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By Chiara Zampiva & Euronews Published on 05/02/2026 – 12:40 GMT+1•Updated 12:41 The ongoing dispute between social services and an Anglo-Australian family living in rural Italy, which has drawn international attention, had a fresh turn after health experts recommended returning three children to their parents. A report by psychiatrists from the Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti Local Health Authority said it is essential to restore stable family ties for the children, who were removed from their parents in November. The seven-page document said returning the children to their family is urgent while acknowledging the need to monitor the parents on educational objectives and social integration. Catherine Birmingham,…
By Euronews with AP Published on 05/02/2026 – 13:01 GMT+1 The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at 3.75% on Thursday as inflation remains above target and economic growth is showing signs of picking up. The central bank, which sets interest rates for the whole of the UK, has been steadily reducing interest rates over the past 18 months, more often than not every three months. It last cut its key rate in December by a quarter of a percentage point and indicated that further reductions are likely this year. Since then a series of economic indicators have shown the…
By Euronews Published on 05/02/2026 – 10:30 GMT+1 Bill Gates said he regrets “every minute” he spent with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, denying allegations contained in draft emails released by US authorities last week. “Every minute I spent with him, I regret, and I apologise,” Gates told 9News Australia in an interview broadcast Wednesday. After the US Justice Department released nearly 3 million new pages of Epstein-related documents last week, unsent draft emails surfaced making claims about Gates. “Apparently, Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was never sent. The email is false,” Gates said. “I…
“It’s no more combatting Russian trolls trying to hack the system. If pointed at the EU and Greenland, the disinformation campaigns on U.S. platforms become the system,” he said. Ripe for exploitation The relationship between Denmark and Greenland is particularly ripe for exploitation, said Signe Ravn-Højgaard, co-founder and CEO of Denmark-based Digital Infrastructure Think Tank, who conducted an analysis on the misinformation landscape in Greenland. With a population the size of a Brussels municipality, news travels fast in Greenland and there are few media outlets that can debunk information. Most people rely on Facebook, said Ravn-Højgaard. With only a few shares, a fake news story can reach the entire population. Organized…
In Tallinn, starting a company can take minutes. Registration, taxation and contracts are handled online, often without a single interaction with a civil servant. For entrepreneurs, the state is designed to stay out of the way. This efficiency has made Estonia, with a population of 1.3 million, one of the EU’s most business-friendly countries. It also raises a difficult question for Brussels: if one small country can make business so easy, why does the EU still struggle to function as a single market or to initiate its EU-INC plan? A small ecosystem with significant impact Estonia’s startup sector punches above…
The IOC hosted a fashion showcase at Clubhouse26 in Milan, where Olympians walked a runway wearing team kits, opening ceremony looks and a new Olympic outerwear collection. Italian style was front and centre, with Salomon also presenting uniforms for volunteers and staff, designed for both city streets and mountain venues. Team USA revealed classic Ralph Lauren coats in navy and scarlet, while technical fabrics met clean lines across collections from 90 national teams. With nearly 2,900 athletes expected, the event offered a first glimpse of how performance wear and tradition will meet when the Games open on 6 February.
Published on 05/02/2026 – 10:31 GMT+1 Digital change is “critical,” and artificial intelligence (AI) will be key to this for Germany’s future, the country’s minister for digital transformation and government modernisation, Karsten Wildberger, told Euronews Next. World leaders and technology experts are meeting in Dubai for the World Governments Summit, where discussions on technology are placing artificial intelligence and digitalisation at the centre of the agenda. Karsten said Germany is pushing ahead with efforts to modernise government services while expanding AI use. “We are embracing it at full speed,” said Wildberger. “I would say AI is actually the next technology…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News As the political drama over Peter Mandelson spills into the Commons – with another climbdown and a damaging revelation – it raises the bigger question: How secure is the Sir Keir Starmer premiership? With some MPs calling for Sir Keir to go – along with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney – pressure is mounting over the stark confession that the prime minister knew about Mandelson’s continuing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before he was appointed the UK’s ambassador to the US. Elsewhere, has Andy Burnham actually improved his leadership chances by…
As Arctic ice retreats and geopolitical tensions harden, NATO’s northern flank is emerging as one of the alliance’s most consequential and neglected theatres, and Europe is now confronting a hard truth: it is strategically underprepared to play a role in a region that is set to become a key military and economic corridor. Most European allies might have disagreed with United States President Donald Trump’s aggressive Arctic policy, but most seem to agree with the substance of his message: the Arctic needs special attention, and it needs it fast. Their problem: they’re missing both the doctrines and the military capabilities…