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Over the past few years, there have been many reports from tourists about excessive prices, scams and even drivers refusing to take passengers from Lisbon airport. Faced with problems affecting both foreign visitors and locals, a protocol was signed last September to set fixed fares for taxi journeys. Several complaints on social media describe allegedly tampered taximeters, mileage being diverted and cases in which taxi drivers will only accept cash payments. Back in August, Josien Nation, a Dutch citizen living in Portugal, described the situation as a “tourist trap”. In a video posted on the Facebook page Nations Without Borders,…
Other buildings in the EU Quarter of Brussels (or, as it’s now known, the 21st arrondissement) have not been so lucky. Most have been razed to the ground. Some have been occupied by disgruntled former EU staff, who are refusing to leave and have set up a working group to discuss a future roadmap that will feed into a discussion on how to bring back a European Union that Le Pen has largely destroyed. Largely, but not completely. There is still an official EU office; the corner table in the branch of sandwich shop Exki near the Schuman roundabout (ironically,…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2 On today’s show: Sasha Vakulina reports on the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels and speaks to his deputy chief of staff. She looks at how seriously Ukraine is considering reducing its dependence on American military technology, and whether Europe can realistically provide the security guarantees Kyiv needs without the US. Euronews’s Sándor Zsiros reports from the European Council ahead of Zelenskyy’s first formal bilateral meeting with Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, a first sign of a reset between Kyiv and Budapest now that Viktor Orbán is gone. Shona Murray reports…
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Many European countries face a housing crisis, with a shortage of homes and rising prices. Rents also continue to increase, and city centres are particularly expensive. A single salary is no longer enough to cover the rent for a family-sized flat in the heart of a major city for many European households. But what if a couple both work and share the rent? Is that enough? How much money would they have left each month after paying rent? And how do European cities compare globally? The Mapping the World’s Prices 2026 report, published by Deutsche Bank Research Institute, sheds some…
It’s been a packed agenda at the European Council summit, with little sign of progress on key issues. EU leaders continued to argue over the bloc’s long-term budget, with energy supply and security taking up much of the discussion … including questions over strategic gas reserves and the future of the Emissions Trading System. The war in Ukraine looms large over the summit. Earlier this week, President Trump alarmed European leaders and horrified Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by announcing a deal to release Russian diesel onto the U.S. market, apparently in an attempt to lower fuel costs for American consumers.…
By Franziska Müller Published on 16/10/2026 – 6:47 GMT+2 A few weeks ago it was a faulty screw; now a suspected battery defect means VW has to recall thousands of cars once again. In the worst case, there is a risk of fire. Recall campaigns are already reported to be under way in the United States and the United Kingdom, and models in Germany are now also being taken out of circulation. According to the authorities, around 22,000 ID.4 electric cars are affected in the US. VW prepares recall in Germany Following these two countries, recall campaigns are now being planned…
Friedrich Merz reist morgen zum Deutschlandtag der Jungen Union nach Bonn und trifft auf eine Parteijugend, die nach dem Rentenstreit des Vorjahres weiter voller Frust steckt. Die vielleicht nicht jungen, aber jüngeren Mitglieder um Johannes Winkel wollen endlich Reformen. Ob der Parteichef die Basis befrieden kann, ordnet Rasmus Buchsteiner von Bonn aus ein. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview skizziert die Parlamentarische Geschäftsführerin der Unions-Fraktion, Catarina dos Santos-Wintz,, wie ein zukunftsfestes Gesamtpaket ihrer Meinung nach aussehen muss und warum die Junge Union und die Junge Gruppe der Fraktion beim Thema Generationengerechtigkeit keine faulen Kompromisse mehr akzeptiert. Auf dem EU-Gipfel in Brüssel ringen die Staats-…
The European Commission is moving to enforce its new rules on leading AI labs after a string of incidents, EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen said. But applying the rulebook is far from straightforward, and these early cases will set important precedents. The Commission’s AI Office is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic after AI agents autonomously hacked into other organisations, the first test of the limits of the EU’s AI rules. “Our AI Office has started enforcing these rules, and sent requests for information addressing issues such as security, external evaluation and monitoring how models are used,” Commission Executive Vice-President for Technological…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 5:23 GMT+2 A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, in the United States, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school. The three children killed were aged 5, 8 and 11. Authorities found the suspect dead inside the school minutes after the shooting was first reported. Another child, 7, and a teacher, 54, were injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police say the attacker forced his way into the school by shooting at…