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The Athens Photo Festival is the largest international photography event in Greece. This year, 70 artists and artistic collectives from 30 countries are taking part in the main exhibition, which unfolds across 3,000 square metres, occupying all the spaces of the Benaki Museum on Pireos. With a clear focus on contemporary photographic creation, the Festival takes a probing look at some of the key issues, challenges and complexities of our times, foregrounding social, political and intercultural concerns. Photographic works, interactive installations, screenings, archival material and art publications offer a rich panorama of what preoccupies photographic practice today. Manolis Moresopoulos is…
Swedish Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari said her government will “fight tooth and nail against this weakening of the framework.” “In the midst of a Europe gripped by extreme heat, the Commission has chosen to back down and weaken the EU’s most powerful tool for cutting emissions,” said Pourmokhtari. “This proposal undermines the level playing field for the companies that have led the way by investing in ambitious climate action.” The speed at which companies under the ETS will be forced to reduce their emissions will be considerably slower than previously planned. That will be done by reducing the “linear reduction factor” (LRF) —…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 16:41 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 Hungary has taken significant steps to restore the rule of law in the two months since Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office, the European Commission said in a report presented on Friday. The new government has launched “intense reform efforts”, with several legislative changes already advanced, according to the report, which describes the progress made as “impressive” given the short time since the change of government. “You have a very radical change compared with last year’s report. Things have moved very, very quickly in the right direction,” a senior EU official told Euronews.…
Updated: 17/07/2026 – 11:14 GMT+2 US Navy Blue Angels jets flew low over a crowded Florida beach, startling beachgoers as chairs and tents were blown away and children covered their ears. The dramatic flyover sparked renewed debate over the safety of low-altitude military demonstrations. … More
Published on 17/07/2026 – 13:37 GMT+2 Wine drinkers looking for outside validation have a new source for intel, if not debate. Last week, Michelin – the tyre company-turned-global rater of restaurants – released its inaugural winery guide. The Michelin Grape Selection began with one of the world’s most famous wine regions: Burgundy. But almost as soon as Michelin expanded into the millennia-old world of wine, its first ratings ran into trouble. Shortly after Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux discovered it had been awarded one Michelin ‘grape’ – the entry-level distinction in Michelin’s three-tier ranking for wine estates – the Burgundy producer returned it.…
BERLIN – Der Großteil der Industrie zeigt sich enttäuscht nach der Vorstellung der Änderungen am ETS. Nur die Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer (DIHK) lobt die Vorschläge größtenteils als Entlastung. „Teils sinnvolle Signale“, kommentiert Holger Lösch, stellvertretender Hauptgeschäftsführer des Bundesverbands der Deutschen Industrie (BDI). Die Vorschläge lieferten „aber weder ausreichende Voraussetzungen für Investitionen […], noch eine überzeugende Antwort auf die fortschreitende Deindustrialisierung“. „Die Pläne der EU-Kommission sind gefährliche Augenwischerei und riskieren, den Industrieumbau zu einem brutalen Industrieabbau zu machen“, sagte VCI-Hauptgeschäftsführer Wolfgang Große Entrup. Klimaschutz dürfe nicht zur Deindustrialisierung führen. Der ETS-Review bleibe „weit hinter den Erwartungen der energieintensiven Industrien zurück“,…
Poland’s conservative President Karol Nawrocki on Friday vetoed a bill to legalise civil partnerships, he announced in a statement. The legislation had been proposed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist government ahead of last year’s parliamentary elections in Poland. “I have always emphasised that nothing that is a quasi-marriage can count on my support,” Nawrocki said on X. “As the guardian of the Constitution, I cannot accept a solution that would lead to the loss of the special status of marriage defined… as a union of a woman and a man.” The bill, first submitted to parliament last December, aimed…
According to state media, at least nine people had been rescued as emergency teams continued to search through rock, mud and debris. The landslide hit at around 9:08 a.m. local time after heavy rainfall triggered the collapse of a mountainside near the Wujiang River. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as authorities cordoned off the area, assessed nearby buildings for further risk and worked to prevent secondary collapses. Rescuers deployed more than 50 sets of search and detection equipment, while excavators cleared debris around damaged apartment blocks. Images from the scene showed large slabs of rock crashing into homes, with two…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 15:18 GMT+2•Updated 15:26 The European Commission urged changes in a report on Friday to improve the competitiveness of the bloc’s banking sector, laying the political groundwork for what could become a substantial overhaul of EU banking rules to unlock billions in capital. Despite a decade of progress under the Banking Union, Europe’s banking market remains fragmented along national borders. The Commission argues that this limits the banking sector’s ability to support businesses and households across the EU. The report proposes measures to encourage more cross-border banking, simplifying supervisory rules and deepen the integration of EU capital…
The 2026 World Cup is about to end, with two more matches left to play. Tomorrow sees France face England to secure the third-spot, while the final on Sunday will see Argentina battle it out against Spain. It’s been memorable tournament co-hosted by United States, Canada and Mexico, with plenty of moments going viral online. Some for the right reasons, others much less so. While Japanese fans cleaning up stadiums, Scottish food requests, and Erling Haaland being a gem of a man have provided much joy, some celebrations were overshadowed by scandals even before kick off. There’s been exorbitant ticket…