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To find a more cost-effective solution and strengthen collaboration, NATO is turning to industry for ways to counter unmanned systems. Earlier this week, the second AIRCOM Industry Day took place at Germany’s Ramstein Air Base, bringing together representatives from European arms manufacturers and the military. A drone crashing into a house in Romania, another violating Lithuanian airspace, and Munich Airport suspending operations for several hours following a suspected sighting: unmanned systems, and how to counter them, have become an increasingly acute threat for NATO. If a drone is detected violating NATO airspace, the operation known as “Eastern Sentry” is triggered,…
While there are many ancient empires that have left their mark on history, in Europe, the Romans dominate the conversation. Remnants are everywhere, from our use of the Latin alphabet and many law principles to the fact that men apparently think about the Roman Empire every single day, as revealed by a TikTok trend a few years back. Roman buildings and archaeological sites continue to fascinate, with tourists flocking to the Colosseum in Rome, Hadrian’s Wall in the UK, and the Aqueduct of Segovia in Spain. Yet not all of the remaining Roman wonders have made it into the mainstream,…
In a professional kitchen tucked inside the Cité Fertile, a vibrant cultural hub on the outskirts of Paris, Marie-Clarisse Bonzia carefully arranges trays of colourful canapés destined for a prestigious corporate event later that evening. Among them are cassava and okra mini-quiches served with mango curry sauce, alongside mafé-marinated chicken skewers, or sweet potato bites with cream cheese and Likouala pepper. “My cuisine is a bridge between Congo, my home country, and France”, smiles Marie-Clarisse. “I learned French culinary techniques to showcase ingredients from back home.” That bridge is more than culinary. The soft-spoken-chef had never imagined that her cooking…
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Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council, the eighth time in its history, was meant to be a proud moment to showcase the benefits that membership in the bloc has brought to the shamrock-loving republic and the diplomatic skills it has acquired as a result. “Holding the presidency is an honour and a responsibility, and we are ready to give it our all,” Taoiseach Micheál Martin said at the presidency’s opening ceremony at Dublin Castle. But the special occasion has been largely overshadowed by an explosive scandal over Ireland’s alumina sales to Russia, an uncomfortable, perhaps untenable, look for a country…
Uzbekistan is trying to turn rising visitor numbers into longer stays and higher tourism revenue, as new air links become central to the country’s travel plans. Growth has accelerated over the past three years. Official figures show inbound tourist trips by foreign citizens rising from 6.63 million in 2023 to 7.96 million in 2024. Preliminary official data put the 2025 figure at 11.68 million trips, an increase of 46.8% from the previous year. The economic value of tourism has also increased. Tourism services exports rose from $2.14 billion (€1.88 billion) in 2023 to $3.52 billion (€3.09 billion) in 2024. In…
Published on 04/07/2026 – 6:00 GMT+2 The Society of Saint Pius X has responded to Pope Leo XIV after the excommunication which followed the ordination of four bishops without the Vatican’s approval. The superior general, Father Davide Pagliarani, as he had already done in response to the Pope’s appeal on the eve of the celebration in Ecône in Switzerland, replied in a letter in which he expressed the “sorrow of the community”. For the cleric, the condemnation of the so-called “Lefebvrists”, the ultra-traditionalist Catholics who reject the modernisation introduced by the Second Vatican Council and therefore, among other things, continue…
Compared to its Western allies, the U.S. occupies a solitary position on this list. It outranks Poland by 25 spots in terms of impunity, while Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Australia all rank more accountable by 30 to 50 spots. It seems the club of democracies that America assembled and sustained for all those decades now has a growing hole in its center: the U.S. itself. But it would be a mistake to assume the rest of the West is immune. For Washington, this is not a momentary drift. It is a fundamental breach. The U.S. is currently the…
Published on 03/07/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2•Updated 10:58 While US President Donald Trump “is always raging at something”, he might not create too much rancor at next week’s NATO summit in Ankara, a longtime US diplomat has said. Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO who also served as the first Trump administration’s special representative to Ukraine, told Euronews’ flagship programme Europe Today he believes Trump won’t want to embarrass the summit’s host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “Donald Trump is always raging about something: he’s unhappy about European contributions, European defence spending, Iran, whatever it might be,” Volker explained,…
Published on 03/07/2026 – 14:52 GMT+2 European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is weighing the possibility of playing a role in the upcoming French elections, which could lead her to leave her post early, she told French newspaper Les Échos on Thursday. Lagarde did not specify the role she has in mind, but said she is not currently planning to run as a candidate, and would instead prefer to contribute to and shape the electoral debate. “I believe that a European voice needs to be heard in the French presidential debate,” Lagarde said, adding that it would be presenting as…