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Florian Sengstschmid first set foot in Baku in 2001. After a career working in destinations around the world, the Austrian-born CEO of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board might be hard to surprise. Yet he says the country still has surprises in store. A crossroads with European roots Sengstschmid believes the South Caucasus is underrated. Its countries are often lumped together under a post-Soviet label, he says, without their individual histories and cultures being fully understood. Azerbaijan sits where Europe meets Asia, and he points to a European thread that few visitors expect. Bridges built by the Siemens brothers can still be…
The front-runner in France’s presidential reiterated her campaign promise to pare back payments to the EU by billions of euros ahead of a critical summit on Thursday. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Spiralling energy prices, the EU’s long-term budget and support for Ukraine in the wake of Donald Trump’s latest overture to Vladimir Putin will dominate the conversation as the leaders gather for a two-day summit in Brussels. Enlargement, hybrid warfare, economic stagnation, rising borrowing costs, trade imbalances and irregular migration will also feature in the talks. The meeting will start early on Thursday with a hotly anticipated discussion on energy prices, which hostilities in the Middle East have sent skyrocketing. Oil remains above $100 per barrel despite a coordinated G7 release, while gas trades at its highest level since winter 2022,…
The demonstration took place outside the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court as the trial opened under tight security. Protesters held signs declaring “Russia is a Terrorist” and challenged the decision to bring war crimes charges. One placard drew a distinction between damaging a gas pipeline and bombing buildings or killing civilians. Ivan Kuritsyn, from Citizens’ Initiative Vilni De Ua, a non-profit organisation set up by Ukrainians displaced by the war, said the demonstrators had come to show their solidarity with Serhii Kuznietsov. The 50-year-old defendant, identified by German prosecutors as Serhii K., is accused of helping organise the operation that damaged…
Published on 14/10/2026 – 17:51 GMT+2•Updated 18:30 Sometimes a dark discolouration in the soil is enough to open a window onto a long-forgotten world. In the Lower Bavarian village of Großköllnbach (Dingolfing-Landau district) just such a clue led to a discovery that is posing new questions for archaeologists: in a pit they uncovered the remains of a person who lived around 7,000 years ago. But it is not just the great age of the find that makes it remarkable. Above all, it is the unusual position of the skeleton: unlike the burials that were customary at the time, the body…
“Since last night, all Starlink and Starshield terminals used by our forces have been subject to a speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour,” the officer said. POLITICO talked to three frontline soldiers, who all spoke on condition of being granted anonymity, as well as a Ukrainian defense ministry spokesperson and the EU’s top defense official. The reported restrictions have revived a question Ukrainian commanders have worried about for years: how much of the country’s battlefield communications can rely on a service controlled by a U.S. company. Ukrainian soldiers say the restrictions have halted some medium-range drone strikes over Ukraine,…
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares tells Euronews the upcoming election on November 29 pits a ‘progressive majority’ against rightwing forces that want to remove fundamental rights. Albares sees elements of foreign interference, saying “they want to divide and weaken Europeans”. He also discusses Madrid’s position ahead of an EU leaders summit on Thursday, advocating to use the Russian frozen assets to finance Ukraine after Brussels shelved the idea in 2025. He spoke on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum.
At least one person was killed and more than 20 others injured in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight into Wednesday. A large fire broke out in a residential building after it had come under Russian shelling. The strikes targeted a key power plant in the city, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy noted that the Darnytska CHP-4 plant, which supplies the capital with heating and electricity, was targeted by a ballistic missile. The attack comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, halting attacks on energy targets. Since…
Même s’il a dû mal à percer dans les sondages, David Lisnard, candidat à la présidentielle, a réussi à faire parler de lui ces derniers jours en surfant sur une campagne en ligne bien ficelée et en partie fabriquée. Voilà qui ne fait pas les affaires de Bruno Retailleau, le candidat des Républicains. Quelle est la réalité de cet engouement supposé pour le maire de Cannes ? Cela peut-il rebattre les cartes à droite ? Au-delà, comment la galaxie libérale s’organise pour peser sur l’élection ? Elisa Bertholomey et Paul de Villepin partagent leurs infos avec Anthony Lattier dans le…
Published on 14/10/2026 – 17:42 GMT+2 French investigators are searching for the hackers who took over refrigeration units at at least 350 supermarkets, forcing staff to throw away spoiled meat and frozen food. Stores belonging to Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarché and Coopérative U were among those hit when attackers manually overrode fridge temperatures. The affected stores are a small fraction of France’s supermarkets. The lack of a ransom demand or claim of responsibility has puzzled investigators, according to a source with knowledge of the probe cited by Reuters. Criminal and hacktivist groups usually move quickly to profit from or publicise their…