February 2025
March 2025
Eon's Record Investment Drives Up Energy Costs, Sparks Call for Higher Returns
Eon, Germany's largest electricity grid operator, invested "7.5 billion euros in 2024 and plans "8.6 billion euros in 2025 for grid expansion to accommodate renewable energy sources, leading to higher energy costs and a call for increased returns on investments by CEO Leonhard Birnbaum.
Eon's Record Investment Drives Up Energy Costs, Sparks Call for Higher Returns
Eon, Germany's largest electricity grid operator, invested "7.5 billion euros in 2024 and plans "8.6 billion euros in 2025 for grid expansion to accommodate renewable energy sources, leading to higher energy costs and a call for increased returns on investments by CEO Leonhard Birnbaum.
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48% Bias Score
EU to Ease Sustainability Rules to Boost Competitiveness
The European Commission is proposing to ease sustainability reporting and supply chain responsibility rules for businesses, particularly SMEs, to boost EU competitiveness, aiming for a 25% reduction in administrative burden by 2029 and saving €6 billion annually. This move has drawn criticism from e...
EU to Ease Sustainability Rules to Boost Competitiveness
The European Commission is proposing to ease sustainability reporting and supply chain responsibility rules for businesses, particularly SMEs, to boost EU competitiveness, aiming for a 25% reduction in administrative burden by 2029 and saving €6 billion annually. This move has drawn criticism from e...
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40% Bias Score
German Political Impasse Threatens Bundeswehr Funding
Germany faces a political crisis over defense spending as the far-right AfD and Left Party's combined blocking minority in the new Bundestag prevents constitutional changes needed to circumvent the debt brake, forcing a decision on preemptively approving hundreds of billions of euros in additional f...
German Political Impasse Threatens Bundeswehr Funding
Germany faces a political crisis over defense spending as the far-right AfD and Left Party's combined blocking minority in the new Bundestag prevents constitutional changes needed to circumvent the debt brake, forcing a decision on preemptively approving hundreds of billions of euros in additional f...
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48% Bias Score
Hamas to Return Israeli Hostage Remains; Ceasefire Update
Hamas will privately hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to Israel on Thursday morning, a key step in a six-week ceasefire also involving the release of 33 hostages and the exchange of roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners; this follows Israel's complaints about Hamas publicly displaying hos...
Hamas to Return Israeli Hostage Remains; Ceasefire Update
Hamas will privately hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to Israel on Thursday morning, a key step in a six-week ceasefire also involving the release of 33 hostages and the exchange of roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners; this follows Israel's complaints about Hamas publicly displaying hos...
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36% Bias Score
Trump Orders Massive Federal Workforce Cuts
US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to submit plans by March 13, 2025, to slash their workforces, threatening to fire over 1 million employees who have not detailed their work contributions.
Trump Orders Massive Federal Workforce Cuts
US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to submit plans by March 13, 2025, to slash their workforces, threatening to fire over 1 million employees who have not detailed their work contributions.
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76% Bias Score
Spain's Economic Success Challenges European Trend
Spain's Socialist government achieved 3.2% GDP growth in 2023—highest among major EU countries—by embracing immigration (filling 400,000 vacancies in 2024), and investing heavily in infrastructure and green initiatives via EU recovery funds, defying the trend of centre-left decline and far-right ris...
Spain's Economic Success Challenges European Trend
Spain's Socialist government achieved 3.2% GDP growth in 2023—highest among major EU countries—by embracing immigration (filling 400,000 vacancies in 2024), and investing heavily in infrastructure and green initiatives via EU recovery funds, defying the trend of centre-left decline and far-right ris...
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52% Bias Score
Liberal Leadership Debate Reveals Deep Policy Divisions
Four Liberal leadership candidates debated in French and English, highlighting disagreements on defense spending, climate action, and approaches to Donald Trump and Pierre Poilievre; policy divisions within the party emerged, particularly regarding carbon pricing and pipeline expansion.
Liberal Leadership Debate Reveals Deep Policy Divisions
Four Liberal leadership candidates debated in French and English, highlighting disagreements on defense spending, climate action, and approaches to Donald Trump and Pierre Poilievre; policy divisions within the party emerged, particularly regarding carbon pricing and pipeline expansion.
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48% Bias Score
German Left Party's Electoral Success Amidst Ukraine War Controversy
Germany's Left party secured 9% of the vote in the Bundestag election, fueled by their antifascism but hampered by their opposition to arming Ukraine, even potentially collaborating with the AfD on this issue, raising concerns about their geopolitical understanding and alliances.
German Left Party's Electoral Success Amidst Ukraine War Controversy
Germany's Left party secured 9% of the vote in the Bundestag election, fueled by their antifascism but hampered by their opposition to arming Ukraine, even potentially collaborating with the AfD on this issue, raising concerns about their geopolitical understanding and alliances.
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56% Bias Score
Contrasting Views on Political Influence in Hamburg's Cum-Ex Scandal Conclusion
Hamburg's four-year Cum-Ex investigation ended with conflicting conclusions: the ruling parties saw no political interference, while the opposition alleged influence by Scholz and Tschentscher in handling Warburg Bank and HSH Nordbank cases, citing missing tax claims and a lack of investigation. HSH...
Contrasting Views on Political Influence in Hamburg's Cum-Ex Scandal Conclusion
Hamburg's four-year Cum-Ex investigation ended with conflicting conclusions: the ruling parties saw no political interference, while the opposition alleged influence by Scholz and Tschentscher in handling Warburg Bank and HSH Nordbank cases, citing missing tax claims and a lack of investigation. HSH...
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40% Bias Score
US-Ukraine Raw Materials Deal: Tentative Agreement Reached
A tentative US-Ukraine agreement proposes a joint fund for Ukrainian raw materials, receiving 50% of revenues from minerals, oil, and gas; however, crucial details await further negotiations and parliamentary approval, lacking explicit US security guarantees.
US-Ukraine Raw Materials Deal: Tentative Agreement Reached
A tentative US-Ukraine agreement proposes a joint fund for Ukrainian raw materials, receiving 50% of revenues from minerals, oil, and gas; however, crucial details await further negotiations and parliamentary approval, lacking explicit US security guarantees.
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40% Bias Score
Bezos Restricts Washington Post Opinion Section to Pro-Free Market Views
Jeff Bezos announced that the Washington Post's opinion section will only publish viewpoints supporting "personal liberties" and "free markets," prompting the resignation of opinion editor David Shipley and raising concerns about the paper's journalistic independence and future.
Bezos Restricts Washington Post Opinion Section to Pro-Free Market Views
Jeff Bezos announced that the Washington Post's opinion section will only publish viewpoints supporting "personal liberties" and "free markets," prompting the resignation of opinion editor David Shipley and raising concerns about the paper's journalistic independence and future.
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68% Bias Score
Massive Power Outage Plunges Millions in Chile into Darkness
A massive power outage in Chile on Tuesday affected 19 million people, causing at least three deaths, widespread disruption, and prompting a state of emergency and a curfew; power was largely restored overnight but 370,000 customers remained without service as of Wednesday morning.
Massive Power Outage Plunges Millions in Chile into Darkness
A massive power outage in Chile on Tuesday affected 19 million people, causing at least three deaths, widespread disruption, and prompting a state of emergency and a curfew; power was largely restored overnight but 370,000 customers remained without service as of Wednesday morning.
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36% Bias Score