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Published on 08/10/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2 The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is adding a glamorous new stop to its European routes in 2027, with Monte Carlo joining the itinerary for the first time. From May, the legendary train operated by Belmond will travel from Paris along the Côte d’Azur before arriving in Monaco on its onward journey to Venice. It’s set to become an annual addition to the iconic rail company’s schedule and will allow guests to explore the famously glitzy city, world-renowned for landmarks including the Casino de Monte-Carlo and the star-studded Formula One Grand Prix. Travellers will start their journey…
LONDON — Zack Polanski promised to smash Britain’s two-party political system — but his campaign for a U.K. parliamentary seat has leaned heavily on the idea that he can keep the existing prime minister honest. POLITICO analysis of the online battleground in the Holborn and St. Pancras by-election – which takes place Thursday — shows the Green leader has been pitching himself as a protest vote for Labour-backing constituents in the London seat, which has been held by Labour since its creation in 1983. The party has spent nearly £5,000 pushing ads on Meta’s platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram,…
María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis in the country culminating in the government calling for snap elections, died on Wednesday while hospitalised. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez led the way on social media offering his condolences after housing activists and Abascal’s lawyer announced her death. Known widely as “Maricarmen,” she had become a symbol for renters struggling with Spain’s housing affordability crisis. “All my love to Maricarmen’s family and loved ones,” Sánchez wrote in a post on X. “A hug as well…
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Real wages — pay adjusted for inflation — are projected to fall in Italy, Spain, France and the UK between the first quarters of 2026 and 2027, while rising in Germany, according to the OECD’s Employment Outlook 2026. In Italy and Spain, they are expected to remain below their early 2026 levels until at least the end of 2027. “In the future, geopolitical uncertainties and a time-limited increase in energy costs may significantly weaken labour markets while exerting further upward pressure on inflation, which likely will depress wages,” the report said. The report notes that projections are “based on the…
Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is kicking off his visit to China today — and the stakes are high. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss the most important topic on the agenda: Europe’s trade deficit with China. France and Germany are finally on the same page and want Brussels to get tougher on unfair trade. So can we expect results from the meeting? Next, EU development ministers are meeting in Dublin to discuss the future of Europe’s development policy. But the timing is unfortunate, as governments prepare another round of cuts to the next long-term budget. Finally, a mysterious…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 6:14 GMT+2 Lawmakers in Kosovo elected economist and academic Justina Shiroka Pula as the country’s new president in a marathon late-night session, moments before a constitutional deadline that would have forced a snap election. The election late on Tuesday was a significant moment in a political crisis in the small Balkan nation that has caused legislative deadlock for over 19 months and two early parliamentary elections. Just before Shiroka Pula was elected, lawmakers also approved a law limiting the powers of a special court in The Hague, which was set up to investigate and prosecute war…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 6:27 GMT+2 The wife of Sri Lanka’s powerful former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was detained on Wednesday on allegations of misusing donations received for her charity when she was first lady. Police questioned Shiranthi Rajapaksa at her home and later took her before a court, which ordered her detention for a week pending investigations. Police then escorted Rajapaksa, who had one eye bandaged from recent surgery, to a vehicle to be taken to a jail. Rajapaksa was accused of misusing funds that her charity received as a donation from a state bank earmarked for the purchase of…
Die Brandmauer bröckelt weiter und bringt Friedrich Merz in Bedrängnis. Nach der Wahl von Tobias Rausch von der AfD zum Landtagspräsidenten in Sachsen-Anhalt womöglich mit CDU-Stimmen wächst die parteiinterne Nervosität. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert, warum der CDU-Chef die Kontrolle über die Debatte verliert und wie SPD-Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius die Situation mit seinem historischen Vergleich anheizt. Außenpolitisch sucht der Kanzler den Schulterschluss mit dem noch recht neuen britischen Premierminister Andy Burnham. Während er wie ein Auslaufmodell wirkt, reitet der Labour-Politiker auf einer Popularitätswelle und stellt den Brexit offen infrage. Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, was das Treffen für die europäische Sicherheitsarchitektur…
Published on 07/10/2026 – 16:55 GMT+2•Updated 16:57 The Left group in the European Parliament is set to demand that MEP salaries are halved, arguing that lawmakers taking home tens of thousands of euros a month are increasingly disconnected from ordinary voters. MEPs currently receive a net monthly salary of €8,772.70, on top of several allowances that bring their total monthly income to around €18,000. Under a formal proposal put forward by Belgian MEP Marc Botenga, only the basic salary would be cut, reducing it to around €4,400 a month. The measure is contained in an amendment to a resolution on…