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With a smaller proportion of oil and gas supplies likely to be compliant, less availability means there’s a real risk this looming crisis will affect energy affordability for households and businesses alike. Remember, these rules have nothing to do with lowering levels of methane, which the legislation does not demand until 2030, but are about adhering to measurement, reporting, certification and verification standards for which neither the European Commission nor member states have done the work to establish in time for implementation. With a smaller proportion of oil and gas supplies likely to be compliant, less availability means there’s a real risk this looming…
By Euronews Persian Published on 21/05/2026 – 11:30 GMT+2 Iran secretly executed four men — two Kurdish political activists and two Iraqi nationals — without notifying their families or granting final visits, the human rights organisation Hengaw reported, as Amnesty International said Iran carried out more executions in 2025 than any other country. Ramin Zale and Karim Maroufpour were executed at the central prison of Naqadeh. The Iranian judiciary’s official Mizan news agency said both men had been convicted of “armed uprising,” “attempted assassination” and “forming a group to disrupt national security,” and described them as members of the Kurdistan Democratic…
Serbia gained the status of an official candidate for EU entry in 2012, and opened talks on areas of alignment with the bloc, known as clusters, in 2014. Asked whether Serbia’s pro-Moscow stance is complicating its EU membership drive, she said, “It doesn’t make things easier for us, which is more than obvious, since we have not opened any new cluster in the EU integration process since December 2021.” Meanwhile, other Western Balkan countries such as Albania and Montenegro have made progress in their EU accession talks, while Serbia’s negotiations have stalled, Brnabić said. This isn’t because Serbia is not…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been confronting critics accusing him of giving up Karabakh during the heated election campaign ahead of the elections in June. In a campagn event in Yerevan, Pashinyan grabbed a megaphone and had a heated exchange with a man from Karabakh who approached him with accusations. Pashinyan has been accusing the critics that they stand in the way of Armenia’s peaceful future and economic revival. Video showed security personnel dragging the man away before Pashinyan picked up a megaphone and shouted at him in front of the crowd. The man, identified by Armenian media as…
A historic Buddhist hall on Miyajima Island burned to the ground after a fire broke out near Mount Misen in western Japan. Aerial footage showed flames and smoke engulfing Reikado Hall before the structure was left charred and destroyed. The hall was part of the Daishoin temple complex and was known for housing an “eternal flame” believed to have been burning for more than 1,000 years. Japanese authorities said around 30 firefighters were deployed to battle the blaze, which was later extinguished.
Published on 21/05/2026 – 19:14 GMT+2•Updated 21:43 The piece itself? Just 14 rust-coloured steps, arranged in a spiral. Yet this section of staircase went under the hammer for 450,160 euros on Thursday 21 May during a sale at the Artcurial auction house. And with good reason: these 14 steps once formed part of the 1,665 that run up the Eiffel Tower. Standing 2.75 metres high, this section of the Iron Lady came from the helical staircase that linked the second and third floors of the tower when it opened in 1889. During renovation work on the monument in 1983, and…
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A French appeals court convicted Air France and Airbus of involuntary manslaughter on Thursday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France’s aviation history. The Paris Court of Appeal ruling was a dramatic reversal of a lower court decision. The appeal court said that the French flag carrier and Europe’s leading aerospace manufacturer were “solely and entirely responsible for the crash of flight AF447”, ordering each to pay €225,000, the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter. While the penalties are symbolic, the ruling is seen as significant reputational damage for both companies.…
Ukrainian military units have introduced tournaments and point based systems designed to improve speed, precision and coordination among drone pilots. While details about a reported “Wild Drones” competition remain unclear, the wider practice is well established across Ukraine’s defence sector. Operators train by flying low and fast through obstacle courses that simulate battlefield conditions such as trenches, ruined buildings and wooded terrain. Military analysts say these exercises help pilots improve manoeuvring under electronic jamming and hostile fire while allowing commanders to identify the most effective tactics and crews. Drones now play a central role in the war, with both Ukrainian…
Published on 21/05/2026 – 19:14 GMT+2•Updated 20:29 The artwork? Just 24 rust-coloured steps, arranged in a spiral. Yet this section of staircase sold for 450 160 euros on Thursday 21 May at an auction at the Artcurial auction house. And with good reason: these 24 steps once formed part of the 1,665 that run up the Eiffel Tower. This fragment of the Iron Lady, 2.75 metres high, once formed part of the helical staircase that connected the second and third floors of the tower when it was inaugurated in 1889. During renovation work on the monument in 1983, when lifts…