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National mainstream leaders have also weighed proposals to potentially cut off federal funding to Saxony-Anhalt that would be part of the so-called fiscal equalization system, which moves money to poorer states from wealthier ones. That funding, which for Saxony-Anhalt amounted to €2.8 billion in 2025, could theoretically be cut for rule-of-law concerns, although legal hurdles are high. But the AfD says it is prepared to take action against such efforts. The AfD’s national party leaders created a “Working Group on Government Participation” to begin drafting bills that could be passed in the state legislature and to weigh how the party,…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 16:10 GMT+2 Hungary has fulfilled all the milestones required to receive the full €10 billion in post-coronavirus recovery funds earmarked for the country, Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy announced on social media. The deadline for meeting the conditions attached to the payments expired on Monday. Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who won a landslide election victory in April, had campaigned on a promise to unlock EU funds that were suspended during Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule In May, Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed to release €16.4 billion in EU funding that had…
If you’re a fan of ‘Strictly’ or ‘Dancing with the Stars’ you’ll most likely love the dancing now on display in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Hundreds of couples from 47 countries are strutting their stuff at the 24th Tango BA Festival in one of the world’s biggest tango competitions. Running until 2 September, the festival features more than 2,000 artists and around 150 concerts, exhibitions, dance classes and milongas across 50 venues. Sixty couples have reached the decisive stages, with 40 competing in Tango de Pista and 20 in Tango Escenario. The World Championship finals will take place at…
The European benchmark Dutch TTF natural gas price for October 2026 delivery reached an intraday high of €70.85 per megawatt-hour on Monday, according to ICE data, as uncertainty over LNG supplies from the Gulf put upward pressure on prices. On Sunday, US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Iran to retaliate by firing missiles at US forces in Jordan. The escalation threatens to cause further disruption to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, as the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of global LNG trade normally passes, remains effectively closed. The disruption comes at a…
Witnessing the launch of a rocket is not something you can enjoy every day; only a few lucky spectators were able to watch live from French Guiana as Ariane 6 carried MTG-I2 into orbit, the new generation of weather satellites that will monitor the atmospheric conditions affecting Earth. Those attending the event in Tucán were keen to share with “Euronews” their impressions after experiencing the thunderous launch, a new step in space exploration for European science. With this third-generation Meteosat satellite, Europe is at the forefront of monitoring and preventing meteorological events.
Influential left-leaning businessman and media mogul Mathieu Pigasse, tapped by the United States to restructure Venezuela’s debt, is also mulling a primary run, according to a person close to him who, like others in this piece, was granted anonymity to candidly discuss the state of the race. But Faure, who has led the Socialists for more than eight years, is the most likely to offer Glucksmann a run for his money. One Socialist lawmaker said it’ll now be a close contest. Another one of the party’s MPs said Faure can sometimes appear immortal, “kind of like Highlander.” Glucksmann is already…
Romania is set to lose at least €770 million in EU funds after political disagreements prevented the country from meeting a key deadline in its post-pandemic recovery plan. The main political parties failed to reach a consensus on a new public-sector salary law before the 31 August deadline for completing reforms linked to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. According to EU sources, the missed deadline will cost Romania around €770 million, to be deducted from the €8.44 billion in EU funds still due to the country – around 40% of the entire €21.41 billion recovery plan. The final calculation…
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QatarEnergy has extended force majeure on liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries to customers in Europe and Asia as regular LNG shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains largely halted. Italian utility Edison said QatarEnergy would be unable to deliver another five LNG cargoes scheduled between late September and early November. That brings the number of cargoes affected under Edison’s contract since April to 29, representing around 3.8 billion cubic metres of natural gas. Edison said it had already replaced 21 of those cargoes, equivalent to about 2 billion cubic metres, and could continue meeting its commitments to customers. QatarEnergy has…
NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in physics. Standing more than 12 metres tall, the state-of-the-art observatory launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26am local time (1:26pm CEST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. US President Donald Trump, who phoned into NASA’s post-launch press conference, congratulated the agency on the launch, calling it part of “the golden age of America”. Developed over more than a decade at a cost topping $4 billion…