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Wildfire Forces Closure of Mount Vesuvius Hiking Trails in Italy
FTN News
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August 11, 2025
Italy’s famed Mount Vesuvius, one of the world’s most iconic volcanoes, has fallen silent to hikers as a massive wildfire sweeps across its slopes. The entire trail network, which draws more than 600,000 visitors annually, has been closed since...
A startup promised 45,000 EV jobs to struggling towns, including Pine Bluff. They’re still waiting.
Arkansas Times
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August 11, 2025
This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here. They came with promises of transformation: thousands of jobs, surging salaries and a foothold in...
Romanian startup Synaptiq breaks new ground in AI for radiotherapy
The European Sting
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August 11, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Before administering radiotherapy, oncologists must meticulously outline tumours and surrounding organs in a process called ‘contouring’. This is critical to ensuring that...
Italy’s EdTech startup Faba raises €4.5 million to expand its screen-free storytelling magic in Spain
EU Startups
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August 7, 2025
Faba, the Treviso-based startup behind a fast-growing screen-free audio entertainment system for children, has secured €4.5 million in fresh funding aiming to accelerate its expansion in Spain, one of its key growth markets. The round was led by...
Italy’s AlterEco Pulp raises €3.5 million for its eco-sustainable packaging solution
EU Startups
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August 6, 2025
AlterEco Pulp, a Rome-based startup active in the ecological transition and specialised in the production of eco-sustainable packaging, announced the closing of a €3.5 million Seed round. The round was led by Eureka! Fund I – Technology Transfer,...
Startup, Biodegradable Banana Fibre Sanitary Products with Saathi Pads
Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter
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This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Saathi Pads is the first company to manufacture 100% biodegradable sanitary products made from banana fibre. Guided by a cradle-to-cradle approach to...
Startup House Riga set to expand
LSM
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August 6, 2025
This autumn, some startups that have expanded their teams will move to new office space. They will be joined by other startups currently renting elsewhere in the city. Meanwhile, newcomers to the startup scene are already lining up to occupy the...
Wild Milan Presents “The August Affair” – A Dream Platform for Women Entrepreneurs
Chennai Vision
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August 9, 2025
Wild Milan, the passion project of friends Gunavathy Ghun Jain and Siri Chandana Reddy, returns with “The August Affair” on August 9 & 10 at Folly Amethyst, Royapettah, from 10 AM to 8 PM. Driven by their vision to support small and upcoming...
Eastwood high street boost could be 'too late' for small businesses
Nottingham Evening Post
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July 31, 2025
An Eastwood business owner thinks the council’s plans to boost town centre businesses could be ‘too late’ for small businesses. Joanne Berry, the owner of Two Sweet Sisters, an independent sweet shop on Eastwood ’s Nottingham Road, fears Broxtowe...
Crypto startups ride a global wave of optimism
Financial Express
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After months of uncertainty, crypto startups such as CoinSwitch, CoinDCX and WazirX are riding a surge in market momentum, fuelled by Bitcoin’s record-breaking run and a friendlier global regulatory climate. The founders FE spoke to said that the...
Eastwood high street update plans ‘too late’ for small businesses
Chad
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July 30, 2025
An Eastwood business owner thinks the council’s plans to boost town centre businesses could be ‘too late’ for small businesses. Joanne Berry, the owner of Two Sweet Sisters, an independent sweet shop on Eastwood’s Nottingham Road, fears Broxtowe...
5 reasons I swapped Google Keep for this open-source app
Android Authority
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August 17, 2025
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority As a journalist and avid enthusiast of productivity apps, I’ve used more note-taking apps than I care to admit. Google Keep, OneNote, SimpleNote, and a pretty wide assortment of open-source tools have all been a...
Match on Main funds will help six small businesses open, expand in the U.P.
My UP Now - Michigan
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UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Six small businesses in the Upper Peninsula have received $25,000 each to launch and/or grow their presence in their communities. For the past five years, local governments or downtown develop organizations...
How Canada's sustainable fashion startups are unravelling our throwaway clothing culture
Canada's National Observer
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August 7, 2025
That wool lasted long enough for Long to launch his brand, ANIÁN, from a factory in Vancouver. But after that material ran out, he began his search for another sustainable option. “That really sent me on a global education of how the global...
Pivoting off Zohran Mamdani’s Victory
[your]NEWS
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August 17, 2025
The June victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York Democratic mayoral primary is being treated by many conservatives as a threat to populist constitutionalism and its policies of free exchange of goods, traditional social values, and decentralized...
‘A vision:’ Small Business Accelerator opens
Bowling Green Daily News - Kentucky State
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July 29, 2025
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, July 29, 2025 1/10 Swipe or click to see more Shops and restaurants in the Housing Authority’s Small Business Accelerator stand open to customers on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS...
How EU goods tariff impacts small businesses in the Bay Area
NBC Bay Area - California
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July 28, 2025
By importing its gelato ingredients from Italy to Livermore, Verace is now going to face a new 15% tariff on goods brought in from the European Union – a cost the owner worries about. "We don't want to pass it on to our customers because at the...
Giorgia Meloni’s Italian renaissance
The Spectator
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August 6, 2025
Last weekend, Rome hosted nearly a million young pilgrims to celebrate the Papal Jubilee of Youth. Part Woodstock festival, part giant outdoor mass and all-night vigil, crowds of students from all over Italy and beyond gathered to listen to...
15 startup conferences that are actually worth attending in 2025
The Sociable
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August 7, 2025
Big-name expos and star-studded keynotes may grab headlines, but in 2025, it’s the smaller, more focused conferences that are gaining traction with founders. These events may not have the flashiest lineups or the biggest stages – but they...
Portland at a crossroads: Downtown safety tensions taking a toll on small businesses, real estate
Mainebiz - Oregon
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“Stay away from there.” Not the best sales pitch for downtown Portland, but that’s what a hotel bartender told a New Jersey couple vacationing in Maine when they mentioned plans to go out for dinner in the Monument Square area. The pedestrian...