Author: staff

He said that Britain had failed to rebuild following the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, and had stuck with failed policies on globalization, mass immigration, and declining industry and training, creating a country where voters are now seduced by a “tempting path” of so-called easy answers. But to those who have nothing positive to say about the U.K.’s future, Starmer offered a kaleidoscope of positive images. “We will fight you with everything we have because you are the enemy of national renewal,” he said, picking out audience members who have delivered for their communities through recycling school…

Updated: 30/09/2025 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this September 30th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More

Indeed, the local headlines are being conspicuously dominated by national champions shedding staff. Earlier this week, Lufthansa said it will cut 4,000 administrative jobs by 2030. The news came only days after engineering giant Robert Bosch said it would cut an additional 13,000 positions by 2030, after announcing 5,550 layoffs in November last year. Automaker Volkswagen and Germany’s second-largest lender, Commerzbank, announced significant job cuts earlier this year. Such trends are having knock-on effects further down the supply chain: Insolvencies nationwide were up over 12 percent from a year earlier in the first half of 2025. Last week it was…

Swedish music streaming company Spotify announced that its longtime Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek will step down at the end of this year. Ek will take on the role of executive chairman from January onward. The company’s current two co-presidents, Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström, will take the helm as co-CEOs of one of Europe’s strongest technology brands. Ek co-founded Spotify and grew the company into a cultural behemoth with more than 696 million users and 276 million subscribers worldwide.

The Ukrainian military is sharing its expertise in fighting Russian drones with European countries, sending a mission to Denmark for joint exercises, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. “Our group of specialists has begun deploying a mission in Denmark to share Ukraine’s experience in countering drones,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X. European defence ministers agreed last week to build what they called a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace. Europe’s readiness and technology are lagging far behind Ukraine and Russia as cutting-edge drone warfare has become a…

“People want to have a debate about whether we can be better than we are currently being. If people think everything is going great and swimmingly, don’t vote for me.” Powell went on to say that she wants to see Angela Rayner — Labour’s deputy leader who resigned following a tax scandal earlier this month — return to front-line politics and break her silence following her resignation. She said that it was a “huge, huge loss” that Rayner had to step down and that she can “definately” come back as she is “still a leading figure in the party.” “I’m…

Earlier this month, Ireland threatened to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel’s bid were to proceed. “RTÉ believes that Ireland’s participation would be unacceptable given the appalling loss of life that continues in Gaza”, Irish public broadcaster said in a press release on 12 September. The move was the latest in a long line of demonstrations, boycotts and calls for sanctions, as the majority of Irish people remain highly supportive of Palestine and critical of Israel. 71% of those polled believe that the Palestinians live in an apartheid set up by Israel, according to a poll carried out…

Published on 30/09/2025 – 14:32 GMT+2 A Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Poland, a spokesperson for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw said on Tuesday. Volodymyr Z. was detained by police officers in the central city of Pruszków, according to Polish radio station RMF FM, which first reported his arrest. He has been transferred to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw. The man, whose full name wasn’t disclosed due to privacy rules, was detained on a European arrest warrant that was issued…

The Spanish Constitution requires that the draft state budget (PGE) must be submitted to Congress at least three months before the expiry of the previous year’s budget, so before 30 September. It also establishes that, if the new budgets are not approved before 1 January of the following year, the previous year’s budgets will be automatically extended until there are new accounts. This is precisely what has been happening since 2023. Pedro Sánchez’s coalition government, still operating under accounts from two years ago, has not yet approved either the fiscal framework or the spending cap, and for the third consecutive…

Low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced that it will only accept digital boarding passes starting in November. The airline will require passengers to check in online and generate their boarding pass on the Ryanair app. Printed paper boarding passes will no longer be accepted. The move has raised concerns about elderly passengers who may not own or be comfortable using a smartphone. Travellers are also questioning what they should do if their phone runs out of battery, is stolen or they lose internet connection. Here’s how the new policy will work and why paper boarding passes won’t be completely eliminated in…