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Editor’s Digest: Unlock it for Free This weekly newsletter features the favourite stories of Roula Khalaf Editor at The Financial Times. Elon Musk’s Starlink was the first choice for Spanish and Portuguese internet and mobile users on Monday as a widespread blackout in Iberia exposed weaknesses in telecoms networks. Financial Times data shows that the use of Starlink satellite communication …

This is a version of the Europe Express Newsletter that we have posted online. Sign up here Get the newsletter delivered to your inbox each weekday, and every two weeks on Saturday morning. Browse all our newsletters. Welcome back. Spain and Portugal experienced a devastating power outage Monday that brought both countries to an abrupt halt. The Iberian Peninsula is …

Madrid is not a city that embraces its past. It is a well-known fact that builders destroy period features. The name of any Spanish monarch can be forgotten by tourists. Madrid’s entire brand is living in the present. Come for the mornings spent in the gallery and the afternoons spent in the plaza. The evenings are spent in the stadiums, …

Once the most popular fast-food chain in America, having sold over 300 billion burgers by 2013 and 6.5 million up until early this year, McDonald’s seems it’s no longer ‘my kind of place’ as its sales suffered the most significant drop since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason? The reason? BBC reported that customers were not moved by …

Former regulators, experts and former government officials have all said that the failure of Spain’s electrical grid to handle an unusually large supply of solar energy was a critical factor in the catastrophic blackout on Monday. Around 55 percent of Spain’s electricity supply came from solar sources. On Monday afternoon, 15GW was disconnected within five seconds from the grid. This …

Editor’s Digest: Unlock it for Free This weekly newsletter features the favourite stories of Roula Khalaf Editor at The Financial Times. Spain’s opposition demanded on Wednesday that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez appear before parliament to explain the causes of this week’s catastrophic electricity blackout, as political recriminations mount over one of Europe’s biggest-ever power outages. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of …

Get the Editor’s Digest free In this weekly newsletter, Roula Khalaf, Editor of FT, chooses her favorite stories. Authorities warned that the power outage could last into the evening in parts of Portugal, France and Spain. Local media reported that authorities were investigating the cause of this outage which caused the rail system to be immobilised, flights to be delayed …

Imagine an entire year of rain in only three and a half hours. Every spring shower, every winter burst — delivered in a single downpour. This is what happened six months ago in the hills around Valencia, Spain’s south-east. October 29, 2015, was the deadliest flood day in Europe since decades. At least 227 died. The mud, wrecked vehicles, and …

By: Olivier Acuña Barba • Published: 25 Apr 2025 • 13:15 • 2 minutes read Cloud computing and AI can enhance people and businesses while being sustainable | Photo: Shutterstock Cloud computing’s future is fast becoming a fact and evolving at a rate that is unprecedented. Artificial Intelligence is introduced to the picture. Anuj Bairathi is CEO and founder of Cyfuture. He …

Spend, spend, spend! Banks are opening the vaults to offer cheap credit, and easy loans in order to fight the brewing financial crisis. Credit: Shutterstock, Tibor Duris In Spain and across Europe, banks are loosing their purse strings and granting loans at better rates in an effort to stave off the next financial storm that many economists believe could hit. …