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Portugal is often considered one of the most welcoming and hospitable countries in the world, with international studies and surveys repeatedly placing the Portuguese people at the top of tourists’ favourites. It is therefore no surprise that Porto has been awarded the title of “Europe’s friendliest city”. The distinction comes from readers of Condé Nast Traveller in the Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 (source in Portuguese), which also place the city of Lisbon in second position in this category. The vote aims to identify cities where “hospitality is at its warmest” and “you find locals eager to help, whether you’re trying…

Danny Boyle has criticised the erosion of truth in today’s media landscape, drawing a connection between the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire and the attention economy that dominates modern media. Speaking at the London Film Festival premiere of Ink on Monday, the director described the film as a story about the early development of a media culture in which attention and commercial success came at a cost. The film follows the rise of British tabloid The Sun and a pivotal year in which the newspaper overtook its rival, the Daily Mirror. Guy Pearce, who plays Murdoch, described him as…

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Published on 13/10/2026 – 16:16 GMT+2 The director general of Britain’s MI5 domestic intelligence service warned on Tuesday that Russia remained “aggressor number one” amid increasing threats from foreign states. Delivering an annual speech from Thames House in London, Ken McCallum told attendees that MI5 was currently “devoting more resources to countering state threats than during the Cold War.” “The Russian military and intelligence services are once again escalating their attempts at hybrid warfare, being careful to stay below the NATO Article 5 threshold, which would be foolish for them to cross,” he added. A number of states have accused…

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said on Tuesday that his country “will emerge from this crisis more resilient and better equipped to adapt to global changes,” outlining the country’s national strategies which now also focus on diversifying the economy towards the “non-hydrocarbon sectors,” in addition to the traditional model of liquefied natural gas global supply which Qatar wants to increase. In a speech to the nation at the opening of the Shura Council’s annual session in Doha, Sheikh Tamim made it clear that “Qatar was attacked on its territory by Iran, in a blatant violation of its…

National telecoms authorities, EU policymakers and Barcelona-based satellite company Sateliot met at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss how radio frequencies and fresh money will decide who controls the communications Europe relies on from orbit, with the bloc’s current seven-year space budget expiring in 2027. Euronews was at the event, organised by Sateliot, whose spacecraft act as mobile phone masts in space, connecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as sensors and trackers where ground networks don’t reach. The EU’s €14.8 billion space programme for 2021-2027, which funds Galileo, the bloc’s satellite navigation system, and Copernicus, its…

SONDAGE CLUSTER 17 X POLITICO. Avec 48% d’intentions de vote, le candidat de la gauche unie (hors LFI) est donné avec 7 points d’avance sur Rachida Dati, bien que Sophia Chikirou (LFI) conserve l’essentiel de ses électeurs. Mar 20 3 mins read

Another major day of demonstrations got underway in France on Tuesday, with students and trade unions taking to the streets to protest education conditions and funding as the National Assembly began its debate on the government’s budget proposals for 2027. Teaching unions told Euronews that they were dissatisfied with the government’s response to concerns over long school days, overcrowded classrooms, run down facilities, and teacher absences. “It is clear that the responses that have been provided are inadequate and do not meet the needs set out,” Elisabeth Allain-Moreno, secretary-general of SE UNSA, a teachers’ union, said. France’s Education Minister Édouard…

Russia’s parliament will vote later this month on a budget that allocates a record 44% of federal spending to defence and security — double the share for social programmes — as the Kremlin presses ahead with a fifth year of all-out war in Ukraine. The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, is due to begin examining the 2027–2029 draft on 22 October. President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won an absolute constitutional majority in September’s parliamentary elections, making major amendments unlikely before it passes. Military expenditure this year has reached 17 trillion roubles (€181 billion) against the 12.1 trillion…

Published on 13/10/2026 – 16:43 GMT+2 After much anticipation, Apple have launched a new product that marks a decisive moment for the company as it pushes into the smart home. Called the “HomeView,” it resembles an iPad that lives in your house and has a 7-inch Retina display mounted on an oval base with speakers. The home hub, as it has been referred to colloquially online and in the media, is supposed to be switched on at all times and will be a way for users to connect with Siri. It can recognise up to six different household members and…