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Portugal is developing a graphene-based material capable of significantly reducing the visibility of drones and military aircraft to radar, an innovation that could put Europe in the race for stealth technology. The project is led by GTechPlasma (source in Portuguese), a spin-off from the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, which has created a plasma-based system to produce tailor-made, high-quality graphene materials. “At the moment, we are very focused on developing coatings for radar and electromagnetic radiation absorption,” explains Bruno Soares Gonçalves, co-founder of GTechPlasma, in an interview with Euronews. The material has been…
Mayor Collboni has placed eliminating STRs at the center of his housing agenda. The promise is simple: remove STRs and those homes will return to residents. But evidence demonstrates the opposite. The city council has yet to demonstrate how eliminating legally licensed STRs would result in putting those houses on the market. The city’s own research undermines their objective. The Barcelona Institute of Economics’ study, commissioned by the city council itself in September 2025, acknowledged that a full conversion of STR units to residential use “could be partial or might not occur at all for various reasons. For example, some…
Hello, this is Mared Gwyn with another packed newsletter to start your Tuesday. Here in Brussels, it’s the last day of Cyprus’ rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, with the baton to be handed to Ireland tomorrow (more on that in tomorrow morning’s edition). EU Commissioners head to Turkey: But first, three members of Ursula von der Leyen’s top team of Commissioners – enlargement chief Marta Kos, migration chief Magnus Brunner and foreign policy boss Kaja Kallas – are in Turkey today for talks with top government officials on advancing bilateral EU-Turkey relations. A Commission spokesperson said the…
Lisbon was illuminated on Monday night as the so-called ‘strawberry moon’ rose over the River Tagus. From viewpoints across the city, tourists and locals watched the full moon rise above the river and historic centre. Many stopped to take photos as boats moved slowly across the water below. Crowds gathered across different viewpoints to watch the scene unfold, with clear views of the river and skyline. Named for the season of wild strawberry harvests in Europe and North America, the ‘strawberry moon’ gave Lisbon a rare and striking night scene.
By Roselyne Min with AFP Published on 30/06/2026 – 8:03 GMT+2 Denmark is often described as one of Europe’s most secular countries. Yet every spring, thousands of teenagers still dress up and walk into church for confirmation, a Christian rite that has become one of the country’s defining coming-of-age rituals. According to the Church of Denmark, 64.2% of the confirmation-age cohort were confirmed in 2025, down from around 70% a decade earlier. Now, a growing number of young Danes are looking for ways to mark the same transition without confirming a Christian faith. Nora Pihl was 15 when she chose not to be…
Global capital increasingly sees Europe as a place to build, not simply to consume, frontier technologies. The momentum is already building. European venture capital volumes have grown roughly four- to five-fold over the past decade. Private equity fundraising reached record levels in 2024. Private credit assets have grown fivefold in a decade to more than €430 billion. Global capital increasingly sees Europe as a place to build, not simply to consume, frontier technologies. The task now is to accelerate what is already working. We see four themes that could help do exactly that. The first is giving world-class European companies…
Fans in Asuncion erupted with joy on Monday as Paraguay beat Germany on penalties to reach the World Cup last 16. Crowds watched José Canale score the decisive spot kick before hugging, waving flags and celebrating a result few expected. The victory sealed one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 tournament. Supporters hung on every kick of the shootout before relief gave way to celebration. Paraguay won 4-3 on penalties after goalkeeper Orlando Gill made key saves, sending the South American side through and knocking four-time champions Germany out of the World Cup.
Uzbekistan is targeting at least $5bn (€4.3bn) in IT and AI service exports by 2030, as the country tries to turn artificial intelligence from a digital policy priority into a wider economic sector. Annual IT exports have grown from less than $1m (€850,000) in 2017 to nearly $1bn (€850m), according to Sherzod Shermatov, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Digital Technologies, who said the next stage will depend on skills, investment and the ability to apply AI across businesses and public services. Officials, investors and AI specialists outlined the challenge in interviews with Euronews on the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum,…
With Europe’s heatwave in full swing, a trip to the coast is just what is needed to keep cool as temperatures continue to soar. And few destinations combine Mediterranean elegance and crystal-clear waters quite like the Italian Riviera. Online searches for “Italian Riviera towns” have surged by more than 5,000% over the past month, according to data released by tour operator Citalia, while interest in “things to do in Cinque Terre” has doubled in the past weeks. Stretching from the French border to northern Tuscany, Liguria combines colourful fishing villages, glamorous resorts, UNESCO-listed heritage and more Blue Flag beaches than…
Vor dem wichtigen Koalitionsausschuss am Mittwoch wächst die Zuversicht auf einen großen Durchbruch bei der Steuer- und Arbeitsmarktreform. Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil hat zwei Entwürfe auf den Tisch gelegt. Noch aber gibt’s ein Problem: Die SPD fordert massive Entlastungen, während die Union auf Subventionsabbau pocht. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum es trotzdem Chancen auf einen großen Wurf gibt. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview rät der ehemalige hessische Ministerpräsident Roland Koch (CDU) seiner Partei zu Härte. Die Union müsse auf echter Arbeitsmarkt-Flexibilisierung und einer Ausweitung des Kuchens bestehen, anstatt einer reinen Reichensteuer zuzustimmen, die am Ende dem Wachstum schadet. Eine Wahlkreisreform des Bundestages könnte brisante Folgen…