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The European Commission is urging EU governments to provide energy vouchers, income support and social tariffs to support vulnerable groups facing high energy prices, as well as blocking energy disconnections from the power grid. Brussels is also suggesting tax reductions on electricity and clean technologies, while encouraging consumers to lower bills over time through subsidies for clean technologies, like heat pumps, solar panels and home insulation, in a more calculated attempt to help protect Europeans while reshaping the energy system beneath them. Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera presented on…
For several days, Madrid was no longer just Madrid. It was also a small window into Macao, a territory of some 30 square kilometres and more than 720,000 inhabitants that has become one of Asia’s major tourist hubs. The Experience Macao Roadshow event took place at Puente del Rey, next to Madrid Río, transforming the space into a route featuring more than 20 stands where the public could take in flavours, music and interactive experiences. From the entrance, a reception desk offered information, raffles and souvenirs. From there, the route opened up into different themed areas: from virtual reality experiences…
Die AfD sucht nach einer außenpolitischen Linie und lässt sich dabei von jemandem beraten, den die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung nicht mehr einlädt. Alexander Rahr, bis 2022 bezahlter Gazprom-Berater in Brüssel und heute Leiter der Eurasischen Gesellschaft in Berlin, stand auf der Gästeliste einer Sonderklausur des AfD-Arbeitskreises Außen für dieses Wochenende. Was der Fall Rahr über die echte Russland-Bindung der AfD-Fraktion verrät, schauen wir uns in dieser Folge an.Außerdem: AfD-Abgeordneter Matthias Moosdorf hat eine Mail an die gesamte Bundestagsfraktion verschickt. Sie ist ein Frontalangriff auf seinen Nachfolger als außenpolitischer Sprecher, Markus Frohnmaier. Außerdem ein Blick nach Bayern: In Schwabach lief ein Strafprozess gegen…
By Massoud Salari & Euronews Published on 22/04/2026 – 13:59 GMT+2 Iran executed a man on Wednesday on charges of spying for Israel, the latest in a wave of executions that has reached record levels since the Iran war started on 28 February. The Tehran judiciary’s official news agency Mizan said Mehdi Farid had attempted to infect the internal network of a sensitive defence-related organisation on orders from Mossad officers. According to Mizan, he provided access for people outside the organisation by repeatedly connecting equipment via USB. Mizan said Farid, a former employee of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation from Arak, had provided the…
Eurostat data shows Italy’s deficit was 3.1 percent last year, 0.1 percentage points above the EU’s threshold, leaving the government in a so-called excessive deficit procedure (EDP) — a red flag that Brussels plants on offending countries until they rein in their spending sufficiently. Italy is set to overtake Greece as the most indebted country in the European Union by the end of this year. Rome had hoped to exit its EDP, a key priority for Meloni’s government, when the European Commission assesses whether governments are in line with the bloc’s rules for public spending and debt in early June.…
The New Retail Culture, the international event promoted by Fashion Link Milano —the platform bringing together the leading trade shows of the fashion system. The gathering marked a high-level opportunity to analyze emerging global retail scenarios, bringing together international buyers, industry professionals, media, and stakeholders for a direct exchange on the evolving dynamics of consumer behavior and distribution strategies. At the heart of the discussion was the transformation of retail from a mere point of sale into a contemporary cultural platform, where product, technology, processes, and lifestyle converge to create increasingly complex and meaningful experiences. In this context, the role…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 14:27 GMT+2 A court in Moldova sentenced oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison on Wednesday in a case linked to the disappearance of $1 billion (€850 million) from the country’s banking system. A former businessman, lawmaker and kingpin in the Democratic Party of Moldova, Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019, as he faced a series of corruption charges. That included complicity in the scheme that led to money disappearing from Moldovan banks in 2014, which at the time was equivalent to around one-eighth of the country’s GDP. He was extradited from Greece last year, after…
Kevin Warsh, the man nominated to lead the Federal Reserve, the world’s most important financial institution, told the US Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday that he had made no secret agreements with the White House over interest rate policy, defending his professional integrity. He said he would act independently if confirmed to succeed Jerome Powell, despite continued public pressure from US President Donald Trump for lower borrowing costs. The question of that independence was put sharply to him during the hearing, when Republican Senator John Kennedy asked whether he would be Trump’s “human sock puppet”. Warsh replied: “Absolutely not.” His…
Published on 22/04/2026 – 12:52 GMT+2 The American technology company Palantir has raised several controversial topics, such as calling for national service, the moral duty of tech companies in defence, and implying that some cultures are inferior to others. The post on X, has been called a 22-point manifesto that has generated backlash online. The company says the post is a” brief” about the book: ‘The Technological Republic’ by Palantir CEO Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska. “Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive,” wrote Palantir in the post on X over the…
BRUSSELS — A descendant of the founder of Italian oil giant Eni wants to sue Giorgia Meloni’s government for using his family name in a major funding program investing across the African continent, the Italian press reported on Wednesday. According to the Italian daily La Stampa, Pietro Mattei issued a cease and desist letter to the cabinet of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last month requesting that his family name be removed from the government’s so-called Mattei Plan for Africa, a multi-billion investment program. Pietro, the nephew of Enrico Mattei who founded Eni in 1953, says the Meloni government’s policies…