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In May earlier this year, riot police were called to ensure security at Swatch stores from Paris to Mumbai when violence often erupted as queues of people stretched around the streets. The object of their frenzied desires was a €370 bioceramic pocket watch. The Royal Pop — the first time Audemars Piguet has let the Royal Oak design out of its own factory — turned people who had never owned a mechanical watch into speculators overnight. Within hours, resale sites were carrying listings above €7,400. Bad bet. Two months later, several models were selling for less than the €370 Swatch…
The government’s action would be the “Bosman ruling for the innovation sector,” Burnham said at a government-backed innovation summit in Manchester. That’s a reference to a 1995 European Court of Justice decision that changed how star players are transferred between football clubs. Potential changes to non-compete clauses in workers’ contracts began in 2025 under Burnham’s predecessor Keir Starmer. The proposals ranged from a total ban on non-compete clauses to a partial ban, such as allowing non-compete clauses only for workers earning more than a set salary threshold, or limiting their length. The vow from Burnham comes after intense lobbying lobbying…
Published on 09/10/2026 – 18:25 GMT+2 On 5 October, a group used makeshift stairs to enter Latvia. While the Baltic country of two million has faced irregular migration from Belarus since 2021, the latest incident was particularly aggressive. The group of 20 migrants was led by “armed, masked escorts openly threatening Latvian soldiers,” Latvia’s Interior Minister, Jānis Dombrava, told Euronews. In the following hours, border surveillance equipment was damaged, reducing Latvia’s “ability to detect and respond to further incursions.” “The combination of armed intimidation and targeted sabotage raises the risk of a violent confrontation and tests both our defences and…
Ukrainian forces have derailed Russia’s plan to encircle and occupy the remaining Ukrainian-controlled territory of the Donetsk region this year, the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) concluded in an assessment based primarily on open-source intelligence. The Russian campaign centred on a deep pincer movement targeting what the report calls the “fortress belt” — a defensive and logistical network protecting the Ukrainian-held portion of the Donbas — advancing from Lyman in the north and Dobropillia in the south-west, with both arms intended to link up near Barvinkove in the Kharkiv region. Completing such an encirclement would…
European tech funding surged to €15.8 billion across 300 funding deals in September, bringing the total for 2026 to almost €60 billion, according to the latest figures from online publication tech.eu, although half was made up by UK investments. The spike in activity represents a quarter of the year’s investment so far, a strong rebound on August’s activity which saw just €3.2 billion raised across 165 deals. The activity also shows that European companies are attracting significant investment in technology, raising the prospect that they could one day scale up and help ease the continent’s reliance on US Big Tech.…
France’s chief of defense staff, Gen. Fabien Mandon, told lawmakers Thursday that Germany had pulled out of the project. His comments landed especially awkwardly as German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is currently on a state visit to France. Later in the evening, Mandon tried to backpedal in a written statement, arguing the project was only delayed to the late 2040s. In recent years, Franco-German defense industrial projects have repeatedly failed. MGCS — which involves KNDS France, KNDS Germany, Rheinmetall and Thales — has been bogged down by years of delays, industrial disputes and political tensions. POLITICO reported in June that France and…
Published on 09/10/2026 – 18:14 GMT+2 The European Union on Friday described US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as “deeply regrettable” and said it was “ready to take any necessary measures to enable the court to carry out its work”. “The EU will work closely with the ICC to ensure it continues to operate effectively,” the European Commission said, adding it hoped that the six-month delay before the sanctions applied meant “there is room for dialogue” One possible EU response would be to activate a legal instrument known as the “blocking mechanism”, which prohibits European firms from obeying…
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“As far as I’m concerned, it is really up to the social media platforms in Europe to prevent this from being circulated and broadcast on their channels. But I fear it will be impossible to prevent,” he said. Jetten added that if the execution does appear on European social media, there will be “a great number of reports filed,” as violent content must be moderated by social media platforms under European law. “Video-sharing platforms that allow video content displaying scenes of gratuitous violence must use effective age assurance so that children cannot normally see this content,” a spokesperson for the…
Published on 09/10/2026 – 17:10 GMT+2 Britain’s former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has received £302,000 (around €347,000) in compensation after being forced to give up the lease on his longtime home amid controversy over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Crown Estate confirmed on Friday that Mountbatten-Windsor was entitled to compensation because he left Royal Lodge less than 25 years into his 75-year lease. The amount was deducted from the £1.8 million (around €2.07 million) he owed for repairs to the property, leaving him with a bill of around £1.5 million (€1.73 million). “The lease for Royal Lodge…