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By Euronews Green Published on 02/06/2025 – 16:18 GMT+2More than 40 per cent of Europe is currently facing some form of drought, the latest official update reveals.Pockets of south-eastern Spain, Cyprus, Greece, and areas across the south-eastern Balkans are under the highest form of “alert” according to the European Drought Observatory (EDO)’s report for 11-20 May.But a drought “warning” is also in place across large swathes of northern and eastern Europe, following a record-breaking hot and dry spring, driven by climate change. March was Europe’s warmest on record, and some countries saw their driest March, Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) previously…

Three former top executives from French video game giant Ubisoft – the maker of games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry – went on trial today.Serge Hascoët, Thomas “Tommy” François and Guillaume Patrux appeared before the Bobigny criminal court on charges of psychological abuse, sexual harassment and attempted sexual assault.The trial is due to continue until Friday. During the week, the judges will hear the accounts of six women and three men, as well as accusations made by two trade unions.The defendants deny all the allegations against them.The Ubisoft omerta began to break in 2020. Three years prior, a Ubisoft…

Perhaps most worryingly for Poland’s government, a win for Trzaskowski was also meant to offer certainty over Poland’s access to billions of euros of EU funds. Nawrocki’s victory now raises questions about this financial lifeblood as he is likely to block key judicial reforms. “Tusk’s reform agenda is, if not dead in the water, then at least dying,” said Ben Stanley, an associate professor at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the SWPS University in Warsaw. Populists in power Nawrocki joins other Central European populists such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovakia’s Robert Fico who are…

Graham — a close ally of Donald Trump who occasionally finds himself at odds with the U.S. president — is pushing for a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate that would impose steep tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy resources. The bill, jointly authored with Democrat Richard Blumenthal in April, has garnered 60 co-sponsors so far, and is expected to “start moving” this week, Graham said last Friday. “Pressure works, as the Kremlin understands nothing else,” von der Leyen said in a statement. “These steps, taken together with U.S. measures, would sharply increase the joint impact of our sanctions.” …

South Koreans will head to the polls on Tuesday in a snap presidential election following the removal from office of previous leader Yoon Suk-yeol, who was ousted over his brief but disastrous declaration of martial law in December.Around 44 million South Koreans are expected to vote, including the some 258,254 Koreans living abroad, according to media reports. There are six candidates on the ballot, but the liberal frontrunner and former human rights lawyer, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea, is widely tipped to win, mainly due to public discontent with Yoon’s actions.Additionally, a series of Gallup Korea polls last…

“This case is important because these practices were facilitated through an anti-competitive use of Delivery Hero’s minority stake in Glovo,” said Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera in a statement. The case marks the first time the Commission has fined a company for breaking the EU’s cartel rules around no-poach agreements signed with a competitor. Specifically, the firms agreed to hold off from recruiting white-collar employees from their rival. The no-poach agreements did not cover delivery riders. “It is also the first time the Commission is sanctioning a no-poach agreement, where companies stop competing for the best talent and reduce opportunities for…

Published on 02/06/2025 – 13:29 GMT+2At the time of writing (13:05 CEST), all major European indexes were in the red after China said the US “severely violated” the terms of their recent trade agreement. Market participants also considered the impact of US President Donald Trump’s plan to double current tariffs on steel and aluminium from 25% to 50% from this Wednesday.The EURO STOXX 50 was down 0.68%, Germany’s DAX fell 0.48%, while France’s CAC 40 declined 0.63%. “Donald Trump has upset markets once again,” Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said in an email note sent to Euronews.“Doubling import…

By Euronews with AP Published on 02/06/2025 – 13:34 GMT+2President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead the US’ space agency NASA. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Trump wrote late on Saturday on his social media site, Truth Social. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space”.The White House did not respond to a request from the Associated Press to clarify what that meant. In response, Isaacman…

UK house prices edged up slightly to 3.5% on an annual basis in May, up from 3.4% in April, according to Nationwide’s latest House Price Index report. This was ahead of analyst estimates of 2.9%, pointing to a still-resilient UK housing market, despite cost challenges following stamp duty threshold decreases at the start of April. On a month-on-month basis, UK house prices jumped 0.5% in May, bouncing back from a -0.6% fall in April. This was more than the 0.1% increase expected by the market as well. The average UK house price was £273,427 (€324,232.5) in May, up from £270,752 (€321,053.7) in…

The checks on fresh produce were yet to be introduced and have been repeatedly delayed amid concerns about disruption they pose to supply chains. Industry figures welcomed the move and said it was “common-sense,” pointing to earlier calculations that the checks would have led to £200 million in higher costs and resulting higher prices. “This Government’s EU deal will make food cheaper, slash bureaucracy and remove cumbersome border controls for businesses,” Biosecurity Minister Helene Hayman said. “A strengthened, forward-looking partnership with the European Union will deliver for working people as part of our Plan for Change.” SPS checks on food…