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To obtain Vox’s support to form coalition governments in Extremadura and Castilla y León, PP-led regional administrations recently adopted the ultranationalist group’s prioridad nacional or “national priority” policy, which gives Spanish citizens preferential access to state benefits and services. Although polling indicates Spanish Catholics gravitate toward the right of the ideological spectrum, the pope’s focus on the suffering of migrants places him in greater political proximity to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s left-leaning administration. His coalition government, which comprises the center-left Socialist Party and the far-left Sumar group, is currently in the process of granting legal status to half a million…
Published on 08/06/2026 – 15:39 GMT+2 Seven EU countries have urged Brussels to resist any rollback of CO2 standards for cars and vans, arguing that weakening emissions rules would endanger Europe’s climate objectives, economic competitiveness and energy security, according to a document seen by Euronews. The plea from Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden comes after EU leaders, last December, eased a proposed European Commission ban on the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines by 2035 in response to pressure from several governments and automakers. Instead, the EU executive proposed a 90% reduction in car…
Updated: 08/06/2026 – 7:48 GMT+2 Children scream and run for cover as a school canopy collapses during the powerful earthquake that hit the southern Philippines, killing at least four people and injuring more than 200. … More
The push comes as geopolitical instability, including the war in the Middle East, is redirecting parts of the global export credit and investment insurance industry towards regions seen as carrying lower traditional war risk, including Central Asia. More than 70 of the world’s largest export credit and investment insurers gathered in Astana for the first-ever regional meeting of the Berne Union. Investment drive and ‘Golden Visa’ Kazakhstan credits the growing attractiveness of its investment climate to what Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov described as the “structural transformation” of the region’s largest economy. He invited Berne Union members to “take full advantage”…
In a joint statement on Sunday, Merz and his counterparts in France and the U.K. — together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — called for “direct dialogue between Ukraine and Russia with active U.S. and European participation” and set out five conditions to achieve peace, including an immediate and complete ceasefire. The current contact line between Russian and Ukrainian forces must be the starting point for negotiations, the statement read, and Ukraine must have “robust and legally binding” security guarantees in place. Russian assets must remain frozen until the Kremlin “ceases its war of aggression and compensates Ukraine for the damage…
Published on 08/06/2026 – 12:15 GMT+2 Residents in the western Afghan city of Herat told the AFP news agency they had witnessed several women detained by the Taliban government’s morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has drawn criticism from the United Nations. The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Sunday it was “concerned over multiple arrests and detentions of women in Herat Afghanistan for alleged non-compliance with dress requirements.” Taliban authorities rule according to a strict interpretation of Islamic law and have gradually tightened restrictions on women since returning to power in August 2021. Women nationwide must…
New round in the banking consolidation game. Intesa Sanpaolo, together with Unipol, a move that will also have repercussions for its investee Bper, on Monday launched a public purchase and exchange offer (OPAS) worth 30.6 billion euros for the entire share capital of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) banking group, in which the Italian state still holds a small stake through the Economy Ministry. Unipol will propose to Bper, of which it is the main shareholder, a merger with the Siena branches, from which a post-merger group would be created under the name Banca Monte dei Paschi. To…
By Anna Desmarais & AP Published on 08/06/2026 – 11:54 GMT+2 Apple will be setting its artificial intelligence (AI) agenda at its annual developers conference this week. The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), an information technology conference held annually both online and on-location in Apple Park, regularly focuses on software updates. Apple touted Apple Intelligence integration into its new operating system, iOS 27, ahead of the conference. Expected new AI features include improvements to Image Playground, which is rumoured to generate more lifelike images, and an upgraded Genmoji feature that would proactively suggest custom graphics based on a user’s photo library. The centrepiece, however,…
When it comes to visiting Turkey, Cappadocia is high on many people’s bucket lists. How could it not be when the UNESCO World Heritage-listed landscape, known for its fairy chimneys and underground towns, is best viewed on a sunrise hot air balloon ride? For the complete experience, visitors to Cappadocia need to stay in a cave hotel – and now there’s a stunning new option for you to book. Located next to Ortahisar Castle, one of the region’s most iconic landmarks, Elika Cave Suites Cappadocia, Curio Collection by Hilton is the brand’s first-ever cave hotel. “Our objective was to preserve…
“All this will be duly denounced by the Republic of Cyprus where appropriate,” Papadopoulos said. “The defense minister will today inform the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy [Kaja Kallas], and will also inform the European Council during its proceedings,” he added. The ministers were flying to Cyprus on Monday for a meeting of EU defense ministers on the island. Cyprus is the current holder of the six-month rotating European Council presidency. Radio communications with the aircraft were disrupted by controllers operating from the Ercan airport near the town of Tymbou in the Turkish-controlled northern part of…