Doorgaan in de Europa League gaat voor Feyenoord een heel karwei worden. In de 'must-win' wedstrijd tegen Celtic werd er met 3-1 verloren. De ploeg van Robin van Persie kwam nog wel op voorsprong, maar gaf deze door persoonlijke fouten uit handen.

Een motoragent heeft donderdag een fietser geschept op de Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. De vrouw is in een ambulance behandeld, maar hoefde niet naar het ziekenhuis.

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ESA's Ministerial Council, CM25, concluded on Thursday 27 November in Bremen, Germany.

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Adolfo Urso, Italy's Minister of Business and Made in Italy and Chair of CM25, Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, Dorothee Bär, Germany's Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space, and host of CM25, speak at the post-CM25 press conference, moderated by Anne-Sophie Bradelle, head of ESA's communications department.

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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher speaks during a European Investment Bank (EIB) event in the context of CM25. The EIB has announced plans for a space lending facility, which is designed to improve access to debt financing for space businesses at the small- to medium-enterprise or mid-cap scale. EIB Vice President Robert de Groot presented the plan in the presence of European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, the ESA Director General, and ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, Géraldine Naja.

Read more on the ESA Commercialisation Gateway.

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Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth shakes hands with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher following the signing of the Letter of Intent to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø, with Norwegian Space Agency Director General Christian Hauglie-Hanssen and ESA Director of Earth Observation Simonetta Cheli alongside.

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Ricardo Conde, President of the Portuguese Space Agency and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signed a cooperation agreement between for the development of a space hub on the Santa Maria island of the Azores, including the construction of facilities for a Space Rider landing site on 27 November 2025. The formalisation of this agreement was witnessed by the Portuguese Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, and the Portuguese Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Helena Canhão, and the Italian Minister for Enterprises, Adolfo Urso,

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher commented: "Today’s signature strengthens Portugal’s role as a strategic Atlantic gateway for innovation and growth and highlights their commitment to the space sector. This agreement is key to the next chapter of Space Rider, Europe’s first fully reusable space vehicle building on the success of the IXV mission, an experimental space shuttle developed in Italy. Space Rider will enable Europe to return payloads from LEO competitively, with first launch planned for 2028. Santa Maria will be essential to this capability. Beyond Space Rider, this partnership lays the foundations for a multipurpose space hub serving Portuguese, European, and global actors, driving innovation and economic development in the Azores."

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Minister Brekelmans (VVD) sprak vorige week van „urgente dreiging”, omdat er in toenemende mate drones opduiken boven Nederlands grondgebied. Met name op „kritieke locaties” als militaire en civiele vliegvelden.

The UK government will levy a pay-per-mile tax on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles starting April 2028, UK's finance minister Rachel Reeves announced, a measure designed to offset some of the fuel duty revenue that will disappear as drivers shift away from petrol and diesel cars. Electric vehicles will be charged 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrids 1.5 pence per mile, payable annually alongside car tax. An average driver covering 8,000 miles a year would pay around $320, roughly half what a petrol or diesel driver pays in fuel duty.

The Office for Budget Responsibility expects the tax to generate $1.45 billion in its first year and $2.51 billion by 2030-31, offsetting about a quarter of the revenue losses projected from the EV transition by 2050. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders warned the new charge would "suppress demand" and make sales targets harder to achieve. New Zealand and Iceland have already introduced road pricing for EVs; demand dropped in the former but held steady in the latter.

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KYIV (ANP/RTR) - De Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky meldt dat Oekraïense en Amerikaanse delegaties eind deze week bij elkaar komen om verder te praten over de plannen om de oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne te beëindigen.

In zijn dagelijkse toespraak zei Zelensky dat er gesproken gaat worden over punten naar aanleiding van de gesprekken in Genève "in een vorm die ons naar het pad van vrede en veiligheidsgaranties zal leiden".

In Genève is zondag gesproken met vertegenwoordigers van de VS, Oekraïne en Europese bondgenoten. Aan de basis lag het Amerikaanse 28-puntenplan, dat tijdens de gesprekken zou zijn aangepast naar een plan dat voor Oekraïne gunstiger zou uitpakken.

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump gaf Oekraïne eerder een deadline om in te stemmen met het vredesplan. Deze zou eigenlijk donderdag aflopen, maar Trump kwam hier later op terug. "De deadline is voor mij wanneer het voorbij is", zei hij.