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In an exclusive interview with Euronews, the President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe defended the organisation’s decision to keep Russian athletes barred from its events. The International Olympic Committee announced in the summer that it was easing the relevant restrictions, but left it to each international sports federation to take its own decisions. Euronews asked whether, in the light of those developments and of decisions taken by other federations, World Athletics plans to change its stance. Athletics is, after all, the sport often described as “the king of the Olympic Games”. Coe’s answer, however, leaves no room for misinterpretation: “We…
Labour’s 2024 election manifesto pledged “no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement” — the so-called “red lines” which have limited the government’s room for maneuver in negotiations with Brussels. While Burnham, like Keir Starmer before him, says he wants to get closer to the EU, he has so far been careful not to unpick these main tenets of the Brexit settlement put in place by Boris Johnson. Mike Clancy, the general secretary of the Prospect union, which brought the motion to the congress, said unions had “sent a clear message to the government.” Unions…
European Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu hopes Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver an “inspirational message” that will “speak directly to each of the 450 million Europeans” in her annual address to citizens. Mînzatu presented new measures on Thursday to strengthen labour mobility across EU countries. The Vice-President said that under the new proposal, wherever citizens travel in the EU, “your social rights, your skills and your qualifications can travel with you”.
Qatar has called for international efforts to keep Bab el-Mandeb open, warning that losing another major shipping route while the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked would be “catastrophic”. Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi, director of media and communication at Qatar’s foreign ministry, told Tuesday’s briefing in Doha that closing the entrance to the Red Sea would worsen the disruption already caused by the Hormuz blockade. “The world is suffering enough with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, so we cannot also afford to add the Bab al-Mandeb into that equation,” said Al Hashmi. “The whole world is going to…
Azerbaijan will grant visas on arrival to Formula 1 ticket holders and accredited racing personnel ahead of next weekend’s Grand Prix, as Baku looks to boost attendance and extend the race’s economic reach beyond the circuit. Fans with confirmed race tickets — physical or electronic — or valid accreditation from Formula One Management Limited, the FIA, or the Baku City Circuit Operations Company can collect visas at the airport on arrival. Travellers without tickets must use the electronic ASAN visa system or apply through an Azerbaijani embassy or consulate. The facilitation window runs until 30 September, four days after race…
We love a good train story here at Euronews Travel. We’re fans of fast trains and slow trains, new trains and vintage trains, sleeper trains… book us a ticket, we’ll ride ‘em all. But if there’s one kind of train I personally adore, it’s the double decker ones. Likely because I grew up in the UK where there aren’t any, the novelty of stepping aboard one on the continent still hasn’t worn off. So the announcement late last year that the Eurostar will start running double-decker trains across its network from 2031 was big news for myself and other double-decker…
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Lithuanian Military Police secured a site near Pratkūnai on Tuesday, where debris from a drone shot down overnight was found. Video shows officers cordoning off the area and inspecting pieces of the drone scattered across the ground. The debris was found near the Kaunas Reservoir, around 100 kilometres west of Vilnius. Authorities are investigating the incident, while the drone’s origin and purpose have not yet been established. Drones have repeatedly loomed over the skies of Lithuania, which shares borders with Belarus, a key ally of Moscow, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
By Euronews Published on 15/09/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 Up to 14% of Europe’s pesticide market may be counterfeit or illegal, rising to 25% in parts of Greece. Farmers in Serres say the appeal is purely financial: illegal products can cost a sixth of the approved price. But scientists warn these unregulated substances, often smuggled from Turkey, contain carcinogenic chemicals banned across the EU. Police describe organised international networks moving products by car, truck and even tourist bus. Since 2020, authorities have seized nearly 8,700 tonnes of banned pesticides, part of a trade worth an estimated $20 billion globally each year, according…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 12:55 GMT+2 Shares in Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank Group, a major investor in OpenAI, plunged more than 10% on Monday, alongside other technology shares, after executives at some of the world’s leading AI companies backed calls to prioritise “caution over speed and prudence over profit”. The phrase was used by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who called on Saturday for AI companies to “pace the frontier” through a coordinated slowdown in the development of their most advanced models, allowing more time to understand and manage the risks. Among his main concerns is so-called “recursive self-improvement”, in which…