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By Holger Mann (SPD), is a memeber of the German parliament und a member of the Bundestag Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Last week, Belarus classified the Euronews website – like many before it – as an “extremist medium”. What may sound like a dry administrative act is in fact an open declaration of war on the free press and an admission of its own weakness. Euronews is neither a radical…
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When Kazakhstan became one of the world’s largest crypto mining hubs five years ago, the boom strained the country’s power grid, and the government’s response resulted in most miners either leaving the country or going underground. Now the Kazakh government is looking to bring it all back home by offering tax breaks and legal certainty. The Kazakh government signed a decree designed to encourage citizens to declare cryptocurrency holdings, move them onto regulated domestic platforms and integrate digital assets into the country’s economy. The authorities are offering private investors a tax break on personal income from digital asset transactions for…
“Dear defense minister of Poland, can you give us five?” Fedorov recalled in this week’s interview. Berlin offered to top up the effort. “If you get 20 out of all the countries, I’ll give you an extra five,” Fedorov quoted German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius as saying. “That’s the exercise we had to perform to get more than 20. And it is a hard mission.” Kyiv is continuing those types of talks with its allies. “Of course, Ukrainian diplomats have been working with Spain, Greece and everyone in the world who has [PACs],” said the senior official familiar with the talks. “Everything…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:05 GMT+2•Updated 7:06 Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday annulled the only liberal, anti-war party party Yabloko’ registration for the country’s parlimentary vote also known as the State Duma elections. The ruling, which sidelines the only officially registered party that opposes Moscow’s war in Ukraine, came after the pro-Kremlin nationalist Rodina party filed a lawsuit on 7 August, seeking to remove Yabloko from the elections. Reacting to the decision at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov said that “there are no grounds at all for removing the party from the elections.” Rybakov…
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Greece’s power distribution operator HEDNO disputes suggestions that the network is a major cause of wildfires, saying only about 1 percent of wildfire incidents recorded in 2025 were attributed to the electricity grid, compared with roughly 3 percent in the U.S. The company also said its crews have been deployed to major fire fronts to support emergency services and restore electricity to affected communities. “The easy targeting of HEDNO whenever a fire breaks out serves neither the truth nor the protection of the public but creates false impressions, and, in many cases, appears to serve short-term expediencies and self-serving agendas…
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A French village has once again turned pig squeals into a competition, hosting its annual pig-squealing championship in the southwestern town of Trie-sur-Baïse. The unusual contest was part of the 43rd edition of the Pourcailhade festival, which attracted around 4,000 visitors — roughly four times the village’s population. Competitors took turns imitating pig sounds, hoping to impress the judges and claim the title. Among those taking part was a Mexican engineering student living in Toulouse, while nine-time winner Noel Jamet returned to defend his reputation as the competition’s record holder.
Published on 10/08/2026 – 22:29 GMT+2 Germany will beef up its anti-drone police unit, the government said on Monday, days after an explosives-laden unmanned aerial vehicle was flown into a strategically important airport. Berlin was shocked by the incident last week when the UAV was defused after it was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig-Halle airport, a key military equipment transport hub. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who labelled the incident a “hybrid attack scenario” potentially involving a “foreign power,” now plans to double personnel in the federal police anti-drone unit to 300. The number of operational bases for…