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Stefan Genth

  • Jun 23

    Shoplifting losses in German retail hit record €4.3 billion in 2025, EHI study finds

    Customer theft, employee theft and organised crime drove losses to a fourth consecutive annual high, according to the EHI retail research institute.

  • Jun 18

    Germany orders online retailers to implement mandatory withdrawal button from June 19

    Starting June 19, any online shop in Germany selling to consumers must provide a clearly visible withdrawal button, completing a two-step process that makes cancelling contracts as easy as signing them.

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Ceuta burns Brussels' patience

Ceuta strains Europe as Russia pounds Kyiv and Danube idles Hungary's reactor

Europe woke to border panic, heat alerts and a power squeeze, while war and political risk kept moving faster than institutions. The common thread is capacity: states can still react quickly, but their buffers look thin.

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Culture, media and the new divides

The EU AI Act's transparency obligations for AI-generated content and interactions have officially entered into force, establishing new legal requirements for AI providers and deployers.

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