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After almost four years closed, the National Theatre D. Maria II, on Rossio in Lisbon, is finally reopening its doors after the biggest renovation in decades. It is doing so with a “cursed play” and with tickets almost sold out. “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, which was on stage at the National Theatre D. Maria II when a fire destroyed the building in 1964, is the production chosen for the reopening. It is a deliberate choice by artistic director and director Pedro Penim and serves as a provocation in the face of the many productions that have been plagued by accidents.…
Some government officials have long suggested that conversations around the U.K. prime minister’s attendance at CHOGM are guided closely by the monarch’s wishes. Burnham and his wife had an audience with King Charles at Balmoral, his Scottish castle, earlier this month. Royal officials say plans are led and decided by the Commonwealth Secretariat and its secretary-general. The king would have good reason to want backup, as the politics of this year’s summit looks destined to be particularly fraught. It is being held in Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean, many of whose island nations are leading a charge for Britain…
Published on 23/09/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 Observing the events of last July in Ceuta, Spain, many in Athens were reminded of what happened in 2015, when hundreds of boats carrying refugees and migrants arrived on Lesvos and other islands each day. The mass attempt by thousands of people to enter European territory ‘evoked memories’ of the 2020 events at Evros, when thousands also tried to cross from Turkey into Greece. The political debate has heated up, and the migration issue returned to the top of the agenda. Against this backdrop, MPs Dimitris Kairidis and Milena Apostolaki face off in this…
By Euronews Persian Published on 23/09/2026 – 20:13 GMT+2•Updated 20:16 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Iran had been the victim of terrorism and not its perpetrator, in an address that pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s threat a day earlier to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian’s speech marked a striking instance of a foreign leader addressing the world body while their country is at war with the host nation. He opened by holding up photographs of children killed in a missile strike on the Shajarat al-Tayyiba school in Minab on the first day…
Major European stock markets opened slightly lower on Friday as investors took profits after Thursday’s rally and digested another round of monetary tightening by global central banks. The pan-European STOXX 600 fell around 0.2% in early trading. The DAX lost 0.42%, the EURO STOXX 50 declined 0.19%, the CAC 40 fell 0.34%, and the FTSE 100 slipped 0.18%. Investors were also focused on the latest economic data. UK retail sales volumes rose by 0.5% in August and by 2.4% compared with a year earlier, beating expectations. German producer prices increased by a stronger-than-expected 4.6% year on year. Bond markets stabilised…
Qatar Airways is preparing for the busy winter travel season and planning the next phase of its growth. After months of regional disruptions, including the temporary suspension of flights in February, the Doha-based airline has had to adapt its operations to offer passenger support, expand its routes and remain resilient. And now, Hamad Ali Al-Khater, Chief Executive Officer at Qatar Airways Group, said that “passenger numbers have recovered to around 90%-95% of last year’s levels”, with Hamad International Airport currently handling more than 140,000 passengers a day as international carriers gradually return to Doha. This includes British Airways, which resumed…
Published on 18/09/2026 – 12:21 GMT+2•Updated 16:12 Between €22 and 30 million, the highest estimate ever placed on a painting sold in France. That is what a buyer could spend to obtain ‘Iris’ by Claude Monet. On 22 October, Sotheby’s auction house will be offering the rarely seen work by the French Renaissance master for sale, alongside other works from the Schlumberger family’s private collection. A monumental painting created by Monet at the end of his life, the canvas is, according to curators, in remarkable condition. _”_It has no varnish, it is on its original canvas and has never been…
The incident comes as Polish prosecutors revealed that a Russian Gerbera 2 drone found in the Baltic Sea last week had been carrying a high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Sept. 17 that Russia could launch drone or missile strikes against countries that support Ukraine, and try to pass them off as accidents. European officials have accused Moscow multiple times this year of using sabotage, cyberattacks, espionage and drone operations to pressure Kyiv’s backers as Russia continues its grinding full-scale war on its neighbor. In August, Germany blamed Russia for an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport,…
The European Union “urgently” needs to act quickly to rebalance its “unsustainable” trade relationship with China, Commission Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Stéphane Séjourné, told Euronews, stressing that significant job losses are at stake. Recent customs data showed the gap between the bloc’s imports from China and exports to China, the trade deficit, ran at more than €1 billion a day in July. “This trade rebalancing is becoming existential for Europeans,” Séjourné said on Euronews’ interview programme The Europe Conversation. “Today we’re losing thousands of jobs every week,” he noted, adding that the EU already lost 250,000 industrial…
Around 150 women have graduated from Syria’s new police academy in Al-Tal, north of Damascus, after six months of training. The ceremony shows them marching and performing exercises. The course covered military and physical skills, as well as police procedures, law and field work. The academy is part of efforts by Syria’s new authorities to rebuild the security forces and increase the role of women in policing. One graduate, 22-year-old May Aklajneh, says becoming a policewoman was a childhood dream and that she joined as soon as recruitment opened. The first cohort is expected to join Interior Ministry units across…