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Published on 03/09/2026 – 18:26 GMT+2 Several incendiary devices were set off during the night outside Munich-based technology group Rohde & Schwarz and German drone manufacturer Helsing. Investigators currently believe that two of the devices ignited, while the third apparently did not. A witness called the police at around midnight after incendiary devices were thrown from a moving car at a building site on the street. Officers who arrived at the scene were able to extinguish the fire immediately. No major damage was reported. The suspects, a 38-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, were then arrested. According to German public…
By Christina Molle with AFP Published on 03/09/2026 – 17:20 GMT+2 A first soon on France’s roads? On Wednesday 2 September, Paris authorised tests of Tesla self-driving cars on its roads. The Transport Minister, Philippe Tabarot, also spoke on Wednesday with Tesla boss Elon Musk about the decision. “With two vehicles being made available, we are now entering a new phase: that of on-road trials”, the minister said in a message posted on the social network X. Yet only in July, Paris had initially said it did not intend, at this stage, to authorise Tesla’s fully automated, supervised driving system, citing safety concerns.…
The bloc’s ambassadors could not find common ground on the proposal on Wednesday, with Slovakia being the sole holdout. “Apparently, they have some objections. I think we have heard them before,” one EU diplomat said. They were granted anonymity to comment freely on the closed-door negotiations. A spokesperson for the Slovak government declined to comment and shared a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “Discussions on the regular six-month review of the sanctions regime … are ongoing and are expected to be concluded by 15 September 2026.” Talks also touched on adding a further 27 individuals and companies to…
The head of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative has called for those responsible for Russia’s illegal deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to face prosecution, as the EU prepares new sanctions targeting another 27 Russian individuals and entities. “Bring Kids Back UA has continuously called for all those responsible for Russia’s illegal deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to face prosecution, and we welcome this positive action from the European Union towards ensuring accountability for these crimes,” Maksym Maksymov told Euronews. “Children who remain under Russian control continue to face the risk of indoctrination, militarisation and the…
Published on 03/09/2026 – 16:49 GMT+2 A senior Russian air force commander was shot twice at close range in the Saratov region on Wednesday morning, in the latest of a series of attacks against Russian military officers on its territory. An unidentified gunman on a motorbike fired twice at the officer as he was leaving a shop in the village of Probuzhdeniye in Engels district and fled. One bullet struck him in the face, the other in the torso. He was taken to hospital in serious condition before being airlifted to Moscow for further treatment. Telegram military blogger channels identified…
Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days has inspired plenty to follow in the fictional Phileas Fogg’s footsteps, circumnavigating the globe by train, plane and various other means of transport. But if your aim is to actually see the world, rather than just make your way around it, you’re definitely going to want to slow down just a tad. Which is exactly what Explorations by Norwegian, the world’s longest continuous scheduled cruise, is offering passengers now. Having just set sail from Rome, the 348-room Regatta will spend 371 days exploring the world, visiting 220 ports across 62 countries. While…
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The salaries of school staff, and in particular teachers and school heads, make up the largest single cost in formal education, yet teachers in most European countries are often considered underpaid relative to their level of education. Some studies put teachers’ starting salaries at around 40% less than the earnings of other professionals with a tertiary education, and while the gap narrows as they reach the top of the payscale, a stark geographic divide across Europe persists. In the 2024/2025 school year, Luxembourg was the EU country that paid teachers the most across most of the education levels they taught…
Months before New York City barred generative AI from classrooms, Norway had already banned it nationwide — exposing a gap in the EU’s own AI rulebook. Norway banned generative AI from its primary schools back in June, becoming one of the first countries in the world to draw a hard line against the technology in classrooms, months before the United States’ largest school district followed suit. The Norwegian ban, which took effect at the end of August, covers grades one to seven and permits supervised use only up to the age of 16. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has…
The thinking behind the proposal is that a CDU-led minority government with support of the far left — as is the case in other eastern German states such as Saxony and Thuringia — would give the AfD further ammunition to attack the party. CDU state premier Sven Schulze, the party’s lead candidate, quickly distanced himself from from the proposal. “That is the opinion of a single party member,” he told German magazine Stern. “No decision has been made on this, and it will not be a topic of discussion in the coming days.” The document has not yet been adopted,…