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Published on 01/09/2026 – 16:56 GMT+2•Updated 17:05 European Union passport holders will see visa-free stays in Thailand slashed from the middle of September. The Southeast Asian nation has announced that it’s halving the length of trips without visas for tourists from more than 60 countries and territories to 30 days. The move was floated back in May, but it has now been confirmed that it will come into force on 15 September. Euronews Travel previously reported that the decision was apparently down to a string of high-profile crimes involving foreign nationals. Local reports show a number of recent arrests of…
“Working closely with our European neighbours will make Britain a wealthier, safer country- that is why I am putting the European relationship at the heart of my agenda as Foreign Secretary,” Miliband said ahead of the meeting, which will take place in Wicklow in Ireland. The foreign secretary is set to hold a series of bilateral meetings, including with his EU counterpart Kaja Kallas and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. He is also due to meet his Irish counterpart Helen McEntree, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha — the latter two also attending the meeting…
Published on 01/09/2026 – 16:54 GMT+2 The European Union is setting up a new high-level group of political and military leaders from member countries, the UK and Ukraine to work out how to boost Europe’s defence capabilities as threats from Russia escalate. Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, announced the initiative at an informal meeting of defence ministers in Ireland on Tuesday, saying it would help design a new approach to European defence. “The aim is to have some of the brightest minds on security and defence come together and really provide out-of-the-box solutions…
By Euronews Persian Published on 01/09/2026 – 16:15 GMT+2 Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the US in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory remarks following the first exchange of fire between the two countries in a month. Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, Pezeshkian said that “if the US returns to its commitments in the memorandum of understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately reciprocate,” Iranian state media reported. The June framework deal called for an immediate ceasefire and started a…
Borrowing costs across some of Europe’s biggest economies have surged to their highest levels in more than 15 years, as a renewed sell-off in global bond markets gathers pace. The global bond rout pushed Germany’s benchmark borrowing costs to a 15-year high on Tuesday, with France, Italy and the Netherlands all seeing similarly steep rises. Germany’s 10-year Bund climbed above 3.36% on Tuesday, according to Trading Economics. Later, the yield went down a bit and traded at around 3.34%. Bond yields move inversely to prices. When investors sell bonds, prices fall, and because a bond’s fixed interest payment becomes worth…
The last few years have seen the digital sphere expand considerably, supported by the rapid progress in cloud, artificial intelligence and next-gen interfaces. This has led to new tech terms popping up faster than we can keep up. The inclusion of digitally-native Gen Z employees in the workforce has also supported this shift, calling for catchier tech terms across the digital and corporate landscape. These are some of our favourite tech terms that you never knew you needed to know. Ghost launch Ghost-launching is when a product or startup is quietly released into the market without any kind of hype,…
Summer blockbuster season is over and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to look ahead to this year’s slate of fall movies. That and everyone is going to start stocking up on pumpkin spice everything. Good luck and don’t overdo it. Or do – we don’t give a frappe. Considering we’ve already had eight months full of cinematic goodness – from horror hits Obsession and Backrooms to literal epics – and a box-office shattering summer courtesy of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, 2026 is looking like it’s going to be one for the books. Especially since the last four…
Germany, in particular, has led calls to move from unanimity voting on CFSP to so-called qualified majority voting (QMV), but France, among other states, has traditionally opposed such a change. The letter opens the door to greater use of QMV without explicitly endorsing any wholesale change in voting methods. “We continue to strive for consensus wherever possible,” reads the letter signed by the foreign ministers of Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain in addition to France and Germany. ” But we must also ensure that this culture of consensus fosters common action rather than preventing it…
10 years after Brexit, European leaders once again stayed silent through a landmark referendum on EU membership, showing how little Brussels has learned from its own mistakes. On Sunday, EU officials absorbed the news that Icelanders had voted against resuming EU membership negotiations, in a knife-edge referendum that split 52.8% to 47.2%. Their response was muted at best. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made no public statement, leaving an anonymous spokesperson to say only that Brussels had taken “note” of the results. European Council President António Costa was one of the few to break the silence, saying through…
Israeli airstrikes killed at least five Palestinians in Gaza City on Monday, according to hospital officials and rescuers. Two people were killed when a strike hit the entrance of a residential building near the city’s municipal park, while three others died after a drone strike hit a vehicle in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood. The Israeli military said the strikes targeted Hamas militants, without providing further details. The attacks came despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreed in October 2025, which has halted much of the large-scale fighting but has not stopped Israeli strikes in Gaza. Palestinian officials say more than 1,300 people…