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Published on 03/10/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 Across the EU, the number of hospitality venues is falling fastest in Hungary. Between 2021 and 2024 the decline was 6 percent, while 22 member states recorded growth. Looking at the past ten years, the situation is even more dramatic: 18.5 percent of hospitality businesses have disappeared. According to a recently published study (source in Hungarian), one reason for the worsening trend is that cheap, poor-quality lángos and goulash bars, geared towards foreign tourists and working with high margins, are pushing quality restaurants out of the market. This segment primarily attracts low-spending visitors, such…
By Irina Aleksandrova Published on 03/10/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2•Updated 8:29 Russia has the highest rate of cat ownership in the world, with nearly 59% of households keeping at least one cat — and an estimated 2.8 million stray cats living on its streets, a number that rose sharply after the 2022 mobilisation order sent thousands of pet owners fleeing the country or to the front amid Russia’s ongoing all-out war in Ukraine. According to a 2024-2026 study by analytics platform Seasia Stats, Russia ranks first globally for cats as pets. Romania ranks second in Europe at 48%, followed by Poland at…
Published on 03/10/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 In years gone by, the luxury travel sector was all about opulent hotels and extravagant surroundings. But for today’s travellers, the experience is becoming much harder to define. Speaking at the Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit 2026 in Brussels last week, Marie-France Perrel, Head of Business Development, Hotels at Michelin Guide, said luxury hospitality has evolved to bring together a fusion of food, wellness, service, as well as connection to the destination. “Luxury today is completely different than what it was,” she said. “It’s no longer the sort of standards of opulence that we…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 13:39 GMT+2•Updated 15:20 People out and about these days often still do not need a jacket. October is starting with unusually mild temperatures, with around 25 degrees possible in some countries. After the wet, changeable weather many associate with autumn, it almost feels like a belated summer week. Yet, according to an old farmers’ saying, this fine weather is precisely what should give cause for concern: “If October is warm and fair, a harsh winter will follow.” If you take the saying at face value, you should already be digging out scarf, gloves and snow shovel.…
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House prices continue to rise across much of Europe, but the pace varies widely. Portugal, Bulgaria and Spain recorded double-digit annual increases in the second quarter of 2026, while prices fell in Finland, Luxembourg and France. Across the EU, prices rose by 4.7% compared with a year earlier, outpacing inflation of 3.2%. So where are prices rising fastest, and how much of that growth remains once inflation is taken into account? Over 15% rise in Portugal and Bulgaria Among 29 European countries, nine recorded double-digit year-on-year rises in house prices, according to Eurostat. Portugal saw the highest year-on-year increase in…
The Casa de México in Spain Foundation is unveiling the ninth edition of its Day of the Dead altar, the institution’s most visited exhibition of the year. Under the title “Viva la vida!”, the 2026 installation has been designed by Mexican artist Beatriz Redo and pays homage to composer Agustín Lara, with a set design inspired by the cemeteries and mountains of Michoacán. The set recreates a mountain cemetery in Michoacán on the night of Day of the Dead, when, according to tradition, families gather to symbolically reunite with their deceased loved ones. Beatriz Redo, the designer of this year’s…
Eine Drohne mit Sprengstoff an einer ukrainischen Frachtmaschine in Leipzig, Explosionen in Munitionsfabriken und Sabotage auf See. Russland intensiviert seine hybride Kriegsführung mitten in Europa und testet gezielt die roten Linien der NATO. Doch was passiert, wenn ein solcher Anschlag auf deutschem Boden tatsächlich gelingt und den Bündnisfall auslöst? Darüber spricht Gordon Repinski in dieser Folge mit Carlo Masala, Professor für Internationale Politik, Universität der Bundeswehr München. Das Ziel des Kremls ist es, Panik zu schüren und die westliche Unterstützung für die Ukraine zu brechen. Im Gespräch analysiert Carlo, warum Putin gerade jetzt risikofreudiger wird und weshalb Friedrich Merz in…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 14:31 GMT+2 Swiss President Guy Parmelin announced on Friday that he will quit the government at the end of the year, in a sudden move after more than a decade of ministerial service. Switzerland’s presidency rotates annually among the seven members of the government, called the Federal Council, of which Parmelin was the longest-serving minister. Parmelin told a press conference in Bern that he had informed ministerial colleagues of his decision to step down on 31 December. “By then, it will have been 11 years since I was elected to this role, and the time has…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 6:47 GMT+2 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several people were shot in encounters with ICE. A memo sent to officers in ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division warned they are not authorised to chase vehicles that fail to pull over under any circumstances. Instead, officers should take down the vehicles’ information for further investigation, according to the memo signed by ICE’s executive associate director Marcos D.…