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Published on 02/10/2025 – 14:03 GMT+2 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has seen his wealth pass a new milestone: he is officially halfway to becoming the first-ever trillionaire. Shares in Tesla, Musk’s EV company, gained nearly 4% as of 15.30 ET, which is 21.30 in Central Europe. That added an estimated $9.3 billion (€7.9bn) to his fortune, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. The stock movement pushed Musk’s wealth just above $500bn (€425.25bn) for a short period, although the moment was short-lived. Musk ended Wednesday worth an estimated $499.1bn. The tech billionaire regularly makes headlines because of his staggering…
Very few, however, see the inevitable outcomes of this playbook: a deteriorating economy and the crumbling of the basic services that sustain the public’s faith in government. So, when does the tide turn? Historian Anne Applebaum is among the few who clearly draw this link, noting that MAGA and other Trumpian imitators are in love with Orbán’s illiberal “playbook” largely because it coopts the machinery of democracy rather than directly assaulting it. But what they fail to notice are the long-term consequences of corruption, poverty, diminished living standards — and, crucially, a soured public. Today, the extent of dissatisfaction with Orbán…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán launched a new scathing attack against the majority of EU leaders over the plans to counter Russian incursions into member states’ airspaces, as discussed at the EU summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday. On his arrival at the European Political Community gathering in Copenhagen on Thursday, Orbán announced that “the EU has decided to go to war” and that at Wednesday’s informal EU summit, they presented their war strategy on how to defeat the Russians, which he labelled as “horrifying”. He referred to the EU leaders’ decision to give “broad support” to proposals to ramp up…
Published on 02/10/2025 – 12:36 GMT+2 •Updated 13:03 Turkish Airlines is planning to start flights to the Armenian capital Yerevan amid a thaw in relations between the neighbours after decades of tension. In a filing on Tuesday, the airline expressed its desire to launch the route as long as there was enough demand for the service. The announcement from Turkey’s flag carrier followed a meeting between the special envoys of both countries in Armenia on 12 September. Turkey’s special envoy for normalisation with Armenia, Serdar Kılıç, arrived in the country’s eastern neighbour via the land border, which, more than three…
“I am sorry for that,” Macron joked. Trump has repeatedly confused Armenia and Albania when talking about his efforts to resolve the long-standing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “I solved wars that was unsolvable. Azerbaijan and Albania, it was going on for many, many years, I had the prime ministers and presidents in my office,” he said during an appearance on Fox News last month. And during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump said, “We settled Aber-baijan and Albania,” butchering the name of one South Caucasus country and confusing the other one entirely. To be…
By Euronews Published on 02/10/2025 – 12:54 GMT+2 Police in Morocco have shot two people dead amid youth-led nationwide protests against the state of public services. The deaths occurred in the small town of Leqliaa, hundreds of miles south of the capital Rabat, after police opened fire on demonstrators, allegedly in self-defence. Morocco’s state news agency, MAP, cited local authorities as saying police shot two “troublemakers” in an act of self-defence. It claimed they had been attempting to seize police weapons, though no eyewitnesses could corroborate the report. The deaths were the first since the so-called “Gen Z” protests broke out…
The so-called “Gen Z protests,” fuelled by internet-savvy youth, are the country’s largest in years and have spread despite lacking authorisation. Anger is directed at alleged corruption and neglected schools and hospitals, contrasted with billions spent on football tournaments. In Sale, near Rabat, masked teenagers torched cars and shops, while unrest was also reported in Inzegane, Ait Amira and Oujda, where a police vehicle rammed into demonstrators. Authorities said 409 people have been arrested since Saturday, with more than 280 people injured, including security forces and civilians. At least 142 police vehicles and 20 private cars have been damaged. Amnesty…
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Published on 02/10/2025 – 10:21 GMT+2 Athletes with intellectual disabilities competed in boccia and table tennis at the European Commission during European Sports Week, pressing EU officials to increase funding and policies for inclusion in sport, education, employment and healthcare. The event, organised at the European Commission by Special Olympics, aims to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the EU. “We are here to show the European Union that funds and policies are needed for greater inclusion, not only in sport, but also in education, employment and health services,” Bulgarian athlete Viktor Petrov Hristov told Euronews. Hristov…
“If nothing changes, the outcome is already known … This government will fall,” the Socialists’ leader Olivier Faure said. Jean-Philippe Tanguy, who handles the far-right National Rally’s economic policy, accused the prime minister of trying to “buy time” by delaying budget announcements in an interview. Union leaders, who have repeatedly accused Lecornu of ignoring their demands, will spend Thursday on the picket lines in the second general strike of Lecornu’s short tenure. His first full day as premier coincided with a nebulous movement to “block everything” that failed to materialize. Lecornu has acknowledged his relatively tenuous position as a head…