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“Especially today, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, it is hard to believe that [she] would draw a direct parallel between The Western wall and the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem and the situation in Crimea, regardless of her personal worldview,” the mission said. The EU foreign policy chief has long backed a push from several member countries to pressure the European Commission to ban trade with territories illegally occupied by Israel — an issue that divides capitals and has become a flashpoint in the rift between Kallas and the Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen. Kallas’ backing has…
Published on 11/09/2026 – 14:46 GMT+2 The Hague and Madrid are pushing for an EU-wide minimum age for social media use, potentially extended to other online services, as the European Commission prepares to announce its own proposal next week. The social media ban should be harmonised and enforced at European level, and extended to video games, AI chatbots and other risky digital services, the two countries said in a non-paper circulated on Friday. Restricting minors’ access to social media has become an increasingly hot topic in the EU and beyond. France, Greece, Austria, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Poland and…
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By Toby Gregory, Euronews Dubai bureau Published on 11/09/2026 – 14:19 GMT+2 Azerbaijan’s state oil fund SOFAZ has joined five Asian sovereign and pension investors to launch the China-ASEAN Joint Investment Council at this week’s China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen, giving the Caspian fund a founding seat in a market of more than 2 billion people. The rest of the group spans from Beijing to Jakarta: China Investment Corporation (CIC), the sovereign wealth fund that convened the council, Thailand’s Government Pension Fund, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Berhad and pension fund KWAP, and the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA). Singapore’s…
Night, at the Neue Nationalgalerie, brings together several of Maurizio Cattelan’s best-known works alongside pieces created more recently, transforming Germany’s vast modernist Neue Nationalgalerie museum into a world of disturbing images and unexpected juxtapositions. Hitler on his knees Among the most striking works is Him, a 2001 sculpture depicting Adolf Hitler kneeling on the floor as if in prayer. From one angle, the figure appears to be a small, innocent-looking child. As visitors move around it, however, the face of Hitler is revealed. Him was created more than two decades ago, and sold for €15 million at auction in 2016.…
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Published on 11/09/2026 – 13:42 GMT+2 Portugal’s economy and employment growth are the best-performing in Europe, according to the country’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro. But how true is that? Montenegro made the comments while speaking to the Assembly of the Republic, Portugal’s parliament, on 8 September. Here, MPs were debating a motion of no confidence in the government put forward by the far-right Chega party. The motion came about after Montenegro refused to sack Interior Minister Luís Neves over allegations of misconduct while he was head of Portugal’s Judiciary Police between 2018 and 2026. Other opposition parties came together to…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis took control of the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Friday, after capturing an island located in the middle of the crucial Red Sea waterway, a local government official and eyewitnesses said. “Boats carrying armed Houthi fighters reached Mayyun Island after government forces withdrew from it yesterday,” the official said, referring to a rocky volcanic island also known as Perim that divides the narrowest part of the strait into two shipping lanes. “The Houthis have completed their takeover of the Bab el-Mandeb area and Mayyun Island, which is located in the middle of the strait,” he added, speaking on…
Published on 11/09/2026 – 9:48 GMT+2•Updated 11:40 While the economies of its main European neighbours continue to grow, France is an exception.The government has cut its growth forecast for 2026 to 0.5%, from 0.7% previously, and now expects growth of 1% in 2027, economy minister Roland Lescure said on Friday. The government is also projecting inflation of 2.1% this year and 1.8% next year. This downward revision makes the government’s budget equation more complicated. Weaker growth is likely to weigh more heavily on the public finances, even though the government had set itself the goal of bringing the deficit down…
Travellers to cities and regions in England could soon have to pay a tourist tax after the government announced it will allow mayors to charge visitors for overnight stays. The visitor levy is uncapped, but is expected to be under 5% of the accommodation cost. Tourist taxes are widespread across Europe – and the Scottish capital Edinburgh introduced an overnight fee in July – but the hospitality industry has criticised the move in England. Opponents say it will deter visitors and put further pressure on a sector already battling tax hikes and employment issues. What to know about England’s new…