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Food prices have risen sharply across Europe over the past five years, but minimum wages have risen even faster in most of the 26 countries examined by Euronews Business. Malta is one exception. A worker on the minimum wage there can buy about 6% less food with their gross pay than they could five years ago, despite a rise in wages. Minimum-wage workers in Spain and France have also lost ground. Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose by 34% across the EU between August 2021 and August 2026, according to Eurostat. Hungary recorded the highest rise in the bloc, at…
There will be people on both sides, definitely some supporters of the Palestinian cause, wanting the government to go further and talk about genocide or divestment, which isn’t something they’ve done. On the other side, possibly more muted, there are voices within Labour who have their doubts about the whole thing, and think that there will be a negative impact on Jewish communities in the U.K. A lot of people are quite hopeful, even if they won’t say this out loud, that it helps bring the Labour Party back together on this issue, or at least starts to bring the…
France welcomed Pope Leo XIV to Paris on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands of people gathered along the Champs-Élysées to see the pontiff travel by popemobile to an outdoor Mass. Waving flags and cheering, the crowds lined a 2-kilometre route from near the Arc de Triomphe towards Place de la Concorde. The Vatican estimated that about 800,000 people attended the Mass, exceeding the 600,000 who had registered in advance. Leo stopped repeatedly to wave to the crowd and bless children and babies before reaching the ceremony. After the Paris Mass, Leo travelled to Lourdes, where he began his pilgrimage on…
Published on 26/09/2026 – 12:21 GMT+2•Updated 16:27 Thousands of people are taking part in Madrid’s second “March for Dignity” on Saturday, with protesters calling for a general election and voicing their support for Ceuta amid the autonomous city’s ongoing migrant crisis. The demonstration, organised by the Sociedad Civil Española with the support of the People’s Party (PP) and Vox, set off shortly after 10 am from the Plaza de Cibeles and headed towards the Arco del Triunfo in Moncloa, where it is expected to end at around 13:30 pm local time. Among those taking part was Vox leader Santiago Abascal,…
Azerbaijan marks the annual Remembrance Day with a nationwide tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives during the 44-day war in 2020, but also with a renewed hope brought by the historic peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, after decades of bitter conflict. The events of that autumn in 2020 changed the 30-year status quo generated by the dissolution of the Soviet Union which had brought decades of deep-rooted conflict and regional stagnation between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The cessation of hostilities in November 2020 reshaped the strategic landscape of the region establishing a new political framework which culminated with the…
Despite having apologised and despite Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attempts to put an end to the controversy that erupted during the week, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani’s comments about choosing a life partner on the basis of criteria such as the length of the skirt she should wear continue to spark negative reactions against the minister, crossing national borders and turning him into the subject of memes shared on social media. During a speech at an event organised last week, Tajani said he would advise marrying serious women who wear “longer skirts”. “Perhaps less eye-catching, but more reliable, more serious,…
The meeting of the German and the Russian ministers — the first of that kind since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — comes amid high tensions between Berlin and Moscow. Earlier this month, the German government accused Russian intelligence services of having orchestrated the attempted drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane at the Leipzig airport in Eastern Germany. In reaction, Germany imposed sanctions, including the closure of Russia’s consulate in Bonn, to which Moscow responded with similar measures against Germany, notably the closure of Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg. Germany and Russia also clashed during a U.N.…
Published on 26/09/2026 – 18:37 GMT+2 The traditionally particularly busy “Italian weekend” is just around the corner and on 26 and 27 September will mark the halfway point of this year’s Oktoberfest. After the extreme overcrowding last year, organisers are looking with particular attention at visitor flows in 2026. On the middle Wiesn Saturday in 2025, the festival grounds reached their capacity limits, so that access to the Theresienwiese had to be temporarily closed due to overcrowding. In parts of Wirtsbudenstraße there was such a crush at the time that nobody could move forwards or backwards – visitors spoke in…
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The Nations League clash will be played Sunday at a neutral Hungarian venue and without Irish fans, amid demands of pro-Palestinian protesters in Ireland for the match to be cancelled. During a press conference in Debrecen, Hungary, FAI chief executive David Courell said the match had been approved by “a significant majority,” but he declined to break down the precise vote. Beside him, a downcast Hallgrímsson said they were legally and professionally obligated to play Israel even though his squad was “almost to a breaking limit now.” “Nobody is comfortable playing this game,” Hallgrímsson said, describing the situation as a…