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Summer is holiday time for many people in Europe, but stays away are also a privilege that many cannot afford. In 2025, almost three in 10 EU citizens aged 16 or older were unable to afford a week of annual holiday away from home, according to the latest Eurostat figures. This share increased by 0.5 percentage points compared with 2024. However, when compared to a decade ago, the share decreased significantly by 7.7 percentage points. Last year, the highest proportions of people unable to afford a week of annual holiday were recorded in Romania, Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary. In addition,…
Published on 07/08/2026 – 8:29 GMT+2 South Korean authorities have collected 15 landmines believed to have washed over into their coastal territory from the inter-Korean border on monsoon deluges, officials said on Friday. The Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), splitting the Koreas since their 1950-53 war ended with an armistice, is one of the most heavily mined places on Earth. Some 800,000 are estimated to be buried around the area, according to military data cited by the Yonhap news agency, many from the war but mine-laying has continued in recent years. Choi Young-ran, head of civil defence for South Korea’s northwestern border…
The English Channel is one of the busiest stretches of water in the world, and one of the most carbon-heavy. But one company is pioneering passenger ferry crossings between the UK and France that are much kinder on the environment – powered almost exclusively by wind. SailLink currently runs one sail-powered ferry between Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Now, it is launching a one-week pilot route between Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex and Fécamp in Normandy. If the trial crossings go well, a permanent second route could follow. The crossing is a far cry from the usual car ferry services. Instead of duty-free…
Published on 07/08/2026 – 13:56 GMT+2 The White House has made an enemy out of Marvel fans. A recent post on its official Instagram account sees Spider-Man imagery being used as part of media campaign to promote Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Accompanied by the caption “Your friendly neighbourhood ICE agents”, the four-part post shows Spider-Man firing a web which ends up in the final image, showing a group of men caught in the web. The final caption reads: “Criminal illegal aliens will be caught and deported.” This sort of thing is not usual for Donald Trump and his administration,…
Published on 07/08/2026 – 12:58 GMT+2 The European Union has imposed sanctions on five individuals involved in Russia’s military-industrial complex following recent Russian air strikes on Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. “Each new attack on Ukraine is another reason for Europe to tighten the screws on Russia,” Kallas wrote on X. The new sanctions were adopted on 7 August in response to the strikes, Kallas said, but she did not identify the individuals targeted or provide further details about the measures. Kallas said Moscow was escalating its attacks on civilians as Russian forces remained…
Published on 07/08/2026 – 9:41 GMT+2 An Australian air crew flew a US national from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a rare midwinter rescue. The Airbus A319 Long Range aircraft, with the call sign Snowbird 1, flew from the Australian city of Hobart to the US McMurdo Station in Antarctica on 31 July in response to an “urgent request for assistance,” the jet’s Melbourne-based owner Skytraders said in a statement. The jet landed after a five hour and 30 minute flight at the Phoenix Airfield near McMurdo in darkness and with temperatures as low as -43C,…
It takes a unique mind to make a psychosexual fairytale featuring a leather-clad serial killer, futuristic vistas, and Tom of Finland levels of homoeroticism and make it boring. But Nicolas Winding Refn has achieved just that. Ten years since his last feature (The Neon Demon), the director of Drive and Only God Forgives has indulged in some of his worst tendencies by making Her Private Hell a very public one. You’ve been warned. It opens promisingly enough, with mist engulfing a neon-soaked metropolis. A young woman, Elle (Sophie Thatcher), meets blushing ingénue Hunter (Kristine Froseth) in the lobby of the…
“I’d rather be accused of defending democracy than of trying to buy it.” Musk, who is a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has regularly weighed in on European politics and thrown his support behind far-right candidates and parties — and France is no exception. In July, Musk said far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was “France’s last hope,” but her National Rally party was quick to downplay his backing to avoid being associated with the controversial owner of Tesla and SpaceX. Hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon also slammed Musk’s attacks against Tondelier on Thursday, before accusing the French government…
Nicosia has expressed its satisfaction at the entry of the French investment group Meridiam as majority shareholder in the Great Sea Interconnector. Cyprus’ Energy Minister, Michalis Damianou, said that the participation of the French group gives new momentum to the project’s implementation and confirms the shared political will of Cyprus and Greece to advance electricity interconnection. He added that the Republic of Cyprus is still awaiting the due diligence study of the European Investment Bank (EIB) before deciding whether it will participate in the project as a shareholder. Damianou described Meridiam’s entry as a “vote of confidence” in the project,…
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