Economy

SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit for the first time Thursday in a landmark test flight, though the mission cut short before completing its full reentry profile. The achievement marks a major step forward for the most powerful rocket ever built.

Greece is circulating a plan to redirect telecoms spectrum revenues into the EU’s own budget — a proposal that’s quietly gaining attention in Brussels. The pitch arrives just as the bloc faces mounting pressure to find fresh funding sources ahead of its next long-term budget talks.

Europe is losing hundreds of thousands of its most skilled researchers and policy thinkers to higher-paying opportunities in the US and Gulf states. The exodus is accelerating — and Brussels is struggling to respond.

A new CEPA analysis dissects the EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package, revealing how overlapping digital regulations are creating compliance headaches for businesses across Europe. The Commission is targeting a consolidated roadmap by late 2025.

Thousands of Romanian farmers clashed with riot police outside the government headquarters in Bucharest on 15 September, as anger over an EU directive banning traditional livestock practices boiled over into one of the country’s most violent agricultural protests in recent memory. At least 47 protesters were injured and six detained as demonstrators vowed to return in greater numbers later this month.

Trump promised every American adult a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans win the November midterms — but the $1.3 trillion price tag is raising serious questions. Here’s what we know about the pledge so far.

Hundreds of Burundian nationals have flooded their embassy in Nairobi seeking travel documents to return home after Kenya intensified its crackdown on foreign traders. The move has drawn sharp criticism from Senegal’s newly appointed Prime Minister, who used his first address to parliament to call out what he described as a dangerous rise in xenophobic politics across the continent.

President Donald Trump has threatened to block Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier from selling its jets in the United States, raising the stakes in an already bitter trade dispute between the two countries. The move could devastate one of Canada’s most iconic industrial companies and ripple across the aviation industry on both sides of the border.

A major Peterson Institute report maps out how European trade policy could evolve by 2050, warning of growing tensions with China, the U.S., and climate-driven trade barriers. The choices Europe makes in the next decade will define its global economic standing for generations.

Google has overhauled how it displays EU search results in a bid to avoid a potentially massive antitrust fine under the Digital Markets Act. Regulators say they welcome the move but warn that real compliance will be judged on market outcomes, not promises.