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Published on 26/09/2025 – 12:41 GMT+2 Bosch will cut around 13,000 extra jobs at its auto-parts business by 2030, representing about 3% of its global workforce. The cuts, which come on top of thousands of job losses at Bosch in recent years, will mainly affect positions in Germany. The company’s base in the Stuttgart region is set to be the hardest hit, while sites in areas such as Feuerbach and Schwieberdingen will see thousands of job cuts. The engineering giant is seeking to claw back €2.5 billion in losses “as quickly as possible” as Europe’s car industry remains in the…
Smith said that Microsoft’s terms of service prohibit the use of its tech for mass surveillance of civilians. He said the company has therefore ceased and disabled certain subscriptions and services it was supplying to Israel’s Defense Ministry, including their use of specific cloud storage, and AI services and technologies. The Guardian investigation said the storage of Palestinians’ phone records on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform had facilitated deadly airstrikes and shaped military operations in Gaza and the West Bank. After a previous internal review in May, Microsoft said there was “no evidence” that its technologies have been used to target…
Union members from the Korea Financial Industry Union, which represents employees from major commercial banks, gathered at the rally calling for a 4.5-day workweek and a 3.9% wage increase. The protest was the union’s first general strike rally in three years, since September 2022. Despite the demonstration, banking operations across the country remained largely unaffected, as participation among unionised workers was lower than anticipated. Officials said services continued with little disruption.
Published on 26/09/2025 – 11:27 GMT+2 The European Broadcasting Union, which organises the Eurovision Song Contest, has confirmed it will hold an online vote in November that could see Israeli broadcaster KAN expelled from Eurovision 2026. For the first time, all member broadcasters will be invited to an extraordinary online General Assembly to vote on whether KAN can take part in the contest. The vote will be the only item on the agenda. In a letter sent to participating broadcasters, EBU president Delphine Ernotte Cunci wrote there was an “unprecedented diversity of views” on Israel’s participation in Eurovision, and that…
A letter has been sent from the EBU’s executive board to director generals of all member broadcasters, to inform them about the vote on Israel taking part in 2026. The EBU has been in talks with its members about Israel’s participation since the issue was raised at a meeting of national broadcasters in London in June. Last year’s competition was also overshadowed by controversy surrounding Israel’s participation. The contest has long proclaimed that it is “non-political,” but in 2022 the EBU banned Russia from the competition following the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Israel’s national broadcaster, KAN, confirmed earlier this month that it is still preparing…
Published on 26/09/2025 – 10:17 GMT+2 Ten independent Dutch radio stations are coming together for a special 15-hour broadcast dubbed ‘Transmission For Palestine’, in order to raise money for Palestine. The live-stream is set to air between 10am CET on Sunday 28 September and 1am on Monday 29 September, broadcast across Radio Radio, Echobox, Folder FM, Pip Radio, Future Intel, Operator, Maxi Radio, Radio Hinter, Open Source Radio and Relate Radio. The broadcast will comprise of an online livestream, as well as an in-person free event at Amsterdam’s Radio Radio venue. The event is open to the public on a donation basis, with…
Frederiksen said Danish authorities had yet to identify “who is behind the hybrid attacks against our airports and other critical infrastructure” but hinted the Kremlin was responsible. “We can at least state that there is primarily one country that poses a threat to Europe’s security — and that is Russia,” she said. Europe has been rattled by a series of airspace incursions involving Russian jets and drones in recent weeks. Estonia and Poland convened NATO members for urgent talks after accusing Russia of violating their airspace in separate incidents. Moscow has denied responsibility for the Estonian incursion and said the…
Initially that means focusing on how to react to the Global Sumud Flotilla — a humanitarian aid convoy involving climate activist Greta Thunberg that was targeted by Israeli drones in international waters south of Crete earlier this week. Talks will cover blocking military exports to Israel, but the debate could widen, with moves that may threaten Israel’s trade ties with the EU. “Looking ahead, it could mean coordinated industrial action in European ports against not just weapons, but all goods directed to Israel,” said Staccioli. The initiative began as an effort to coordinate Mediterranean dockworkers with the aim of making ports…
By Euronews Published on 26/09/2025 – 9:31 GMT+2 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, amid a growing number of countries calling for him to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu’s annual speech will face increased scrutiny this year, after France, Belgium, Portugal, the UK and others announced their recognition of a Palestinian state — backing the two-state solution Netanyahu has said was a non-starter. Separately, the European Union issued a package of proposals aimed at sanctioning Israel over its ongoing offensive in Gaza and actions in the West Bank. The…
“A text message barely takes any room on a modern phone. Like, you would need to get hundreds of thousands of text messages for it to actually make a difference,” Belgian ethical hacker Inti De Ceukelaire said, calling the Commission’s explanation “a non-argument.” “Why doesn’t she change to a phone with more storage?” asked Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for data and analytics at technology market research firm IDC in Europe. Ursula von der Leyen is in the hot seat over a text message she received from French President Emmanuel Macron last year urging her to block the EU-Mercosur trade deal, as first…