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My favourite way to book a holiday is by opening up Skyscanner, typing in my nearest airport, popping in some dates, and hitting the “everywhere” search. The tool has taken me everywhere from Skopje in North Macedonia to the Maldives, but not everyone is lucky enough to have a megahub like London Heathrow or Doha’s Hamad International as their home base. Live in Europe and wondering just how connected your nearest airport is? Wonder no more, because we’ve rounded up the top 25 most connected airports on the continent. Global travel data company OAG has shared with Euronews Travel the…
The European Commission has launched a call for tenders to publicly finance up to seven AI gigafactories in Europe, as Brussels races to build sovereign infrastructure to train advanced AI models and catch up with global tech competitors. AI gigafactories are large-scale computing facilities equipped with state-of-the-art, highly specialised chips designed to train the next generation of AI technologies – notably the most advanced large language models, which require crunching trillions of data points. The move forms part of a broader tech sovereignty push to cut the EU’s dependence on foreign suppliers of cloud services and chips. The global race…
Andy Burnham has thrown the future of legalising assisted dying into doubt. After telling Sam Coates that he does not want legislation to proceed until social care and palliative care are “fixed”.Supporters of the bill insist they are pressing ahead. But has the Prime Minister’s intervention made its passage through Parliament far less likely? Sam and Anne examine what Burnham’s comments mean for MPs ahead of the crucial September vote. Plus, new polling from POLITICO shows again the ‘Burnham bounce’ as his approval rating goes up in every demographic, except one – Reform voters. What will this mean in the…
Inflation picked up again in Spain in July and reached 3.5% year on year, three tenths of a point higher than in June, driven by the rise in fuel prices and electricity, according to the flash estimate published on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The statistics office attributes the rebound to the fact that both fuels and lubricants for private vehicles and electricity rose more sharply than in the same month last year. With this increase, inflation has reached its highest level since May 2024 and has now been above 3% for five consecutive months. Underlying inflation, which…
When you think about street food, you probably picture bánh mì in Vietnam, tacos in Mexico, or even pizza al taglio in Italy. Certain countries and cities are well known for their offerings, with foodies heading specifically to a destination to grab miscellaneous meat on sticks on-the-go and the like. But a new study has revealed the best street food city in the world, and it’s not where you would expect at all. Paris in France came out on top in the research conducted by Radical Storage, which looked at 6,897 street food vendors in the 100 most-visited cities around…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 10:18 GMT+2 K-pop superstars BTS will not submit their music for consideration for 2027 Grammy Awards. Writing on Instagram, each member of the South Korean band said: “We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year.” A translation of the message continued: “I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.” That last segment of the posts seemingly refers to the addition of a new award for Best Asian Pop Music performance. According to Academy president Harvey Mason Jr, the new category was…
Authorities have not yet determined whether the object was a drone or missile, or established its origin. No casualties were reported. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is on his way to the site, said government spokesperson Adam Szłapka. “I have convened a coordination team with the participation of the Minister of Defense and the relevant services, which have been working on-site for many hours and are systematically providing me with information about all the circumstances of the incident,” wrote Tusk on social media. Russia’s strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine overnight, Reuters reported. In the aftermath of the crash, Poland…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 9:07 GMT+2 Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, has been ordered to pay almost £1 million (approx. €1.16m) to two of the singer’s friends after losing a High Court case over the sale of the singer’s belongings. Mitch Winehouse must make payments to Amy’s former stylist Naomi Parry and her friend Catriona Gourlay within the next two weeks. He has also been ordered to cover their legal costs on an indemnity basis. The order follows the dismissal of his claim against the two women in April. Acting as the personal representative of his daughter’s estate, Mitch Winehouse…
In the next iteration of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, applicable from 2028, the Commission wants to see a “transition payment” for farmers that could be used for this purpose to support a move into shepherding, Bogey added. The EU is also working on a financial scheme with the European Investment Bank for investments in the livestock sector Gonna need a lot of goats In Madrid, one of the regions hardest hit by the fires, the local government is also looking to livestock grazing as fire prevention. Local farms would deploy animals to a forested area of 3,700 hectares, they…