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Published on 30/06/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2 Nine people linked to a pornography business will stand trial in the Czech Republic on human trafficking charges after prosecutors accused them of promising young women false modelling opportunities before coercing them into appearing in pornographic films. The defendants face up to 12 years in prison if convicted, according to Prague city prosecutors. “The accused include people organising the Czech Casting project, as well as people ensuring finances, casting production and agreements,” prosecutor’s office spokesman Aleš Cimbala said. He added that photographers, camera operators and actors were also among those charged. The defendants deny…
Led by Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, the 1 GW project is among the company’s flagship renewable energy investments in Central Asia. The development will include a battery energy storage system capable of delivering up to 300 MW of power and storing 600 MWh of electricity, making it one of the largest integrated renewable energy projects in Eurasia. The project stems from intergovernmental agreements signed during the COP28 and COP29 climate conferences in 2023 and 2024 and forms part of Masdar’s strategy to build 100 GW of renewable energy capacity worldwide by 2030. Kazakhstan’s vast wind-rich steppes, growing electricity demand and supportive…
After a brutal heatwave that claimed around 1,300 lives in Europe and with a second one approaching at the beginning of July, climate politics are becoming more polarised than ever. Unveiled in 2019, the European Green Deal is built on the premise of consuming less energy, burning fewer fossil fuels and making Europe’s homes more efficient in an effort to prevent future warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Yet Brussels’ vision was shaped largely by winter, prioritising how to keep Europeans warm while cutting reliance on imported gas. Then came the heat. As Europeans struggled through scorching temperatures, many…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 16:34 GMT+2 Energy companies ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy signed a “declaration of marketability” with Cyprus in Nicosia on Tuesday, officially declaring two natural gas discoveries off the coast of the island nation as commercially viable. The Glaucus and Pegasus natural gas fields are major ExxonMobil discoveries in Block 10 of Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone, thought to hold more than 7 trillion cubic feet of gas. Speaking after the signing took place, John Ardill, ExxonMobil’s vice president of global exploration, reportedly said natural gas could start flowing from the fields by 2033. “What we should tell ordinary people…
The arrival of tourists by air is partly to blame for rising rents and house prices across Europe, but particularly in Spain. That is the argument put forward in a study by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), commissioned by the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E), and already backed by campaign groups against property speculation, which denounce the problems caused by short-term rentals and the purchase of homes by foreign buyers. According to the analysis (source in Spanish), between 2019 and 2025 a correlation can be seen between the increase in tourists travelling by plane in seven European countries,…
By Una Hajdari with AFP Published on 30/06/2026 – 16:24 GMT+2 Finland on Tuesday pulled the plug on analogue landline phone calls after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a global transition towards digital infrastructure. Estonia, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain have already made the jump as countries across the world roll out fibre optic cable that can handle both internet services and voice calls. Finland’s fixed-line network began operating in the 1880s, but like everywhere else the digital revolution has swallowed up the old technology based on copper wires. And the Nordic country, home of mobile phone pioneer…
Updated: 30/06/2026 – 15:33 GMT+2 Euronews Culture spoke to EY Global Vice Chair Julie Linn Teigland at Cannes Lions about the next phase of AI. From personalised customer experiences to the importance of human judgement, she explained why the future of AI will depend on balancing technology with human creativity. … More
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Published on 30/06/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2•Updated 15:53 Ukraine and France are negotiating a license for SCALP missiles to be produced in Ukraine, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed, adding that Kyiv is making progress in the talks. France’s SCALP cruise missiles are equivalent to the British Storm Shadow, with a range of up to 250 km. Paris first agreed to transfer them to Ukraine in July 2023, at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Since then, Kyiv has deployed SCALP missiles in strikes against targets in Russia and occupied Crimea. “There is indeed progress but it is still too early to say,…
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner arrived in Doha to meet Qatari mediators, the Gulf state’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as Washington’s negotiating team returned to the region for the latest round of talks to end the Iran war. “Mr Steve Witfoff and Mr Jared Kushner are here in Doha to meet with mediators, with Qatari officials,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said. The talks will be around all regional issues… including, of course, negotiations with Iran, but also including Lebanon,” he added. “They are not here for their negotiations with the Iranians.”…