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She added: “But there’s a serious point, isn’t it? If you are saying that you want to be a globally competitive city that has a growing economy and delivers for your residents, then you’ve also got to put your grown-up shoes on. “And when people come to town, you’ve got to make sure that you’re hosting world leaders in a way that reflects the U.K. in a professional and serious way.” ‘Cool, calm heads’ Craig, who grew up in Northern Ireland, was pressed on Trump’s incendiary recent call for Irish reunification. She urged caution on the issue — but declined…
Published on 29/09/2026 – 14:15 GMT+2 A digital levy proposed by the European Parliament to help fund the EU’s next long-term budget could raise up to €25bn a year, according to leading MEP Danuše Nerudová. The new estimates put the yield of the Parliament’s proposed EU-level taxes far above what the European Commission originally calculated. Talks are at a crunch point. EU countries are scrambling to agree the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) by the end of the year, and new “own resources” flowing directly into EU coffers remain a key flashpoint. “We need new own resources to cover the…
By Euronews Published on 29/09/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 EU authorities seized over €33 million in counterfeit medicines in 2025 alone. In the Netherlands, fake oxycodone pills have been found containing nitazenes, synthetic opioids up to 500 times stronger than morphine, causing fatal respiratory failure within minutes. Experts blame the explosion of online marketplaces and small parcel shipments, which have made illicit goods nearly impossible to intercept. Influencers unwittingly fuel demand by rebranding fakes as “dupes” or “clones.” With low legal risk and high profits, criminal networks are shifting into counterfeit pharmaceuticals, luxury goods and electronics alike, exploiting consumers who assume online…
Household electricity bills remain high, yet on the wholesale market some operators can even be paid to consume energy. This is one of the paradoxes created by the growth of renewables: sun and wind produce when they can, not when the grid needs them, and in moments of oversupply prices can even turn negative. This is why huge batteries, BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) are needed, able to absorb surplus energy and feed it back into the grid later. Their role is so strategic that it has triggered a genuine gold rush, with Italy in a leading position. Batteries, 300…
With Europe being the most visited continent in the world, how can tourism flows be managed in a way that supports local communities while also adapting to the challenges of climate change? Speaking at the Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit in Brussels, Eduardo Santander, CEO and Executive Director at the European Travel Commission (ETC), described the continent as becoming a “museum or attraction park” for the world’s travellers. “There’s nothing wrong” with that, he said, adding that an attraction park or museum can be a “perfect place to be” when it is “well organised” and “well managed”. In the latest…
Published on 29/09/2026 – 11:38 GMT+2 Legendary American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is preparing to return to the stage with a series of anniversary shows celebrating the 50 years of his seminal album ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’. The special tour of the UK, Europe and the US will see Wonder perform the 1976 record in full during each show. It will kick off in Birmingham, UK, before heading to Paris, Oslo, Cologne, Amsterdam, Dublin and London. (Scroll down for the full tour dates.) Routinely voted one of the greatest albums of all time, the double album features hit songs…
But Marra said that while he’d support a U.K. effort to rejoin should Europe find itself in a “different place” in the future, he admitted it may not be a “realistic prospect” for a generation or more. “Politics in Europe, I think, is really unstable at the moment. It’s facing many of the same challenges that we are in the U.K. in terms of the global economic instability, challenges in the Middle East, and migrant crises across parts of Europe have really destabilized politics.” Marra, who took over as leader after Labour suffered a humiliating defeat in May’s Scottish Parliament…
Climate change is increasingly linked to the rising cost of travel, according to Eduardo Santander, CEO of the European Travel Commission. Speaking at the Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit in Brussels, Santander said higher costs are affecting how people perceive and experience travel. He also highlighted labour shortages in the tourism sector, with some European countries relying on workers from outside the continent. Santander said Europe remains heavily reliant on intra-European travel, while the US continues to be an important long-haul market.
Hurricane Polo made landfall on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, cutting power and causing flooding as the sea breached coastal defences. The Category 3 storm is the latest in a busy storm season turbo-charged by the El Niño weather phenomenon which has caused unprecedented warming in the equatorial Pacific. Polo hit just south of Las Barrancas, a small fishing village in Baja California Sur state on Mexico’s west side, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said, warning of life-threatening winds and flash flooding. As Polo approached, strong winds churned the sea and waves off Puerto San Carlos, a fishing…
Central Europe could do more to market itself as one interconnected destination, rather than allowing national borders to dictate how visitors experience the region, tourism leaders told the Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit. Olivér Csendes, President of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, and Sandrine Buffenoir, Director for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg at Atout France, were speaking to moderator Mared Gwyn-Jones in Brussels about the future of European tourism. Csendes said there was an opportunity for neighbouring countries to work together more closely, particularly as travellers increasingly try to fit multiple destinations into one trip – a trend sometimes dubbed “trip-maxxing”.…