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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday a new “strategic dialogue” on European refineries, drawing attention to a growing vulnerability for the EU: its shrinking refining capacity, which has been declining since 2009. European refineries — which convert crude oil into refined products such as diesel or jet fuel — have been closing or reducing capacity for years as ageing plants became less profitable and demand patterns shifted. As a result, the European Union has become increasingly reliant on imports of finished fuels from places such as the disrupted Middle East, the less predictable United States and…
By Cagla Uren & Euronews Turkish Published on 06/10/2026 – 10:05 GMT+2•Updated 12:43 Turkey and Pakistan will undertake a “rapid deployment” of troops to Saudi Arabia as part of a new mutual defence alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the Gulf kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthis. In August, the three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, committing to come to each other’s aid if one were attacked. The pact unites NATO’s second-largest army, that of Turkey, with the Islamic world’s only nuclear-armed state, Pakistan, and the largest Gulf power, Saudi Arabia. Their representatives held an emergency meeting in Riyadh…
Buried deep in the ice at the South Pole sits a detector the size of a cubic kilometre, built to catch some of the most elusive particles in the universe. On Tuesday, the man who dreamt it up won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Belgian physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering work that uses Antarctic ice to capture neutrinos from the far reaches of the cosmos. “This year’s prize is about ghostly messengers from space,” Ellen Moons, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, told a news conference in Stockholm.…
From Airstream caravans and Poké Ball-shaped hotels to Victorian water towers and cosy caves, there are plenty of alternatives to the bog standard bed and breakfast these days. And if you’re looking for unconventional options in Europe, you should be heading to France as it just topped a new ranking of the countries with the most unusual stays around the world. Produced by Holafly, the ranking looked at Airbnb listings around the world across eight property types: Caves, castles, treehouses, houseboats, windmills, lighthouses, earth homes, and domes. The number of each was added up by destination, and with a whopping…
“I won’t accuse you of perversity, others will judge, but it doesn’t look like your little operation is having an impact in the country,” he said. Le Pen, the front-runner in the race to replace Macron next year, let Bardella do most of the talking in his defense. For her, the event was an opportunity to cast herself as a responsible steward of the French economy as France’s debt continues to pile up, growth stagnates and borrowing costs rise. On Tuesday she promised €140 billion in net savings over the course of a five-year presidential term. “If investors only lend…
Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena has revoked the national arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont after Spain’s Constitutional Court endorsed applying the amnesty law linked to Catalan’s independence drive that culminated in a 2017 referendum. The decision removes one of the main legal hurdles to the former president of Catalonia’s regional government returning to Spain. Llarena’s move follows a Constitutional Court ruling in favour of former Catalan regional minister Dolors Bassa. Until now, the Supreme Court had refused to apply the amnesty, a 2024 law covering those prosecuted over the “procés”, to embezzlement connected to the bid for independence. The…
Eighteen crew members were rescued after a second commercial vessel was hit by drones off Bulgaria early Tuesday. The crew, made up of 11 Turkish and seven Indian nationals, were taken aboard the Bulgarian ferry Dioscuria. Two sailors were injured and are being taken to hospital in Varna, while the other 16 are being brought ashore. Meanwhile, the crew of another cargo ship remains missing after the vessel sank in the attack. Rescuers found only an overturned lifeboat and life jackets at the scene.
Truckers, farmers and other diesel users in the US could benefit from deferred tax payments on fuel normally reserved for tractors and other off-road machinery, as the White House moves to ease a fuel squeeze that threatens to hurt the Republican Party in the midterm elections next month. US President Donald Trump signed the order on Monday at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, where he was campaigning to fire up Republican voters. Trump told supporters the order would “officially waive the off-road requirement and allow anyone to purchase tax-free red-dyed diesel for any reason.” Trump also conceded he was…
By By Jacques Van Zijp, EVP Europe, IN Groupe Published on 06/10/2026 – 12:48 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Anyone who has recently opened a bank account, rented a flat or signed up to a new service knows the routine. Photograph your identity document. Upload proof of address. Enter the same information again. Then wait for it to be verified. Try the same in another Member State and the process can become even more cumbersome. This is not merely an irritation or…
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