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Published on 14/07/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2•Updated 16:33 The European Central Bank (ECB) took the digital euro project into its next operational stage on Tuesday by naming 36 payment service providers to help test the future currency in a large-scale pilot programme beginning in the second half of 2027. According to the ECB, the participants were selected from more than 50 applicants across the euro area and will work alongside the ECB and 19 of the euro area’s national central banks, excluding Bulgaria and Malta, during a 12-month testing exercise. The pilot is intended to assess the digital euro’s technical infrastructure,…
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Flowers lay outside the devastated Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar on Tuesday 14 July, as forensic officers searched the charred wreckage, where a burnt drum kit remained on the stage. The fire, which broke out shortly before midnight on Sunday, killed at least 27 people and injured around 70 others, authorities said. Among the dead were two members of the cover band Tosakan, keyboardist Kwang and singer Breeze, whose bandmate and boyfriend, singer Athipat Wijarn, described carrying her body from the pitch-black, smoke-filled venue. Police are examining whether an exit was obstructed and investigating the wiring of the 50-year-old…
The charges stem from David Sánchez’s 2017 appointment as coordinator of music conservatories in Badajoz, Extremadura. In 2024, Manos Limpias — a group with links to the far right that Spain’s Supreme Court was accused of filing frivolous lawsuits to undermine the government — lodged a complaint alleging the post had been created for the prime minister’s younger brother, and that civil servants colluded to rig the public competition in his favor. Sánchez has consistently denied the charges, and throughout the trial his defense argued that it was impossible to claim the post had been awarded in a show of…
Published on 14/07/2026 – 15:47 GMT+2 Ukrainian forces have struck at least 105 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov over the past eight days as part of their intensified campaign to isolate Moscow-occupied Crimea, reports reveal. According to the Ukrainian General Staff and Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Commander Major Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, his forces have recently struck 10 vessels in just one night, including ferries and tankers that Russia uses to transport oil and petroleum products and circumvent sanctions. “The peninsula’s transhipment infrastructure is being stung every night, traffic through the strait has stopped, and cargo unloading has…
By Euronews Persian Published on 14/07/2026 – 14:09 GMT+2 Iran struck two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, killing one crew member and injuring eight others, as the US reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports and Trump said Washington was “taking control” of the waterway, in the sharpest escalation since the framework deal signed last month. US strikes also hit the port city of Bushehr — which hosts Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant — with deputy provincial governor Ehsan Jahanian saying “four points in the city of Bushehr were hit by enemy projectiles at noon,” according to state-run…
Published on 14/07/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2 The buzz surrounding Erling Haaland is not dying down, even if his World Cup is over. Norway may have been defeated 2-1 by England in the quarter finals on Saturday, but all anyone online can talk about is Haaland’s goal scoring, his celebratory rowing with his Norwegian teammates, or even a resurfaced rap song that’s gone viral. Now, the internet has a new Haaland obsession… Having flown back home, a photo of Haaland disembarking the airplane at Oslo airport has gone viral due to a rather unique souvenir everyone’s favourite player brought back to…
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens carried out searches and seizures last week at various locations in Attica and Kastoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected VAT fraud involving the trade of small electronic devices and the laundering of proceeds from criminal activities. The investigation, launched almost a year ago, has so far uncovered a complex network of companies set up in Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Greece, which are believed to have been used to trade small electronic devices across the European Union. At the centre of the case is an alleged VAT carousel…
Published on 14/07/2026 – 14:06 GMT+2 Switzerland’s competition watchdog has opened a preliminary investigation into Google after the tech giant removed a feature allowing users to choose their default search engine when setting up Android devices in the country. The Competition Commission, known in Switzerland by its acronym (WEKO), said on Tuesday its secretariat had launched the probe to examine whether the removal of the so-called “Choice Screen” constitutes an unlawful restriction of competition under Swiss cartel law. “Default settings play a crucial role in digital markets… eliminating this feature could restrict the visibility of search engines that compete with…
Published on 14/07/2026 – 13:45 GMT+2 Dutch archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown 3,000-year-old tomb near Luxor, Egypt, revealing vivid wall paintings and inscriptions that identify its owner as a man named Paser. Announced recently by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), the discovery was made in the Sheikh Abd El-Qurna necropolis on Luxor’s West Bank, part of the UNESCO-listed Theban Necropolis, one of ancient Egypt’s most important burial grounds for priests and high-ranking officials. The team behind the excavation believe the tomb dates to the Ramesside period (circa 1292–1069 BCE), based on the style of its decoration. It was…