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Do you think about money when planning a date? And does your financial situation affect whether you feel ready to start a relationship? Romance is not only about feelings. Dating also costs money. A coffee, a drink or a dinner can put pressure on your wallet. And for some people, money may affect not only where they go on a date, but whether they want to start a relationship at all. So, how much does dating cost across Europe? The answer varies widely from city to city according to the Mapping the World’s Prices 2026 report, published by Deutsche Bank…
The number of children choosing to learn Spanish in China is growing at an incredible rate, according to new figures from the Cervantes Institute. Enrolments in Philology degrees, optional subjects and Spanish as a foreign language courses have soared by 12.6% between 2023 and 2025. However, this post-pandemic surge has coincided with a shortage of staff. In a speech in Beijing to launch the “Spanish in the World 2026” yearbook, Luis García Montero, director of the Cervantes Institute said: “Teachers tell us that demand for Spanish keeps rising in the wake of the pandemic, which is why we are prioritising…
Ursula von der Leyen’s plan to slim down and reorganize the European Commission moves a step closer, with outside advisers calling for a stronger center, fewer bureaucratic silos and potentially far-reaching changes to some of Brussels’ most powerful departments. Then, after Aleksandar Vučić’s defeat in Serbia, Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur ask whether a new government can revive the country’s stalled EU path — and whether Brussels has some lessons to learn. Plus, tobacco lobbying in the European Parliament has surged just as the EU rewrites its smoking and nicotine rules. Finally, are you on team pumpkin decoration or team…
Published on 27 October 2026 – 6:02 GMT+1•Updated 6:12 A localised ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky went into effect early on Tuesday, The local pause in fighting started at 3 am to allow an aid mission into Oleshky in southern Ukraine later this week. According to her office, Melania Trump led talks with civilian negotiators from Russia and Ukraine after meeting with UN officials who briefed her on the situation in the town. The aid mission is planned ahead of a new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine expected…
Israel wählt in einer Zeit nie dagewesener Isolation und steht vor einer Richtungsentscheidung. Während Benjamin Netanjahu um sein politisches Überleben kämpft, bringt sich Ex-Generalstabschef Gadi Eisenkot als volksnaher Herausforderer in Stellung. WELT-Korrespondent Daniel-Dylan Böhmer analysiert aus Tel Aviv, warum dieser Wahlkampf tief in die israelische Seele blicken lässt und was ein Machtwechsel für Gaza und den Iran-Krieg bedeuten könnte. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ordnet Armin Laschet die geopolitischen Folgen der Abstimmung ein. Der Vorsitzende des Auswärtigen Ausschusses erklärt, warum er auf eine israelische Regierung ohne rechtsextreme Minister hofft und welche realistischen Chancen er aktuell noch für einen Friedensprozess sieht. Auf landespolitischer Ebene…
He also denied the industry was overrepresented in meetings with lawmakers, saying, “There are a lot of consumers out there.” He encouraged NGOs to ask for more meetings to explain their point of view. The Smoke Free Partnership said it had faced “significant pressure” on its resources due to the withdrawal of EU operating grants last year. “We have continued engaging with policymakers and coordinating independent public health expertise, but reduced funding means difficult choices about what activities can be prioritized,” it said, adding there was an imbalance between industry’s resources. A spokesperson for Hadjipantela said he engages with a…
Cultural heritage is safeguarded not only by recovering stolen works, but also by reconstructing their history, spotting suspicious movements on the market and training those tasked with protecting them. It is on this front that Italy and African countries are strengthening cooperation against the illicit trafficking of cultural property, with a new professional training programme included in the Piano Mattei. The initiative stems from a three-year agreement between Italy’s National School for Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activities and the École du Patrimoine Africain (EPA), an institution based in Porto-Novo, in Benin, specialising in the conservation and promotion of African cultural…
After losing in the first round, Lula da Silva pulled off a historic comeback to be re-elected president of Brazil in the second round. Back in the Palácio do Planalto, which he had never left, the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) defied unfavourable precedent: since 1989, the year when Brazil returned to direct presidential elections and introduced the two-round system**,** no candidate trailing after the first round had ever gone on to win the second. “I owe this to you. I have always thought that God has been very generous to me, because there are so many people better…
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Animatronic gorillas, an author’s mysterious disappearance, and husbands made out of wicker? No, these aren’t fragments from a fever dream, but indeed a taster of what’s coming up this week. The British Library is about to open a major exhibition on the life and works of crime novelist Agatha Christie, while Turin Art Week is launching an exhibition all about the visual manifestations ofQuantum theory (think infinity rooms and Kubrick). Then there’s Wicker, a strange, surreal and saucy movies about a woman that marries a man made from, well, wicker. Call her a basket case all you want, but it…