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After 16 years of Angela Merkel, marked by major policy mistakes in energy, economic, and migration policy, followed by three disastrous years of a dysfunctional coalition under Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz’s government is now drifting towards a historic low point. Germans might still find ways to rationalise the fact that the international community placed more trust in much smaller countries such as Portugal and Austria than in Germany, Europe’s leading power. Portugal has many friends around the world, enjoys considerable goodwill in Africa, and the UN Secretary-General is Portuguese. But the fact that neighbouring Austria has received significantly more votes…
The world is consuming more oil, gas, coal and renewables than ever before, the International Gas Union’s chief of staff told the final day of Baku Energy Week, challenging the conventional understanding of energy transition. “There is not so much energy transition as there is an energy addition,” said Damjan Krnjević Mišković, chief of staff to the IGU secretary-general. “We’re consuming more and more oil and gas and coal and nuclear and biomass and renewables than we ever have before in the world,” Krnjević Mišković explained. The dominant theme of the day revolved around how to expand renewable capacity without…
Bitcoin’s slide deepened on Wednesday, with the price dropping as low as $61,300 for the first time since February, extending one of the most turbulent periods for the world’s largest cryptocurrency this year. The price is down more than 25% from its high earlier this month and over 30% since the start of the year, making 2026 one of Bitcoin’s weakest years in recent memory relative to other major risk assets. At the time of writing, Bitcoin has bounced slightly and is trading around $63,000. What makes the current sell-off particularly significant is not just its scale but its source.…
The last time Scotland qualified for a World Cup, Scottish indie rockers Belle and Sebastian were about to release their seminal album ‘The Boy with the Arab Strap’. Now Scotland is back, and so is the band – with a World Cup anthem for a generation of Scots who weren’t even alive the last time their country made the tournament. As football fever grips Scotland ahead of its opening match against Haiti on 14 June – its first appearance on football’s biggest stage since France 1998 – the Glasgow indie icons have released ‘It Only Takes One Lion’, an unofficial…
The remarks came shortly after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen unveiled a new coalition government on Wednesday, ending months of political uncertainty. Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen retained his post and is expected to remain Copenhagen’s key interlocutor with Washington on Greenland. Trump’s bid to acquire the Arctic island in January this year rattled European allies and prompted Denmark to prepare contingency plans for a worst-case scenario involving U.S. action against its territory. Relations within NATO members deteriorated further when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February — and several European capitals declined to offer military help. Madrid denied…
Cyprus and Kazakhstan signed five cooperation agreements and pledged to deepen economic ties during the first official visit by a Cypriot president to Kazakhstan, as the two countries opened embassies simultaneously in Astana and Nicosia. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Astana, where they held bilateral talks followed by discussions with government delegations from both countries. The meeting produced memoranda of understanding covering higher education and research, culture, sport, information and communication technologies, cybersecurity and e-government, as well as a separate agreement between the two countries’ chambers of commerce. Tokayev awarded Christodoulides the First Class…
A Sherpa guide who went missing on Mount Everest was found alive after spending nearly a week alone on the mountain. Dawa Sherpa, 52, was discovered crawling toward base camp by a cleanup team near the Khumbu Icefall, just above Everest Base Camp. He had last been seen descending the mountain on May 29 after guiding a Polish climber. While his client reached base camp safely, Dawa never arrived, prompting concerns for his safety. Rescuers carried him down the mountain before he was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu. His wife and daughter, who had already begun funeral…
By Maria Muñoz Morillo Published on 03/06/2026 – 21:39 GMT+2•Updated 04/06/2026 – 11:04 GMT+2 Now in its fourth edition, the Ibiza Tech Forum has firmly established itself as the place where the present and future of technology meet. This year, the main stage was set in the spectacular Caló de s’Oli Auditorium, where the forum took a qualitative and quantitative leap forward, showing that the island has far more to offer than its world‑famous reputation as the global party capital. Euronews spoke to Vicent Roig, mayor of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, the municipality hosting the event, about the strategic role…
Published on 04/06/2026 – 12:36 GMT+2 Atout France, the country’s tourism development agency, has announced that 33 hotels have received “palace” designation for 2026. Following the first full reassessment of the programme in seven years, 27 establishments have had their palace distinction renewed while six have been added for the first time. The palace title sits above the standard five-star hotel classification and is reserved for properties considered to represent the very best of French hospitality, service, heritage and luxury. What is France’s palace distinction? Created in 2010, the palace label identifies and honours France’s best hotels which offer an…
Published on 04/06/2026 – 11:43 GMT+2 Celebrated German director Wim Wenders has withdrawn from circulation his 1975 film Wrong Move, due to then-13-year-old actress Nastassja Kinski appearing topless in a scene. The director said in a statement: “Streaming, television broadcasters and distribution partners will be instructed to cease public access to the film.” The decision follows comments made by Kinski, now 65, who told Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper last month that she has spent 15 years unsuccessfully trying to get Wenders to change the film. “That was my first film, he was my first director and he didn’t protect me,” Kinski…