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With the Formula One summer break coming up at the end of July, the grid is no doubt already looking forward to three weekends without racing (some more than others…). Every year, we’re treated to glimpses of what drivers get up to, from snaps taken on superyachts and in swimming pools to videos of workouts as they prepare for the second half of the season. Among the most well-travelled athletes on the planet, the destinations they choose to spend their downtime in have to be pretty spectacular to impress them. Want to travel like an F1 driver around Europe? We…
A meal by the sea, a hotel room or a glass of wine can cost dramatically different amounts depending on where you spend your summer holiday. To compare prices across seven of Europe’s most popular holiday destinations, Euronews Business analysed Eurostat data on price levels for a range of goods and services. The figures do not show the cost of a holiday but reflect national averages. Prices in popular tourist hotspots can be considerably higher. A hotel room in Athens and one on Kos, for example, would be priced differently, but both contribute to Greece’s national average. The comparison covers…
Published on 10/07/2026 – 7:31 GMT+2•Updated 10:14 At least 11 people have died as a wildfire ripped through southern Spain’s Almería province amid a stifling heatwave that has gripped the country. Authorities raised an earlier death toll of six to 12 “after the confirmation of six more deaths in the area of the fire,” the regional government of Andalusia said in a statement. A few hours later, Spains emergency services corrected the number down to 11. Some of the dead in Bedar in Almería were found in burned vehicles, the regional government said in a statement. Officials have not yet…
Hello, readers. Angela Skujins here writing this Friday newsletter, with Mared Gwyn holding the pen for you next week. Before our minds turn to the Belgium versus Spain FIFA football match at 10 pm tonight (go the Red Devils), one theme tops today’s political agenda: finance. Blockbuster borrowing. EU finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss, among other issues, the Spanish proposal to create a new mechanism for EU joint borrowing of up to €850 billion per year. “Let’s debate it,” European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde told Euronews’ Europe Editor Maria Tadeo in an exclusive sit-down interview…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2•Updated 10/07/2026 – 9:01 GMT+2 The topic might be a bit complex so your reporter will do his best to safely walk you through it. Ready? On 1 July, the EU’s landmark crypto rules took full effect. The execution was a total bust for crypto firms. Fewer than 1 in 5 of Europe’s 1,200 registered crypto companies secured a licence. And without it, they simply face shutdown. The aim wasn’t to regulate for the sake of regulating. Brussels wanted to stop crypto scams and protect everyday investors. Big brands like Coinbase cleared the bar, but…
Published on 10/07/2026 – 21:46 GMT+2•Updated 21:47 Belgium’s three regions announced on Friday that they would introduce a road tax next year that foreign drivers transiting the country would also have to pay. The country does not currently charge drivers to use its highways and the issue of introducing some form of payment has been debated for years. “Everyone who uses our roads must contribute fairly to their maintenance,” said the transport minister for the southern Wallonia region, François Desquesnes. Starting on 1 May 2027 drivers will need to register their vehicle and pay the road tax, with day passes…
Georgia’s political and civil society spheres have been gripped by a renewed debate over why its government was once again not invited to the NATO summit in Turkey and to regional political and security events, a possible sign of Tbilisi’s political isolation. As with previous summits, NATO partner countries such as Qatar, the UAE, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia as well as Ukraine were invited to Ankara to attend events focusing on regional security, whereas, for the first time, former key NATO partner Georgia did not appear in the official summit programme nor in the accompanying forums. Over…
Europe is not facing an immediate fuel supply crisis despite renewed tensions in the Middle East, but the continent remains dangerously exposed to fossil fuel supply and price shocks and must rapidly electrify its economy while resisting calls to return to Russian energy, top energy leaders told Euronews. Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol insisted that Europe should not interpret any ceasefire in the Middle East as a return to normal, warning that disruption to the Strait of Hormuz could send oil prices sharply higher and reignite inflationary pressures. “We are in a very…
When NATO leaders left the two-day summit in Ankara with a parting gift, most of them did not bother to look inside the gift bags they were carrying. In fact, it wasn’t until UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a handful of other heads of government first opened the lavish wooden boxes they received from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that they realised the black felt-lined burgundy chest carried a .357 Magnum revolver toted by the likes of Dirty Harry — or rather, its Turkish-made equivalent. The discovery caused panic among some, most notably Belgian Premier Bart De Wever, whose…
The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a stark warning that while international fuel supplies remain secure for now, the latest attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz show that Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels continues to threaten its economy. “The entire world should be prepared for the worst case, which we hope will not materialise, but we really need to be prepared for the worst case scenario,” IEA chief Fatih Birol told Euronews, referring to a complete blockade of the strait, through which flows 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas transit. Birol…