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By Euronews with AP Published on 12/09/2025 – 14:34 GMT+2 After a lifetime of spurning would-be business suitors, the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani instructed his heirs to sell a 15% minority stake in his vast fashion empire within 18 months, according to his business will posted online on Friday by the Italian daily La Repubblica. He also demanded that this stake should be sold to either the French conglomerate LVMH, the eyewear giant Essilor-Luxottica, the cosmetics company L’Oréal, or another group of “equal standing”. Later, the will said, an additional 30% to 54.9% stake should go to the same buyer between three…
De Wever — a Flemish nationalist politician — joins a growing chorus of critics, including Germany’s commissioner for culture, Wolfram Weimer, and Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor. Both called the cancellation “antisemitic.” “Equally troubling is the unprecedented requirement that artists provide written statements of their political views,” De Wever added, referring to the organizers who said they had asked Shani to detail his stance on Israel’s war in Gaza, but he declined to answer. Contacted by POLITICO, a spokesperson for the festival declined to comment on De Wever’s statement. Festival organizers previously said the cancellation was “in no way motivated…
A Greek abbot accused of attempting to illegally sell church relics for €200,000 has claimed they were his grandmother’s, presenting his defence during a marathon pre-trial hearing on Thursday. The abbot, from the Mega Spilaio monastery in the Peloponnese, and five other suspected accomplices were arrested on Monday, following an investigation by Greek police. The suspects, who are being held in custody while awaiting trial, are accused of forming, directing and joining a criminal organisation. The other charges they face also include embezzlement. The six have denied all the charges against them. Police said the network attempted to sell 17…
On Wednesday, Polish and Dutch fighter jets scrambled to shoot down Russian drones violating Poland’s airspace. Polish police say that fragments of 16 drones have been found across eastern Poland. The incident was one of the most serious violations ever of a NATO country’s sovereignty and was perceived in Europe as a military and political test from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Poland invoked NATO’s Article 4, summoning allies to discuss the situation. Washington’s response was initially muted, with Trump posting a cryptic message on his Truth Social platform: “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!” On…
Published on 12/09/2025 – 11:58 GMT+2 The European Union has agreed to prolong for another six months the sanctions on more than 2,500 individuals and entities accused of propping up Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and undermining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The blacklist includes President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, lawmakers, high-ranking generals, oligarchs, business leaders, propagandists and mercenaries, as well as those responsible for the abduction of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories, a war crime for which Putin is wanted. The decision to renew was taken on Friday during a meeting of ambassadors in Brussels,…
Seven years after the “Gilets Jaunes” or Yellow Vests protests and iconic roundabout occupations shook France, a new citizen-based movement called “Bloquons Tout” — Block Everything — is challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s government, drawing comparisons to the 2018 events. But to what extent are the popular uprisings comparable? The immediate similarity to both is that they emerged on social media, the primary platform for social discontent and rallying people worldwide. “The Yellow Vests protests were primarily on Facebook, with groups boasting up to 1 million active members, revealing a popular mobilisation fueled by massive, emotional, and viral expression”, Véronique Reille…
The product has been “enthusiastically embraced” by users stateside, Spotify’s global director of competition policy, Avery Gardiner, said at a Brussels event this week. Gardiner explained that Spotify cannot directly tell its European users how to buy goods like Audiobooks under the current conditions of its contract with Apple. On the other hand, pursuing an alternative contract would not be economically viable, she added. “If you can’t tell people how much stuff costs or where to buy it, they don’t buy very much of it,” Gardiner observed, contrasting the situation in Europe with that in the U.S. “The U.S. government…
Hundreds gathered in Manila to denounce budget cuts, delayed infrastructure projects and alleged corruption, with both faculty members and activist groups joining the demonstrations. The protest came days after two senators were accused of receiving kickbacks linked to flood-control projects during a televised congressional inquiry. Several construction executives also testified in a separate Senate hearing, claiming they were asked for payments worth a quarter of project costs in exchange for government contracts. The scandal has already forced the resignation of the public works secretary and led Marcos Jr to announce an independent commission of inquiry. Funding for flood-control projects next…
“We want to displace all Russian gas. President Trump, America, and all the nations of the EU, we want to end the Russian-Ukraine war,” said Wright. “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us. So the answer to your question is absolutely.” At the same time, Wright called for European countries to find alternatives to Russian atomic power, saying “we want to see nuclear technology coming from the United States or within the EU itself.” On Thursday, the EU’s top court ruled that the Commission was wrong to have allowed…
By Lucy Davalou & AP Published on 12/09/2025 – 10:47 GMT+2 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that Russia’s drone violation of his country’s airspace on Wednesday posed a threat not just to Poland but to wider Europe. “This drone attack was not aimed only at Poland, but at European states as well,” Tusk said on Thursday. Other European countries have expressed alarm over the incident, which involved 19 Russian drones entering Polish territory, some of which were shot down. Poland’s prime minister confirmed that Polish military officials would travel to Ukraine for aerial defence training following the Russian attack. His country…