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Two vessels allegedly carrying looted Ukrainian wheat were headed toward Israel this week to dock in Haifa and unload their cargo. Israeli newspaper Haaretz previously reported that four shipments of stolen grain from Ukraine have already been unloaded in Israel to date. According to Zelenskyy, Kyiv had taken “all necessary steps through diplomatic channels to prevent such incidents,” but that had not been enough to halt the deliveries. “This is not — and cannot be — legitimate business. The Israeli authorities cannot be unaware of which ships are arriving at the country’s ports and what cargo they are carrying,” he…
The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an EU-wide definition of rape based on the absence of freely given and informed consent. It is now up to the European Commission to propose legislation, which would then need to be approved by EU member states, usually a political and difficult step. The resolution urges that “only a clear, affirmative, freely given and unambiguous indication of consent is valid” in sexual relations. It adds that “silence, a lack of verbal or physical resistance or the absence of a ‘no’ cannot be interpreted as consent.” Any sexual act outside this…
Getting to the City of Love from Paris Charles de Gaulle is about to get quicker thanks to the launch of an express train. Dubbed the CDG Express, the new line connecting one of Europe’s busiest airports to Gare du l’Est in the 10th arrondissement will begin welcoming passengers from 28 March 2027. Departing from CDG Airport every 15 minutes, the train takes just 20 minutes to reach central Paris, and will run from 5am to midnight seven days a week. The price for the express line has not been set, but children under 16 travelling with their families will…
Older generations often lament that music was better in their day, but was it more complex? A new study, which evaluated classical and jazz music in particular, believes these genres have become simpler – and that it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Hoping to identify long-term patterns in musical evolution, a team of Italian researchers surveyed approximately 20,000 MIDI files of music from between 1600 and 2021. “We first considered how to measure the ‘complexity’ of music in a way analogous to approaches used for text,” Niccolò Di Marco, an assistant professor at the University of Tuscia in Italy and…
The Parliament also called for more earmarking of funds for EU programs, and the imposition of new, EU-wide taxes on online gambling, tech giants such as Amazon and Google, and crypto firms. The Commission’s proposal for the 2028 to 2034 period envisages €1.8 trillion for expenditure on areas such as subsidies for farmers, industrial development and international aid schemes. In addition, it earmarks around €165 billion to pay back the common debt that was issued to finance the EU’s post-Covid recovery package — a measure that makes the total budget rise to €1.984 trillion. Parliament is calling for the total size…
Published on 28/04/2026 – 7:58 GMT+2•Updated 12:16 On today’s show: Top story: Euronews EU News Editor Maria Tadeo on Europe’s energy crisis as Macron has revived a call for Eurobonds – joint European debt issued by all 27 EU member states. Interview with Abir Al-Sahlani, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe), live from Strasbourg. Euronews correspondent Laila Humairah on the latest Middle East developments as tensions continue to impact global markets. Euronews’ Angela Skujins on China slamming the EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ strategy. Explainer by Jakub Janas: The business model behind the four Champions League finalists and what it…
Turkish miners starting their 8th day of hunger strike are surrounded by police in Ankara as they as they attempt to march to the Ministry of Energy. Police use pepper gas against the miners who tried to break the barricades and against those who join the protest in solidarity. “We have our receivables, our compensations, our union rights, we are due 5-6 wages, our boss pays us only a very small portion of what is due to us”, one of the miners tells AFP. The protest began after workers set out from nearby Eskişehir on April 13, reaching the capital…
Published on 28/04/2026 – 11:46 GMT+2 The headquarters of the Cervantes Institute in Utrecht has been seized as a precautionary measure by order of a court in the Netherlands, in the context of the litigation opened by the cuts in renewable energy premiums approved in Spain in 2013. The measure is in response to the enforcement on Dutch territory of international arbitration awards in favour of various investor funds. According to the court documents, to which local media have had access, the property – valued at around €10m and registered in the name of the Spanish Institute of Emigration -…
In a separate speech Monday, Abela quickly shifted into campaign mode and said his party would bring security by delivering “ambitious but sustainable” plans for Malta’s future and promised his government would focus “on your wellbeing,” according to local media. Leader of the center-right Nationalist Party, Alex Borg, responded in a Facebook video telling supporters that “we are ready” for an early election. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is a high-profile member of the Nationalist Party. Abela has been prime minister since 2020, and his Labour Party has been in power since 2013. Labour is currently leading the opposition Nationalist…
Last week, US President Donald Trump shared an image of eight Iranian women he claimed had been sentenced to execution, asking Iranian leaders to release them. The next day, he followed up on his Truth Social platform, alleging that the women had been pardoned, with four released immediately and four sentenced to prison for one month. Iran’s judiciary-linked Mizan News Agency responded to Trump’s first post, calling it fabricated. None of the women pictured in the image received a death sentence, according to the agency. It claimed that several of the women had been released, whilst the others faced charges…