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There are also non-CO2 emissions to consider as well, which are woefully under-reported by private jet companies and users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), \u201cEmissions from burning jet fuel consist of carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapour (H2O), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), soot (PM 2.5), unburned hydrocarbons (UHC), aerosols, and traces of hydroxyl compounds (-OH).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of these chemical nasties are released into the atmosphere at very high altitudes, usually some eight to 13 km above mean sea level. Private jets fly higher than commercial traffic, so deposit these compounds high in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences of these emissions are not well known, although a study by Lee et. al. in 2021 suggested the impact of non-CO2 emissions could be four times as great as CO2 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All the evidence points to positive outcomes from reducing private jet travel. But while the world\u2019s leaders continue to value their time more than our future, it seems nothing will change.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737469525,"updatedAt":1737478225,"publishedAt":1737472679,"firstPublishedAt":1737472679,"lastPublishedAt":1737472724,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Julien Grindat\/AP Photo","altText":"Flight trackers have shown an uptick in business jet arrivals across Swiss airports.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Flight trackers have shown an uptick in business jet arrivals across Swiss 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UKRAINE TRUMP INAUGURATION EVENT by Sasha","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Davos attendees watch Donald Trump's inauguration at Ukraine House watch party","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Davos attendees watch Trump inauguration at Ukraine House watch party","titleListing2":"Davos attendees watch Donald Trump's inauguration at Ukraine House watch party","leadin":"Attendees at Ukraine-related events at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, gathered to listen to US President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration speech.","summary":"Attendees at Ukraine-related events at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, gathered to listen to US President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration speech.","keySentence":"","url":"davos-attendees-watch-donald-trumps-inauguration-at-ukraine-house-watch-party","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/21\/davos-attendees-watch-donald-trumps-inauguration-at-ukraine-house-watch-party","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"World Economic Forum delegates gathered at the Ukraine House on Monday to watch Donald Trump get sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.\n\nThe Ukraine House organised an exhibit featuring art by Ukrainian artists under the slogan \u201cYour Country First \u2013 Win With Us\u201d to welcome participants at the annual World Economic Forum.\n\nThe project was organised by Victor Pinchuk Foundation in cooperation with the Ukrainian president\u2019s office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among the leaders set to attend the meeting, and will address the forum on Tuesday.\n\nTrump had pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, in his campaign trail, saying repeatedly that he will be able to achieve that within 24-hours of taking office.\n\nThe US president has since rolled back on that position, saying that a six-month window is a more realistic timeline to achieve that objective. His nominee for Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said that a deal could be brokered within 100 days.\n\nMoscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any potential truce talks to end the almost three-year full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nAttendees of the event in Davos watched on as Trump officially re-occupied the Oval Office.\n\nHis election is sure to send shockwaves of doubt and concern to many who are only left to wonder what the next four years of US policy towards Ukraine would look like.\n\nTrump has repeatedly criticised his predecessor Joe Biden for his \u201cridiculous\u201d military and financial support for Ukraine. The new US president has often pledged to end \u201cdonations\u201d to Kyiv and instead use that money to fund projects aimed at helping Americans.\n\nHis remarks have left Ukraine, which relies heavily on Washington\u2019s support in a state of uncertainty. Andrei Dligach, a delegate attending the event at the Ukraine House in Davos suggested Kyiv should \u201csell itself\u201d to Trump as a new opportunity.\n\n\"Ukraine should sell itself to Mr Trump, to President Trump, as the new opportunity. Ukraine is the next 'big thing' for the Western world. Not a question mark, but an opportunity in terms of security, a new economy, and adaptability,\" he said.\n\nEuronews spoke to Andy Hunder \u2013 president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine \u2013 at the event. He says that Ukraine\u2019s business landscape, and opportunity for growth, could be a big factor in turning the tide to Ukraine\u2019s favour.\n\n\u201cThe new administration where so many are from business, and are pro-business. And I think Ukraine has so much to show, firstly that Ukraine is open for business.\u201d\n\nUkraine has shown resilience beyond what many of its allies could have predicted in its fight with Russia. Not only have Ukrainian forces prevented Putin from making significant territorial gains, but their business environment has also continued to flourish in the meantime.\n\n\u201cThe American companies that today continue to work in Ukraine, companies like McDonald\u2019s, that have served 95 million customers this year alone. And, other companies that are opening businesses in Ukraine, American companies, and the opportunity. Ukraine is open for business and ripe for opportunity,\u201d added Hunder.\n\nTrump was sworn in as business and political leaders kicked off a week of meetings in the Swiss ski resort. The US president is set to take part in the meeting virtually, just days after his return to the White House.\n\nThe days to come will clear the fog and begin to show us insights as to what the Trump presidency might entail for Ukraine and the ongoing war with Russia.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>World Economic Forum delegates gathered at the Ukraine House on Monday to watch Donald Trump get sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukraine House organised an exhibit featuring art by Ukrainian artists under the slogan \u201cYour Country First \u2013 Win With Us\u201d to welcome participants at the annual World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1880614514996978147\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The project was organised by Victor Pinchuk Foundation in cooperation with the Ukrainian president\u2019s office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among the leaders set to attend the meeting, and will address the forum on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, in his campaign trail, saying repeatedly that he will be able to achieve that within 24-hours of taking office.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has since rolled back on that position, saying that a six-month window is a more realistic timeline to achieve that objective. His nominee for Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said that a deal could be brokered within 100 days.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any potential truce talks to end the almost three-year full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees of the event in Davos watched on as Trump officially re-occupied the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>His election is sure to send shockwaves of doubt and concern to many who are only left to wonder what the next four years of US policy towards Ukraine would look like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//91//62//808x539_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg/" alt=\"A woman films with her mobile phone as people watch the inauguration of Donald Trump at the Ukraine house alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Monday, Jan 20, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/384x256_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/640x427_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/750x500_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/828x552_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/1080x720_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/1200x800_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a26938c6-b41e-52b5-8b1d-7ee16c6a50a9-8989162.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman films with her mobile phone as people watch the inauguration of Donald Trump at the Ukraine house alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Monday, Jan 20, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Markus Schreiber\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump has repeatedly criticised his predecessor Joe Biden for his \u201cridiculous\u201d military and financial support for Ukraine. The new US president has often pledged to end \u201cdonations\u201d to Kyiv and instead use that money to fund projects aimed at helping Americans.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks have left Ukraine, which relies heavily on Washington\u2019s support in a state of uncertainty. Andrei Dligach, a delegate attending the event at the Ukraine House in Davos suggested Kyiv should \u201csell itself\u201d to Trump as a new opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\"Ukraine should sell itself to Mr Trump, to President Trump, as the new opportunity. Ukraine is the next 'big thing' for the Western world. Not a question mark, but an opportunity in terms of security, a new economy, and adaptability,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews spoke to Andy Hunder \u2013 president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine \u2013 at the event. He says that Ukraine\u2019s business landscape, and opportunity for growth, could be a big factor in turning the tide to Ukraine\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new administration where so many are from business, and are pro-business. And I think Ukraine has so much to show, firstly that Ukraine is open for business.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//91//62//808x539_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg/" alt=\"People watch the inauguration of Donald Trump on screens at the Ukraine house alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/384x256_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/640x427_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/750x500_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/828x552_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/1080x720_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/1200x800_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/91\/62\/1920x1281_cmsv2_5fd160e3-e305-5aaf-9311-8a2387d0601c-8989162.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People watch the inauguration of Donald Trump on screens at the Ukraine house alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Markus Schreiber\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ukraine has shown resilience beyond what many of its allies could have predicted in its fight with Russia. Not only have Ukrainian forces prevented Putin from making significant territorial gains, but their business environment has also continued to flourish in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American companies that today continue to work in Ukraine, companies like McDonald\u2019s, that have served 95 million customers this year alone. And, other companies that are opening businesses in Ukraine, American companies, and the opportunity. Ukraine is open for business and ripe for opportunity,\u201d added Hunder.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was sworn in as business and political leaders kicked off a week of meetings in the Swiss ski resort. The US president is set to take part in the meeting virtually, just days after his return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The days to come will clear the fog and begin to show us insights as to what the Trump presidency might entail for Ukraine and the ongoing war with Russia.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737408495,"updatedAt":1737544524,"publishedAt":1737434469,"firstPublishedAt":1737434469,"lastPublishedAt":1737544524,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Markus Schreiber\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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What is Davos?","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What is Davos and why is it important? Your guide to the World Economic Forum\u2019s annual summit","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What is Davos? Your guide to the World Economic Forum\u2019s annual summit","titleListing2":"What is Davos and why is it important? Your guide to the World Economic Forum\u2019s annual meeting","leadin":"The World Economic Forum has held a meeting every year since it was founded in 1971. But why is Davos, as it is commonly known, so significant?","summary":"The World Economic Forum has held a meeting every year since it was founded in 1971. But why is Davos, as it is commonly known, so significant?","keySentence":"","url":"what-is-davos-and-why-is-it-important-your-guide-to-the-world-economic-forums-annual-meeti","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/01\/20\/what-is-davos-and-why-is-it-important-your-guide-to-the-world-economic-forums-annual-meeti","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At any other time of the year, Davos is unremarkable other than being a popular ski resort high in the Swiss Alps.\n\nBut for a week in January, it becomes the focus of the world\u2019s attention as the global elites converge on the small alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For what purpose? To discuss the future direction of life on our planet and the pressing issues of the day.\n\nSo, what is WEF, what actually happens in Davos and why does it matter?\n\nWhat is the World Economic Forum?\n\nWEF was founded back in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, a Swiss-German economist and professor, in a bid to foster global cooperation on political, social, and economic issues.\n\nThe aim of the international not-for-profit organisation, which is now headquartered near Geneva, was to bring together the public and private sectors to brainstorm solutions to these global problems, something which remains one of its founding principles and speaks to its mission statement: \"Committed to improving the state of the world\".\n\nThe first meeting of WEF five decades ago was held in Davos and has been the centre of its annual gathering every year since with the resort\u2019s name even becoming the common shorthand for the event.\n\nWho attends Davos?\n\nWhat do Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg, and Elton John have in common? Superficially, probably nothing at all, but the one thing that unites them all is that they have been previous attendees in Davos.\n\nOne of the most unique things about Davos is those who attend. While it is often criticised as a talking shop for the world\u2019s privileged 1 per cent, it is also where people come to try to lobby and influence these powerful elites in order to affect change on a global scale.\n\nTypically, you can expect in attendance world leaders - usually the sitting US president, the leadership of the EU and the UN, and so on - but also business leaders and entrepreneurs, prominent thinkers and academics, heads of NGOs and the charity sector, innovators, the media, civil society, activists of all creeds - even the occasional celebrity.\n\nAnd they\u2019re all extraordinarily in one place, at the same time, which means unprecedented access for many attendees to global decision-makers.\n\nThe official guest list is often very exclusive and is made up of around 2,000 to 3,000 participants and speakers but the meeting itself attracts thousands more to its fringe events.\n\nIt is also where companies - and even countries and regions - set up their stalls to sell concepts and services, or attract investment.\n\nAlong the Promenade, Davos\u2019 main thoroughfare, are what have become known as \"houses\" where companies can rent space (often retail outlets which are let out for the week) to set up embassies or outposts to welcome visitors, hold meetings, and so on.\n\nBeyond the keynote speeches and panels at the Congress Centre, the main hub of Davos, this in itself has been a prominent hallmark of the annual event.\n\nWhy do leaders go to Davos?\n\nOne of the founding principles of WEF was to be impartial, independent, and devoid of special interests. But those sentiments aside, criticism is never far away in Davos.\n\nGiven the juxtaposition of competing agendas and the overlapping of the political and corporate spheres, WEF is often in the firing line of antagonists who argue it is a malignant force in the world.\n\nNew York Times economics correspondent Peter Goodman, for one, highlighted in his book 'Davos Man\u2019 the contradiction of asking billionaires and elites critics accuse of causing the world\u2019s biggest problems to find ways to solve them.\n\nOne of the principal critiques levelled at the event organisers every year, for instance, is the hypocrisy of having the climate crisis on the meeting's agenda while one in 10 participants in 2022 travelled by private jet to get there.\n\nA talking shop for the world\u2019s rich and powerful it may be, but Davos is an unparalleled forum for discussion and debate on a global scale, and does have some significant achievements to its record over its 50-year history.\n\nIn 1988, an agreement signed at the meeting, known as the Davos Declaration, was credited with helping Turkey and Greece step back from the brink of an armed conflict.\n\nAgain, in 1992, Nelson Mandela and then South African president FW de Klerk made their first joint appearance together on the international stage at Davos, arguably a significant step towards ending apartheid. The pair won the Nobel Peace Prize the following year.\n\nIn 2000, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) was launched at Davos and has since improved access to vaccines for millions. Since its creation, it has contributed to the vaccination of 760 million children worldwide.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>At any other time of the year, Davos is unremarkable other than being a popular ski resort high in the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n<p>But for a week in January, it becomes the focus of the world\u2019s attention as the global elites converge on the small alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For what purpose? To discuss the future direction of life on our planet and the pressing issues of the day.<\/p>\n<p>So, what is WEF, what actually happens in Davos and why does it matter?<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8985638\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//20//global-leaders-gather-in-davos-to-tackle-economic-and-technological-challenges/">Global leaders gather in Davos to tackle economic and technological challenges<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is the World Economic Forum?<\/h2><p>WEF was founded back in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, a Swiss-German economist and professor, in a bid to foster global cooperation on political, social, and economic issues.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the international not-for-profit organisation, which is now headquartered near Geneva, was to bring together the public and private sectors to brainstorm solutions to these global problems, something which remains one of its founding principles and speaks to its mission statement: \"Committed to improving the state of the world\".<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting of WEF five decades ago was held in Davos and has been the centre of its annual gathering every year since with the resort\u2019s name even becoming the common shorthand for the event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.595625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//30//74//94//808x481_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg/" alt=\"The Congress Centre, the nerve centre of the week-long annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/384x229_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/640x381_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/750x447_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/828x493_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/1080x643_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/1200x715_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/1920x1144_cmsv2_2506c867-a78c-568c-9dc7-373128f0a158-7307494.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Congress Centre, the nerve centre of the week-long annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Markus Schreiber\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Who attends Davos?<\/h2><p>What do Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg, and Elton John have in common? Superficially, probably nothing at all, but the one thing that unites them all is that they have been previous attendees in Davos.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most unique things about Davos is those who attend. While it is often criticised as a talking shop for the world\u2019s privileged 1 per cent, it is also where people come to try to lobby and influence these powerful elites in order to affect change on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, you can expect in attendance world leaders - usually the sitting US president, the leadership of the EU and the UN, and so on - but also business leaders and entrepreneurs, prominent thinkers and academics, heads of NGOs and the charity sector, innovators, the media, civil society, activists of all creeds - even the occasional celebrity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8974012\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//20//davos-2025-what-to-expect-at-this-years-world-economic-forum/">Davos 2025: What to expect at this year's World Economic Forum<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And they\u2019re all extraordinarily in one place, at the same time, which means unprecedented access for many attendees to global decision-makers.<\/p>\n<p>The official guest list is often very exclusive and is made up of around 2,000 to 3,000 participants and speakers but the meeting itself attracts thousands more to its fringe events.<\/p>\n<p>It is also where companies - and even countries and regions - set up their stalls to sell concepts and services, or attract investment.<\/p>\n<p>Along the Promenade, Davos\u2019 main thoroughfare, are what have become known as \"houses\" where companies can rent space (often retail outlets which are let out for the week) to set up embassies or outposts to welcome visitors, hold meetings, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the keynote speeches and panels at the Congress Centre, the main hub of Davos, this in itself has been a prominent hallmark of the annual event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.581875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//30//74//94//808x470_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg/" alt=\"Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on a panel at Davos in 2019.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/384x223_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/640x372_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/750x436_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/828x482_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/1080x628_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/1200x698_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/1920x1117_cmsv2_2c2129a7-b0f0-5932-bc82-d0bf6965ea5c-7307494.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on a panel at Davos in 2019.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Markus Schreiber\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why do leaders go to Davos?<\/h2><p>One of the founding principles of WEF was to be impartial, independent, and devoid of special interests. But those sentiments aside, criticism is never far away in Davos.<\/p>\n<p>Given the juxtaposition of competing agendas and the overlapping of the political and corporate spheres, WEF is often in the firing line of antagonists who argue it is a malignant force in the world.<\/p>\n<p>New York Times economics correspondent Peter Goodman, for one, highlighted in his book 'Davos Man\u2019 the contradiction of asking billionaires and elites critics accuse of causing the world\u2019s biggest problems to find ways to solve them.<\/p>\n<p>One of the principal critiques levelled at the event organisers every year, for instance, is the hypocrisy of having the climate crisis on the meeting's agenda while one in 10 participants in 2022 travelled by private jet to get there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7304484\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//13//davos-1-in-10-travelled-by-private-jet-to-meeting-designed-to-tackle-climate-change/">Davos: 1 in 10 travelled by private jet to meeting designed to tackle climate change<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A talking shop for the world\u2019s rich and powerful it may be, but Davos is an unparalleled forum for discussion and debate on a global scale, and does have some significant achievements to its record over its 50-year history.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988, an agreement signed at the meeting, known as the Davos Declaration, was credited with helping Turkey and Greece step back from the brink of an armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Again, in 1992, Nelson Mandela and then South African president FW de Klerk made their first joint appearance together on the international stage at Davos, arguably a significant step towards ending apartheid. The pair won the Nobel Peace Prize the following year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) was launched at Davos and has since improved access to vaccines for millions. Since its creation, it has contributed to the vaccination of 760 million children worldwide.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1673796770,"updatedAt":1737383092,"publishedAt":1737383090,"firstPublishedAt":1673801339,"lastPublishedAt":1737383092,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","altText":"Davos, the Swiss ski resort town that has been home to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting for the past 50 years.","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Davos, the Swiss ski resort town that has been home to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting for the past 50 years.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/30\/74\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_86e2335b-0143-5fa2-9dc8-0cbf71904991-7307494.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":900},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Markus Schreiber\/AP","altText":"Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on a panel at Davos 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Davos preview","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Davos 2025: What to expect at this year's World Economic Forum","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Davos 2025: What to expect at this year's World Economic Forum","titleListing2":"Davos 2025: What to expect at this year's World Economic Forum","leadin":"The 2025 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) takes place from 20-24 January in Davos, Switzerland. Here's a look at what can be expected at this year's meeting.","summary":"The 2025 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) takes place from 20-24 January in Davos, Switzerland. Here's a look at what can be expected at this year's meeting.","keySentence":"","url":"davos-2025-what-to-expect-at-this-years-world-economic-forum","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/01\/20\/davos-2025-what-to-expect-at-this-years-world-economic-forum","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Davos is welcoming global leaders for the World Economic Forum 2025 this week with the meeting convening under the title Collaboration for the Intelligent Age. Discussions will span geo-economic uncertainty, AI, reimagining growth and safeguarding the planet, among other topics. \n\nSome 3,000 leaders are expected to attend from over 130 countries. Around 350 governmental leaders, including 60 heads of states and government, from all key regions, will also be in the mountain resort.\n\n\"If the gulf between hopes and fears was in stark evidence last year, the context for Davos 2025 is no less conflicted. Geo-economic uncertainty, trade tensions, cultural polarisation, and climate anxiety are rumbling but there's also the promise of rapid innovation \u2013 AI, quantum computing and biotech \u2013 to boost productivity and living standards,\" a WEF press release noted.\n\nWho\u2019s coming to Davos 2025?\n\nParticipation is diverse - by sectors, industries, generations, and gender. \n\n\"This diversity is fundamental to the Forum\u2019s approach to ensure that the most important issues in the world are discussed as widely as possible and solutions are designed with a diverse, cross-sectoral lens,\" the WEF press release said.\n\nPublic figures\n\nMore than 350 governmental leaders are expected to participate this year, including 60 heads of state and government:\n\nTop political leaders taking part include: Donald J. Trump, President-elect of the United States (who will join via live video link for an interactive dialogue with participants) - and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.\n\nDing Xuexiang, Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China; Javier Milei, President of Argentina; Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany; Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament; Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and Pedro S\u00e1nchez, Prime Minister of Spain, will also be at the event.\n\nMoreover, the meeting will welcome Karin Keller-Sutter, President of the Swiss Confederation 2025, Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Finance; Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh; Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium; F\u00e9lix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mostafa Madbouli, Prime Minister of Egypt; Abdulatif Rashid, President of Iraq.\n\nSimon Harris, Taoiseach of Ireland; Isaac Herzog, President of Israel; Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Mohammed Mustafa and Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority; Dina Ercilia Boluarte will also be attending, as well as Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine.\n\nInternational organisations\n\nHeads of international organisations taking part include: Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of NATO.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation and Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, will also be in Davos.\n\nPrivate sector and forum communities\n\nOver 1,600 business leaders, including over 900 of the world\u2019s top CEOs and Chairs from the World Economic Forum\u2019s Members and Partners, will also participate, over 120 of which are Global Innovators, Tech Pioneers and Unicorns who are transforming industries.\n\n\"More than 170 leaders from civil society and the social sector \u2013 from labour unions, non-governmental organisations, religious and indigenous communities, as well as experts and heads of the world\u2019s leading universities, research institutions and think tanks \u2013 will participate in the meeting,\" the WEF also noted in a press release.\n\nMore than 160 members of the Forum\u2019s communities, including the Unicorn and Technology Pioneers communities, the Community of Global Shapers, the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship will also attend to showcase local innovations and solutions to global challenges.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Davos is welcoming global leaders for the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//20//what-is-davos-and-why-is-it-important-your-guide-to-the-world-economic-forums-annual-meeti/">World Economic Forum 2025<\/strong><\/a> this week with the meeting convening under the title Collaboration for the Intelligent Age. Discussions will span geo-economic uncertainty, AI, reimagining growth and safeguarding the planet, among other topics. <\/p>\n<p>Some 3,000 leaders are expected to attend from over 130 countries. Around 350 governmental leaders, including 60 heads of states and government, from all key regions, will also be in the mountain resort.<\/p>\n<p>\"If the gulf between hopes and fears was in stark evidence last year, the context for Davos 2025 is no less conflicted. Geo-economic uncertainty, trade tensions, cultural polarisation, and climate anxiety are rumbling but there's also the promise of rapid innovation \u2013 AI, quantum computing and biotech \u2013 to boost productivity and living standards,\" a WEF press release noted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7307494\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//20//what-is-davos-and-why-is-it-important-your-guide-to-the-world-economic-forums-annual-meeti/">What is Davos and why is it important? Your guide to the World Economic Forum\u2019s annual summit<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Who\u2019s coming to Davos 2025?<\/h2><p>Participation is diverse - by sectors, industries, generations, and gender. <\/p>\n<p>\"This diversity is fundamental to the Forum\u2019s approach to ensure that the most important issues in the world are discussed as widely as possible and solutions are designed with a diverse, cross-sectoral lens,\" the WEF press release said.<\/p>\n<h3>Public figures<\/h3><p>More than 350 governmental leaders are expected to participate this year, including 60 heads of state and government:<\/p>\n<p>Top political leaders taking part include: Donald J. Trump, President-elect of the United States (who will join via live video link for an interactive dialogue with participants) - and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Ding Xuexiang, Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China; Javier Milei, President of Argentina; Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany; Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament; Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and Pedro S\u00e1nchez, Prime Minister of Spain, will also be at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the meeting will welcome Karin Keller-Sutter, President of the Swiss Confederation 2025, Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Finance; Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh; Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium; F\u00e9lix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mostafa Madbouli, Prime Minister of Egypt; Abdulatif Rashid, President of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Harris, Taoiseach of Ireland; Isaac Herzog, President of Israel; Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Mohammed Mustafa and Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority; Dina Ercilia Boluarte will also be attending, as well as Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>International organisations<\/h3><p>Heads of international organisations taking part include: Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation and Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, will also be in Davos.<\/p>\n<h3>Private sector and forum communities<\/h3><p>Over 1,600 business leaders, including over 900 of the world\u2019s top CEOs and Chairs from the World Economic Forum\u2019s Members and Partners, will also participate, over 120 of which are Global Innovators, Tech Pioneers and Unicorns who are transforming industries.<\/p>\n<p>\"More than 170 leaders from civil society and the social sector \u2013 from labour unions, non-governmental organisations, religious and indigenous communities, as well as experts and heads of the world\u2019s leading universities, research institutions and think tanks \u2013 will participate in the meeting,\" the WEF also noted in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>More than 160 members of the Forum\u2019s communities, including the Unicorn and Technology Pioneers communities, the Community of Global Shapers, the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship will also attend to showcase local innovations and solutions to global challenges.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736940361,"updatedAt":1737387965,"publishedAt":1737350669,"firstPublishedAt":1737350669,"lastPublishedAt":1737387965,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Gian Ehrenzeller\/' KEYSTONE \/ GIAN EHRENZELLER","altText":"The snow blankets the town of Davos prior the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"The snow blankets the town of Davos prior the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/40\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_560e3468-b301-52c9-99f7-c935400889f0-8974012.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":682}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"barnes","twitter":"@ABarnesNews","id":1618,"title":"Angela 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Richemont reports strong quarterly earnings despite weakness in China","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"European luxury stocks rally as Richemont posts record quarterly sales","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"European luxury stocks rally as Richemont posts record quarterly sales","titleListing2":"Luxury brands owner Richemont reports strong quarterly earnings despite weakness in China","leadin":"Richemont reported strong quarterly results, driven by festival sales, despite ongoing weak demand in China. The robust earnings lifted rival share prices, buoying the European luxury sector on Thursday.","summary":"Richemont reported strong quarterly results, driven by festival sales, despite ongoing weak demand in China. The robust earnings lifted rival share prices, buoying the European luxury sector on Thursday.","keySentence":"","url":"luxury-brands-owner-richemont-sees-strong-earnings-despite-china-weakness","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/01\/17\/luxury-brands-owner-richemont-sees-strong-earnings-despite-china-weakness","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Despite ongoing challenges in the Chinese market, Richemont delivered a December quarterly result that exceeded analysts' expectations. Its stock surged more than 16% to a record high of \u20a3161.8 (\u20ac172.45) in Zurich on Thursday, marking the biggest intraday rise since October 2008.\n\nRichemont has been a standout performer among European luxury goods stocks, with its share price up 21% in 2024. In contrast, other major players such as LVMH and Kering posted negative returns last year, as sluggish consumer demand in China significantly impacted Europe's luxury sector.\n\nA Robust Fiscal Third-Quarter Result\n\nThe Swiss luxury goods company reported sales revenue of \u20ac6.2bn for the fiscal third quarter of 2025, up 10% year-on-year. Sales in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau collectively declined by 18%, leading to a 7% drop in the Asia-Pacific region. However, strong consumer spending in other regions, including Europe, the Americas, Japan, and the Middle East & Africa, have all recorded double-digit growth and offset the weakness in Chinese sales. \n\nRevenue in Europe increased by 19%, driven by higher domestic demand and tourist spending, particularly from North American and Middle Eastern visitors.\n\nIn terms of segments, the Group's four Jewellery Maisons - Buccellati, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Vhernier - achieved a 14% growth, propelled by their iconic jewellery and watch collections during the festival season. \n\nHowever, revenue from Specialist Watchmakers fell 8% year-on-year, weighed down by declining sales in the Asia-Pacific region. The company noted that robust growth in the Americas and the Middle East & Africa helped moderate the 16% decline recorded in the first half of the year for this segment.\n\nFor the nine months ending 31 December 2024, sales increased by 4% at constant currency, and the net cash position rose to \u20ac7.9bn from \u20ac6.8bn in 2023.\n\nIn the fiscal year 2024, which ended in March, Richemont reported record full-year sales revenue of \u20ac20.6bn, up 3% year-on-year. However, quarterly sales declined by 1% year-on-year, reflecting the slowdown in Asia-Pacific spending. \n\nPrevious Chairman Johann Rupert noted that weakened Chinese demand significantly impacted the company's performance. Nicolas Bos, CEO of Van Cleef & Arpels by then, who was appointed as Richemont's new CEO in June 2024, is likely to have steered the group's strategic shift toward other regions to mitigate challenges in China.\n\nEuropean luxury stocks jump, driven by Richemont's results\n\nRichemont\u2019s robust earnings boosted optimism in Europe's luxury goods sector, with the Euro Stoxx 600 Luxury Ten Index (STXLUXP) rising nearly 7% on Thursday. \n\nLVMH surged 9%, Herm\u00e8s gained 4.9%, Christian Dior jumped 8.6%, and Kering climbed 6%. Investors will be watching out for earnings from these big brands later this month.\u00a0\n\nSome analysts believe the downturn in luxury goods sales in 2024 was more cyclical than structural. However, others remain cautious about the prolonged weak demand in China, which could continue to affect the sector's performance in 2025. \n\nThe Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, accounts for approximately 30% of European luxury goods sales revenue, with China making up a significant share of that figure. Hence, brands with a heavier reliance on Chinese consumption may face ongoing challenges in 2025.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Despite ongoing challenges in the Chinese market, Richemont delivered a December quarterly result that exceeded analysts' expectations. Its stock surged more than 16% to a record high of \u20a3161.8 (\u20ac172.45) in Zurich on Thursday, marking the biggest intraday rise since October 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Richemont has been a standout performer among European luxury goods stocks, with its share price up 21% in 2024. In contrast, other major players such as LVMH and Kering posted negative returns last year, as sluggish consumer demand in China significantly impacted Europe's luxury sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Robust Fiscal Third-Quarter Result<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Swiss luxury goods company reported sales revenue of \u20ac6.2bn for the fiscal third quarter of 2025, up 10% year-on-year. Sales in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau collectively declined by 18%, leading to a 7% drop in the Asia-Pacific region. However, strong consumer spending in other regions, including Europe, the Americas, Japan, and the Middle East &amp; Africa, have all recorded double-digit growth and offset the weakness in Chinese sales. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8930366,8878984\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//28//luxury-carmaker-in-trouble-aston-martin-issues-new-debt-and-profit-warning/">Luxury carmaker in trouble: Aston Martin issues new debt and profit warning<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//12//24//bmw-confirms-luxury-cars-were-sold-to-russian-buyers-despite-sanctions/">BMW confirms luxury cars were sold to Russian buyers despite sanctions<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Revenue in Europe increased by 19%, driven by higher domestic demand and tourist spending, particularly from North American and Middle Eastern visitors.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of segments, the Group's four Jewellery Maisons - Buccellati, Cartier, Van Cleef &amp; Arpels, and Vhernier - achieved a 14% growth, propelled by their iconic jewellery and watch collections during the festival season. <\/p>\n<p>However, revenue from Specialist Watchmakers fell 8% year-on-year, weighed down by declining sales in the Asia-Pacific region. The company noted that robust growth in the Americas and the Middle East &amp; Africa helped moderate the 16% decline recorded in the first half of the year for this segment.<\/p>\n<p>For the nine months ending 31 December 2024, sales increased by 4% at constant currency, and the net cash position rose to \u20ac7.9bn from \u20ac6.8bn in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In the fiscal year 2024, which ended in March, Richemont reported record full-year sales revenue of \u20ac20.6bn, up 3% year-on-year. However, quarterly sales declined by 1% year-on-year, reflecting the slowdown in Asia-Pacific spending. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8852902,8849434\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//13//will-the-global-luxury-goods-market-shrink-in-2025-due-to-trump-tariffs/">Will the global luxury goods market shrink in 2025 due to Trump tariffs?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//15//hopes-for-luxury-goods-market-as-chinas-retail-sales-surge-in-october/">Hopes for luxury goods market as China's retail sales surge in October<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Previous Chairman Johann Rupert noted that weakened Chinese demand significantly impacted the company's performance. Nicolas Bos, CEO of Van Cleef &amp; Arpels by then, who was appointed as Richemont's new CEO in June 2024, is likely to have steered the group's strategic shift toward other regions to mitigate challenges in China.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>European luxury stocks jump, driven by Richemont's results<\/strong><\/h2><p>Richemont\u2019s robust earnings boosted optimism in Europe's luxury goods sector, with the Euro Stoxx 600 Luxury Ten Index (STXLUXP) rising nearly 7% on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>LVMH surged 9%, Herm\u00e8s gained 4.9%, Christian Dior jumped 8.6%, and Kering climbed 6%. Investors will be watching out for earnings from these big brands later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts believe the downturn in luxury goods sales in 2024 was more cyclical than structural. However, others remain cautious about the prolonged weak demand in China, which could continue to affect the sector's performance in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, accounts for approximately 30% of European luxury goods sales revenue, with China making up a significant share of that figure. Hence, brands with a heavier reliance on Chinese consumption may face ongoing challenges in 2025.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737098316,"updatedAt":1737102864,"publishedAt":1737099610,"firstPublishedAt":1737099610,"lastPublishedAt":1737102864,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Bebeto Matthews\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","altText":"Cartier is one of the luxury brands owned by Richemont","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Cartier is one of the luxury brands owned by Richemont","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/96\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c605946c-f1a4-5b61-a65e-042b048daeaf-8979662.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1280}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"luxury-goods","titleRaw":"luxury goods ","id":28024,"title":"luxury goods ","slug":"luxury-goods"},{"urlSafeValue":"luxury-shopping","titleRaw":"Luxury shopping","id":20468,"title":"Luxury shopping","slug":"luxury-shopping"},{"urlSafeValue":"china","titleRaw":"China","id":311,"title":"China","slug":"china"},{"urlSafeValue":"eu-china","titleRaw":"EU-China","id":99,"title":"EU-China","slug":"eu-china"}],"widgets":[{"count":2,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2724680},{"id":2730048}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Tina Teng","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/business\/business"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"business","id":11,"title":"Business","slug":"business"},{"urlSafeValue":"my-europe","id":2,"title":"Europe","slug":"my-europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"business","id":"business","title":"Business","url":"\/business\/business"},{"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","id":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":7,"urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":267,"urlSafeValue":"switzerland","title":"Switzerland","url":"\/news\/europe\/switzerland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84031001","84032001","84131001","84132012","84211001","84212001","84231001","84232002","84232005","84232007","84251001","84252003","84252015","84252021"],"slugs":["business","business_general","personal_finance","personal_finance_stocks","society","society_general","style_and_fashion","style_and_fashion_accessories","style_and_fashion_clothing","style_and_fashion_jewelry","travel","travel_africa","travel_europe","travel_japan"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2025\/01\/17\/luxury-brands-owner-richemont-sees-strong-earnings-despite-china-weakness","lastModified":1737102864},{"id":2724702,"cid":8963262,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250110_EISU_57481598","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREEN_Swiss scientists have taught fungi to generate electricity","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Swiss scientists have taught fungi to generate electricity. How do mushroom batteries work?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Scientists create fungal battery that needs feeding - then eats itself","titleListing2":"Swiss scientists have taught fungi to generate electricity. How do mushroom batteries work?","leadin":"Yeast and white rot fungus could have a small but ingenious role to play in the energy transition.","summary":"Yeast and white rot fungus could have a small but ingenious role to play in the energy transition.","keySentence":"","url":"swiss-scientists-have-taught-fungi-to-generate-electricity-how-do-mushroom-batteries-work","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/11\/swiss-scientists-have-taught-fungi-to-generate-electricity-how-do-mushroom-batteries-work","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Fungi could be used to power batteries in remote regions thanks to a new breakthrough by Swiss researchers.\n\nTheir fungal battery invention is 3D-printed - with fungal cells mixed into the printing ink - and has the unique advantage of being biodegradable. Once it's served its purpose, the battery digests itself from the inside.\n\nIt adds to the growing body of research using fungi - a vast and \u201cunder-utilised\u201d kingdom of life - to make everything from our clothes and homes, to meat alternatives.\u00a0\n\nHere\u2019s how the fungal battery, developed at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), is able to generate electricity.\n\nMeet the living battery that needs feeding\n\nStrictly speaking, Empa researchers explain, the battery is a microbial fuel cell.\n\nLike all living things, microorganisms convert nutrients into energy. Microbial fuel cells make use of this metabolism and capture part of the energy as electricity.\u00a0\n\n\"For the first time, we have combined two types of fungi to create a functioning fuel cell,\" says Empa researcher Carolina Reyes.\n\nOn the negative (or anode) side of the \u2018battery\u2019 is a yeast fungus whose metabolism releases electrons. It is complemented by a white rot fungus on the positive (cathode) side which produces a special enzyme, allowing the electrons to be caught and conducted out of the cell.\u00a0\n\nThe fungi feed on simple sugars, which are added to the battery cells. \"You can store the fungal batteries in a dried state and activate them on location by simply adding water and nutrients,\" explains Reyes.\n\nHow are fungal batteries made?\n\nThe fungi are not \"planted\" into the battery, so to speak, but are part of its material foundation from the start.\n\nIt is 3D printed to structure the electrodes in a specific way that gives the microorganisms easy access to the nutrients. Fungal cells are mixed into the printing ink - no mean feat for the cross-disciplinary researchers.\n\n\"It is challenging enough to find a material in which the fungi grow well,\" says Gustav Nystr\u00f6m, head of Empa\u2019s Cellulose and Wood Materials lab.\u00a0\n\n\"But the ink also has to be easy to extrude without killing the cells - and of course we want it to be electrically conductive and biodegradable.\"\n\nThanks to their laboratory's extensive experience in 3D printing of soft, bio-based materials, the team were able to produce a suitable ink based on cellulose. The fungal cells can even use the cellulose as an additional nutrient, and so help to break down the battery after use.\u00a0\n\nWhere could fungal batteries be used?\n\nBig mushroom-powered electronics are still a stretch, as these living cells do not produce a great deal of electricity.\n\nBut they could supply enough to power a temperature sensor for several days, for example, for agriculture or research in remote regions.\n\nAnd the researchers are yet to get to the bottom of fungi\u2019s full potential.\n\n\"Fungi are still under-researched and under-utilised, especially in the field of materials science,\" agree Reyes and Nystr\u00f6m.\n\nThe researchers now plan to make the fungal battery more powerful and longer-lasting - and to look for other kinds of fungi that could supply electricity.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Fungi could be used to power batteries in remote regions thanks to a new breakthrough by Swiss researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Their fungal battery invention is 3D-printed - with fungal cells mixed into the printing ink - and has the unique advantage of being biodegradable. Once it's served its purpose, the battery digests itself from the inside.<\/p>\n<p>It adds to the growing body of research using fungi - a vast and \u201cunder-utilised\u201d kingdom of life - to make everything from our <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2019//07//05//mushroom-trainers-and-apple-peel-bags-the-best-of-berlin-fashion-week/">clothes and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//06//a-real-material-for-the-future-could-homes-made-of-fungi-slash-emissions-from-construction/">homes, to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//05//05//is-fermented-mushroom-the-most-sustainable-meat-substitute/">meat alternatives<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the fungal battery, developed at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), is able to generate electricity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8957876,7381276\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//07//the-last-of-us-minus-the-zombie-part-how-fungi-could-become-supercharged-by-climate-change/">The Last of Us \u2018minus the zombie part\u2019: How fungi are becoming supercharged by climate change<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//08//scientists-turn-industrial-waste-into-batteries-that-could-be-used-to-store-renewable-ener/">Scientists turn industrial waste into batteries that could be used to store renewable energy<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Meet the living battery that needs feeding<\/h2><p>Strictly speaking, Empa researchers explain, the battery is a microbial fuel cell.<\/p>\n<p>Like all living things, microorganisms convert nutrients into energy. Microbial fuel cells make use of this metabolism and capture part of the energy as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//06//27//renewables-surge-green-energy-made-up-the-majority-of-eus-electricity-in-2023/">electricity./u00a0/n

/"For the first time, we have combined two types of fungi to create a functioning fuel cell,\" says Empa researcher Carolina Reyes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//32//62//808x454_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg/" alt=\"The yeast electrode (L) and white rot electrode (R).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/384x216_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/640x360_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/750x422_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/828x466_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/1080x608_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/1200x675_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/1920x1080_cmsv2_bc531571-56c9-5e09-934e-cb93ffe14ad7-8963262.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The yeast electrode (L) and white rot electrode (R).<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Empa<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On the negative (or anode) side of the \u2018battery\u2019 is a yeast fungus whose metabolism releases electrons. It is complemented by a white rot fungus on the positive (cathode) side which produces a special enzyme, allowing the electrons to be caught and conducted out of the cell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fungi feed on simple sugars, which are added to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//21//the-race-for-renewable-batteries-whats-the-future-of-solar-and-wind-storage/">battery cells. \"You can store the fungal batteries in a dried state and activate them on location by simply adding water and nutrients,\" explains Reyes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8914652,8746194\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//16//body-heat-could-be-the-next-big-renewable-after-scientists-invent-ultra-thin-tech-to-power/">Body heat could be the next big renewable after scientists invent ultra-thin tech to power wearables<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//20//exciting-solar-breakthrough-means-energy-can-be-kept-in-sustainable-batteries-that-dont-ov/">/u2018Exciting/u2019 solar breakthrough means energy can be kept in sustainable batteries that don\u2019t overheat<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How are fungal batteries made?<\/h2><p>The fungi are not \"planted\" into the battery, so to speak, but are part of its material foundation from the start.<\/p>\n<p>It is <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//24//fully-recyclable-3d-printed-house-made-of-wood-flour-unveiled-by-researchers/">3D printed<\/strong><\/a> to structure the electrodes in a specific way that gives the microorganisms easy access to the nutrients. Fungal cells are mixed into the printing ink - no mean feat for the cross-disciplinary researchers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//32//62//808x454_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg/" alt=\"The grid printed electrode contains the fungus used in the anode compartment of the battery.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/384x216_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/640x360_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/750x422_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/828x466_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/1080x608_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/1200x675_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/1920x1080_cmsv2_a64239ff-6e56-5e54-8b10-39361526604a-8963262.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The grid printed electrode contains the fungus used in the anode compartment of the battery.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Empa<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"It is challenging enough to find a material in which the fungi grow well,\" says Gustav Nystr\u00f6m, head of Empa\u2019s Cellulose and Wood Materials lab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"But the ink also has to be easy to extrude without killing the cells - and of course we want it to be electrically conductive and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//04//29//is-this-the-world-s-first-biodegradable-and-compostable-plastic/">biodegradable./"/n

Thanks to their laboratory's extensive experience in 3D printing of soft, bio-based materials, the team were able to produce a suitable ink based on cellulose. The fungal cells can even use the cellulose as an additional nutrient, and so help to break down the battery after use.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8171602,7411054\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//30//positive-environmental-stories-from-2024/">Electric wallpaper and carbon-sequestering cows: Positive environmental stories from 2024<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//20//funga-how-does-the-worlds-first-fungi-powered-carbon-removal-project-work/">Funga: How does the world\u2019s first fungi-powered carbon removal project work?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where could fungal batteries be used?<\/h2><p>Big mushroom-powered electronics are still a stretch, as these living cells do not produce a great deal of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>But they could supply enough to power a temperature <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//08//01//the-smart-sensor-that-could-transform-food-and-farming/">sensor for several days, for example, for agriculture or research in remote regions.<\/p>\n<p>And the researchers are yet to get to the bottom of fungi\u2019s full potential.<\/p>\n<p>\"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//12//02//scientists-are-mapping-the-world-s-fungal-networks-for-the-first-time-here-s-how/">Fungi are still under-researched and under-utilised, especially in the field of materials science,\" agree Reyes and Nystr\u00f6m.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers now plan to make the fungal battery more powerful and longer-lasting - and to look for other kinds of fungi that could supply electricity.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736522874,"updatedAt":1736588264,"publishedAt":1736588248,"firstPublishedAt":1736588248,"lastPublishedAt":1736588263,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/32\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8ba2455b-235c-5126-b3b2-d2bdf2c0d0b4-8963262.jpg","altText":"Empa scientist Carolina Reyes with the fungal battery that is encased in beeswax. 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Bird bot","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Could this bird-like robot help with rescue missions and parcel deliveries in remote locations?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"This bird-like robot can walk, jump, and hop to fly","titleListing2":"Could this bird-like robot help with rescue missions and parcel deliveries in remote locations?","leadin":"The robot\u2019s developers believe a scaled-up version of the machine could be used in rescue missions and parcel deliveries in remote locations.","summary":"The robot\u2019s developers believe a scaled-up version of the machine could be used in rescue missions and parcel deliveries in remote locations.","keySentence":"","url":"could-this-bird-like-robot-help-with-rescue-missions-and-parcel-deliveries-in-remote-locat","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/01\/05\/could-this-bird-like-robot-help-with-rescue-missions-and-parcel-deliveries-in-remote-locat","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Researchers have developed a bird-like robot that can walk, jump, and hop to fly.\n\nThe robot or fixed-wing drone can move quickly from the ground into the air with its \u201cavian-inspired\u201d legs, according to a new study.\n\nMost birds are adept at navigating seamlessly between the ground and the air and take off with no runway.\n\nWhen they fly their legs are as important as the wings in enabling them to navigate complex terrains and transition between them, according to the research team.\n\nDubbed \u2018RAVEN\u2019, the robot has a \u2018hip\u2019 and an \u2018ankle\u2019.\n\nReal birds have more actuated joints than the robot, making them more dexterous but with its two legs, wings and V-shaped tail, RAVEN certainly resembles a bird.\n\nBirds take off by jumping, a method of taking flight the robot\u2019s developers say proved to be more efficient in the drone than other options that used just a propeller.\n\n\"The project was about how we can use the fixed-wing vehicle in a disaster situation. And if you think about very cluttered areas, and how to deploy a robot there, I think a bird would be the best animal to deploy there,\u201d said Won Dong Shin, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).\n\nThe lead author says that he was inspired by the crows on the campus that he observed.\n\nAccessing remote locations\n\nThe research team believes a scaled-up version of the machine could be used in rescue missions and parcel deliveries in remote locations.\n\n\u201cWe can use the fixed-wing flight to reach the target area and then we can make the robot land on the ground and from there it can walk or hop to the final destination,\u201d Shin said.\n\n\u201cWhen it's time to come back to the base or move to another destination, it can simply jump and take off,\u201d he added.\n\nResearchers plan to make it even more like a bird by adding foldable wings.\n\n\u201cThe foldable wings will be quite helpful for search and rescue missions because the robot will have to pass through some narrow passages and for that, if the robot can fold the wings just like a bird, then it can access more areas or more places,\u201d Shin said.\n\nAdditional sensors will also help it land autonomously, according to the Swiss research team.\n\nA study on RAVEN was published in December in the scientific journal Nature.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Researchers have developed a bird-like robot that can walk, jump, and hop to fly.<\/p>\n<p>The robot or fixed-wing drone can move quickly from the ground into the air with its \u201cavian-inspired\u201d legs, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>Most birds are adept at navigating seamlessly between the ground and the air and take off with no runway.<\/p>\n<p>When they fly their legs are as important as the wings in enabling them to navigate complex terrains and transition between them, according to the research team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7380532\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//02//07//this-spider-man-robot-can-climb-up-walls-and-cling-to-ceilings-using-electromagnetic-feet/">This Spider-Man robot can climb up walls and cling to ceilings using electromagnetic feet<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dubbed \u2018RAVEN\u2019, the robot has a \u2018hip\u2019 and an \u2018ankle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Real birds have more actuated joints than the robot, making them more dexterous but with its two legs, wings and V-shaped tail, RAVEN certainly resembles a bird.<\/p>\n<p>Birds take off by jumping, a method of taking flight the robot\u2019s developers say proved to be more efficient in the drone than other options that used just a propeller.<\/p>\n<p>\"The project was about how we can use the fixed-wing vehicle in a disaster situation. And if you think about very cluttered areas, and how to deploy a robot there, I think a bird would be the best animal to deploy there,\u201d said Won Dong Shin, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).<\/p>\n<p>The lead author says that he was inspired by the crows on the campus that he observed.<\/p>\n<h2>Accessing remote locations<\/h2><p>The research team believes a scaled-up version of the machine could be used in rescue missions and parcel deliveries in remote locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can use the fixed-wing flight to reach the target area and then we can make the robot land on the ground and from there it can walk or hop to the final destination,\u201d Shin said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8400226\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li 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How one ski resort in Switzerland has become an unlikely canvas for the world\u2019s street artists","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"How one ski resort in Switzerland has become an unlikely canvas for the world\u2019s street artists","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Skiing and high-altitude street art? A winter escape in Crans-Montana","titleListing2":"How one ski resort in Switzerland has become an unlikely canvas for the world\u2019s street artists","leadin":"Crans-Montana not only sparks art appreciation in skiers - it\u2019s drawing visitors to the Swiss resort year-round.","summary":"Crans-Montana not only sparks art appreciation in skiers - it\u2019s drawing visitors to the Swiss resort year-round.","keySentence":"","url":"how-one-ski-resort-in-switzerland-has-become-an-unlikely-canvas-for-the-worlds-street-arti","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/12\/30\/how-one-ski-resort-in-switzerland-has-become-an-unlikely-canvas-for-the-worlds-street-arti","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In 2014, art dealer Gregory Pages was skiing in his hometown of Crans-Montana in Switzerland\u2019s Valais Alps region.\u00a0\n\nHe took the National Express chairlift and as he neared the huge concrete structure at the top that houses the lift station, three restaurants and a hotel, he had something of an epiphany.\u00a0\n\nHe laughs: \u201cI don't know why it happened that day. I mean, obviously, I\u2019d done the same trip a thousand times before, but that day I noticed how gross the building was.\u201d\n\n\u201cI was surrounded by sun, snow, blue skies and beautiful mountains and there was this big block of cement in front of me.\u201d\u00a0\n\nAnd that was the start of Crans-Montana\u2019s Vision Art Festival (VAF), a festival that truly elevates urban art.\n\nThe trend for street art in Europe reaches new heights\n\nI am exploring Crans-Montana with Pages, the founder of the resort\u2019s high-altitude public art project. It is a summer\u2019s day as we climb into the cable car, and we are surrounded by mountain bikers and green meadows rather than bashed pistes and skiers.\u00a0\n\nBut I can immediately see how the brutalist ski infrastructure provides a perfect canvas in wintertime against the white snow.\u00a0\n\nAfter getting the nod in 2014 for two initial artworks, one by Hebru Brantley, an artist from Chicago, and the other by ICY & SOT, Iranian activist-artist brothers, the first proper edition of Crans-Montana\u2019s street art festival took place in 2015.\u00a0\n\nA dozen artists gathered for a week, paint brushes in hand and creativity levels soaring.\u00a0\n\nThe VAF now happens every year in July, when artists take to the streets, carparks, and mountains of Crans-Montana to add new pieces of public art.\u00a0\n\nBut the art can be enjoyed throughout the year with the Vision Art Fund interactive street art map - and you can also book guided tours by foot, ski or e-bike.\u00a0\n\nThe best global street artists in a winter wonderland\n\n\u201cNearly a decade on, we have over 200 walls and have worked with more than 160 artists from around the world,\u201d says Pages as he reflects on the festival\u2019s development.\n\nCreating public art in the mountains between 1,500m and 3,000m above sea level, naturally,\u00a0 creates logistical challenges: \u201cThe most remote piece is located an hour\u2019s hike from the end of the road\u201d, explains Pages. \u201cEvery morning, we would do a checklist of what the artist needed because if you forgot something, you were in trouble.\u201d\n\nHe continues: \u201cThe guys always get so excited to work in nature, but then they can suddenly get freaked. They\u2019re like, \u2018Will I be by myself up there? Nobody\u2019s gonna stay with me up there?\u2019\u201d\n\nToday, you can spot artworks on the pistes and in the town centre. An area in a multistorey car park at the bottom of Crans-Merb\u00e9-Cry-d\u2019Er cable car is reserved for new artists to showcase their talents.\n\n\u201cWe try to get a mix of talent, so we make the Vision Art Fund a platform for everyone, from local Swiss artists to top-notch guys from China, the States and Australia,\u201d says Pages.\u00a0\n\nIn fact, the project is such a big success that he now receives around 400 requests annually from artists who want to be involved.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nFollow a street art map around the streets of Crans-Montana\n\nThe collection of art is like a gallery exhibition you can roam through. Only there are no rooms - and it extends into the sky.\n\nAs I follow Pages\u2019 street art map with him, we pass by a huge owl in mid-flight, a hungry fox with mouth agape, gargantuan technicolour cats, 3D stalactites, as well as stencilled and collaged scenes, tiny ceramic tiles, and eerie mythical masks.\u00a0\n\nAlthough there are so many different styles, mediums, sizes and messages, every piece is related to the local environment and nature.\u00a0\n\nI wonder how the Swiss, known for their love of order and tradition, have taken to all this modernism.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nPages takes me to see a massive Valais snow lynx on the side of a building, painted in 2024 by Chinese artist\u00a0Nut. \u201cMost of the feedback I\u2019ve had is from the third generation [Swiss], and they love the public art!\u201d he says with pride.\u00a0\n\n\u201cOne older woman told me how she chooses to take her trash to these bins instead of the closer ones so she can admire the lynx each time.\u201d\u00a0\n\nBut it\u2019s not all about the older generation.\u00a0\n\nWhen we descend back to town, Pages shows me the Arnouva cable car station, which is decorated with bubble writing and cartoonish figures.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\u201cThis is the place where all the beginners queue up in winter, so 60 to 70 per cent of people who pass by here are under 10 years old,\u201d he adds.\u00a0\n\nPublic art benefits the locals as well as tourists in Crans-Montana\n\nIn 2022, Pages and his team got local schools involved in VAF. The project saw nearly 1,000 schoolkids collaborating with artists to create new artwork. The only rules were that the artists were not allowed to touch the brush - and that every child in each school got involved.\u00a0\n\nPages finishes our tour by showing me the artwork for which he has a particular soft spot.\u00a0\n\nIt\u2019s by an artist from Geneva called Serval, who was one of the first graffiti artists from Switzerland to go to the US. Serval used a painting from an early 1900s collection called Lac de Montana by the Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler as inspiration for the picture.\u00a0\n\nPages explains how the artist tagged his name on one of Hodler\u2019s paintings: \u201cThe bit I love about this piece is that I was chatting to a guy in his seventies who still works at the cable car station. He didn\u2019t know that the work was inspired by Hodler, but something about Serval\u2019s artwork reminded him of his father, who had been a big Hodler fan.\u201d\n\n\u201cHe was so happy when I explained to him that he was right, that there was a link between Hodler and Serval,\u201d Pages beams. \u201cI found it so cool that he knew the reference from graffiti on a painting that's over 100 years old.\u201d\u00a0\n\nVision Art Fund\u2019s interactive street art map of Crans-Montana is available from visionartfestival.com\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In 2014, art dealer Gregory Pages was skiing in his hometown of Crans-Montana in Switzerland\u2019s Valais Alps region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He took the National Express chairlift and as he neared the huge concrete structure at the top that houses the lift station, three restaurants and a hotel, he had something of an epiphany.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He laughs: \u201cI don't know why it happened that day. I mean, obviously, I\u2019d done the same trip a thousand times before, but that day I noticed how gross the building was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was surrounded by sun, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//02//12//low-snow-impacting-your-ski-holiday-heres-what-youre-entitled-to-under-insurance/">snow, blue skies and beautiful <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//16//i-hiked-this-remote-mountain-pass-in-albania-and-found-unspoilt-landscapes-and-soulful-hos/">mountains and there was this big block of cement in front of me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And that was the start of Crans-Montana\u2019s Vision Art Festival (VAF), a festival that truly elevates urban art.<\/p>\n<h2>The trend for street art in Europe reaches new heights<\/h2><p>I am exploring Crans-Montana with Pages, the founder of the resort\u2019s high-altitude public <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//02//29//5-art-filled-churches-in-europe-that-will-make-you-want-to-book-a-trip-to-these-cities/">art project. It is a summer\u2019s day as we climb into the cable car, and we are surrounded by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//05//electronic-biking-is-the-best-way-to-explore-the-swiss-alps-in-autumn/">mountain bikers<\/strong><\/a> and green meadows rather than bashed pistes and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//02//17//i-tried-skiing-for-the-first-time-in-my-30s-after-two-days-on-the-slopes-my-fear-turned-to/">skiers./u00a0/n

But I can immediately see how the brutalist ski infrastructure provides a perfect canvas in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//22//feeling-the-winter-blues-here-are-some-of-the-best-destinations-in-europe-to-catch-some-su/">wintertime against the white snow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8457130,8892870\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//05//24//overcrowded-swiss-village-considers-venice-style-entry-fee-for-visitors-who-arrive-by-car/">Overcrowded Swiss village considers Venice-style entry fee for visitors who arrive by car<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//05//outstanding-zurich-is-the-best-city-for-expats-which-other-european-cities-made-the-cut/">'Outstanding/u2019 Zurich is the best city for expats: Which other European cities made the cut?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After getting the nod in 2014 for two initial artworks, one by Hebru Brantley, an artist from Chicago, and the other by ICY &amp; SOT, Iranian activist-artist brothers, the first proper edition of Crans-Montana\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//street-art/">street art<\/strong><\/a> festival took place in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A dozen artists gathered for a week, paint brushes in hand and creativity levels soaring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The VAF now happens every year in July, when artists take to the streets, carparks, and mountains of Crans-Montana to add new pieces of public art.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8468\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//89//00//808x685_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg/" alt=\"Street art by Abraham Osorio\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/384x325_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/640x542_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/750x635_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/828x701_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1080x915_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1200x1016_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1920x1626_cmsv2_864d18f6-eb13-51d3-b3dc-abfb0bfdc68d-8908900.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Street art by Abraham Osorio<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vision Art Festival<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But the art can be enjoyed throughout the year with the Vision Art Fund interactive street art map - and you can also book guided tours by foot, ski or <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//05//electronic-biking-is-the-best-way-to-explore-the-swiss-alps-in-autumn/">e-bike./u00a0/n

The best global street artists in a winter wonderland<\/h2><p>\u201cNearly a decade on, we have over 200 walls and have worked with more than 160 artists from around the world,\u201d says Pages as he reflects on the festival\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>Creating public art in the mountains between 1,500m and 3,000m above sea level, naturally,\u00a0 creates logistical challenges: \u201cThe most <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//09//25//here-are-some-of-the-best-places-to-remote-work-from-two-are-in-europe/">remote piece is located an hour\u2019s hike from the end of the road\u201d, explains Pages. \u201cEvery morning, we would do a checklist of what the artist needed because if you forgot something, you were in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continues: \u201cThe guys always get so excited to work in nature, but then they can suddenly get freaked. They\u2019re like, \u2018Will I be by myself up there? Nobody\u2019s gonna stay with me up there?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, you can spot artworks on the pistes and in the town centre. An area in a multistorey car park at the bottom of Crans-Merb\u00e9-Cry-d\u2019Er cable car is reserved for new artists to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7500634356762244\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//89//00//808x608_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg/" alt=\"Artwork by renowned urban contemporary artist Sonny Sundancer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/384x288_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/640x480_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/750x563_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/828x621_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1080x810_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1200x900_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1920x1440_cmsv2_39c73973-108e-523a-b850-bf99b1d46557-8908900.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Artwork by renowned urban contemporary artist Sonny Sundancer<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vision Art Festival<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe try to get a mix of talent, so we make the Vision Art Fund a platform for everyone, from local Swiss artists to top-notch guys from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//11//22//china-aims-to-boost-tourism-by-giving-visa-free-entry-to-these-five-european-countries/">China, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//29//us-travellers-have-european-travel-fever-but-where-are-the-most-popular-destinations/">States and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//30//sunshine-high-wages-and-new-rules-australias-working-holiday-visa-is-opening-up-to-over-30/">Australia,/u201d says Pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the project is such a big success that he now receives around 400 requests annually from artists who want to be involved.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Follow a street art map around the streets of Crans-Montana<\/h2><p>The collection of art is like a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//02//25//here-are-the-world-s-most-instagrammable-art-galleries/">gallery exhibition<\/strong><\/a> you can roam through. Only there are no rooms - and it extends into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>As I follow Pages\u2019 street art map with him, we pass by a huge owl in mid-flight, a hungry fox with mouth agape, gargantuan technicolour cats, 3D stalactites, as well as stencilled and collaged scenes, tiny ceramic tiles, and eerie mythical masks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although there are so many different styles, mediums, sizes and messages, every piece is related to the local <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//11//07//travelling-sustainably-isnt-enough-heres-why-its-time-to-give-back-to-the-places-we-visit/">environment and nature<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8869136,8891714\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//05//christmas-lapland-cancelled-lack-of-snow/">/u2018Devastating/u2019: Christmas in Lapland is cancelled after trips called off due to lack of snow<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//11//27//reliable-snow-cheap-passes-and-uncrowded-slopes-why-you-should-go-skiing-in-georgia-this-w/">Reliable snow, cheap passes and uncrowded slopes: Why you should go skiing in Georgia this winter<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I wonder how the Swiss, known for their love of order and tradition, have taken to all this modernism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pages takes me to see a massive Valais snow <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//13//whales-bears-lynx-europes-rewilding-projects-allow-tourists-to-encounter-wildlife-responsi/">lynx on the side of a building, painted in 2024 by Chinese artist\u00a0Nut. \u201cMost of the feedback I\u2019ve had is from the third generation [Swiss], and they love the public art!\u201d he says with pride.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne older woman told me how she chooses to take her trash to these bins instead of the closer ones so she can admire the lynx each time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667552484719639\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//89//00//808x539_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg/" alt=\"Street art by Mohamed LGacham, and one of many throughout the ski resort\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1920x1280_cmsv2_42c98a9d-3b2f-53d1-b030-178cf17c3c4e-8908900.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Street art by Mohamed LGacham, and one of many throughout the ski resort<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vision Art Festival<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s not all about the older generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When we descend back to town, Pages shows me the Arnouva cable car station, which is decorated with bubble writing and cartoonish figures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the place where all the beginners queue up in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//10//14//will-this-winter-be-good-for-skiing-in-europe-expert-predictions-on-where-will-get-snow-th/">winter, so 60 to 70 per cent of people who pass by here are under 10 years old,\u201d he adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Public art benefits the locals as well as tourists in Crans-Montana<\/h2><p>In 2022, Pages and his team got local schools involved in VAF. The project saw nearly 1,000 schoolkids collaborating with artists to create new artwork. The only rules were that the artists were not allowed to touch the brush - and that every child in each school got involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//89//00//808x608_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg/" alt=\"Street art by Curtis Hylton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/384x288_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/640x480_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/750x563_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/828x621_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1080x810_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1200x900_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/89\/00\/1920x1440_cmsv2_1a4b3464-1e31-5af7-b031-e90062eff6df-8908900.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Street art by Curtis Hylton<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vision Art Festival<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pages finishes our tour by showing me the artwork for which he has a particular soft spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s by an artist from Geneva called Serval, who was one of the first graffiti artists from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//14//switzerland-on-a-budget-yes-it-is-possible-heres-how/">Switzerland to go to the US. Serval used a painting from an early 1900s collection called Lac de Montana by the Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler as inspiration for the picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pages explains how the artist tagged his name on one of Hodler\u2019s paintings: \u201cThe bit I love about this piece is that I was chatting to a guy in his seventies who still works at the cable car station. 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DIES IN AVALANCHE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche, aged 26","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche, aged 26","titleListing2":"Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche, aged 26","leadin":"Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche at a mountain resort in Switzerland, at the age of 26.","summary":"Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche at a mountain resort in Switzerland, at the age of 26.","keySentence":"","url":"swiss-olympic-snowboarder-sophie-hediger-dies-in-avalanche-aged-26","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/24\/swiss-olympic-snowboarder-sophie-hediger-dies-in-avalanche-aged-26","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Sophie Hediger, a Swiss snowboarder who competed in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort in Switzerland, the country's skiing federation said on Tuesday.\n\nThe incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort.\n\nThe 26-year-old athlete competed at the Beijing Games in the women\u2019s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event.\n\nHediger achieved her first two World Cup podium finishes in the 2023-24 season. Her best result was a second place in St. Moritz in January.\n\n\u201cWe are shocked and our thoughts are with Sophie\u2019s family, to whom we offer our deepest condolences,\u201d said Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser in a statement. \n\n\u201c(She lost her life) tragically, brutally and far too soon.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sophie Hediger, a Swiss snowboarder who competed in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort in Switzerland, the country's skiing federation said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old athlete competed at the Beijing Games in the women\u2019s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event.<\/p>\n<p>Hediger achieved her first two World Cup podium finishes in the 2023-24 season. Her best result was a second place in St. Moritz in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are shocked and our thoughts are with Sophie\u2019s family, to whom we offer our deepest condolences,\u201d said Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c(She lost her life) tragically, brutally and far too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1735073770,"updatedAt":1735119023,"publishedAt":1735074413,"firstPublishedAt":1735074413,"lastPublishedAt":1735074413,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/93\/12\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_030c493e-c73f-526e-83e7-cf3415595e81-8931282.jpg","altText":"FILE - Switzerland's Sophie Hediger competes during the women's snowboard cross qualification round at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 9, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.","caption":"FILE - Switzerland's Sophie Hediger competes during the women's snowboard cross qualification round at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 9, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Aaron Favila\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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If visibility is good, you can even see Montblanc. \n\nDesigned by Bernese architect Konrad Wolf, it claims to be the world\u2019s first revolving restaurant. \n\nIts name comes from Ian Fleming\u2019s 1963 novel of the same name in which it is the mountain-top hideout of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The production team for the movie found the restaurant partially complete and contributed to finishing its construction in return for exclusive use for filming the 1969 movie. \n\nA new cableway between M\u00fcrren and Birg also opened at the same time as the world\u2019s steepest cable car. The final stretch from Birg to the Schilthorn is expected to open in March 2025 with the finalisation of the entire project in spring\/summer 2026. 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It began welcoming regular passengers on Saturday 14 December. <\/p>\n<h2>Visit a mountaintop made famous by James Bond<\/h2><p>The new <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//27//last-chance-tourism-visiting-a-vanishing-glacier-in-chamonix/">cable car<\/strong><\/a> is part of the \u2018Schilthornbahn 20XX\u2019 project which involves building a new route made up of three sections. 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If visibility is good, you can even see Montblanc. <\/p>\n<p>Designed by Bernese architect Konrad Wolf, it claims to be the world\u2019s first revolving restaurant. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8894630,8891714\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//05//christmas-lapland-cancelled-lack-of-snow/">/u2018Devastating/u2019: Christmas in Lapland is cancelled after trips called off due to lack of snow<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//06//safe-and-serene-iceland-is-europes-top-relaxing-destination-as-sunny-hotspots-judged-too-c/">/u2018Safe and serene\u2019 Iceland is Europe\u2019s most relaxing destination as sunny hotspots judged too crowded<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Its name comes from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//06//11//is-james-bond-taking-over-londons-secret-wwii-underground-tunnels/">Ian Fleming\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> 1963 novel of the same name in which it is the mountain-top hideout of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld. 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Its appeal for about $49 billion (\u20ac47 billion) this year has only been 43% funded to-date, one of the worst ever rates.<\/p>\n<p>\"We've got to be absolutely focused on reaching those in the most dire need, and really ruthless,\" he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"I choose that word carefully, because it's a judgement call \u2014 that ruthlessness \u2014 about prioritising where the funding goes and where we can have the greatest impact,\" he said. \"It's a recognition that we have struggled in previous years to raise the money we need.\"<\/p>\n<p>OCHA and many other aid groups, including the international Red Cross, have seen donations shrink in recent years for longtime trouble spots like Syria, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and newer ones like Ukraine and Sudan. <\/p>\n<p>One consequence of the funding shortfall was an 80% reduction in food aid for Syria, which has seen a sudden escalation in fighting in recent days, according to OCHA.<\/p>\n<p>The 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- European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year\u2019s Best Film?","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year\u2019s Best Film?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year\u2019s Best Film?","titleListing2":"European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year\u2019s Best Film?","leadin":"The European equivalent of the Oscars are on tonight and 'Emilia P\u00e9rez' by Jacques Audiard and this year\u2019s Golden Lion winner 'The Room Next Door' by Pedro Almod\u00f3var lead the nominations. Time for some predictions...","summary":"The European equivalent of the Oscars are on tonight and 'Emilia P\u00e9rez' by Jacques Audiard and this year\u2019s Golden Lion winner 'The Room Next Door' by Pedro Almod\u00f3var lead the nominations. Time for some predictions...","keySentence":"","url":"european-film-awards-2024-who-will-win-this-years-best-film","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/03\/european-film-awards-2024-who-will-win-this-years-best-film","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The\u00a0European Film Awards are on tonight in the Swiss city of Lucerne and Euronews Culture is on site to keep you abreast of all the results. You can also follow the event as it happens in the video below. \n\nLike last year, we\u2019re keen on getting our crystal balls out (yes, we have several \u2013 where were you when they were handing them out?) and we got a lot right, as Justine Triet\u2019s Anatomy of a Fall took home... Well, basically all the major awards. It was a tidal wave which while merited, ended up sacrificing some diversity. \u00a0\n\nLet\u2019s hope that this year's laureates are a bit less one-note and the trophy joy is shared, as the EFAs are something of a bellwether for which EU titles are likely to be nominated in the upcoming US awards season... And it\u2019s always nice to get several titles involved.\u00a0\n\nMaybe that\u2019s why, for the first time this year, films nominated for Best European Documentary and Best Animated Feature Film are also eligible in the Best European Film category. This means that the Best European Film nominations list for 2024 is larger than previous years, and includes titles like Mati Diop\u2019s Golden Bear winner\u00a0Dahomey\u00a0and Latvian Gints Zilbalodis\u2019 superb animated film\u00a0Flow have made the cut. \n\nCheck out the full list of nominees here. \u00a0\n\nFor our money, there are four entries that could feasibly take home the main prize.\u00a0\n\nDouble\u00a0Cannes\u00a0winner and French Oscar entry\u00a0Emilia P\u00e9rez\u00a0by Jacques Audiard and this year\u2019s\u00a0Golden Lion\u00a0winner\u00a0The Room Next Door\u00a0by\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u00a0lead the nominations, with both films nominated for Best European Film, Director and Screenplay, as well as Best Actress nods for\u00a0Karla Sofia Gasc\u00f3n\u00a0in\u00a0Emilia P\u00e9rez\u00a0and\u00a0Tilda Swinton\u00a0in\u00a0The Room Next Door.\u00a0\n\nWe\u2019re huge fans of Emilia P\u00e9rez here, a Mexico-set gangster trans musical featuring gender transitioning, cartels, gorgeous choreographies and songs about vaginoplasty. It\u2019s basically Sicario\u00a0on Broadway, and it\u2019s as unexpected as it is unmissable. \u00a0\n\nIn our review, we wrote: \u201cAudiard manages to confidently balance the knowingly kitschy aspects of the musical genre (one number set in a clinic has \u201cRhinoplasty! Mammoplasty! Vaginoplasty!\u201d as a chorus) with some touching character-driven moments, without forgetting to thrill you and address socially-charged hot-button topics along the way.\u201d\u00a0\n\nWe also noted how Spanish transgender actress Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n is amazing and how there\u2019s \u201cpower, pathos and earnestness seeping through every moment of Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s performance, and the double-act she and Zoe Salda\u00f1a go on to form post-surgery is magnetic to watch.\u201d\u00a0\n\nThis film has a real shot at hoovering up the awards on the night. \u00a0\n\nRead our full review here. \n\nAs for\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u2019s The Room Next Door, it\u2019s more of a mixed bag. \u00a0\n\nBased on Sigrid Nunez\u2019s 2020 novel \u201cWhat Are You Going Through\u201d, the celebrated Spanish director\u2019s first full-length English movie follows two friends who rekindle their friendship. It turns out that\u00a0Martha (Tilda Swinton)\u00a0has been diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer, and asks Ingrid (Julianne Moore) for a favour: to be in the titular room when she takes a euthanasia pill and ends her life with dignity.\u00a0\n\nIt fails to sit alongside\u00a0All About My Mother,\u00a0The Skin I Live In\u00a0or\u00a0Talk To Her\u00a0as one of\u00a0Almod\u00f3var\u2019s best. However, it remains a touching tale of female friendship and death. \n\nAs we noted in our review: \u201cWhile the overly literal script and melodramatic flashbacks dilute some of the emotional authenticity at the start (perhaps something was lost in translation), the second half of the film becomes a fascinating exploration into the western world\u2019s shortcomings when it comes to confronting death, and how humans tend to find \"lots of ways to live life inside a tragedy\".\u201d\u00a0\n\nSo, definitely a contender and one which could send a message, as it is, beyond a humanist film, pro-euthanasia \u2013 and maybe one that could lead to legislative change.\u00a0\n\nOther frontrunners include Germany\u2019s Oscar entry\u00a0The Seed of the Sacred Fig\u00a0by exiled Iranian director\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof, which has been nominated for Best Film, Director and Screenplay.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThis is one of our favourite films of the year, and considering what Rasoulof had to go through in order to get it made and screened at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival, it would be fitting to reward his achievements. \u00a0\n\nSet during the 2022 protests,\u00a0The Seed of the Sacred Fig\u00a0centres on a family of four. Patriarch Iman (Misagh Zare) has just earned a promotion after 20 years of loyal service as a civil servant. He will be an investigator, a role that comes with a pistol. The weapon is for protection, as he will be obtaining confessions and signing off death sentences for alleged dissidents. When one of his daughters\u2019 (Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki) friend is hit with buckshot after a school raid, the rule-abiding household begins to unravel. The girls are ready to embrace the freedom they witness in social media videos of the protests, and by implicating their mother (Soheila Golestani), a rebellious germ starts to sprout.\u00a0Things get even more tense when Iman\u2019s gun disappears from his bedroom nightstand...\u00a0\n\nBy following the story of these characters who double as cyphers of Iranian society, Rasoulof deftly escalates things from a claustrophobic domestic drama into a thrilling psychodrama with shades of horror. \u00a0\n\nIn our review of this thriller-infused allegory, we noted: \u201cIt is a bold narrative trajectory that serves as a direct response to the wave of protests that erupted in Iran after the death of Masha Amini, with real phone footage censored by Iran\u2019s government interspersed throughout the film. It is also a call to arms for those who refuse to accept control. Especially when that control is insidiously concealed as love. (...) We\u2019re fortunate to have filmmakers who dare to challenge oppression, as well as film festivals that programme their work.\u00a0The Seed of the Sacred Fig\u00a0is\u00a0an important outcry against tyranny and misogyny.\u00a0And beyond the socio-political context of the film, Rasoulof has delivered a suspenseful film that boldly stands as one of this year\u2019s very best.\u201d\u00a0\n\nIndeed, like Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha\u2019s film My Favourite Cake, which premiered at this year\u2019s Berlinale, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a radical act of artistic defiance, and one that once more reveals that cinema can not only thrill, but educate and speak truth to power. It\u2019s an artform that often requires creatives to put it all on the line so that voices aren\u2019t silenced, and that\u2019s just what Rasoulof and every member of his team, whether behind or in front of the camera, did. \u00a0\n\nThe fourth nominated film that we believe has a chance for Best European Film is Coralie Fargeat\u2019s\u00a0The Substance.\u00a0\n\nShould this demented, spine-cleaving triumph of a warped fairytale win, it\u2019ll be one of the most out-there decisions and we\u2019re here for it.\n\nFor her second film, which won Best Screenplay in Cannes this year, French director Coralie Fargeat delivered a gory parable about the fetishisation of youth. It\u2019s\u00a0this year\u2019s best and most hyped horror films, one which has divided audiences (we\u2019re blaming weak stomachs) but one thing\u2019s for sure: there\u2019s no other film like it in 2024.\n\nEssentially an unholy fusion of Sunset Boulevard, \u201cThe Portrait of Dorian Gray\u201d and Death Becomes Her, The Substance follows aging Hollywood actress-turned-workout host Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore). She gets unceremoniously fired because slimeball TV exec Harvey (Dennis Quaid) wants a revamp. Faced with this sorry state of affairs, Elisabeth calls a number she\u2019s been handed on a USB drive to join a mysterious program known as The Substance. It promises to deliver \"a better version of yourself\u201d and in using the starting kit, Elisabeth gives birth to her younger self (Margaret Qualley), who emerges in a fleshy pouch from her spine. However, when the newbie fails to follow the rules of the programme, the consequences are not pleasant.\u00a0\n\nIn our review of the film, we said: \u201cThe Substance, addresses a familiar narrative: the fear of aging \u2013 specifically how Hollywood\u2019s obsession with youth and beauty leads to the ruthless system discarding female talent the second they\u2019re \u201cpast it\u201d. However, Fargeat executes it with a merciless precision that will have you squirming, wincing, gasping, laughing... and squirming some more. (...) In showing how the entertainment industry pushes women to extremes in order to remain employable, Frageat explores society\u2019s impossible beauty standards. More than that, she delves into how certain medical industries weaponize their fetishization of youth for profit, as well as the internalised hatred stemming from systemic misogyny. It may not go particularly deep, but the savage form emphatically mirrors the content; the violence of disappearing in society\u2019s eyes and the self-loathing that decries from this external trauma becoming internalised can only be expressed in an equally vicious way.\u201d\u00a0\n\nIt\u2019s a wild ride, which also features some quieter and powerfully relatable moments \u2013 including its best scene, in which a superb Demi Moore readies herself for a date in front of a mirror... If you haven\u2019t already seen The Substance, get thee to a busy cinema (this is one you\u2019ll want to experience with other cinemagoers, as the audience reactions will truly enhance the filmgoing) and \u201ctake care of yourselves.\u201d\n\nHere are our full predictions in the main categories: \u00a0\n\nEuropean Film:\u00a0\n\nWill Win:\u00a0THE ROOM NEXT DOOR\u00a0(Spain), directed by Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u00a0\n\nShould Win:\u00a0THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD)\u00a0(Germany, France), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof\u00a0\n\nEuropean Documentary:\u00a0\n\nWill Win: DAHOMEY\u00a0(France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop\u00a0\n\nShould Win: NO OTHER LAND\u00a0(Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal\u00a0\n\nEuropean Director:\u00a0\n\nWill Win:\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var for\u00a0THE ROOM NEXT DOOR\u00a0\n\nShould Win:\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof for\u00a0THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG\u00a0or Jacques Audiard for\u00a0EMILIA P\u00c9REZ or Andrea Arnold for\u00a0BIRD (they all deserve it \u2013 three way tie?)\u00a0\n\nEuropean Actress:\u00a0\n\nWill Win:\u00a0Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n in\u00a0EMILIA P\u00c9REZ\u00a0\n\nShould Win:\u00a0Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n in\u00a0EMILIA P\u00c9REZ\u00a0\n\nEuropean Actor:\u00a0\n\nWill Win:\u00a0Franz Rogowski in\u00a0BIRD\u00a0\n\nShould Win:\u00a0Daniel Craig in QUEER\u00a0\n\nEuropean Screenplay:\u00a0\n\nWill Win:\u00a0Coralie Fargeat for\u00a0THE SUBSTANCE\u00a0\n\nShould Win:\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof for\u00a0THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG\u00a0\n\nEuropean Discovery \u2013 Prix FIPRESCI\u00a0\n\nWill Win:\u00a0ARMAND\u00a0(Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden), directed by Halfdan Ullmann T\u00f8ndel\n\nShould Win:\u00a0KNEECAP\u00a0(Ireland, UK), directed by Rich Peppiatt\u00a0\n\nStay with us on Euronews Culture for full coverage of the evening and for exclusive interviews. And maybe applaud us for how many categories we called correctly...or get the rotten tomatoes ready.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//european-film-awards/">European Film Awards<\/strong><\/a> are on tonight in the Swiss city of Lucerne and Euronews Culture is on site to keep you abreast of all the results. You can also follow the event as it happens in the video below. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////vimeo.com//event//4726084//embed//interaction/" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Like last year, we\u2019re keen on getting our crystal balls out (yes, we have several \u2013 where were you when they were handing them out?) and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//12//07//european-film-awards-2023-who-will-win-this-years-best-film/">we got a lot right<\/strong><\/a>, as Justine Triet\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//25//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-lanatomie-dune-chute-anatomy-of-a-fall/">Anatomy of a Fall<\/strong><\/em><\/a> took home... Well, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//12//09//european-film-awards-2023-and-the-nominees-are/">basically all the major awards<\/strong><\/a>. It was a tidal wave which while merited, ended up sacrificing some diversity. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that this year's laureates are a bit less one-note and the trophy joy is shared, as the EFAs are something of a bellwether for which EU titles are likely to be nominated in the upcoming US awards season... And it\u2019s always nice to get several titles involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that\u2019s why, for the first time this year, films nominated for Best European Documentary and Best Animated Feature Film are also eligible in the Best European Film category. This means that the Best European Film nominations list for 2024 is larger than previous years, and includes titles like Mati Diop\u2019s Golden Bear winner\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//02//28//melancholia-love-and-sasquatches-euronews-cultures-top-10-movies-from-berlinale-2024/">Dahomey/u00a0and Latvian Gints Zilbalodis\u2019 superb animated film\u00a0<em>Flow<\/em> have made the cut. <\/p>\n<p>Check out the full list of nominees <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//11//05//european-film-awards-frances-emilia-perez-and-spains-the-room-next-door-lead-nominations/">here. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For our money, there are four entries that could feasibly take home the main prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Double\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//27//cannes-film-festival-2024-key-takeaways-and-talking-points-of-the-77th-edition/">Cannes/u00a0winner and French Oscar entry\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//30//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-emilia-perez-jacques-audiards-cannes-winning-triumph/">Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Jacques Audiard and this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//09//what-were-the-tops-flops-of-the-81st-venice-film-festival/">Golden Lion<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0winner\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//03//venice-2024-review-the-room-next-door-a-portrait-of-life-death-friendship-and-fruit-bowls/">The Room Next Door<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u00a0lead the nominations, with both films nominated for Best European Film, Director and Screenplay, as well as Best Actress nods for\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//30//trans-actress-karla-sofia-gascon-sues-french-far-right-politician-after-transphobic-remark/">Karla Sofia Gasc\u00f3n<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<em>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//10//can-pedro-almodovars-venice-winner-the-room-next-door-lead-to-legislative-change-on-euthan/">Tilda Swinton<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<em>The Room Next Door<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//57//30//808x454_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg/" alt=\"Emilia Perez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_eafabe5f-c753-562c-ac73-49419735bcab-8885730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Emilia Perez<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Path\u00e9<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re huge fans of <em>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/em> here, a Mexico-set gangster trans musical featuring gender transitioning, cartels, gorgeous choreographies and songs about vaginoplasty. It\u2019s basically <em>Sicario<\/em>\u00a0on Broadway, and it\u2019s as unexpected as it is unmissable. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our review, we wrote: \u201cAudiard manages to confidently balance the knowingly kitschy aspects of the musical genre (one number set in a clinic has \u201cRhinoplasty! Mammoplasty! Vaginoplasty!\u201d as a chorus) with some touching character-driven moments, without forgetting to thrill you and address socially-charged hot-button topics along the way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We also noted how Spanish transgender actress Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n is amazing and how there\u2019s \u201cpower, pathos and earnestness seeping through every moment of Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s performance, and the double-act she and Zoe Salda\u00f1a go on to form post-surgery is magnetic to watch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This film has a real shot at hoovering up the awards on the night. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read our <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//30//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-emilia-perez-jacques-audiards-cannes-winning-triumph/">full review here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//57//30//808x454_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg/" alt=\"The Room Next Door\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_bd1c60e2-0daf-54e9-96fe-26d63a5490b8-8885730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Room Next Door<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Venice Film Festival<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As for\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u2019s <em>The Room Next Door<\/em>, it\u2019s more of a mixed bag. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Based on Sigrid Nunez\u2019s 2020 novel \u201cWhat Are You Going Through\u201d, the celebrated Spanish director\u2019s first full-length English movie follows two friends who rekindle their friendship. It turns out that\u00a0Martha (Tilda Swinton)\u00a0has been diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer, and asks Ingrid (Julianne Moore) for a favour: to be in the titular room when she takes a euthanasia pill and ends her life with dignity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It fails to sit alongside\u00a0<em>All About My Mother<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Skin I Live In<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Talk To Her<\/em>\u00a0as one of\u00a0Almod\u00f3var\u2019s best. However, it remains a touching tale of female friendship and death. <\/p>\n<p>As we noted in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//09//what-were-the-tops-flops-of-the-81st-venice-film-festival/">our review<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cWhile the overly literal script and melodramatic flashbacks dilute some of the emotional authenticity at the start (perhaps something was lost in translation), the second half of the film becomes a fascinating exploration into the western world\u2019s shortcomings when it comes to confronting death, and how humans tend to find \"lots of ways to live life inside a tragedy\".\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, definitely a contender and one which could send a message, as it is, beyond a humanist film, pro-euthanasia \u2013 and maybe <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//10//can-pedro-almodovars-venice-winner-the-room-next-door-lead-to-legislative-change-on-euthan/">one that could lead to legislative change<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//57//30//808x454_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg/" alt=\"The Seed of the Sacred Fig\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7307553b-19a8-5c80-9d3a-3240d3603b70-8885730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Cannes Film Festival<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Other frontrunners include Germany\u2019s Oscar entry\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//16//cake-figs-how-the-spirit-of-mahsa-amini-lives-on-in-two-iranian-films-challenging-state-de/">The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0by exiled Iranian director\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//24//cannes-2024-mohammad-rasoulof-outrages-the-iranian-press-with-presence-at-festival/">Mohammad Rasoulof<\/strong><\/a>, which has been nominated for Best Film, Director and Screenplay.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is one of our favourite films of the year, and considering what Rasoulof <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//24//cannes-2024-mohammad-rasoulof-outrages-the-iranian-press-with-presence-at-festival/">had to go through in order to get it made<\/strong><\/a> and screened at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival, it would be fitting to reward his achievements. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Set during the 2022 protests,\u00a0<em>The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/em>\u00a0centres on a family of four. Patriarch Iman (Misagh Zare) has just earned a promotion after 20 years of loyal service as a civil servant. He will be an investigator, a role that comes with a pistol. The weapon is for protection, as he will be obtaining confessions and signing off death sentences for alleged dissidents. When one of his daughters\u2019 (Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki) friend is hit with buckshot after a school raid, the rule-abiding household begins to unravel. The girls are ready to embrace the freedom they witness in social media videos of the protests, and by implicating their mother (Soheila Golestani), a rebellious germ starts to sprout.\u00a0Things get even more tense when Iman\u2019s gun disappears from his bedroom nightstand...\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By following the story of these characters who double as cyphers of Iranian society, Rasoulof deftly escalates things from a claustrophobic domestic drama into a thrilling psychodrama with shades of horror. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//25//cannes-2024-review-the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-a-powerful-rebellion-in-the-name-of-art-free/">our review<\/strong><\/a> of this thriller-infused allegory, we noted: \u201cIt is a bold narrative trajectory that serves as a direct response to the wave of protests that erupted in Iran after the death of Masha Amini, with real phone footage censored by Iran\u2019s government interspersed throughout the film. It is also a call to arms for those who refuse to accept control. Especially when that control is insidiously concealed as love. (...) We\u2019re fortunate to have filmmakers who dare to challenge oppression, as well as film festivals that programme their work.\u00a0The Seed of the Sacred Fig\u00a0is\u00a0an important outcry against tyranny and misogyny.\u00a0And beyond the socio-political context of the film, Rasoulof has delivered a suspenseful film that boldly stands as one of this year\u2019s very best.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, like Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha\u2019s film <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//02//17//berlinale-2024-review-my-favourite-cake-a-poignant-and-gently-subversive-iranian-masterpie/">My Favourite Cake<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which premiered at this year\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//02//28//melancholia-love-and-sasquatches-euronews-cultures-top-10-movies-from-berlinale-2024/">Berlinale, <em>The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/em> is a radical act of artistic defiance, and one that once more reveals that cinema can not only thrill, but educate and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//16//cake-figs-how-the-spirit-of-mahsa-amini-lives-on-in-two-iranian-films-challenging-state-de/">speak truth to power<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s an artform that often requires creatives to put it all on the line so that voices aren\u2019t silenced, and that\u2019s just what Rasoulof and every member of his team, whether behind or in front of the camera, did. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//57//30//808x454_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg/" alt=\"The Substance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_89c51cc6-044c-55cc-985b-c4effea9593f-8885730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Substance<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mubi<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The fourth nominated film that we believe has a chance for Best European Film is Coralie Fargeat\u2019s\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//13//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-the-substance-coralie-fargeats-spine-cleaving-triumph/">The Substance<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should this demented, spine-cleaving triumph of a warped fairytale win, it\u2019ll be one of the most out-there decisions and we\u2019re here for it.<\/p>\n<p>For her second film, which won Best Screenplay in Cannes this year, French director Coralie Fargeat delivered a gory parable about the fetishisation of youth. It\u2019s\u00a0this year\u2019s best and most hyped horror films, one which has divided audiences (we\u2019re blaming weak stomachs) but one thing\u2019s for sure: there\u2019s no other film like it in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially an unholy fusion of <em>Sunset Boulevard<\/em>, \u201cThe Portrait of Dorian Gray\u201d and <em>Death Becomes Her<\/em>, <em>The Substance<\/em> follows aging Hollywood actress-turned-workout host Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore). She gets unceremoniously fired because slimeball TV exec Harvey (Dennis Quaid) wants a revamp. Faced with this sorry state of affairs, Elisabeth calls a number she\u2019s been handed on a USB drive to join a mysterious program known as The Substance. It promises to deliver \"a better version of yourself\u201d and in using the starting kit, Elisabeth gives birth to her younger self (Margaret Qualley), who emerges in a fleshy pouch from her spine. However, when the newbie fails to follow the rules of the programme, the consequences are not pleasant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//13//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-the-substance-coralie-fargeats-spine-cleaving-triumph/">our review<\/strong><\/a> of the film, we said: \u201cThe Substance, addresses a familiar narrative: the fear of aging \u2013 specifically how Hollywood\u2019s obsession with youth and beauty leads to the ruthless system discarding female talent the second they\u2019re \u201cpast it\u201d. However, Fargeat executes it with a merciless precision that will have you squirming, wincing, gasping, laughing... and squirming some more. (...) In showing how the entertainment industry pushes women to extremes in order to remain employable, Frageat explores society\u2019s impossible beauty standards. More than that, she delves into how certain medical industries weaponize their fetishization of youth for profit, as well as the internalised hatred stemming from systemic misogyny. It may not go particularly deep, but the savage form emphatically mirrors the content; the violence of disappearing in society\u2019s eyes and the self-loathing that decries from this external trauma becoming internalised can only be expressed in an equally vicious way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a wild ride, which also features some quieter and powerfully relatable moments \u2013 including its best scene, in which a superb Demi Moore readies herself for a date in front of a mirror... If you haven\u2019t already seen <em>The Substance<\/em>, get thee to a busy cinema (this is one you\u2019ll want to experience with other cinemagoers, as the audience reactions will truly enhance the filmgoing) and \u201ctake care of yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are our full predictions in the main categories:<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Film:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win:\u00a0THE ROOM NEXT DOOR\u00a0(Spain), directed by Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Should Win:\u00a0THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD)\u00a0(Germany, France), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Documentary:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win: DAHOMEY\u00a0(France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Should Win: NO OTHER LAND\u00a0(Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra &amp; Hamdan Ballal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Director:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win:\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var for\u00a0THE ROOM NEXT DOOR\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Should Win:\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof for\u00a0THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG\u00a0or Jacques Audiard for\u00a0EMILIA P\u00c9REZ or Andrea Arnold for\u00a0BIRD (they all deserve it \u2013 three way tie?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Actress:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win:\u00a0Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n in\u00a0EMILIA P\u00c9REZ\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Should Win:\u00a0Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n in\u00a0EMILIA P\u00c9REZ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Actor:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win:\u00a0Franz Rogowski in\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//11//08//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-bird-andrea-arnolds-emotionally-generous-fantastical-ta/">BIRD/u00a0/n

Should Win:\u00a0Daniel Craig in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//04//venice-2024-review-two-takes-on-luca-guadagninos-queer/">QUEER/n/n

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European Screenplay:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win:\u00a0Coralie Fargeat for\u00a0THE SUBSTANCE\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Should Win:\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof for\u00a0THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Discovery \u2013 Prix FIPRESCI<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Win:\u00a0ARMAND\u00a0(Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden), directed by Halfdan Ullmann T\u00f8ndel<\/li>\n<li>Should Win:\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//23//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-kneecap-fun-raucous-and-heartfelt/">KNEECAP/u00a0(Ireland, UK), directed by Rich Peppiatt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay with us on Euronews Culture for full coverage of the evening and for exclusive interviews. And maybe applaud us for how many categories we called correctly...or get the rotten tomatoes ready.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733150235,"updatedAt":1733589211,"publishedAt":1733211302,"firstPublishedAt":1733211302,"lastPublishedAt":1733589211,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/57\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5490265b-e9e2-5287-8e05-2c73635dae4f-8885730.jpg","altText":"European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year\u2019s Best Film? ","caption":"European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year\u2019s Best Film? 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of the 281 deaths recorded globally, the United Nations said on Friday.\n\nAccording to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the figure surpassed the previous annual record of 280 deaths, which was set in 2023.\n\nAt least 178 aid workers have been killed this year in the occupied Palestinian territories alone, including Gaza, while 25 have died in Sudan and 11 in Ukraine.\n\nSuch incidents have been compiled since 1997 by the Aid Worker Security Database, a US-funded project run by the UK-based group Humanitarian Outcomes.\n\n\"Humanitarians are working courageously and selflessly in places like Gaza, Sudan, Lebanon, Ukraine and so on,\" OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke said.\n\n\"They show the best humanity has to offer, and they are getting killed in return \u2014 in record numbers.\"\n\nA total of 268 of the humanitarians killed \u2014 including from non-UN organisations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent \u2014 were national staff, while 13 were 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Last year, more than 33,000 civilian deaths were recorded in 14 armed conflicts \u2014 a 72% increase from 2022, the UN agency said.\n\nHumanitarian organisations reached nearly 144 million people in need worldwide last year, and have reached at least 116 million so far in 2024, according to OCHA. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A record number of aid workers have been killed this year, with the war in Gaza the biggest cause of the 281 deaths recorded globally, the United Nations said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the figure surpassed the previous annual record of 280 deaths, which was set in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>At least 178 aid workers have been killed this year in the occupied Palestinian territories alone, including Gaza, while 25 have died in Sudan and 11 in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Such incidents have been compiled since 1997 by the Aid Worker Security Database, a US-funded project run by the UK-based group Humanitarian Outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\"Humanitarians are working courageously and selflessly in places like Gaza, Sudan, Lebanon, Ukraine and so on,\" OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke said.<\/p>\n<p>\"They show the best humanity has to offer, and they are getting killed in return \u2014 in record numbers.\"<\/p>\n<p>A total of 268 of the humanitarians killed \u2014 including from non-UN organisations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent \u2014 were national staff, while 13 were international staff.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The duty to protect<\/strong><\/h2><p>The war in Gaza is \"driving up the numbers\", according to OCHA, which said more than 320 humanitarian personnel have been killed since the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas erupted on 7 October 2023. <\/p>\n<p>But Laerke said the threats to aid workers extend beyond Gaza, with high levels of violence, kidnappings, injuries, harassment and arbitrary detention reported in Afghanistan, Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen and elsewhere. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8855060,8352860\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//15//israeli-shell-hits-unifil-base-in-lebanon-italy-seeks-clarification/">Israeli shell hits UNIFIL base in Lebanon, Italy seeks clarification<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//05//lethal-gaza-aid-convoy-strike-sparks-row-between-poland-and-israel/">Lethal Gaza aid convoy strike sparks row between Poland and Israel<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"This violence is unconscionable and devastating to aid operations,\" UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"States and parties to conflict must protect humanitarians, uphold international law, prosecute those responsible, and call time on this era of impunity.\"<\/p>\n<p>OCHA also warned that violence against humanitarian personnel is part of a broader trend of harm to civilians in conflict zones. 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