think critically about the news. I hope you will consider donating to the charity as it seeks to reach 1m children globally in 2026: bit.ly/3YFqomo

Western carmakers are coming up against fast-growing Chinese electric-vehicle brands all over the world. Those that slow down production risk giving their competitors an unassailable lead

"The conditions upon return [for Russian POW] can be so dire that some families have lobbied to keep their sons out of prisoner exchanges." The mind boggles. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Today’s FT big read: Can Switzerland adapt to a harder global order ? There is a perception that the country’s bearings are shifting. Yet Switzerland enters this turbulent period with formidable economic strengths. as.ft.com/r/17d3bbe3-5... Is Switzerland losing its place in the world?

Here comes the sun: ‘A London day will last 7 hours and 53 minutes on December 21, compared with a whopping 16 hours and 38 minutes on June 21.’ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The Best of Neon 2025: The value of reading.

Stephen Miller read Kafka's The Trial and felt inspired, instead of horrified.

Scoopito: after 26 years, the EU has a new date for signing the Mercosur trade deal. 12 January. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-to-s...

It doesn't feel like christmas until I get to listen to Bach's christmas oratorio. Here's a cool version recorded in a shared apartment in Leipzig. youtu.be/Wi0ekhf6_J0?...

A good example of how governments can make the roll-out of public charging infrastructure faster and cheaper: by integrating permission for construction work into an existing digital platform for road works.

Holy crap chart from Gallup

Thoughtful response to my recent piece on the economic challenge that China presents and why Europe should weather it instead of resorting to wasteful subsidies and protectionism. 👇🏻

My take on the EU's through-the-night summit to help Ukraine. The main thing is €90bn will find its way to Kyiv—though not funded by Russia's frozen assets. It was a messy deal, from which recriminations will ensue. But Europe got there (mostly) in the end. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

A few quick thoughts about this morning's decision. Don't believe the spin from various Russians & others: it's a big deal. The EU has now unambiguously demonstrated that it is able and willing to provide the external financial support Ukraine needs, for as long and as much as it takes. (1/N)

So what the hell just happened? Two things: Ukraine will get 90 billion euros. And Orbán did not veto that even though he could have. How so? Short thread:

Can't think of a stronger endorsement for Erasmus.

New EU law shifting EU funding towards defence adopted www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Have a look if you have any interest at all in the reparations loan for Ukraine. All the legal and financial details that are tough but necessary to understand. 👇

That's the kind of EV subsidies I can get behind.

Excellent colum by @josephdeweck.bsky.social #Pariscope predicting that Trump’s attack on Europe, based on misconceptions, will backfire—just like Putin’s war of aggression did. A preview from our Winter 2026 issue (“New Ideas for Europe”) ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...

They updated the website today to remove the word "independent" Before (left), after (right)

The Economics Department at @Princeton is saddened to share the news of Professor Kate Ho's passing. Professor Ho was an exemplary teacher, researcher, adviser, colleague, and friend. She will be dearly missed. https://bit.ly/497s4Lw

This is potentially one of the most transformational policies this government has done if it holds its nerve.

It's not every day we get to welcome a totally new clean energy technology into commercial operation. Today on Shift Key, we talk with Eavor Technologies CEO Mark Fitzgerald about how the company brought online the first-ever closed-loop geothermal heat & power project this month in Germany! 🔌💡

BOOOM!

Does work in English, too. Oiltimer instead of ICE cars. Will use.

My thoughts on the year ahead. Lots happening in the US and the EU to keep an eye on. open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...

This, coupled with Xi’s comments a couple days ago about how local governments “who are unrealistic, hasty, reckless and haphazard in their efforts will be held strictly accountable” certainly has my hackles raised www.ft.com/content/2f3d...

Just going to leave this here.

Wow! This truly is HUGE! 😲 It is now solely up to the EU to keep Orbán in check, to prevent Russian or Turkish situations, as both Russia and U.S. will only intervene on Orbán’s behalf.

Novo Nordisk wants to grow its direct channels, which currently account for a tenth of its weight-loss jab prescriptions in America. The drugmaker is revising its pricing, too

Labour cost index in EU/euro zone continues to show moderation, though maybe not quite as much as the ECB wage tracker (different metric, I know) had suggested. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...

"Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note." Damn. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

U.S. allies are scenario planning for military abandonment by Trump. Should they double-down on investments in the U.S. market, try a risky hedge with China, or deepen ties with like-minded middle powers? My column, The Telegram, reported from South Korea economist.com/internationa...

Interesting to read this stuff from the perspective of Australia, where a major market-wide reform effort has just concluded that our energy-only market will be fine (given a few tweaks) as price setting moves from marginal thermal units to energy storage bids against opportunity cost.

Britain could have joined Erasmus five years ago; an agreement on funding was completed between negotiators but vetoed “at the very last minute” by Boris Johnson. From Stefaan de Rynck’s book

Just what I needed to decipher what lyrics the kids try to bring home from school. Thank you!

The US is now making coercive threats to fine random European companies in retaliation for EU digital regulations that are designed to prevent hate speech, disinformation and harm to children. www.ft.com/content/001d...

Westerners trying to apply their Oxbridge/Ivy/EUI-trained logic to predict what the fleeting Russian soul will or will not do is a genre at this point, and it's full of hilarious takes like this one.

"A model of crony state capitalism that tries to resuscitate a long-dead industrial economy is hardly an antidote to neoliberalism." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...

Forgive me for butting in with an Austrian example, but this is my favourite illustration of civil law addiction to formalities; and why we should be thankful that the UK (or at least E&W) has generally avoided prescribing specific kinds of electronic signature. www.cryptomathic.com/blog/all-tra...