Pieter Haeck
Global tech outage takes down banks, media, airports
Global business operations came to a standstill on Friday morning due to a glitch at a cybersecurity software provider that grounded airplanes and disrupted financial institutions. The outage was caused by a software update at cybersecurity firm Crowdstri...
2 months ago
Belgium’s gonna Belgium: Budget row threatens to blow up coalition talks
Belgian politics is inching toward a new crisis — again.After June elections opened a pathway to the quick formation of a new five-party national government, negotiations became bogged down this month over who ought to shoulder the burden for shrinking th...
1 month ago
Boost EU research spending to €220B or lose against US, China, experts warn
The European Union should boost its next research and innovation budget to €220 billion — more than double the current figure — to stay competitive globally, a group of experts warned in a report seen by POLITICO ahead of its release.The report, ordered b...
2 hours ago