While there have been improvements, the 2026 edition will still feature twice as many male athletes as female athletes. The disparity is particularly stark in (mixed) ice hockey: only two women are competing, compared to 133 men.
A data story by Sebastian GrΓ€ff.
Officially, the Winter Paralympics begin today in Milan. And while the Olympic Winter Games pride themselves on being β the most gender-balanced Winter Games in historyβ, the same cannot be said for the Winter Paralympics.
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Together, Russia and the US account for nearly 90β―% of the worldβs nuclear weapons. The American influence is further amplified by a broader group of nuclear endorsers, countries that rely on or support the nuclear deterrence provided that includes most NATO members.
A data story by Hanna Huld.
The 5,277 American warheads are deployed at home and in five allied countries, TΓΌrkiye, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, while Russian nukes are also stored in Belarus, but no exact figure exists.
But it's Russia who holds the worldβs largest nuclear arsenal with over 5,459 warheads, followed by the United States.
This week, French president Emmanuel Macron announced that France would increase its number of nuclear warheads and no longer communicate how much exactly they hold. It also starts conversations with other European countries to extend its nuclear umbrella to them.
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3 years after Greeceβs deadliest train crash, protesters rallied in towns and cities across the country to demand accountability, transparency and real justice for the victims.
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Today, the bison stands at the forefront of efforts to maintain and revive ecosystems across the continent.
A data story by Toon Vos.
They maintain landscapes like no landscaper can, keeping grounds open and giving ample chance to wild plants, birds, and insects to flourish.
Almost a century ago, the wisent seemed destined to follow the fate of the aurochs (a wild ancestor of cattle) into extinction.
From their home turf in BiaΕowieΕΌa Forest in the now-divided Poland-Belarus border region, to the Andalusian woodlands and shrublands of Encinarejo, Spain, bison roam and graze large stretches of land.
But dedicated bison conservationists refused to let the story end there. And with success: Today, Europe is home to thousands of free- or semi-free-roaming animals. The bison has become an iconic symbol for wildlife conservation and rewilding.
It wasn't looking good for European bison when the last wild individual was shot in 1927. The wisent, as it is also called, was declared extinct in the wild. Its last survivors were kept in zoos.
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With Central and Eastern European countries β particularly Poland, the EUβs fastest-growing member β expected to continue outpacing the West, the economic centre is likely to move even further east in the coming decades.
A data story by Sebastian GrΓ€ff.
Since 1950, this economic transformation has shifted Europeβs economic centre by more than 350 km to the southeast.
While pessimism about Europeβs economic future persists in Western and Northern Europe, Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe are faring much better. Since 1950, TΓΌrkiyeβs share of European GDP has surged from under 2% to nearly 10% in 2022.
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On TikTok and Instagram, faith is being repackaged as a performance of βtraditionalβ masculinity, discipline, dominance, and a body built to signify belief. Influencers brand Christianity as strength training; churches echo it with menβs retreats and βmanhoodβ weekends.
Itβs tax incidence in action: firms with pricing power pass on cuts partly, and hikes fully.
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Finland cut VAT on haircuts in 2007 to see if cheaper prices would boost demand and jobs. But when the tax fell by β¬4, many salons lowered prices by only β¬2 and kept the rest as profit. When VAT rose again, prices jumped by the full β¬4, turning a temporary tax cut into a permanent price hike.
Since January 2025, the US has halted new funding, pushing more of the financial burden onto Europe.
Yet Ukraine still depends on US-approved weapons and intelligence as Russia continues a slow territorial advance.
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Europeβs deadliest war since WWII has inflicted massive military losses, rising civilian deaths, and a deep psychological toll across Ukraine. The conflict has already cost an estimated β¬2.2 trillion in lost output, with Western support exceeding β¬267 billion in the first three years.
A story by Meike Eijsberg and Laura Bejder Jensen
A similar share backs the EU's economic sanctions on Russia β even if opinion in countries such as Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria is more split. Meanwhile, support for Ukrainian refugees has declined in almost every country, but remains high overall across the EU.
